A few years ago, there were a lot of hijacking on aeroplanes, so now people always search passengers and their luggage at airports before they let them get into an aeroplane, becau...

Mrs Peters had two children. Sammy was seven years old, and his sister Annie was four. Sammy went to school, but Annie did not. When Sammy was at home, he often played with Annie w...

Mrs Robinson was a teacher in a big school in a city in America. She had boys and girls in her class, and she always enjoyed teaching them, because they were quick, and because the...

Mr Edwards liked singing very much, but he is very bad at it. He went to dinner at a friend’s house last week, and there were some other guests there too. 爱德华兹先生非常喜欢唱歌...

Mrs Harris lives in a small village. Her husband is dead, but she has one son. He is twenty-one and his name is Geoff. He worked in the shop in the village and lived with his mothe...

Len was thirty years old, and he had very long hair. He lived in a big city, but one year he did not find any work there, so he went to a small town and began looking for work ther...

Mr White has a small shop in the middle of our town, and he sells pictures in it. They are not expensive ones, but some of them are quite pretty. Last Saturday a woman came into th...

Fred was a young soldier in a big camp. During the week they always worked very hard, but it was Saturday, and all the young soldiers were free, so their officer said to them, “Yo...

There were men soldiers and women soldiersin an army camp, and every Sunday morning they all went to church, but a lot of the soldiers did not like it much. There was a choir of me...

George was sixty years old, and he was ill. He was always tired, and his face was always red. He did not like doctors, but last month his wife said to him, “Don’t be stupid, Geor...