Mary is an American school girl. She is now in Beijing with her parents. Mary doesn't know Chinese, but she is studying Chinese. She often speaks Chinese to her Chinese friends. Sometimes they don't understand her because she can't speak Chinese well.

    It's Sunday morning, she goes out. She is walking in the street. She is going to the zoo to see elephants and monkeys, but she doesn't know how to get there. She asks a Chinese boy. The boy can't understand her. Then she takes out a pen and a piece of paper. She draws an elephant on it, and shows the picture to the boy. The boy understands now, and he shows Mary the way to the zoo. 

    Halloween is a very popular holiday in North America. People celebrate it on October 31st. On this day, many people decorate their houses. Many people like to make jack-o'-lanterns. They are made from pumpkins. Some jack-o'-lanterns are funny and some are scary!

    Children wear costumes and go trick-or-treating to collect candy. Many of these costumes are scary! Witch, ghost, vampire and black cat costumes are popular.

    Linda is a nice and quiet girl. Today is Monday. Linda is at school. She has Chinese，English and PE in the morning. She doesn't have Music today. She has Maths and Art in the afternoon. She has English, math and PE on Tuesday. She has Music on Fridays. She does homework on the weekend.

    Tom is my new PE teacher. He is from London in England. But he likes China very much. Now he is in Hangzhou. He is tall and strong. He has a round face and big blue eyes. His hair is not black but yellow. His nose, mouth and ears are all big. He is polite and clever. He has a robot friend. The robot is helpful. They often play football in PE class.

    Tom is seven. He goes to school every day. The school is near his home. So he goes there on foot and comes back home on time (准时). But today he is late. His mother asks him: "Why are you late today?" "I was in the teachers' office." "Why did you go to the teachers' office?" "Because my teacher asked us a question in class, and nobody (没有人) could answer it, but me."

    "It's good to answer the teacher's question."

    "But the question was 'Who put the ink (墨水) on my chair? '"

My name is Linda. I am a girl. I am ten years old. I have a school bag. It's very cute. There are many things in it. I have a red pencil-case. It's red and yellow. In the pencil-case, I have five pencils and two rubbers. I also have three rulers. They are blue. I have many books in the schoolbag. I like my bag. Listen! It's time for class. I can hear the bell.