[00:00.00]Reading for Pleasure
[00:20.48]Food Festival
[00:23.43]In October,every school in England has a food festival.
[00:29.39]Children take food to school for a special lesson.
[00:34.43]The teacher talks about the food.
[00:38.30]After class the children give the food to poor people
[00:43.65]who live near the school.
[00:46.99]'What did you bring?'Sara asks Mark.'An egg',he says.
[00:56.06]'What did you bring?''A bag of rice,"she says.
[01:02.62]They give their food to the teacher.'
[01:06.46]Sit down,children.'says the teacher.
[01:11.03]'We'll learn about food and where it comes from.'
[01:15.89]'That's easy!'shouts Jenny.'Food comes from the supermarket.'
[01:23.33]'That's right,'the teacher says.
[01:27.77]'But where does the supermarket get the food?'
[01:32.42]The children sit quietly.They don't know.
[01:37.99]They live in the city.They know about buses and traffic lights,
[01:44.86]but they don't know about farms.
[01:48.70]The teacher picks up a carton of milk.
[01:52.64]'Where does this milk come from?'The children are quite.
[01:58.67]They don't know.
[02:01.52]Sara remembers a picture in her storybook.
[02:06.09]'A cow?'she says,'Good,'says the teacher.
[02:12.86]The teacher picks up the bag of rice.
[02:16.91]'Where does rice come from?'The children are quiet.
[02:22.76]Nobody knows.'Does it grow in a tree?'asks Stan.
[02:30.20]'No,it doesn't grow on a tree.It grows on the ground.'answers the teacher.
[02:38.64]'What country does rice come from?'"England,'all the children shout.
[02:46.37]'No,'says the teacher.'Our country is too cold for rice.
[02:53.84]Rice needs a hot country with lots of water.''China,'says Mark.
[03:01.71]'Good,'says the teacher.'The best rice comes from China.'
[03:08.66]After the lesson,the children go into the school hall.
[03:14.01]All the class are there.
[03:17.36]The students sing songs about farms,nd read poems about animals.
[03:23.60]The headmaster them how hard farmers work to give everyone food.
[03:29.55]Sara and Mark read a poem.
[03:33.50]'Thank you farmers for the food so nice,
[03:38.78]for beans and apples and pears and rice."
[03:44.63]At the end of the day,
[03:47.79]they take the food to old people who live in the city.
[03:52.65]The Little Black Panda
[03:56.30]A little black panda,a dog,a pig and a horse
[04:03.07]lived in an old house at the edge of the village.
[04:07.61]One day there was a typhoon and their house was blown down.
[04:26.79]The dog,the pig and the horse sat down and cried.
[04:33.63]'We have nowhere to live.What will happen to us?'
[04:41.00]'Don't cry!'said the little black panda.
[04:46.33]'We'll build a new house.'
[04:50.17]The dog,the pig and the horse stopped crying.
[04:55.21]'First we must build the walls,'said the panda.
[05:00.98]'Who will help me collect stones for the walls?'
[05:05.63]'My back aches!'said the dog.
[05:10.80]'My foot is sore!'said the pig.
[05:15.66]'My head aches!'said the horse.
[05:20.81]'OK,'said the little black panda.
[05:25.07]'I'll collect the stones myself,'
[05:29.14]He collected the stones and built four walls.
[05:34.11]'Who will help me chop trees for the roof?'he asked his friends.
[05:40.17]'I'm reading a book!'said the dog.
[05:45.03]'I'm eating an apple!'said the pig.
[05:51.58]'I'm painting a picture!'said the horse.
[05:56.94]'OK,'said the little black panda.
[06:01.48]'I'll chop the trees myself.
[06:05.24]'He chopped down the trees and made a roof.
[06:09.48]The house looked very strong but it needed a door.
[06:15.04]'Who will help me cut wood for the door?'asked the little black panda.
[06:21.20]'Not me,'said the dog.'I'm looking for a bone!'
[06:27.76]'Not me,'said the pig.'I'm drinking a cup of tea!'
[06:34.53]'Not me,'said the horse.'I'm doing Taijiquan!'
[06:41.89]'OK,'said the little black panda.
[06:46.15]'I'll cut it myself.'And he did.
[06:51.79]When the door was ready the panda smiled.
[07:00.34]'The house is finished.Who will come and live in my house?'
[07:06.19]'I will,'said the dog.'I will,'said the pig.
[07:13.55]'I will,'said the horse.
[07:18.23]'You must be joking!'laughed the little black panda.
[07:24.40]'I collected the stones,I chopped the trees,I cut the wood.
[07:30.77]So I will live in the house all by myself.
[07:35.73]Singing Colours
[07:38.89]When I feel sad I sing a blue tune
[07:44.25]About the cold blue winter sky And the icy moon.
[07:50.91]When I feel happy I sing a gold tune
[07:55.95]About the summer sun In golden June.
[08:00.91]When I'm far away from you I sing a silver tune.
[08:06.79]I know you too are looking At the silver moon.
[08:11.94]When I feel tired My song is black as night.
[08:17.19]I sing of black skies And the clear moonlight.
[08:22.75]When I feel good I sing red tunes.
[08:27.51]I sing about red dragons And big red balloons.
[08:32.97]When I'm bored My song is grey.
[08:37.54]I sing about grey raindrops On a cloudy day.
[08:43.18]When I feel sick My song si white.
[08:48.33]I sing of snow and mountains Then I feel alright.
[08:54.36]When I feel hungry I sing an orange tune.
[08:59.51]And eat oranges and peaches Beneath the orange moon.
[09:05.38]Try,try and try again.
[09:10.53]Xiaoguang was unhappy.
[09:14.50]He felt sad because he couldn't understand his English homework.
[09:19.83]Xiaoguang looked at the story in his book.
[09:24.48]'It's really hard,'he said to himself.
[09:29.52]'I can't read the words,I can't say the works,I can't write the words.'
[09:39.27]Xiaoguang closed the book .
[09:42.92]He went outside and played football with his friends Daming.
[09:52.88]The next day the teacher asked the children to read the story in class.
[09:59.43]'Xiaoguang,please read the story,'said the teacher.
[10:05.78]Xiaoguang looked out of the window.
[10:09.91]He looked at the words on the page.
[10:13.77]He couldn't read the them.He sat in his place and felt stupid.
[10:20.23]The teacher was unhappy.
[10:23.70]'Why didn't you do homework?Do your English homework tonight.'
[10:30.26]In the evening,Daming came to help him.
[10:35.01]'Read this word,'said Daming,opening the storybook.
[10:40.76]Xiaoguang looked at the word.
[10:44.52]'I can't read it,'he said.
[10:48.88]'I can read Chinese,but I can't read Egnlish.'
[10:55.05]'English is easy,'sais Daming.
[11:00.01]'Learn the letters and then it's easy.
[11:04.16]Look,dog.What does it say?'Xiaoguang looked at the picture.
[11:11.11]'gou,'he said.'gou is Chinese,'said Daming.
[11:17.96]'In English it is dog.'
[11:21.48]Xiaoguang looked out of the window.
[11:25.45]He saw a little bird learning to fly.
[11:29.40]The bird flew a little way,the fell to the ground.
[11:34.67]It tried again.It flew a bit better,and fell to the ground.
[11:41.94]The bird tried again.This time it flew high in the sky.
[11:57.58]'I must be like the little bird,'said Xiaoguang.
[12:03.83]'I will practise and practise and I will learn to read the words,
[12:10.10]to say the words,to write the words,'
[12:15.66]He read the story three times that night.
[12:20.21]Next day Xiaoguang read the story quickly in class,
[12:26.16]and the teacher was very pleased.
[12:30.03]'Well done.Xiaoguang,'she said.
[12:34.99]Xiaoguagn smiled at Daming.'Thank you,'he said in English.
[12:42.04]'You're welcome,'said Daming.
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