My father died when I was a baby and my mother had to go out to work. I was the only 1 so I had no brothers and sisters to play with at home. I used to play in the street with other children, or ride my bike down to the park, but I remember I 2 a lot of time just sitting at home reading. We had a television, I think, but don't remember 3 it very much. My grandparents lived with us and we used to do a lot of things together-I remember we played card a lot. At the weekends, my mother always 4 --- we often went down to the sea and swam, and I 5 to swim when was quite young. We didn't' have car, so we went everywhere by bus. Occasionally( 偶尔 ), one of my uncles used to come and take us out in his car, which was a great _ 6 . For holidays we always went to the seaside, but never far away - may be a short train journey. My mother wasn't' very 7 , and i don't' remember her eve r 8 me. In fact,I used to get my own way too much. I was given small pocket money because we weren't very 9 and I probably spent most of it on sweets, as far as remember-I don't think anyone thought they were 10 for you then.