Activity 3 Listen and read.

Lingling:Welcome back,everyone!

玲玲：欢迎归来，各位！

Betty:Hi,Lingling! How was your holiday?

贝蒂：你好，玲玲！你的假期怎么样？

Lingling:Not bad!1 went to see my grandparents in Henan Province. The train was full of people,and l had to stand for over three hours!

玲玲：还不错！我去看望了在河南省的祖父母。火车里挤满了入，我不得不站了3个多小时！

Betty:Bad luck．Why is travel so difficult in winter?

贝蒂：真倒霉。为什么在冬天旅行如此困难？

Lingling; Well, it's the busiest season in China because of the Spring Festival． Where's Tony?

玲玲：哦，因为春节，它是中国最繁忙的季节。托尼在哪里？

Daming:He went to stay with his family in the UK．He's flying back today．But the flight is late.

大明：他去了英国与家人待在一起。他今天乘飞机回来。但是航班晚点了。

Betty:Where did you go，Daming?

贝蒂：你去哪里了，大明？

Daming: We flew direct to Hong Kong-and the plane left a bit late tco! But the pilot in landing on time．Then we took a boat to Lantau and went to Disneyland，It was great fun!

大明：我们乘飞机径直去了香港——飞机起飞也有点儿晚！不过飞行员成功地按时着陆了。接着我们乘船去了并去了迪斯尼乐园。那非常有趣！

Lingling：How about you，Betty?

玲玲：你呢，贝蒂？

Betty; We had quite a good time in Beijing．We toured the city by bus and by taxi．Last weekend，we took a tour by coach to the Summer Palace and went for along walk around the lake．

贝蒂：我们在北京玩得很高兴。我们乘公交车和出租车游览了这个城市。上周末，我们乘长途汽车去颐和园观光了，（我们）绕着湖逛了很久。

Lingling:That sounds great! But now，we'd better get back to work．O We're going to have a big exam at the end of the term．

玲玲：那听起来棒极了！但现在，我们最好回到学习上来。在学期末我们将有一次大型考试。

Betty:There's nothing to worry about you work hard as long as you work hard.

贝蒂：只要你努力学习，没什么好担心的。

Daming:And after the exam，there's the school leaver's party.We're all looking forward to it!

大明：考试过后！有毕业生聚会。我们都期盼着它！

Betty：Exactly! We'll have a great time!

贝蒂：确实如此！我们将会过得很愉快！