Hi, I'm Mike. I'm a clever student. Usually, I go to school on foot. Because my home is near the school. Tom is my good friend. We often go to school together. My father is a doctor. He often goes to work by car. My mother is a teacher. She often goes to work by bus, but sometimes by bike.

    On weekends, I often go to the park with my parents. In the afternoon, I often go to the library by bike. I like reading. After dinner, I like watching TV with my family.

    Hi, I'm Sally. I live in Canada. I hear there are many interesting places in China. I plan to go to Beijing, Hangzhou and Xi'an next month by plane. Beijing is the capital of China. The Great Wall is in Beijing. It's very long. The West Lake is in Hangzhou. Hangzhou is in Zhejiang Province. I hear it is very beautiful. Xi'an is in Shaanxi. The terracotta army is in there. It is very famous.

    Hello! I'm Oliver. I'm from Canada. I can dance. I can speak English and sing English songs. But I can't play the pipa. I can swim and play volleyball. But I can't do any kung fu. I can't cook and I can't draw cartoons.

Dear John,

    I saw your name in the newspaper. You asked for a pen friend in China. I would like to be your pen friend.

    I am twelve years old. I live in Shanghai. I am a student at Pudong Primary School. We study Chinese, English, maths, science, art, PE and some other subjects. My favourite subjects are PE and maths. I like playing basketball with my friends after school. I like collecting stamps, too. I have a lot of beautiful stamps. I will finish primary school soon and go to middle school.

    I'd like to know everything about you. Please write to me soon. My e-mail address is gaoshan@163.com.

Best wishes,

Gao Shan

    This is my school day. I usually get up at 6:30 in the morning. I have breakfast at 7 o'clock. Then I go to school at 7:30. It's 8:15 now. I have a Chinese class. I have an art class at 10:30. I finish class at 5:30 p.m. and then go home.

Ben: Hi, Tim. This is my friend, Amy.

Tim Hi, Amy. Nice to meet you.

Amy: Nice to meet you too, Tim.

Ben: Tim is a hard-working and clever boy. His favourte class is art.

Amy: I love art, too.

Tim: We have art on Tuesday and Friday afternoons.

Amy: What do you have on Mondays?

Ben: I have English, science, maths and computer in the morning. In the afternoon,

I have PE and reading class.

Amy: What's your favourite class, Ben?

Ben: PE class. I like sports.

Amy: How many PE classes do you have in a week?

Ben: Let me see. Two. We have PE on Monday afternoons and Wednesday mornings.