I'm Xinxin. I have four new friends. Nannan lives in Shenzhen. Shenzhen is a nice city. But it was a small village then. Tingting lives in Beijing. Beiing is a big city in China. It's the capital of China. Dawei lives in London. Is it a big city? Yes, it is. Lili lives in Shanghai. Shanghai is also a big city. It's in the east of China. Where do I live? I live in New York.

    Halloween is an autumn holiday that Americans celebrate every year. It means "holy evening," and it comes every October 31st, the evening before All Saints' Day. However, it is not really a church holiday, it is a holiday for children mainly.

     Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat, children pick large orange pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. It looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkin! These lights are called jack-o'-lanterns, which means "Jack of the lantern".

     The children also put on strange masks and frightening costumes every Halloween. Some children paint their faces to look like monsters. Then they carry boxes or bags from house to house. Every time they come to a new house, they say,"Trick or treat! Money or eat!" The grown-ups put treat-money or candy in their bags.

     Not only children, but most grown-ups also love Halloween and Halloween parties because on this day,they can disguise themselves as personages or ghost as their imaginations will lead them. This bring them the satisfaction of being young.

—Good morning. I'm Mike. I see red. I like it.

—Hello, I'm Chen Jie. I see yellow. I like it.

—Hi, I'm Sarah. I like green.

—Good morning. I'm John. I like orange. Oh, Wu Binbin, you like blue. Show me blue.

Hi, Xiaoling,

    Thanks so much for inviting me to visit you in China I can't wait to see you. I am very excited to stay with your family. But I can't speak Chinese at all. Please teach me. I know China is very big. And the Chinese food is very famous. I can't wait to try all the delicious food. And there is a lot of natural beauty in China. I really want to see the beautiful lakes and waterfalls in China. I finally got my passport last Monday and I booked my plane ticket yesterday. I will arrive at Baiyun Airport on July 10th. The plane lands at 2:00 pm. I'm so excited.

    See you then, Janet.

    I like the weather in Hangzhou. It's not too hot or too cold. In spring, it often rains but it's very warm. People should take their umbrellas with them. In summer, it's hot. Children often eat ice-cream and go swimming. In autumn, it's windy and cool. Children can fly kites in the park with their friends. In winter, it's not so cold. Sometimes it snows. Children can make snowmen.

This is my family. Look! This is my father. He's very tall. This is my mother. She has big eyes. She's a teacher. This is my sister. She's short. She's a student. This is my brother. He's thin. He's a pupil. I have a small nose. I'm a student, too.