Most children like watching TV.It’s very interesting.By(1) watching TV they can see and learn a lot and know many things about their country and the world.Of course,they can also learn over the radio.But they can learn better and more eas...
There would be a history exam and Phillip looked more and more worried. He hasn’t thought the subject important since they began to study it this term. In class he always thought of the football matches between Class Three and Class Two a...
Eating An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him, you may say something like this,“I’m afraid it’ll have to be someplace cheap, as I have very little money."...
Mr Brown was born in a poor family.He couldn’t go to school when he was young.Now he’s a porter[1] and works at a station.He doesn’t think it’s necessary[2] to know some knowledge[3] of science.His son,Bill,began to go to school las...
A Common Language There is a common(1) language popular in every country in the world. All the people, old and young, men and women, must use it. It’s everybody’s second language. It’s easy to learn, though(2) you don’t hear it. It’...
When a light passenger plane flew off course[1] some time ago, something was wrong with it and it crashed[2] in the mountains and its pilot[3] was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters,were unhurt. It was the...
Tom Broke a Plate or a Gold Watch? It was Sunday and Tom was staying at home. After breakfast he went out into the garden and played quietly by himself. There were no kids around and he was used to(1) playing alone quietly. He played with B...
Summer holiday began and Richard left California and went traveling in Africa[1]. He lost his wallet in a hotel and he had a little money left. He had to go to a city where one of his friends worked. There he was going to borrow some money...
The Artist and the Beggar An artist was coming home by train one day. He hadn’t much money but was very kind. He gave his last few coins(2) to a beggar, but he saw another one, and forgot that he didn’t have any money in his pockets. He...
Many years ago, there was a family named Franklin. They lived in Boston. There were five girls and six boys in the family. On a January day in 1706 another baby was born. The boy's mother and her husband gave the boy a name—Benjamin[1]. B...