The Chinese New Year is a very important holiday for the Chinese people. It falls on a different date each year and lasts 15 days. Days before the New Year, every family is busy giving its house a thorough cleaning. ~They decorate the doors and windows with paper-cuts and put lanterns around their houses. On the Eve, all the family members come together to have a big dinner. It is a feast. After dinner, it is time for the whole family to sit up for the night. They play card games or watch TV programs. Next morning, people all dress in their best clothes. Children greet their parents or grandparents and get their gifts of money in red envelops. Then the family start out to say greetings from door to door.

    John and Jack are going to the park. John has got a small bag. He has three packets of noodles, a cake and an apple. Jack has got a big bag. He's got two large bottles of water, three oranges, four bananas, two hamburgers and a packet of crisps. Suddenly(突然) they see a spaceship in the sky. It is small and round. It is falling. A big red man comes out. The boys are afraid. The red man smiles(微笑)at them. He needs some water for his spaceship. The spaceship cannot fly without(没有)water. Jack gives a large bottle of water to him. He puts it in the spaceship. The spaceship flies away.

    Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival. In the morning, I'm going shopping with my parents. We are going to buy some good food. Then we are going to watch dragon boat races. In the afternoon, my mom is going to make zongzi with my grandma. In the evening, we are going to have a big dinner together.

    Santa Claus is an old man in red clothes and he wears a red hat. He has long white beard(胡子). He comes from the north on a reindeer(驯鹿) sleigh(雪橇) every Christmas Day. He went into people's houses and put presents into children's socks. So in Western countries, parents put presents into their children's socks on Christmas Eve. The next day, the first thing for children is to find the presents from Santa Claus.

    Betty and Kitty Betty and Kitty are twins. They're 12 years old. They look the same. But they have different hobbies. Betty likes collecting stamps. She has many beautiful stamps. They're from different cities and countries. But Kitty likes growing flowers. The flowers are all very beautiful. Betty and Kitty both like reading books. Betty likes reading storybooks. But Kitty likes reading science books. On Sunday, they usually ride bikes to the park. They can play with their friends there. Sometimes their parents go there, too.

Our School Rules

    Our school has many rules. We have to wear school uniforms every day. We can't eat in the library or in class. We can't talk or fight in class. We shouldn't play dangerous games. And we can't throw things about in the school. We must finish our homework after school. We should talk in a polite way. We should greet teachers when we meet them. And we must keep the classroom clean all the time.