Kingston, Jamaica (population 700，000)

    Kingston isn't a beautiful city, but it's very busy and interesting. There are lots of people and lots of cafes(咖啡馆). There are some beautiful places near Kingston—the Blue Mountains and some beautiful beaches. I love it!

    Kingston, England (population 150，000)Kingston is a very busy town. There are a lot of shops and cars, and there's a university with students all over the world! It's a nice place—there's an old square(广场), and it's near the River Thames. There are some beautiful parks, too. Kingston, New Zealand (population 2, 000)Kingston is a small town near Lake Wakatipu in the mountains. It's a really beautiful place, but it's very quiet—there's only one school, one bank and one small supermarket! There's a famous old train there, too.

    Andy plays basketball for the children's basketball club. He usually gets up at around 5:30 and runs in his school from 5:40 to 6:40.After running，he has breakfast at 7 o'clock. For breakfast，he eats some eggs and vegetables. At around 8：00，he plays basketball with his friends. They play basketball for around four hours. At about 12：00，they have lunch. For lunch，Andy has lots of vegetables，chicken and fruit. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon，Andy goes to the children's basketball club. He is never late for the club. Then Andy has dinner at about 7:00.After dinner，he watches basketball games on TV. Andy usually goes to bed at 10:30.

    Today more and more students like going shopping on the Internet. Do you have any ideas about it? Here are four girls' ideas.

    Sandy, twelve

    I like new skirts and jeans. At the weekend I usually go to the shops on the Internet. When I see my favourite things, I can pay for them with my credit card (信用卡).

    Kitty, thirteen

    I think it is very easy and cheap to buy things on the Internet. I only need to stay at home and choose the things I like. I can get them quickly without going out. It doesn't take too much time.

    Wendy, eleven

    I'm not good at computers. I never go shopping on the Internet. I don't think it is interesting. When I want something, I ask my parents to buy it for me in the shopping mall.

    Shirley, twelve

    Shopping on the Internet is not good. I can only see some pictures about the things. I don't believe the notes near the pictures.

    The favorite food in the United States is the hamburger. The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant. At fast food restaurant people order their food, wait a few minutes, and carry it to their tables themselves. 人们也可以把快餐带出餐馆 and eat in their cars or in their homes. At some fast food restaurants, people can order their food, pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars.

    There are many kinds of fast food restaurants in the United States. They usually sell some popular food among Americans, like hamburgers, French fries and milkshakes. But fast food restaurants also serve Chinese food, Mexican food, Italian food, Chicken, seafood and ice cream.

    Fast food restaurants are very popular, and many American people like them.

    Mary likesto run. Ever since she was in the third grade, she has been training to runlong distances. Now that she was in her eighth grade, her parents agreed to lether run in the Banana Classic. The Banana Classic is a ten-kilometre race. Ittakes place every year in Mattydale. The winners get a lifetime supply (提供) of peanuts and fruit juice.

    Marypractised by running ten kilometres, twice every day. On the average (平时的) run, she would finish inthirty minutes. Last year's winner finished the race in twenty-six minutes andten seconds!

    On the dayof the race, Mary ran faster than she ever had in the past. As she came acrossthe last kilometre, she was in the fourth place. She picked up the pace (步伐) and quickly reached the secondplace, just as she could see the finishing line. She ran as fast as she couldin a mad dash (冲刺) to the finish line, but she justwasn't fast enough to get ahead of the leader.