It is Christmas Day. It snows heavily outside. The Blacks are going to a shopping mall. Mrs. Black goes to a clothes shop. She wants to buy a coat for herself. The salesman shows her a red coat, but it is too small. Then the salesman shows her another purple coat, but it is too expensive. Finally, the salesman shows a pink coat to her, it is cheap and nice. Mrs. Black takes the pink coat and then goes to a bookshop with his son, Jimmy. There are many books in it. They are picture books, storybooks, magazines and dictionaries. Jimmy likes reading very much. His favourite books are picture books. Jimmy buys three picture books and a storybook .They have a nice Christmas Day

    Hello! My name is Benny. I'm from Hubei, China. The people of Hubei are called "nine-headed birds". The nine-headed bird is a very beautiful and clever bird in the story. It has nine heads. It has two long and colourful wings(翅膀). It has a long and beautiful tail, too. I love it. What about you?

    It is a fine day. The Blacks are busy today. Tony and Gogo are going to the beach. Jenny is going to the park. Mrs Black is going to the shopping mall. She's going to buy some milk and vegetables. Is Mr. Black going to the shopping mall, too? No, he isn't. He's going to stay at home. Look! He's reading a book.

Dear Tom,

    Today we got up very early. We went to the Great Wall by bus. It was very far. It was about three hours by bus. The guide told us the food there was very expensive, so we bought some cakes, juice and peaches. We put them in one backpack, Zhang Fang took the backpack and I took the camera, because he said he was older and stronger than me.

When we got to the Great Wall, we saw many people at the entrance (入口). We had to stand in line and waited. It was our turn at last. We began to climb. At first I counted the steps, but soon I couldn't remember the number. It is too high. We stopped to have a rest for several times. At last we got to the top of the wall. We were so excited! We've become real men!

    There is a cinema on the wall. We saw a movie of the Great Wall. It was evening when we came back. We ate beef and noodles for supper. We had a good day today.

Zhang Peng