We buy our daughter a little dog. There are not many children of her age and we think a dog would make her happy. We are right. They play together happily. Our daughter smiles and laughs a lot more. Both of them are very dirty. But the dog is easier to look after than my daughter. He always eats up all his food and needn't wash his cloths. My wife is also very happy because I don't smoke any more. The dog doesn't like the smell.

    Today is August 17 th. The sun is shining. The wind blows gently. It is very hot. The Lis are at the beach on holiday. Look, Peter is swimming in the sea. He swims very fast. His lather shouts to him: "Don't swim too far. The sea is very deep." Peter's sister Jenny doesn't like to swim in the sea. She is collecting shells on the beach. She has a lot of shells in her bag. There is a little boy beside Jenny. Fie is eating a banana. Then he puts the peel on the sand. "Hey, boy. Don't throw the rubbish on the sand. It's dirty." Jenny says. The boy's face turns red.

    We have a nice and big classroom. The windows are big, and the walls are white. There is a blackboard on the front wall, a big new desk is near it, it's for our teachers. There are some pictures on the other walls. There are forty desks and forty chairs in the classroom. They are for us. There are twenty-three boys and seventeen girls in our class. There are some flowers on the teacher's desk. They are for our English teacher. She is a good teacher and we all like her. We often play games and sing English songs in our English class. We all like English very much.

    Hello! My name is Tom. I like English very much. My favourite food is beef, sandwiches and ice cream. I can do some kung fu, make a puppet and play ping-pong. Today is Saturday. I often read books, do my homework and watch TV on Saturdays. What do you do on the weekends?

    My home is near the forest. There are some mountains behind my house. There is a river in front of my house. You can see two bridges over it. Welcome to my home.

Li Fei：Hello, Liu Ming!

Liu Ming：Hello! What a lovely day!

Li Fei：Let's have a picnic(野餐) today.

Liu Ming：Great!

Li Fei：Have some bananas, please.

Liu Ming：No, thanks. I don't like bananas. I like grapes.

Li Fei：OK. Here you are.

Liu Ming：Thank you. What do you like, Li Fei?

Li Fei：I like mangoes.

Liu Ming：Have some mangoes, please.

Li Fei：Thank you.

Liu Ming：You are welcome.

Dear Tom,

    Today we got up very early. We went to the Great Wall by bus. It was very far. It was about three hours by bus. The guide told us the food there was very expensive, so we bought some cakes, juice and peaches. We put them in one backpack, Zhang Fang took the backpack and I took the camera, because he said he was older and stronger than me.

When we got to the Great Wall, we saw many people at the entrance (入口). We had to stand in line and waited. It was our turn at last. We began to climb. At first I counted the steps, but soon I couldn't remember the number. It is too high. We stopped to have a rest for several times. At last we got to the top of the wall. We were so excited! We've become real men!

    There is a cinema on the wall. We saw a movie of the Great Wall. It was evening when we came back. We ate beef and noodles for supper. We had a good day today.

Zhang Peng