Dear Sandy,

    Thanks for your email I've arrived {#blank#}1{#/blank#}home safe and sound.

    My grandparents {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(live) in a small town thirty miles away from Xuzhou. I spent about half an hour {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(get) there. They gave me a warm welcome, and {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(cook) me a big meal. We chatted far into the night and I {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(tell) some happy stories about them and their neighbours.

    Since 2001, great changes {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(take place) in Xiuzhou. I will take some photos and {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(send) some to you . Next time, I'd like {#blank#}8{#/blank#}and your family {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(come) with me. You can {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(visit) many places of interest here.

Chang Lee

    My school is called Whitgift. It is a school {#blank#}1{#/blank#} boys. About 1, 200 boys study here.

    School {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (begin) at 8: 25 a.m. At the beginning of each day, the class meets. During this {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (time), we tell each other {#blank#}4{#/blank#} important school events.

    We have six {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (class) a day and each one lasts (持续) for 45 minutes. They are {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (real) fun but what I like best is lunchtime.

    Lunchtime lasts for nearly two hours (45 minutes for eating and 1 hour for clubs). So we have plenty {#blank#}7{#/blank#} time to go to clubs and societies (社团).

    The most popular clubs {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be) the table tennis club and the classics society. At the classics society, we watch many {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (film). But my favourite club is the design and technology club. We are now {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (design) a sun-powered (太阳能的) car for a competition