Ricky’s week started normally enough.

On Monday morning at breakfast time, while he was trying to read his computer game magazine, he had to listen to his sisters’ talk about boys.

“Steve is really good-looking,” said Jade.

“Good-looking? No, Hassa is good-looking...” said Sonia.

“No way!”

“And Ryan,” said Sonia, “and Tyler and Sam.”

“Sam has lovely hair,” agreed Jade. “And Tyler wears cool clothes.”

“Yeah, and Ryan is a good dancer,” added Sonia.

“You should learn to dance, Ricky,” said Jade. “Then you might get a girlfriend.”

Ricky blushed（脸红）.

On Tuesday, Ricky spent the whole evening in his room working at his computer. He had his own website. On Tuesday his class always had maths homework and Ricky always helped out his schoolmates with their problems.

Ricky was always a bit of a hero on Wednesday. His friends went up to him and thanked him for his help with their homework.

“Hey, Ricky, you are brilliant.” said Josh.

“You are another Einstein!” said Alex.

Teachers liked Ricky, too, especially the maths and science ones. Whenever they asked questions, Ricky always seemed to know the answers.

Friday was a cold day. But everyone was happy as the weekend started.

Ricky turned up the collar（衣橱）of his jacket. It was only five o’clock, but it was already getting dark. He was walking home alone. It was strange. Ricky was popular with the boys in his class, but he wasn’t close friends with any of them.                                          

—Adapted from Ricky and the American Girl

Which day is your favourite at school? Monday is Dale’s favourite. Monday is boring for a lot of students, because they have to go to school again. But for Dale, it is not.

On Monday, Dale has PE. It is Dale’s favourite subject. The PE teacher, Mr. Liu, is very funny. He often plays games with the students. And he always has ways to make his classes interesting. This is why Dale likes Monday. But for Alan, it is different. Thursday is his favourite day. He hopes to travel around the world one day. And on that day, he has geography. From the class, he can learn more about different countries. So he thinks he should study it from now on. Do you know what day Jim likes best? It’s Friday. Why? Haha, because the next day is Saturday! He doesn’t go to school, and he can get up late.

What about you?

We study at school from Monday to Friday in a week. Which day is your favourite at school? Maybe different students have different answers.

Dale is very happy today, because it is Monday. Monday is boring (无聊的) for a lot of students, because they have to go to school again. But for Dale, it is not.

On Monday, Dale has PE. It is Dale’s favourite subject. The PE teacher, Mr Liu, is very funny. He always plays games with the students, and he always has ways to make his classes interesting. This is why Dale likes Monday. But for Alan, it is different. Thursday is his favourite day. He wants to travel around the world one day. And on that day, they have geography. From the class, he can learn more about different countries. So he thinks he should study it from now on. Do you know what day Jim likes best? It’s Friday. Why? Ha-ha, because the next day is Saturday! He doesn’t go to school, and he can get up late.