Our classroom is bright and clean. But it is not big. There are twenty-three desks and chairs in it. They are new. There's a big desk in front of the classroom. It's for our teachers. There are five pictures on the right wall. There's a map of the world and a map of China on the left wall.

    Near the window there's a bookshelf. There are many books on it. Our class-room is very nice. We have lessons here. We like our classroom.

    Hello! My name is Mike. I am an American boy. I'm 12 years old. I study in Youyi School in Beijing. My home is near. I usually go to school on foot. Sometimes I go by bus. My father and my mother are teachers. They work in a middle school. It's very far. They go to work by underground. They work very hard. I love them. My grandparents are in the USA. We visit them by plane every year.

A: Hello, Sydney 8679132!

B: Hello, Mum!

A: Oh! Hello, Jack! How are you?

B: Fine, thanks, Mum. What about you?

A: I'm fine, too. How is it going there?

B: It's good. What's the weather like in Sydney?

A: It's very sunny here. Here is summer now. It's very hot.

How is the weather in Beijing?

B: Oh, there is a lot of snow here. It's very cold. Because it's winter here.

A: You'd better wear warm clothes.

B: OK, Mum. Don't worry. I like to play with snow.

    Sam has two toy cars. Now he is playing with them. Sam says, "One, two, go!" Car 1is up the hill(小山)and turns right. It goes fast. Car 2 is down the hill and turns left. It goes fast, too. Then Car 1 turns left and Car 2 turns right. Now they are at the station(车站).

    Mike is a little boy, and he doesn't like washing hands. Three or four times(次) every day his mother says to him, "Mike, your hands are very dirty(脏的). Go and wash them." But Mike never washes them well. He only puts his hands in the water and soon takes them out. Mike's uncle and aunt live in another city. One day, they come to see Mike's parents, and they take their small son, Ted, with them. Ted is one year younger than Mike, and he doesn't like soap(肥皂) or water, either.

    The boys sit with their parents for a few minutes(几分钟), and then they go out. When they are alone(单独的), Mike looks at Ted's hands and says proudly(自豪地), "My hands are dirtier than yours!"

     "Of course they are," Ted says. "You are older than I am."