| 19B | 20B | 21A | 22C | 23C | 24D | 25D |
| 26A | 27B | 28B | 29A | 30A |
Mom: Grandma wants us at her house by twelve on New Year's Eve, because she is cooking a big lunch for the whole family. Here are the trains that go to her town.
| Train | Leaves Taipei | Arrives |
|---|---|---|
| 101 | 7:10 A.M. | 9:40 A.M. |
| 105 | 9:00 A.M. | 10:50 A.M. |
| 109 | 9:30 A.M. | 12:00 noon |
| Adult $380 / Child under 12 $190 | ||
Ken: When we get off the train, it takes us another twenty minutes to ride the bus to Grandma's house.
Mom: Then Train 109 is too late for us, even if it arrives right on time.
Ken: Can we take Train 105? I do not want to get up so early on a holiday, and it still gets us there before lunch.
Mom: All right. I will buy the tickets myself, one adult and one child, so you do not need to worry about them.
媽媽：奶奶希望我們除夕十二點前到她家，因為她要煮一頓豐盛的午餐給全家人吃。這是開往她那裡的火車班次。
| 車次 | 台北出發 | 抵達 |
|---|---|---|
| 101 | 上午 7:10 | 上午 9:40 |
| 105 | 上午 9:00 | 上午 10:50 |
| 109 | 上午 9:30 | 中午 12:00 |
| 全票 380 元／12 歲以下兒童 190 元 | ||
肯：下了火車以後，還要再搭二十分鐘公車才到奶奶家。
媽媽：那 109 次就算準時到站，對我們來說也太晚了。
肯：我們可以搭 105 次嗎？放假我不想那麼早起，而且它還是能讓我們在午餐前到。
媽媽：好吧。我自己去買票，一張全票、一張兒童票，你不用擔心。
City Library: New Opening Hours
From November 1, our library will open at these new times, which give students more time to study after school:
The library will be closed every Monday. It will also be closed from New Year's Eve to New Year's Day, because we will clean every room and put in new computers that are faster than the old ones.
Adults may borrow eight books for four weeks, while students may borrow four books for two weeks. If you want to keep a book longer, you can call us or ask the kind gentleman who sits at the front desk. During October, our old hours are still used, so please check the clock before you come.
市立圖書館：新開放時間
自 11 月 1 日起，本館將依以下新時間開放，讓學生放學後有更多時間讀書：
本館每週一休館。除夕到元旦也會休館，因為我們要打掃每個房間，並裝設比舊電腦更快的新電腦。
成人可借八本書、借期四週；學生則可借四本書、借期兩週。如果想延長借期，可以打電話給我們，或詢問坐在前面櫃檯那位親切的先生。十月期間仍使用舊的開放時間，所以來館前請先看看時間。
Dear Ken,
My sister Amy will be twenty next month, so we are planning a party for her. It is on Saturday, March 21, at seven in the evening, and about fifteen of her friends are coming. Please come to our house at six if you can help us get everything ready. Amy thinks that we will only have dinner together as a family, so please do not tell her about it.
Ann will bring the drinks, and I will try to make the cake myself, although I have never baked one before. Can you bring your camera? We want lots of photographs of that night, because Amy will move to Japan in May to study and will not come home for a long time.
Please let me know before Wednesday.
Peter
親愛的肯：
我姊姊艾咪下個月就滿二十歲了，所以我們正在計畫幫她辦一場派對。時間是 3 月 21 日星期六晚上七點，她大約有十五個朋友會來。如果你能來幫我們把一切準備好，請六點到我們家。艾咪以為我們只是全家一起吃晚餐，所以請不要告訴她這件事。
安會帶飲料，我會試著自己做蛋糕，雖然我以前從來沒烤過。你可以帶相機來嗎？我們想替那晚拍很多照片，因為艾咪五月要搬到日本念書，會有很長一段時間不回家。
請在星期三前告訴我。
彼得
In most countries, the school year starts in August or September, but Japan is different. Japanese students begin a new school year in April, when the trees are covered with pink flowers, so many parents take photographs of their children under the trees on the first day.
The students have a long break in July and August because the weather is too hot for studying. They also get a short break at New Year, when many families go back to their old hometowns to visit their parents. However, the breaks are not all fun, because there is still some homework to do.
The school year ends in March, when students say goodbye to their teachers and move up to the next grade. For many Japanese people, spring is the time for a new start.
在大多數國家，學年從八月或九月開始，但日本不一樣。日本學生在四月開始新學年，那時樹上開滿了粉紅色的花，所以許多父母會在開學第一天替孩子在樹下拍照。
學生在七、八月有長假，因為天氣太熱，不適合讀書。新年時他們也有一個短假，許多家庭會回老家看望父母。不過，假期並不全是玩樂，因為還是有一些作業要寫。
學年在三月結束，學生向老師道別，升上下一個年級。對許多日本人來說，春天是重新開始的時候。