"work while you work and play while you play, this is the way to be happy and gay. "the .art festival① held in our school let us have a good time after the hard work of a long term .on friday afternoon at the end of last term, our class, that is, class 5 of senior two, had a wonderful party to celebrate this happy festival.

　　first we had music and dance--piano sonata②, exciting songs, brilliant waltz③ dance, then most popular disco④ music, etc, ---- all this made us extremely happy.then we had one competition after another. it was soon about five o'clock before we knew it. the most exciting program began: cooking competition . each group of our class had to make some special dishes . at once students became cooks, though they coudn't tell the salt from gourmet powder⑤ the day before.at seven o'clock all dishes were ready."ah, it tastes wonderfully delicious,"someone shouted. then here and there applause was heard.

　　at last we had to finish our party . when we said good-bye to each other, we had the same feeling in our hearts: "we wish to have more and more of such wonderful time in our school life. we young students need to be happy after our lessons . our life should be filled with joy."

　　【词语解释】

　　①art festival['fest v l] n.艺术节②sonata [s 'na:t ] n.奏鸣曲③waltz [w&:ls, w&:lts] n.华尔兹舞;圆舞曲④disco ['disk u] n.迪斯科舞⑤gourmet powder['gu mei'paud ] 味精