Hello, I'm Tom. I go to a new school in Xi'­an. I have Chinese, maths, English, music, art and PE at school. I like Chinese. My Chinese teacher is Ms. Li. She is young and kind. My PE teacher is tall and strong. He is a good basketball player. Mr. Chen is my maths teacher. He is funny. My English teacher is Ms. Wang. She is not young and she is very strict, but sometimes she is very nice. I like my new teachers and I like my new school.

    Summer holiday is coming. Sally's father wants to visit Australia by plane because he thinks Australia is a big and wonderful country. But Sally's mother wants to visit Canada by car. She wants to go shopping in Canada. Sally wants to go to Sichuan because she can see her favourite animal pandas. She can eat delicious food in Sichuan, too. This summer holiday they will go to different countries!

    I'm Sarah. I can speak English and sing English songs. I can dance. I can swim. I can cook, too. I can't do any kung fu. I can't play ping-pong, either. This is John. He is my new friend. He can do some kung fu. He can speak English. He can swim, too. He can't sing English songs. He can't dance or play the pipa.

    I really enjoy Australia. Now I live with an Australian family.

    The family is very friendly. They often make a nice warm Australian meal for me every day.

    The family has a 16-year-old girl, Mary. We are the same age and become friends soon after I come to the family. We talk about the school, friends, TV, and many other things. On weekends I spend time with the whole family. I help them cook dinner. Sometimes we go to see a film, have a picnic or walk the dog. Mary also takes me to her friends' parties. So I get to make more friends.

My name is Mingming. I'm a girl. I am a pupil. I'm ten. I'm in Class One Grade Five. Miss Li is our English teacher. Mr Wang is our Chinese teacher. They are good teachers. They like me. I like them, too.