I'll tell you1about my English teacher, Mrs. Wang. She is a middle-aged woman. She is not tall and not short , and she is also not2and not thin . She3long black hair. She likes4a red dress. She is very beautiful. She5very good English . She has three classes a week , but they aren't6Tuesday or Friday. All the students in her class love her very much.

    Mrs. Wang lives not7the school. She walks to school with her son and her daughter early every morning. Her two children are8.They look the same. They are in Grade Two, but they are not in9class . They often wear the same clothes. They look very10.

    Last night, my mum and I arrived in Shanghai. It is one of the largest cities in China. In summer it is very hot here. The temperature can get up to 40℃ or even 1 In winter, however, the weather is cold—near 0℃.

    Today we 2 the Jade Buddha Temple（玉佛寺）， one of Shanghai's most famous temples. 3 we left the temple we went to the street market. There I found many thugs made of jade Jade is very 4 in China. A lot of people like it. I bought a beautful jade necklace (项链). It had a 5 carved (雕刻) on it. I got it because I was born in 1998, the Year of the Tiger. The tiger is one of the 12 6 that go with the Chinese calendar (历法). Both my mum and I laughed  when we 7 she was born in the Year of the Pig！ At the market, I 8 bought a red silk skirt. It was made in a silk factory right here in Shanghai. China is famous 9 its silk. The Chinese have quite a long history of making silk clothes.

    The clock says it's already 11:00. Time for bed. I must 10 now. Tomorrow we're going on a trip down the Yangtze River. I can't wait!

    A few days ago, I ran into a stranger as he passed by. I said sorry1him, and he said, "Excuse me too, I wasn't even noticing you,"2this stranger and I were polite. Then we went on our way after saying goodbye

    Later in the kitchen at home,3I was cooking our supper, my daughter Betty walked up to me, very4. When I turned around, I nearly5her down. "Get out of the way! "I shouted angrily. She ran away, crying.

    That night, when I6in bed, my husband said to me, "You were so rude to Betty. Go and look around on the kitchen floor, and you'll find some7 there. Betty brought those for you. She picked them,8— pink, yellow, and your favourite blue."

    When I heard this, I thought deeply. While9with a stranger, I was calm and polite. But with my daughter, I was not10. I felt sad and tears began to fall.

    Then I went to Betty's11, "Wake up, my dear," I said." Are these the flowers you picked for me? "She smiled." I found them by the tree, I knew you liked them,12the blue ones." I said, "I was so rude13I treated you that way today. Betty, I am so sorry." And she said, "Mummy, that's okay--I still love you anyway." I kissed her and said, "I love you too and I do love the flowers."

    That day Betty gave me a special14on how to get along with each other in the family. I spent much time on work before and didn't15how important family life was. I decided to do better in the future.

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