I have a happy family. My father is an English teacher. His name is Jim. He is thirty-nine. He likes playing basketball. What’s my mother’s job? Is she a teacher? Yes, you’re right! My mother is very kind and friendly. She is thirty-eight. I love my parents!

On Saturday and Sunday, I often play ping-pong with my friends. My father goes to play basketball. Sometimes we watch TV and listen to music at home.

I’m happy to live with my parents.

Tom and Mike were good friends, they began to work in a company together the same year. They both worked hard. After several years, however, the boss made Mike manager（经理）but Tom was still an office worker. Tom couldn’t stand it, so he handed a letter to his boss, saying that he decided to resign（辞职）his job because the boss didn’t value his hard work at all.

The boss knew that Tom worked very hard for years. He thought for a moment and said, “I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave. Perhaps you will change your mind.”Tom agreed. The boss asked him to go and find out if there was anyone who sold water-melons in the market. Tom returned soon. He said he had found a man selling watermelons. The boss asked the price of the watermelons. Tom shook his head and went back to the market again. When he returned, he told the boss it was $2 for each kilo.

The boss told Tom to wait for a moment in his office, and he called Mike in. He asked Mike to find if there was anyone selling watermelons in the market. Later Mike returned and said, “Only one man is selling watermelons, $2 for each kilo. He has 100 watermelons in all. Every watermelon weighs about 2 kilos. They were brought here two days ago, pretty fresh and sweet.”Tom got to know the difference between Mike and himself. He decided not to resign his job any more.