My name is Amy. I'm a student. I have five books in my bag. I have a good friend, her name is Bai Ling. She is a Chinese girl. I like white and yellow. She likes blue and red. We play together. Her father is an English teacher. Her mother is a doctor.

    I have a friend named Jenny. She lives in Canada. She talks to me in English. She also speaks French. I have a birthday gift from her. It is a little flag of Canada. There is a big, red maple (枫树) leaf on it. I want to go to Canada. I want to visit Niagara Falls. It's a famous waterfall. Do you know about Ottawa? It is the capital city of Canada. It's a big city. Can you say more about Canada?

    Hello. My name is Lin Tao. I am a boy. I am a student. There are three people in my family. My father is a tall man. His name is Lin Liang. He is a doctor. My mother is a short woman. Her name is Wang Hong. She is a teacher. I love my father and my mother. My father and my mother love me, too. We are a happy family.

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    Dick and Ellen come from America. Now they are in Tianjin. Every morning they get up very early(早). Then they go to work by car. They start their work at 8:30. They are very busy. They have lunch at 12:30. After lunch they work again. They finish their work at 5:30 p.m. In the evening they take Chinese lessons. They want to learn Chinese. They want to talk with Chinese people. They often say "Chinese people are very friendly". They like to stay in China and they like to work with Chinese people.

    The summer vacation is coming. Tina and Jenny are going to London with the school dancing club. They are going there by plane on July 15. They are going to stay there for six days. They are also going to dance for some English children and learn some English dancing. They want to see Big Ben and visit the British Museum in London. They also want to visit the London Eye and Tower Bridge.

    Sherry is going to the USA with her family. They are going there by car on August 2. She is going to stay with her grandparents in Washington D.C. for a week. Her grandparents' house is near the White House, so Sherry and her family are going to go there, too. She also wants to go to some of the museums in Washington D.C. She is going to take many photos there.

    Today is the Lantern Festival (元宵节). The Lantern Festival comes after the Spring Festival.

    The weather is often cold. You can see a full moon (满月) in the sky.

    At the Lantern Festival, you can see many beautiful lanterns in the street. The streets and shops are bright and colourful at night.

    People like guessing the riddles on the lanterns. They also eat yuanxiao for dinner. Yuanxiao is a kind of Chinese food for this festival.

    Children often light (点亮) beautiful lanterns for fun.