Bill is an English boy. He is twelve. He lives in China with his family. There are four people in his family. They are his father Jack Cliton, his mother Catherine and his little sister Abby. He has a yellow dog. Its name is Barbi. His father is mending his bike. What is Bill doing? Ah, he is doing Chinese homework. He can't speak Chinese very well. But he loves Chinese very much. Bill's father works in middle school. He is an English teacher. His mother is in a TV factory. Bill and his sister go to the same school.

    Mr Li is a teacher of English . He is not young , but he is not old . He has a round face and black hair . He is tall . There are fifty students in his class . They all like him . Now it's in the afternoon . Look , some students are working in the classroom . Mr Li is there , too . He is helping them to study English . He is a good teacher , and he is a good friend of them all .

Lucy：Nice to meet you, Sara!

Sara：Nice to meet you, Lucy! Where are you going in this summer holiday?

Lucy：I'm going to Xi'an with my parents.

Sara：How do you get there?

Lucy：We get there by train.

Sara：How long are you going to stay in Xi'an?

Lucy：Two weeks.

Sara：What do you know about Xi'an?

Lucy：Xi'an is in Shaanxi Province. There is the terracotta army in it.

I hear it is very famous.

    Hello , I'm Lily . I'm from America . I live in New York . I know Beijing is very big and very famous . So I'm going to Beijing this winter holiday . I'm going to visit Tian'anmen Square and the Great Wall . I like Chinese food . I want to go to the Chinese restaurants . My parents are going there with me . We want to go by plane . I want you be my friend . Can you be my Chinese pen friend ?

    Some animals collect their winter food in the autumn. In the winter, they just stay at home and eat the food they collect in the autumn. For example, squirrels collect seeds and nuts, and beavers collect sticks.

    Many birds cannot find food in the winter, so they fly from the north to the south in the autumn. They fly back the next spring. For example, swans and wild geese fly away in the autumn, because they can find food in the warm south.

    Some animals sleep for a long time in the winter. They eat a lot of food in the autumn. In the winter, they do not eat anything. They are hungry when they wake up in the spring. They usually look for food in March or April. Bears, snakes and frogs are such animals.

    Winter is cold in many countries, but these smart animals can spend it safely.

Questions:

    I have a pretty pet. Her name is Polly Bird. When Polly was young, she lived in a birdhouse. Now she lives in a birdcage. When Polly was young, she couldn't sing. Now she sings all day long. When Polly was young, she couldn't eat birdseed. Now she can eat birdseed.

    When Polly was young, she couldn't fly. Now she flies out of the birdcage every morning. She flies back into the birdcage every evening. When Polly was young, she didn't like our pet rabbit Lulu. Now she plays with Lulu every day. When I am sad, Polly sings to me. She makes me happy. I love Polly very much.