Mike must get up before half past six on weekdays, but he cannot get up so early in the morning. He often gets up at a quarter or ten minutes to seven and forgets things before he goes to school. So he often buys school things in a shop on his way to school. The shop opens early in the morning. It opens at half past six every morning. It sells cheap things, but they are something not very good. Mike often says, “I'm not going to that shop. The things in the shop are not dear, but they aren't good enough.” But he cannot get up early and he cannot remember to put away his school things before going to bed and to take all the things in the school bag! He has to go to that shop often.

This is Ted's China diary.

Saturday, July 23   Sunny and hot

    Bill's family took me to Xidan today. It's a famous shopping centre in Beijing.

    We went to Xidan Bookshop first. Bill's father bought some books for me. He bought two English books about China and one English-Chinese dictionary. I am happy because now I can learn more about China and also learn more Chinese.

    Next we went to a big shopping mall. First I bought a lovely toy panda for my cousin. I also bought silk scarves for my mum and Tina, and a silk shirt for my dad. Then Bill took me to a special kite shop. There were so many beautiful kites. Bill bought me a kite that looks like a bird. Bill is going to teach me to fly it tomorrow.

    Last, we went to a restaurant. We ate delicious Beijing duck there. I really like Chinese food.

Questions:

    Hello, I'm Mike. I'm eleven years old. I'm a clever boy. I'm tall and strong. I like reading storybooks. I am a helpful boy, too. I help my parents at home and I help my teachers and classmates at school. They all like me very much. I like yellow best. Look！ My cap is yellow. My jacket is yellow. My shoes are yellow, too.

I have a sister. She is six years old. She is very beautiful and lovely .She has a round face and big eyes. She has long black hair. And she is a little fat. She likes pink and blue. So she always wears a pink dress and blue trousers. She can dance very well.

She has dance class every Sunday. She likes junk food, she likes hamburgers, fried chicken and chips best. But my mother always says to her, “Don't eat too much junk food. It's bad for your health.”