Mum: Alice, let's cook dinner.

Alice: OK.

Mum: Let's have some noodles.

Alice: I like noodles.

Mum: Give me some noodles, please.

Alice: All right, Mum.

Alice: A bowl?

Mum: No, thanks.

Alice: Chopsticks?

Mum: Yes, please.

Mum: Smell the noodles, Alice.

Alice: Nice, nice, nice.

    Mr. White lives in the countryside with his wife, Mrs. White. From Monday to Friday he works in a small office near his house. He is free on Saturdays and Sundays. He has a nice garden near his house. He likes growing flowers and he usually works in the garden on Saturdays and Sundays. The flowers are colourful and beautiful. Mrs. White likes them very much. She often helps Mr. White. They live happily together.

    I'm John. This is my new bedroom. There is a big bed in my room. Look at my shoes. They are under the bed. There are two chairs near the bed. They are in front of the desk. The computer is on the desk. The photo of my family is near the bed. There is a beautiful picture on the wall. There are many mountains and white clouds in the picture. I clean my bedroom every day. I like my bedroom very much.

This is Ted's China diary.

Saturday, July 23   Sunny and hot

    Bill's family took me to Xidan today. It's a famous shopping centre in Beijing.

    We went to Xidan Bookshop first. Bill's father bought some books for me. He bought two English books about China and one English-Chinese dictionary. I am happy because now I can learn more about China and also learn more Chinese.

    Next we went to a big shopping mall. First I bought a lovely toy panda for my cousin. I also bought silk scarves for my mum and Tina, and a silk shirt for my dad. Then Bill took me to a special kite shop. There were so many beautiful kites. Bill bought me a kite that looks like a bird. Bill is going to teach me to fly it tomorrow.

    Last, we went to a restaurant. We ate delicious Beijing duck there. I really like Chinese food.

Questions:

Dear Mum,

    How are you? Every day I had fun with my cousins. On Monday we went to a restaurant. We ate good food. On Tuesday we went to a park. We sang and danced. On Wednesday we played ping-pong. On Thursday we climbed a mountain. We took many pictures. Tomorrow I'll be back home!

    Miss you and dad.

Love.

John