Look at the picture! It's a zoo.This is a giraffe. It's tall. Look at this bird! Wow,It has a small head and a short tail! The elephant is big. It has a long nose and a short tail. Oh,it is a panda! It's black and white.

    Marie Curie was a Polish scientist. She was born in1867 and was firm and fantastic. She discovered a kind of new element-radium with her husband. And she got the Nobel Prize twice. People think that Marie Curie was the greatest woman scientist of the twentieth century.

    Marie and her husband believed that there was an element and they wanted to find it. So they worked hard in the lab all day long. One night, Marie Curie went to the lab. In the dark, she saw the element was blue and beautiful. They discovered radium in 1898!

    In 1903, Marie and her husband got the Nobel Prize. They got seventy thousand francs. Marie just took a little money to go on with her study. She gave the money to others and helped the poor. Marie didn't care for the money or gold medals. She only cared about the science study.

    Marie Curie worked very hard for long. She was sick. In 1934, Marie Curie closed her eyes forever.

    Hello, I'm Ann. I have a beautiful school. It's not big. There are 18 classrooms in it. My classroom is next to the library. It's big and clean. Teachers work in the teachers' rooms. There is a playground, a library, a computer room, an art room, a music room and six teachers' rooms in my school. The playground is in front of the school building. We play games there. The computer room is between the music room and the art room. We have computer lessons in the computer room. We sing songs in the music room. We draw pictures in the art room. I like my school very much.

    I'm Mike. I like school because I can learn many things at school. We have four classes in the morning and two classes in the afternoon. I like weekends, too. We don't go to school on Saturdays or Sundays. I often play basketball with my friends on Saturday mornings. I wash my clothes on Saturday afternoons. I often do homework on Sunday mornings. And I often go to the park on Sunday afternoons.

    The city is very beautiful now. There weren't many trees. Now there are many trees along the streets. And there is a supermarket now. We can go shopping there. There was a small park here before. Now it's big. Many people like going there.

Sarah: Where did you go over the winter holiday?

Amy: My family and I went to Sanya.

Wu Binbin: Really? Did you like it?

Amy: Yes, it was so warm.

Sarah: Hainan is far from here. How did you go there?

Amy: We went there by plane.

Wu Binbin: How was the beach? What did you do there?

Amy: It was beautiful. I took lots of pictures, and I also went swimming.

Sarah: Sounds great! Can I see your pictures sometime?

Amy: Sure.