My name is Li Fang. Look! This is a picture of my village. There is a very beautiful lake in my village. There are many fish in the lake. The water in the lake is very clean. Near the lake, there are some small houses. There is a path near the houses. There are many trees near path. You can see many birds in the trees. The sky is blue, the air is fresh. I love my village.

    One day Tom tells his friends, "I'm going to have holidays in Beijing. But I can't speak Chinese, so I'm going to have evening classes and have Chinese lessons there for a month." Soon his holidays come and he goes to China happily. After he comes back, his friends ask him, " Do you have any trouble with your Chinese when you are in Beijing, Tom?" "No, I don't." answers Tom, " But the Chinese do!

    Hello! I'm Sam. It's my birthday. I'm nine. Here are my birthday gifts. How many gifts? Look! Two pens, three pencils, a bag, a cake, and a doll（玩偶） panda. Look at the panda. This is her head. It's white. This is her leg. It's black. What's that? Is that a bird? No, it isn't. It's a duck. Look, this is his body. It's blue. That is his head. It's red. And his foot is yellow.

    I am Li Ming. I am twelve years old. There are four people in my family. They are my father, my mother, my little sister and me. We live in a big city. My father is a teacher. He teaches music. He likes watching films. He goes to work by car every day. My mother is a nurse. She works in a hospital. She likes listening to music. She goes to work by bus. My sister and I are students. We study in the same school, but in different grades. We go to school on foot. My sister likes watching TV. I like playing football.

    Kate is a new student. She is twelve. She is from America. She can speak English very well and she can speak a little Chinese. She is in Shenzhen. Her parents are doctors. Kate is studying in a school near her home. She has classes from Monday to Friday. On Saturdays and Sundays, she often plays games with her Chinese friends. She loves China and her Chinese friends.