Tomorrow we will go to Hainan. It's warm there. We will have a special Chinese New Year's Day. Now let's get ready! We need three tickets from Shijiazhuang to Hainan. We don't need winter clothes. I want a beautiful dress. My parents take some T-shirts and shorts. We need to take milk, cakes and fruit. We need three hats. The sun is very hot there. We don't want to turn black. That's all done.

C

    Boris is a shop assistant(店员)at a large bookshop called Book Express．He likes his job very much because he can see a great variety of books．Boris is a true "bookworm"．He enjoys reading all kinds of books：storybooks，news magazines，novels，comics and so on．He knows many good books too．He often helps his customers to find books with his computer．Boris is busy during the lunch hour．There are a lot of people in the bookshop．Many students and office workers rush in to buy their favourite storybooks or magazines．But he is not as busy in the afternoon．Usually he takes a novel from a bookshelf and reads it behind the checkout counter．

    I have many toy animals. Look! This is a monkey. It is lovely. I like it very much. That's an elephant. It is big and strong. What are these? They're pigs. They're cute and fat. Where's my dog? Oh, it is under the table.

     Chinese people have many festivals or red-letter days each year. In January we have New Year's Day. In February we often have the Spring Festival. In March we have Women's Day and Tree planting Day. In April we usually have the Qingming Festival. In May we have May Day. We also call it Labour Day(劳动节). In June we have Children's Day and we usually have the Dragon Boat Festival. In July we have our Party's Birthday. In August we have our Army Day. In September we have Teachers' Day and we usually have the Mid-Autumn Festival in this month. In October we have our National Day and we usually have the Double-ninth Festival.

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

    The Dead Sea is not a sea. It is a big lake in the Jordan Valley. The weather is hot there and the water is salty. Fish can not live in the salty water and plants can not grow near it. People can not swim well in the Dead Sea, but they can float on the water. You can often see people floating on the lake, reading books or newspapers. The water is very blue and the air is clean.