Next Tuesday we will have an English party！ We can do many things for the party. Sarah can dance. Zhang Peng can sing English songs. Chen Jie can play the pipa. John can do some kung fu. But Oliver can't do any kung fu, he wants to learn. Mr. Ma can help him. Then John and Oliver can do kung fu together. That will be fun！

Tomorrow we will go to Hainan. It's warm there. We will have a special Chinese New Year's Day. Now let's get ready! We need three tickets from Shijiazhuang to Hainan. We don't need winter clothes. I want a beautiful dress. My parents take some T-shirts and shorts. We need to take milk, cakes and fruit. We need three hats. The sun is very hot there. We don't want to turn black. That's all done.

    Sam is a good boy. He is tall and fat. He likes sports. In spring, he flies kites in the park. In summer, he plays football with his friends under the tree. In autumn, he goes fishing with his Dad in the lake. In winter, he plays snow with his pupils at school. He is happy each day.

    Once there was a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine(酒) and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant drank the wine and ate up the nice food in the house. The rich man wanted to catch his servant doing that.

    One morning,when he left home,he said to the servant,“ Here are two bottles of poison (毒药)and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them.” Then he went out.

    The servant knew the rich man joked（开玩笑）. After the rich man was away from his home, the servant enjoyed a nice meal. He drank too much, and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back,he couldn't find his food or his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up.But the servant told a story. He said a cat ate up everything. He was afraid to be punished,so he drank the poison to kill himself.

Dear Jim,

    How are you in the US now? We are in China now. Sam and I are very happy. China is big and beautiful. People speak Chinese here. We love Beijing. There are many interesting places and lots of delicious food. I like Chinese food. I like dumplings very much. I can make dumplings now. It's funny. And I can use chopsticks, but Sam doesn't like them. It's very difficult for him to use them. I have two good friends. They're Daming and Lingling. They teach me Chinese. Now I can speak a little Chinese. Please write to me.

    Love from,

Amy