This Thursday, across the US, kids are skipping school(缺课)and going to work with their parents. They’ll be making copies, sending faxes(传真)and sweeping floors. This is because April 28 is Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day all over the US. This holiday shows kids what it means to be a grown-up in the working world.
I still remember when this day started, I was very happy. Not only did I have the chance to miss school, but I also got to sit in my dad’s taxi all day long and we would go to a restaurant for lunch.
But after only 20 minutes of driving around the city. I was very bored. I couldn’t read my book in the car as I would get carsick(晕车)and my dad didn’t like to turn on the radio. I got hot and uncomfortable. people wouldn’t get into his taxi because they thought he already had a passenger: me—so nothing happened. It seemed years before we went out for lunch. I actually started to miss school.
While the point of the day is to give kids a chance to experience real-life jobs and give them an idea of the possibilities(可能性) for their futures, I got something completely different from the day. I learned to appreciate(重视) school. Where else do you get to play with your friends, do science experiments, read great books and write stories all in one day?
Just as you’ll have to learn to love your job later in life, learn to love school now. If you don’t already, try spending the day at work with your dad.
【小题1】When is the “Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day”all over the US?

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　　John lives in a small village. It's Sunday today and he doesn't go to school. After breakfast his parents went to work on the farm. He watched TV for an hour and then went out to play football with his friends. It got hot and they swam in the river until suddenly it began to rain. The five children stood in an old house by the river. About forty minutes later the rain stopped , they were all hungry and went home. It was difficult (困难的) for them to walk on the maddy (泥泞的) roads. When John got home, it was five past twelve.

　　Mrs Turner was in the kitchen at that time. She saw her son from the window. She was busy there and couldn't go out. She called out ,“You can't come in if your feet are dirty , John.”

　　“My feet are clean , mummy ,”said the boy.“Only my shoes are dirty. So I can go in , I think.”

1．What is John's father?

2．How many children swam in the river that day?

3．Why did they swim in the river?

4．Why didn't Mrs Turner let John in?

　　Jackson is at the police station. The police are asking him about a robbery. It happened on April 25th. They think Jackson did it.

　　A detective asks Jackson,‘What were you doing on April 25th?’Jackson tells him about that day like this:

　　I live in a basement(地下室)flat at No. 12 in Castle Street. I remember that April 25th was Tuesday. I got up very early on that morning. The house was very quiet. I put on my blue suit, and left my flat without having breakfast because there isn't a kitchen in that flat.

　　I went down the stairs to the ground floor. In the hall I met Mrs White. She said,‘Good morning, Mr Jackson. Where are you going? That's a lovely green suit.’I said,‘I'm going out for a walk.’‘In such weather!’she answered. I said.‘I know it's cold, but I'll be OK. I've got my scarf and gloves.’

　　It was a typical Sunday. I walked all the morning in the hot sun. No one saw me in the street. At midday I had lunch in a restaurant. And I went to the cinema in the afternoon. It was a good film a horror film. It lasted for one hour. I came out of the cinema at about 11 p.m. Then I got home and felt very hungry because I didn't have any lunch. So I went into my kitchen, and cooked some supper. Then I went to bed. That's all.

　　After hearing Mr Jackson's words, the police find seven mistakes in the story. Can you find them out?

　　Complete the sentences with the information above

1 Firstly, he says he wore a ________ suit but later he says Mrs White saw him wearing a ________ one.

2 Secondly, he says April 25th was ________ but later he says it was ________.

3 Thirdly, he says there isn't a ________ in his flat but later he tells the police he went into the ________ to cook some supper at night.

4 Fourthly, he says he lived in a ________ flat but how could he go down the stairs to the ________ floor?

5 Fifthly, he syas it was ________ that day and he wore his scarf and gloves but later he says he walked all the morning in the ________ sun.

6 Sixthly, Jackson says he had ________ in a restaurant but then he says he felt very ________ because he didn't have any ________.

7 Seventhly, Jackson said he saw a ________ in the afternoon and it lasted for ________ hour but when he came out of the cinema how could it be at about ________ p.m.?