— Yes, he was very cheerful.

—I think it's usually full of fun.

    My daughter Maria is a girl of nine years old. She is in Grade Four.

    Every evening we get into homework battles. Three afternoons a week, she has activities (net-ball, singing) after school and by the time we get home, homework is the last thing she feels like doing. The other two days, she gets home early and we argue (争论) about whether she should do her homework right away after school, or if she should have some time to rest and play first.

    When Maria at last sits down to do her homework, she seems to want me there to help all the time. I do want to help her, but I'm sure that she is going to need to be able to do it by herself. And in fact, most of the time, I have to do other things.

    It seems that children these days have much more homework than we did, and some of it is really beyond (超越) their abilities (能力). As you can see, I'm really worried about homework and I really don't know what I should do. Any ideas?

—Tea, please.

    Hello, I'm Mrs Smith(这儿)are some lost things. (它们)are in the "Lost and Found" box. This is a(手表). It is blue. David found it this morning. That is a jacket. It is  (紫色的). Alan found it this afternoon. Those are two  (录音带). One is blue, and the  (其他的)is red. Mary found them in the classroom. By the way, Jack lost his (照相机). It's white. He must find it. Can you help him to for(寻找)it? Boys and girls, if(如果)you lose something, you can(请求)me for help. Call me. My (电话)number is 887—9569.

—Miss Luo．She always makes her lessons interesting．

    It's 10:00 on Saturday morning. What are the students doing in different countries?

Zhao Tao, China

    He's a boy from Dalian, China. He is doing his homework at home. He wants to play basketball with his friends, but he can't. He has a lot of homework to do on Saturday.

Julia, America

    She is 13 years old. She is from Hawaii(夏威夷). Hawaii has the best beaches. Now she is lying on the beach and listening to music.

Lisa, Britain

    Now she is taking Rick, her pet dog, to the hospital, because he is sick and needs to see a doctor. So she can't go to the movies with her friends.

Dave, Japan

    He is a 15-year-old boy. He is playing football with his friends. He palys it very well. And he is the captain(队长) of the school football team

, what are you doing?

floor you , Tom?

— Oh, I'm sorry.

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