I'm Ann. I'm English. I'm twelve. I was born on May 17^th, 1991. I learn Chinese at Beijing No.3 Middle School. I have a good friend. Her name is Lucy. She is twelve, too. We are in the same grade. But we are not in the same(同样的) class. I'm in Class Two, and she is in Class Three. We have the same Chinese teacher. Her name is Zhang Ying. We all like her. Lucy's parents are English teachers in China. She has a sister. Her name is Lily. She is only five years old.

    It was Sunday afternoon. My brother and I were alone at home. My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my brother. I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Ding-Dong! My brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the 1soon.

    A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside. He said that he came to sell books and asked politely2 our parents were at home.

    Without thinking, my brother said, “No.” Then the man asked if we would like to 3some story books. I refused him. When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed the door very 4and came into our house. He took out a 5and ordered me to tie up my brother's hands with a rope. I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie 6easily. The man then tied my hands up and locked 7of us in the kitchen. Soon, he went upstairs to 8money. I taught my brother to untie the rope on his 9. He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police,10the line was dead. The doors were all locked from the outside. It was lucky that the man 11to lock the kitchen window. We got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to the 12 pay phone to call the police

    Soon 13came to our house and the man was caught. By that time, my parents had come home. We told them the whole story. My parents were 14that we were not hurt. They told me that I should stop my brother from 15the door to strangers. I learned a lesson on safety.

    Sam is a very busy man. He is 60 and he has a lot of 1 . He is a postman (邮递员), a taxi driver, a school-bus driver, a boatman, a cook and a milkman. Also he and his wife, Margaret, 2 a shop and a small hotel.

    Sam lives and works on an island (岛) 3 London. Only 120 people are on the island, 4 in summer 150 tourists (旅游者) come on Sam's boat every day. So Sam gets up at six and makes breakfast for the people in the hotel. At eight, he drives the island's 5 to school. At nine, he sends (送) 6 to all the houses on the island. He also sends milk to 7. Then he helps in the shop. He says, "Margaret likes to be 8, too. We are busy and we don't like watching TV in the shop." He says, "I cook the dinner and Margaret 9. At ten, we have some milk and then we go to bed. Perhaps (可能) our life 10 very interesting, but we like it."

    Two weeks before Christmas last year, I went to London with my1. I shall never forget the day. The streets were full of people. The shop windows were very bright. My mother held my hand and we both went into a 2shop. The shop was full of 3. There were nice toys4. Then I saw Father Christmas himself! I pulled(拉)my mother by 5. "Please6me to Father Christmas." I said. There were a lot of children near 7. They were all very happy. They 8in a line. Father Christmas9 to every one of them. At last it was my turn. "Hello, little Tom, "he said to me. As soon as(一……就)I10 his voice, I found out he was my uncle John Smith.

    My good friend Tony1Canada. 2a middle school student. He's fourteen years old. He3brown hair and big eyes. 4sister is Ann. She's a student,5. But they aren't in the same school. She's tall and thin6long brown hair. She's good-looking. 7father is a bank clerk. He is tall and of medium8. He likes9sunglasses in summer. Tony's mother is a nurse. She has long curly hair. She10young. Now they live in Beijing, China. They all like China and Chinese people.