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 .