Dear Dad and Mom,

    We have been in Australia for three days. We're having a good time here. Australia is the sixth {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（large） country in the world. There is so much to see{#blank#}2{#/blank#} it is impossible for me to tell you everything. We are now living in a hotel. It is located（坐落于……）in the centre of Sydney, and our room has a wonderful view of the city. There are{#blank#}3{#/blank#}（much） big trees and beautiful flowers all over the city and it is great pleasure staying here.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} most enjoyable thing is to watch koalas sleeping in the tree.

    We {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（visit） many places of interest around Sydney yesterday and the day before yesterday. I'd like to spend more time here, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} Linda and May can't wait to see the coral reefs（珊瑚礁） in Cairns, so we are going to {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（fly） there tomorrow. It is said that words cannot describe the beauty of the colourful corals. Now we are busy {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（prepare） for the next trip to Cairns so that we will not hurry when we leave. We can enjoy {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（us） in Cairns this time tomorrow. I'm looking forward{#blank#}10{#/blank#}visiting the attractions there!

Lots of love,

Sam

WORLDFRIENDS

    Welcome to "Worldfriends", the place to meet new people from all over the world! Tell{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(we) about you and your life!

Harry Lee, UK

    Hi, I'm Harry. I'm 12 years old and I live{#blank#}2{#/blank#}London. I'm in Year 7 at school. l have two sisters, Jenny and Sue We have two pets：a dog Max and a cat{#blank#}3{#/blank#}cat doesn't have a name! She's just "cat"! I have lots of good friends. My{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(good)friend is Zak. Do you have lots of friends? Maybe we can be friends on "Worldfriends"!

Anna Melnik, USA

    Hello, I'm Anna, and I'm in the{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(seven)grade at school I'm 13. I don't have a lot of friends{#blank#}6{#/blank#}I have two very close ones：Mary and Jenny My family{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(have)a house in the country and I often spend time there with Mary and Jenny. I don't have{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(some)brothers or sisters, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}it's good to have friends to play with I have a computer arid we love{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(play)games on it together.

    The summer vacation is coming! What are you going to do for{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (you)summer vacation？

    Tom made{#blank#}2{#/blank#} plan for his summer vacation. At the{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (begin), Tom is going to take singing lessons and practise it every day. He wants{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be)a singer like Jay Chou when he grows up. Next, Tom is going to take a plane to Shanghai {#blank#}5{#/blank#}his parents. The boy thinks a family summer vacation will be{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (relax). Tom hopes to visit Shanghai Disneyland. He wants to play all the games in Disneyland and take{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(photo).

    Shanghai, Tom will do his schoolwork {#blank#}8{#/blank#}study hard for the new term. He is also going to spend more time{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(read) books every day. He thinks reading is{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (use)and enjoyable. Toms' summer vacation will be busy and interesting.

    What about your plan for the summer vacation? Can you tell me？

    One day, Piere, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(whom)worked in a government office, received an {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(invite)to a palace ball. His wife, Mathilde, had no money {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(buy) jewellery, so she borrowed a {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(beauty)necklace(项链)from {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(she)friend, Jeanne. She looked very beautiful. And they had {#blank#}6{#/blank#} wonderful time that evening.

    But after the ball, she {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(find)the necklace missing. They had to borrow a lot of money to buy a new one for Jeanne. In order to pay back the money, they worked day and night {#blank#}8{#/blank#} 10 years. Mathilde became very old, so Jeanne didn't recognize her when they met in a park 10 years {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(late).From this story, we know a person shouldn't be affected by vanity (虚荣心), {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it will cost him a lot.