Hey, friends~ I'm Jill. Let me tell you {#blank#}1{#/blank#}about my sister. My sister's name is Cathy. She is a(n) {#blank#}2{#/blank#}She works in a hospital not far from our house. Her eating habits are very healthy. She {#blank#}3{#/blank#}junk food And she {#blank#}4{#/blank#}eats it. She exercises more than an hour every day. Sure, she is in good {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

    From Monday to Saturday, Cathy is full. Sometimes she doesn't have {#blank#}6{#/blank#}time for dinner. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} things are different on Sunday. On that day she never works. Sometimes she and I go to the movies {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. Sometimes she rides her bicycle to the farm to help Dad look after the pigs. Oh, last Sunday she didn't go to the movies. She didn't help Dad look after the pigs, either. She and I {#blank#}9{#/blank#} paragliding on Blues Beach. I enjoyed {#blank#}10{#/blank#}but she didn't. Why? That's because she hurt (使受伤) her leg.

—Good {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (morning/evening)！

A: Hey, Paul! Over here! Don't you remember me?

B: Oh, Tina! What a surprise to see you here!

A: That's right. I haven't seen you for {#blank#}1{#/blank#} two years. Where have you been these two years?

B: I have been on the city basketball team and have been busy {#blank#}2{#/blank#} I'm o on vacation here this week. What do you do now?

A: I am a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in a band.

B: Really? You used to be {#blank#}4{#/blank#} in front of people, didn't you?

A: Yeah, but now I am very outgoing.

B: Wow! People surely change. How many members are there in your band?

A: There are four, three boys and one girl. We are going to give two {#blank#}5{#/blank#} at Screen City this Saturday. Would you like to come?

B: Sure, I'd like to.

    For every student, every day is different. But do you enjoy your school life?

    Nowadays, it seems that the school life is not as {#blank#}1{#/blank#} as we thought. As we grow up， our pressure of study also grows. Many of my classmates don't go to bed {#blank#}2{#/blank#}11 p.m.or12 p.m. It seems that stress and pressure are {#blank#}3{#/blank#} of a colorful school life. But in my school, the life in Grade 9 isn't so depressing (令人沮丧的).

    My classmates are very outgoing and {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Although our head teacher is strict {#blank#}5{#/blank#} us in our studies, we also feel very happy and do the schoolwork well.

    Sometimes, we may read some magazines to relax {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. But I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to do some reading and write something in my diary. These activities can help me get rid of stress from studying.

    In other words, we can do many fun things to enrich our school lives, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} let's enjoy ourselves at school.

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, the final exam is coming soon. I's time for us to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} ourselves. We should try our best to do well in it.

Dear Larry,

    It was lovely to hear from you again and to know that things are going {#blank#}1{#/blank#} with you.

    Thanks for telling me all {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the Chinese Moon Festival. It sounds like you enjoyed a great party in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) . It makes me think of the festival we took part in {#blank#}3{#/blank#} we traveled in South Africa. The people there kept many goats (山羊) , as well as sheep and cows. Beef was expensive and was only for very {#blank#}4{#/blank#} "times. In all our time there we were {#blank#}5{#/blank#} served beef in the villages, because beef is not usually served to {#blank#}6{#/blank#}

    By the way, I happened to see these pictures and thought you'd like to see {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. A Chinese girl gave Tang Suit to Joan and me when she left school. We {#blank#}8{#/blank#} them on in the university car park. Someone took photos for us though I was wearing my kilt (苏格兰短褶裙) ! It seemed to be {#blank#}9{#/blank#}， different that some suggested that I could start a new look.

    We wore Tang Suit to a dinner which was held on the ship in August when we visited Germany. Some Chinese ladies came and spoke to us. They were interested in my traditional Chinese clothing.

    We {#blank#}10{#/blank#} look forward to hearing from you again.

    Best Wishes!

Yours,

Ken and Joan