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    Li Hua and Li Qiang are twins . They are twelve years old . They are good at English . They like to swim and ride bikes in their holidays . They like to fly kites too . They often fly kites near the lake . But they not all the same . LiHua likes playing football , but LiQiang likes playing pingpong . Li Hua likes drawing pictures . They often help each other .

    Father's Day is a holiday for fathers. It's on the third Sunday of June, The idea of Father's Day was given by Dodd of New York. Dodd wanted a day to honor (对......表示敬意) her father. Dodd has five little brothers. Her mother died very early, and her father raised (抚养) his children. Dodd's father was born in June, so she held (举行) the first Father's Day on the19th of June, in 1910. In 1972 it was celebrated (庆祝) by Americans on the third Sunday in June. On that day, children get up early to cook rich breakfast for their father. People wear (戴) roses on that day, too. If his father is dead, he wears white roses. If his father is alive, he wears red roses. Now it is celebrated in the USA, the UK and many other countries.

    I'm Bill. My mother's birthday is in April and my father's is in July. My dog Lucky's birthday is on December 25. That's Christmas Day! My birthday is in October. I like October.

    Hello, I'm Mike. I am ten years old. My favourite food is salad. It's healthy. I often play football on the weekend. I have two good friends.

They're Sarah and John, Sarah is helpful at home. She often washes her clothes on the weekend. She likes ice cream. She thinks it's sweet, John is a funny boy. His favourite food is sandwiches. They're delicious. What does he do on the weekend? Oh! He often does his homework.

Do you know the Dragon Boat Festal? It's on May the fifth. It's a traditional festival in China. And the Dragon Boat festival is in memory of a Chinese poet, QuYuan. People in China usually have a big meal with family on the Dragon Boat Festival. And they usually eat rice dumplings. Rice dumpling is also called Zongzi. It is a kind of rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves. In the past people threw rice dumplings into the river to feed the fish so that they would not eat QuYuan's body. Dragon boat racing is the most exciting activity during the Dragon Boat Festival. Children all enjoy watching the Dragon boat racing very much. A dragon boat looks like a dragon, and is painted in red, white, yellow or black. A dragon boat is 20 to 40 meters long and need twenty people to row. The Dragon Boat Festival is very interesting.