A Football Player

    Most people make their living with their hands. But Tom makes his living with his feet. A very good living it is, too.

and Tom lives in a very small city in England. His parents are very poor. Seven people live in their small house. Tom has no place to play but in the street. Tom's father often plays football. Little Tom wants to play football, too. So his father makes a soft ball for him to kick. It is a sock filled with pieces of cloth. The little boy kicks it every day. At last Tom learns to kick a real football, and after few years he can play football very well. Now Tom is one of the best football players in the world.

    The weather is fine. Amy and John are in the park. It is a big park. They can see many people there. Some boys are playing football on the grass. Some girls are singing and dancing. An old man is reading a newspaper under a big tree. A young woman and her little son are playing with a toy bus. They are very happy.

    Wang Ting is a cute girl. She's eleven years old. She has a new skirt. It's orange. It's 65 yuan. Wang Ting has a little sister. Her name is Wang Ii. Wang Li is five years old. She has big eyes. She has a new dress. It's green. It's 49 yuan.

    My name is Jack. I go to school from Monday to Friday. Every morning I get up at six thirty. I have four classes in the morning and two classes in the afternoon. I have Chinese, English, maths and science on Monday morning. I like Fridays very much, because I have PE. I can play sports. Football is my favourite sport. I also play football on the weekend. I think(我认为)we should play sports every day.

    My name is Jam. I am from the USA. My Chinese teacher is Wang Mei. She is a good teacher. I have many friends at school. Jimmy is my best friend. He is from Canada. He is tall and he has brown hair. He likes tigers very much. Mary is a thin girl. She likes elephants. Amanda is from the UK. She has long brown hair. She likes monkeys. Wang Dong is from China. He has black hair. He can speak(说) Chinese. He can speak English very well, too.

Dear Robin,

    I'm Nicky. I'm from the city of Hangzhou. I like it. It is beautiful. There is a big lake in the city. There are many flowers and trees near the lake. We often cat good food or go shopping on the weekends.

    My grandpa lives in a village. It is between two hills. There is a river in front of his house. The water is clean. Sometimes. I read under the big tree beside the river or listen to the birds singing. There is a vegetable garden behind my grandpa's house. You can see red tomatoes and fresh carrots in the garden. I love the village very much.

    I am friendly. My favourite food is fish. I can sing English songs. But I can't dance. Do you want to be my friend? Please send an email to Nicky@ ufriend.cn.

Yours,

Nicky