My name is Zhang Peng. I have a friend. His name is John. He has a grandpa and a grandma. They are seventy years old. They are at home. John's father works in a school. His mother is a doctor. John is a good student. They are very busy. They all get up early in the morning. John often helps his grandparents cook breakfast. There is a big garden and many young trees in front of his house. We can play games there. It's great.

    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. 

    I'm Kate. I'm a student. I have PE and music on Mondays. My PE teacher is very young. He's strict. He likes beef, but he doesn't like chicken. He often plays football in the morning. My music teacher is young, too. She's kind. Her class is so interesting. So I like music classes very much. Her favourite food is salad. She often reads books and listens to music on the weekend. I like my teachers.

Ben: Janet, may I use your eraser?

Janet: Sure. Here you are.

Ben: Oh, your eraser is yellow. It's so cute.

Janet: Thank you. Where is your eraser?

Ben: I don't know. It isn't in my pencil box.

Janet: Is it in your bag?

Ben: No, it isn't in my bag.

Janet: Look, your eraser is under the chair.

Ben: Oh, silly me. Thanks.

Janet: What colour is your eraser?

Ben: Look, it's blue and white.

    Hello! My name is Sarah. I didn't like summer before. I thought it was too hot for me and I couldn't swim. But now I like summer very much because my father teaches me how to swim and I can eat lots of ice cream. My friend Joe did not like winter before. He thought it was too cold and he couldn't go cycling. Now he likes going ice-skating and playing in the snow. Sometimes we swim and eat ice cream together in summer. We often ice-skate and make a snowman in winter.