Father's Day is a very new festival in British compared with Mother's Day, which has been a very popular festival in the UK for a long time.

    Father's Day started in America. Once there was a man called William Smith, whose wife died and he had to raise six children by himself His daughter Sonaro, thought when she grew up what her lather had done for them. So she thought that there should be a Father's Day festival. Later, the tradition was born, falling on the third Sunday every June.

    Britain took the idea of Father's Day from the USA and it has been popular since then.

    What do British people do for Father's Day?

    Well, most people would buy their fathers a card. The card would have a nice message in it saying what a great Dad their father is. Some people do buy presents as well.

    Popular gifts for Dads are probably ties, chocolates or socks because these are things that Dads can always use even if they don't want them.

    Some families might do things together to celebrate it. As a special treat, British people might give their Dad a bit of rest--make him a cup of tea, or even wash his car to make him feel really relaxed.

    Look at the man. He's big. He's fat. His hair is short and black. His eyes are small. His mouth is small, too. He has a jar in his hand. It's a small green jar. We can see the red jam in the jar. He likes the jam. It's yummy. Sam likes jam, too. Sam is a dog. It's big and yellow.

    Hi, I'm Jenny. Every summer I visit my uncle and aunt in Hangzhou. I go there by bus. I get to Hangzhou at about 10:00 in the morning. Then my aunt, my cousin Tony and I take a taxi to the West Lake. We get there quickly.

    We row the boat on the lake firstly. Then we go to the Taiziwan Park on foot. The sun is shining in the sky. We feel hot and hungry. We sit under a big tree and have our lunch. We eat bread, "orange juice, hamburger, milk, and some bananas. Tony sees a fish in the water. So we feed the fish with bread. More and more fish swim to us and open their mouths. We feed them.

    We are very happy today.

Dear Peter,

    Thank you for your letter and some wonderful stamps. I like them very much. I also collect stamps. I'm sending some Monkey King stamps to you. I thing you'll like them.

    Now I'm going to answer some of your questions. You ask me about the weather in Beijing in winter. It's quite cold and it often snows in winter. After snowing the ground is white. And I can skate on ice. It's very interesting to skate. I like winter best.

    You ask me when the best time to come to China is. I think the best time to come to China is in spring or in fall. It's often too hot in summer and it's cold in winter. I have to finish this letter now. Ask your brother to come to China with you. Welcome to Beijing soon.

Yours,

Li Lei

Boy: This is a photo of my family.

Girl: Let me have a look. Who is he?

Boy: He is my father.

Girl: What does he do? Is he a policeman? He's tall and strong.

Boy: No. He's a doctor.

Girl: Is she your mother? What does she do?

Boy: Yes. She's a teacher. She's very nice.

Girl: Who is the girl? What does she do?

Boy: She is my sister. She's a nurse.

Girl: She's very beautiful.