The summer holiday is coming. The students in Class One are talking about their holiday. Peter is going to go back to England to see his parents. Liu Xing is going to go to Tibet(西藏)to visit his aunt. Cindy is going to learn to swim during the summer holiday. Lucy and Lily are twins(双胞胎). They are going to Beijing with their parents. There are many famous places in Beijing，such as the Summer Palace and Beihai Park. Everyone has a good plan.

    Anna is a student. She is twelve years old. She usually goes to school at seven o'clock by bike from Monday to Friday. She usually draws pictures after school in the afternoon. She likes doing some sports on Saturday morning. On Sunday, she usually helps her mother do housework. She sweeps the floor and washes clothes.

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    It's a sunny morning. It's warm but not hot. Jack sees an old man with a black umbrella walking on the street.
    Jack is very curious (好奇的). So he asks the old man. "Hello. Would you tell me why you bring the umbrella?" The old man answers, "My legs are not strong. If I carry a walking stick, people will say, 'How poor the man is!' I don't like this. So I carry an umbrella to help me. When people see I'm walking with an umbrella in a fine day, they will only say, 'How foolish the man is!' "

Sydney, November 24

Dear Binbin,

    How are you? It is summer in Sydney. It's very hot. I wear a T-shirt and shorts. I'm going to Beijing next week. What's the weather like in Beijing? What clothes should I wear in Beijing?

    See you soon.

Yours,

John

    The summer holiday is coming. Everyone is getting ready for middle school life. We have different plans for the summer Holiday. Li Ming will go to summer camp in Britain with Danny. They'll visit some famous places. Peter is going to travel around China. Then he'll go back to Canada with his parents. His grandparents miss them very much. Wang Hong is going to Harbin with her friends. They will ski there. Guo Yang will travel around the country with his family. And he will take swimming classes. He wants to be a swimming star in middle school.

    Dinah was a kind girl, but she was very lazy. She didn't like to do anything. Her mother wanted her to do some reading, but she didn't want to.

    One day a boy named Joy came and brought a pair of skates (滑冰鞋)with him. Dinah liked the skates very much. She ran after Joy when he walked on the skates. Joy let Dinah put on his skates. The girl was very happy. “Listen, Dinah.” said the young man. "if you start to read, I'll send you a good pair of skates on the first day of January."

    From then on, Dinah did lots of reading. On the first day of New Year, she got a new pair of skates from Joy.