My name is Tom. I am ten years old. I want a new friend. I can swim. I can cook delicious food and play basketball. I often play basketball on the weekend. But I can't play the piano. I can't do any kung fu. Do you want to be my friend?

    I am Sue. My friends and I all like sports. This is Bill. He often goes roller skating. This is Sam. He likes running. That is Yuliang. He likes basketball. He wants to be like Yao Ming. I don't like basketball. I like ping -pang. Look, Lucy is jumping rope. She is good at jumping.

    We are very familiar with the story of Mulan. It tells us about a girl named Hua Mulan. She dressed up like a man to take her father's place in the army.

    Now Disney will make a live-action(真人版) Mulan movie. Disney picks Chinese actress Liu Yifei to play Mulan. Liu stands out from more than 1000 actresses around the world. She speaks English well and plays Chinese kung fu well. Liu Yifei is 30. She is a well-known actress in China. Her nickname is "Fairy Sister" because of her beautiful looks. She is so excited to have this chance. "I love Mulan because she is brave and smart. Many thanks to Disney for believing in me. I'll try my best to play this role!" she wrote on Sina Weibo.

    Hainan is in the south of China. It's a beautiful island(岛). It's very nice. It's always sunny and warm. It doesn't have winter. You can enjoy the sunshine at the beach every season. And you can see coconuts everywhere. From December to February, a lot of people come here to relax.

    Last Sunday morning, my wife (妻子) and I had a walk in the park. We met a new couple (夫妇) there. We stopped to introduce (介绍) ourselves and have a talk happily. Then we talked about our own (各自的) neighbours. We said our neighbours were very friendly (和睦的) and kind, but they described (描述) theirs were just the opposite (相反的).

After saying goodbye, my wife and I got in our car and drove home. As we got to our house, we were surprised (惊奇的) to see our new found (新结识的) friends一the new couple just lived next to us.