Mike is a boy. He is seven years old. His birthday is September 9. He is 1.4 metres tall. He lives in a house near the park. His address is 36 Park Road. He likes to read books on Sundays.

    We have a nice and big classroom. The windows are big, and the walls are white. There is a blackboard on the front wall, a big new desk is near it, it's for our teachers. There are some pictures on the other walls. There are forty desks and forty chairs in the classroom. They are for us. There are twenty-three boys and seventeen girls in our class. There are some flowers on the teacher's desk. They are for our English teacher. She is a good teacher and we all like her. We often play games and sing English songs in our English class. We all like English very much.

    The weather in Shanghai is not always good. In winter it is often cold and wet(湿的). In summer it is very hot. Spring is very beautiful. It is not very hot or cold. But we have a lot of （许多) rain in spring. Autumn is the best season (季节). It's dry(干的) ,and it is sunny and warm all the time.

    Hello. I'm Liu Jia. I'm from Shandong. I'm twelve years old I have two good friends. They're Ma Tao and Zhou Yang. Ma Tao is eleven years old. He's tall and fat. He's a polite boy. Zhou Yang is thirteen years old. He's tall and thin He's friendly. I'm not tall. But I'm very strong. Ma Tao, Zhou Yang and I like football. We often play football on the weekend.

    You work hard to learn English. Do you know American kids are learning Chinese? In many US schools, students take Chinese lessons. How do they learn Chinese?

    Let's go to the Muir Elementary School in the US. Maddi, 6, and Stephen, 6, are first graders in this school. They are learning how to say "we" in Chinese. "It's not easy to remember the Chinese characters (汉字). But learning Chinese is fun," they say.

    In Chinese class, they are learning the language through songs, games and lots of talking. "Chinese is popular among US kids. They pick it up really fast," their teacher says.

Hello, my name is Tom. I like English very much. My favourite food is beef, salad and fish. I'm very helpful. I can clean the rooms and wash my clothes. Today is Saturday. I often read books, do my homework on Saturdays. What do you do on the weekend?

My home is near a river. You can see two bridges over it. There are some mountains behind my house. Welcome to my home.