Dear Peter，

    Thank you for your letter. Now I'm going to answer some of your questions. You ask me about the weather in Beijing in winter. It's quite cold and it often snows in winter. After snowing, the ground is white. And I can skate on the ice. It's very interesting to skate. I like winter best.

    You ask me when it is the best time to come to China. I think the best time to come to China is in spring or in fall. It's often too hot in summer and it's too cold in winter. I have to finish this letter now. Ask your brother to come to China with you together. Welcome to Beijing soon.

Yours，

Jim

A: I was busy last Sunday. What about you, Mary?

B: I was on the farm with my uncle.

A：What did you do?

B: I did exercise in the morning. no

A: Were you free in the afternoon?

B: No, I wasn't. I cleaned the farm.

A：Did you watch TV?

B: No. I must finish my homework.

A: I'm sure you were tired.

B: You're right. But I think it was interesting.

    My name is Robinson. I live on an island. I always get up early every day. I wash my face, and then I eat breakfast. Sometimes I clean my cave(洞穴), too.

    I often go swimming in the water. In the afternoon, I play sports with my friend. His name is Friday. Friday is good at sports. He often wins.

    Hello, I'm Lucy. I'm nine years old. I like swimming and running. PE is my favourite subject. My family is going to play in the park tomorrow. We're going to get up at eight o'clock. My sister is going to fly a kite. My brother is going to take some pictures. My father is going to fish, and my mother is going to fish, too. And I'm going to ride a bike.

    My American friend and I have a simple room. It is not very large. It has a kitchen, a living room, a bedroom, and a bathroom. In the kitchen, there is old wooden table, four new chairs, an electric stove, a small refrigerator, and lots of dirty dishes in the sink. Sometimes, at night, we have mice on the floor. The living room has a brown sofa with lots of holes in it. One table with a lamp, and one big green chair. Old pictures of Michael Jordan are on the wall. The bedroom has two beds, two desks, two lamps and a lot of dirty clothes. The bathroom has a dirty toilet, a bathtub, a sink, and a mirror. The shower doesn't work sometimes.

    When Ruby was a baby, she was very cute. She had short hair and big blue eyes. She was in a pink baby clothes. She could crawl (爬) along the floor. She could play with blocks. She liked to lie on the floor with her mum. She could put the blocks on top of each other. She could sit in a high chair and eat from a spoon. She could eat soft food like potato, pumpkin, yoghurt and banana.

    Now Ruby is ten years old. She has long black hair. She likes eating beef and vegetables. She can do more things. She can read, write, draw and count. She can play the piano. She sometimes goes to the music hall to enjoy the concerts. She is growing up.