【正文】 season for travel. School is out and the weather is great. When Americans take a rest, they often go to their favorite places. Americans like traveling. Most Americans prefer to travel in their own country. This is because it is cheaper than traveling abroad and there is no language problem. Some people like to go to beaches, mountains, and lakes to enjoy the beauty of nature. Others like traveling in big cities. There are many fun places in big cities. Families often plan their travel with the kids in mind. More and more places give visitors“family friendly” travel. They have some programs for kids. History lovers can go to museums to teach kids something about history. Also there are travels for kids to learn about environment. All in all, kids can have fun.(8)“Time to get ready for bed!” someone shouts from the other room. Oh, no! Your’re really into the great book you’re reading or that puter game that you’re winning. “Why do I have to go to bed?” you ask, “Sleep is boring, and I’m not even tired!”But sleep is more important than you may think. You can think of a time when you didn’t get enough sleep. That heavy, tired feeling was too bad. When you feel that way, you’re not at your best. So if you’re not too tired, let’s talk about sleep.Students have a busy life. There’s school, taking care of your pets, running around with friends, doing sports or other activities, and doing your homework. By the end of the day, your body needs a break. Sleep allows your body to rest for the next day.Not only is sleep necessary for your body, it’s important for your brain, too. Some scientists think that the brain has a lot of work to do when you sleep. （9）We love football like monkeys love bananas. In this small village, not everyone can go to school, so football has bee another kind of education. Every child loves playing football. Playing football takes up more than half of our time .It is not only a pleasure but also a dream. There have been several famous football stars from this village. The boys hold a dream that though we can not go to school, we can achieve our dream by playing football. Football is the tradition for the children here. It is easy to gets the shoes broken, so we usually take them off when practicing .But we show our respect and faith for a formal game, and we put shoes on. The dream is closest to us when we put ourselves in it .（10）Sam、Jim、Lily and Lucy are good friends . They all like sports. Sam and Lily like ball sports .They like football, basketball, volleyball, tennis and table tennis. Jim and Lucy like ice and snow sports. They like ice skating and skiing. They like roller skating, too. Sam likes running and jumping, too. Lily likes riding a bike. Jim likes swimming best and Lucy likes flying the kites. They all like playing cards, too .And only Lily and Jim like chess. （11）Here are two pictures. A man and a boy are in one picture. Who are they? Let me tell you. The man is Mr White, and the boy’s name is Bill. He’s the man’s son. Now they are in Bill’s bedroom. We can see some Chinese books on the desk. And on the bed is a shirt. It’s Bill’s. His trousers are on it , under his shirt , too. Now let’s look at the other picture. You can see a woman and a girl in it. The woman is Bill’s mother and she’s in her daughter，Ann’s room .You can see a photo of the Whites on the white wall. Between the windows is a desk. A clock is on the desk. It’s eleven. What is on the floor? Oh, it’s Ann’s hat . It looks like a brown cat.（12）Do you often play football? Many people in the world like playing football. They often call British Soccer football. But they are different games. Do you know the difference between them? A soccer ball is round, but an Ame