What Is Our Life Like
1 How are the Chinese’s children’s lives different from their visitors’ lives? Listen, read and try to act out the dialogue.
Mrs Zhou: How are you , Rose? How are you, tom?
Rose and Tom: We ’re fine ,thank you .
Yongxian: Hello, Rose. Hello Tom.
Rose and Tom: Hi, Yongxian.
Mrs Zhou: would you like to go to school with Yongxian tomorrow, children?
Tom: Yes , that would be fun .What time does school start ?
Yongxian: At seven thirty.
Rose: Oh no. I usually get up at 8 o’clock!
Mrs Zhou: Yongxian always gets up at six thirty.
Tom: Six thirty! I never get up before seven thirty!
Tom: What are these?
Mrs Zhou: These noodles .Do you eat noodles in London?
Rose: Yes I sometimes eat noodles at my friend Sarah’s
Tom: My mum never makes noodles.
Yongxian: My mum always makes noodles.
Mrs Zhou: Would you like to go shopping now and buy some Chinese toys?
Rose: This evening ? We usually go shopping at the weekend,
Yongxian: In China the shops are still open in the evening .Mum, Dad and I sometimes go shopping after dinner.
Tom: We usually go to bed at about eight thirty.
Yongxian: Really? We never go to bed before nine thirty.
Rose : I like the life in china .