Do you think you can communicate (交流) without words?A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad. When you raise your hand in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. You shake your head, and people know you are saying "No". You nod and people know you are saying "Yes".

    People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things.

    Books can tell you about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books,magazines, TV and films all help us to communicate with each other. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.

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    Look at those monkeys! How lovely they are! A mother and a baby are sitting on the hill. The mother is talking to its child. Some monkeys are jumping up and down. Others are swinging. I throw some bananas to them. One of them gets a banana. It runs away quickly and eats the banana behind the hill. I take photos of them. Suddenly I find two of them picking up stones. What do they want to do? Ha! They are talking photos, too.

    We have a good time during the Spring Festival. On that day, I get up early.  Then I put on my new clothes. I brush my teeth and wash my face. After that, I have breakfast with my parents. At noon I always go to my grandparents' house. They give me lucky money. In the afternoon，we make dumplings together. In the evening, we have dumplings, watch TV and talk. We all love the holiday.

    Life（生活）was different in my grandpa's hometown many years ago.

    In the past, people cooked on a fire. They didn't have TVs or radios. There were no buses. They had to live in small houses. They didn't have enough food.

    Now, there are lots of buses and cars in Grandpa's hometown. They live in big houses or buildings. They cook with natural gas（天然气）and have lots of food. They can use mobile phones（手机）. They even have computers and use the Internet.

Dear Sam,

    Next Sunday is Mother's Day. We'll give her some gifts on that day. I will make a nice card for her. On the card I'll write "Happy Mother's Day". My brother will make her some lucky stars with coloured paper. My sister will buy a new CD for her. My mother likes listening to music. My father will buy some flowers for her. We will also have a big dinner in a restaurant to celebrate it. What will you do for your mother on Mother's Day?

Love,

Tim