Unit One How tall are you ?I’m 21 metres tall. I’m tallest!I’m 1.6 metres tall. I’m taller than dinosaur.It’s so tall!Some dinosaurs are bigger than houses. Some aresmaller than our schoolbags.How heavy is it?It’s five tons.What size are your shoes?My shoes are size 35.Look! That’s the tallest dinosaur in this hall.Yes, it is. How tall is it?Maybe 4 metres.Wow! It’s taller than both of us together.Look！There are more dinosaurs over there!They’re all so big and tall.Hey, this dinosaur isn’t tall! I’m taller than thisone.Oh, yes. How tall are you?I’m 1.65 metres.How tall are you?I’m 1.61 metres.Oh! I’m taller.You’re older than me, too.How old are you?I’m 12 years old.How tall are you?I’m 1.64 metres.Wu Yifan is taller than John, but Zhang Peng istaller than Wu Yifan.Those shoes in the window are nice! Let’s have alook.What size are your shoes, Mike?Size 7.Size 7? That’s so small.In China I wear size 40 shoes.Oh! Your feet are bigger than mine. My shoes aresize 37.Really? You look taller than me.But I think you are heavier. How heavy are you?I’m 48 kilograms.Yes, you’re heavier. I’m 46 kilograms.How heavy are you, Jim?I’m 52 kilograms.You’re heavier than me.Little Duck is watching the sun go down. It isgetting lower and lower, but his shadow is gettinglonger and longer.“Why is that?” Little Duck asks his friend OldTree. “You are older and smarter than me. Tell me- why is my shadow longer when the sun getslower?”Old Tree says, “That’s easy, Little Duck. Thesun goes down every day, and we grow older everyday. Your shadow grows longer because you aregrowing taller. You are becoming a big beautifulbird!”They need a new goalkeeper.I’d like to have a try.Me too.I can’t wait.How tall are you?I’m 1.8 metres.How heavy are you?I’m 86 kilograms.Mr Zebra is 10 centimetres taller than Mr Deer.Yes, and he’s stronger. But he can’t catch the ball!I’m the tallest one.Sorry. Your neck is too long. The others can’treach you. Football needs teamwork.What’s happening here?Oh! Here’s the one we want!Why? He’s too heavy!We need a big guy!Oh! He’s almost bigger than the goal!Yes! He’s an excellent goalkeeper.What did you do last weekend?I cleaned my room and washed my clothes onSaturday.Did you play football with Zhang Peng?Yes, I did. We played football on Sunday.Hi, Grandpa. How are you? How was yourweekend?I’m fine, Mike. It was good, thank you. What didyou do?Well, I stayed at home with your grandma. Wedrank tea in the afternoon and watched TV.I watched TV, too.I watched some children’s shows on TV.That’s nice. Did you do anything else?Yes, I cleaned my room and washed my clothes.You are a good boy!How was your weekend?It was fine, thanks.What did you do?I stayed at home and watched TV.How was your weekend?It was OK.What did you do?I washed my clothes.Hey, Amy. Let’s go to the bookstore. I want tobuy the new film magazine.Oh, I read it last weekend.Was it interesting?Yes, it talked about a lot of new films. What didyou do last weekend? Did you see a film?No, I had a cold. I stayed at home all weekendand slept.Oh, I’m sorry. I’m happy you feel better now.Thanks. Let’s go by bus. It’s faster than walking.What did you do last weekend?I saw a film.Did you like it?Yes, I did. It was great.What did John do yesterday?He slept.Did he have a cold yesterday?Yes, he did.CommentsDear Sir,Our weekend at your hotel was bad. Our room wasbig but everything was very old. Our friend Robincleaned our room and fixed a broken chair.My mother wanted to read a book but the lamp wastoo small. My dad got some hamburgers from thehotel kitchen, but they were cold and tasted bad.I wanted to watch TV but the TV didn’t work.The people in Room 301 listened to loud music. Ididn’t sleep all night.I’m sorry, but we didn’t enjoy our stay very much.Wu Yifan and familyWhat did you do last weekend?I cleaned my room and washed my clothes onSaturday.Did you play football with Zhang Peng?Yes, I did. We played football on Sunday.Hi, Grandpa. How are you? How was yourweekend?I’m fine, Mike. It was good, thank you. What didyou do?Well, I stayed at home with your grandma. Wedrank tea in the afternoon and watched TV.I watched TV, too.I watched some children’s shows on TV.That’s nice. Did you do anything else?Yes, I cleaned my room and washed my clothes.You are a good boy!How was your weekend?It was fine, thanks.What did you do?I stayed at home and watched TV.How was your weekend?It was OK.What did you do?I washed my clothes.Hey, Amy. Let’s go to the bookstore. I want tobuy the new film magazine.Oh, I read it last weekend.Was it interesting?Yes, it talked about a lot of new films. What didyou do last weekend? Did you see a film?No, I had a cold. I stayed at home all weekendand slept.Oh, I’m sorry. I’m happy you feel better now.Thanks. Let’s go by bus. It’s faster than walking.What did you do last weekend?I saw a film.Did you like it?Yes, I did. It was great.What did John do yesterday?He slept.Did he have a cold yesterday?Yes, he did.CommentsDear Sir,Our weekend at your hotel was bad. Our room wasbig but everything was very old. Our friend Robincleaned our room and fixed a broken chair.My mother wanted to read a book but the lamp wastoo small. My dad got some hamburgers from thehotel kitchen, but they were cold and tasted bad.I wanted to watch TV but the TV didn’t work.The people in Room 301 listened to loud music. Ididn’t sleep all night.I’m sorry, but we didn’t enjoy our stay very much.Wu Yifan and familyFriday, April 23rdToday was a sunny day. In the morning, we rodea bike for threepeople. Max sat in a basket on the front of the bike.That was fun! Wetook pictures of the beautiful countryside. We boughtsome gifts and atesome delicious food.In the afternoon, Mum ate some bad fruit anddidn’t feel well. So we stayed in the hotel. Dadand I wanted to make her happy. We dressed upand made a funny play. Robin played the part ofa dog. He was so cute. Max liked him so much. Hejumped on him and licked him. Of course, Robindidn’t like it. We laughed and laughed.It was a bad day but also a good day!Am I now on the moon? I can’t believe it! Shemust be Chang’e. Oh, there is the rabbit.It’s time to go. Good! Here comes a spaceship.How was your holiday?It was fun.Where did you go?I went to the moon.How did you go there?By spaceship.What did you see?I saw Chang’e, the rabbit and the tree.Did you take any pictures?Yes, I did. Oops, where did I put the pictures?Oh, it was a dream.Unit Four Then and nowYifan, that’s your father.Wow!You weren’t very big then, Mr Wu!No, so I didn’t like PE class very much. Icouldn’t run fast or play basketball well.Our school was small!We didn’t have a library, and there weren’t anycomputer rooms at all.There was no gym either!Wow, a library! There was no library in my oldschool.Tell us about your school, please.There was only one small building on a hill.Could you see stars at night?Yes, I liked the stars.Me too. One day I’m going to visit the moon.The Americans took about five days to get there in1969.How do you know that?Easy, I looked it up on the Internet.Ah! There were no computers or Internet in mytime.John, come and look at Mike’s photos!That’s funny. Mike! You’re wearing a pinkT-shirt.Yes, but I don’t like pink now.We are all different now!Right. Before, I was quiet. Now, I’m very activein class. How about you?Well, I was short, so I couldn’t ride my bike well.Now, I go cycling every day. I like it very much.That’s good exercise.I didn’t like winter before. I thought it was toocold, and I couldn’t go cycling.How about now?Now I love to ice-skate, so I like winter.What a dream!Wu Yifan had a race with his father and Max.There were many people there. His father ran veryfast, but Wu Yifan could not. There was nothinghe could do. He was so worried. “I could run fastat school,” he thought. “Why am I so slow now?”Then Robin said, “Drink this!” and gave WuYifan some water. Wu Yifan drank it andsuddenly he felt good. He could run fast again.There was a second race. There were many animalsin that race. Wu Yifan ran like a cheetah. Hecould win the race! But suddenly he tripped andfell. Then he woke up. He was in bed. It was all adream!Cavemen often ate raw meat. They didn’t cooktheir food.Now there are many things to help you cook.In 2050, there will be house robots. They will cook,clean and wash the dishes.There were many trees, and there were many cleanrivers.Now, there are more and more buildings.We should help the earth now, so birds will havehomes and the forests will be healthy and greenagain.Before humans lived on the earth, whales alreadylived in the sea.Now, there are not many whales.If we change now, whales and humans will have abright future.Oh, cavemen didn’t cook their meat?It’s OK. They didn’t do the dishes either!Look! How beautiful the world was! Oh! Whatwill the birds do?Don’t worry. People will help them.Heal the world!Make it a better place!It’s an elephant. It’s big.Guess! Is this bigger or smaller than the elephant?I think it’s bigger than the elephant.No, it isn’t. It’s smaller. Look. It’s a tiger.Look. The other card is a whale.So the whale is the biggest, and the tiger is thesmallest.I go to school from Monday to Friday. Myfavourite day is Monday.On Monday I have maths, English, music andPE. I like PE best.Maths is my first class. I often answer mathsquestions. Sometimes they’re difficult.In English class, I read many English stories,and I like to speak English with my friends.I play the piano or sing songs in music class. Thisis very noisy and often great fun.In the afternoon I have PE class. I sometimesplay football or exercise in the gym. I’m not goodat running, but I like football best!Mike likes Monday best. His favourite class isEnglish.English is his first class on Monday. He readsmany English stories, and he likes to speak Englishwith his friends.In the maths class, Mike often answers very difficultmaths questions.In the PE class, Mike sometimes plays basketballor exercises in the gym. He likes basketball best.Dear Friends,It is time to leave our school. We are all going tomiddle school soon, so we will say goodbye to eachother. We are going to have a farewell party. Youcan bring your friends.Place: Our music room Time: Friday 3 p.m.Activities:We will draw pictures and sing songs. We aregoing to give prizes for the best pictures. We aregoing to have cake, candy and juice, too.Yum!We will also give prizes to our good students. Whostudied hard? Who wrote the best story? Who didthe best homework?We will listen to music, play games and dance. Itwill be great fun.See you at the party!I have some good news and some bad news.What is it?I’m going away for a long time.。