阅读短文，回答问题。

Tom: My name is Tom. What's your name?

John: Shh. Talk quietly. I'm John.I can show you the

English books.

Tom: Thanks.

John: Here they are.

Tom: OK. Can I read the books here?

John: Yes. Of course.

Tom: Anything else?

John: Yes. Keep your desk clean.

Tom: OK. I will. Thanks.

    Look at the picture of my family. It's a big family. They are my grandfather, grandmother, my father, my mother and me. My grand­parents are old. They don't work. My father is a doctor. He drives to work. My mother is a worker. She goes to work on foot. My name is Mark. I'm a student of Grade 5. I walk to school, too. I love my family.

    There is an English boy under the tree. He's in a yellow shirt and brown pants. His name is Bob. He is thirteen. He is a student. He's in No. 14 Middle School. Alice is his sister. She's a student, too. She is in Bob's school. They are good students. They like Chinese very much. They go to school by bike.

    One day Mr Li and Mr Wang went to London to see a friend. They didn't know much English and they knew little about London. They didn't find their friend's home. They walked in the street for a long time. Then they saw a man near a shop. They went up to him and asked the way. The man smiled but said nothing(什么都没说) . Then he put his hand into his pocket and took out a book and read, "I'm sorry, I can't speak English." At last they found their friend's home with the help of a policeman.

    Hello, I'm Mike. I'm eleven years old. I'm a clever boy. I'm tall and strong. I like reading storybooks. I am a helpful boy, too. I help my parents at home and I help my teachers and classmates at school. They all like me very much. I like yellow best. Look！ My cap is yellow. My jacket is yellow. My shoes are yellow, too.

    You work hard to learn English. Do you know American kids are learning Chinese? In many US schools, students take Chinese lessons. How do they learn Chinese?

    Let's go to the Muir Elementary School in the US. Maddi, 6, and Stephen, 6, are first graders in this school. They are learning how to say "we" in Chinese. "It's not easy to remember the Chinese characters (汉字). But learning Chinese is fun," they say.

    In Chinese class, they are learning the language through songs, games and lots of talking. "Chinese is popular among US kids. They pick it up really fast," their teacher says.