Hello, I'm Lily. I'm 12 years old. I have a cousin, her name is Sarah. Sarah is one year older than me. But I'm taller than her. I'm 1.63 metres and she is 1.61 metres.

    Sarah visited me last weekend. We had a good weekend together. On Saturday morning, Sarah and I went to the park by bike and we read books there. In the afternoon, we saw a film about space travel together. In the evening, we cleaned my room together, then we slept. On Sunday morning, we stayed at home and did our homework. In the afternoon, we went swimming together. How bad! I had a cold in the evening! I was not happy, but Sarah sang songs and danced for me. So I feel better and became happy then.

    What a great weekend!

    Jane is a schoolgirl. Her father is a policeman. Her mother is a teacher. They are both very busy. She lives with her parents and her grandfather. Her grandfather is seventy years old. One day, when Jane does her homework in her study, her grandfather has got a headache. He needs to see a doctor. But Jane's parents are not at home. So Jane takes her grandfather to the hospital. She hopes her grandfather will get better soon.

    It was John's birthday yesterday. He got many presents from his family and friends. Simon's mum bought John a present, too. It was a book about animals. In the book, he saw many pictures of animals from China, Russia and the US. John is very interested in animals. He loves the present very much.

    This is my bed room. There are two windows in it. Near the window there are some red flowers. A map of China is on the wall. You can see four shoes and a basketball under my bed. There are trousers and a coat on the bed. Many school books are on my desk. And there are three lights in my bedroom. One is on my desk, and the other two are near my bed.

Dear Jack,

    I'm Zhang Peng. I'm doing my homework at home now. It's evening in China. My mother is cooking dinner. My father is reading a book. My brother is playing with his toy. My sister is drawing pictures. My grandma is watching TV. My grandpa is listening to music. They are all busy. What about you?

Yours,

Zhang Peng

    A young man goes to the city and buys himself a pair of socks. When he comes back home, he goes to his room and tries them on. He finds they are in different colours. One is blue and the other is green. He goes into the kitchen. His mother and his sister are cooking dinner. He says to them, "The new socks are in different colours. I should make them in the same colour. Would you like to do this for me?" His mother and sister are busy and they don't say anything. When his mother finishes cooking, she goes to her son's room and makes the green sock in blue. She comes back without saying a word to her son. After supper, his sister goes to her brother's room and makes one blue sock in green without saying anything to anyone.