Jim is an English boy. He comes to China with his father and mother. His parents come here to work. Jim comes here to study.

He is in No.5 middle school. He gets up early every day. He isn’t late for school. He studies hard. He can read and write English well. He often helps us with our English and we help him with his Chinese. After class, he likes playing football, swimming, running, jumping and riding. He makes many friends here. We are glad to stay with him

On Sundays he often helps his mother clean the house, mend(修理) something or do the shopping. He likes Chinese food very much.

He likes living here. He likes Chinese students very much. We all like him, too.

Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin—these great scientists(科学家) are all left-handed. Does this mean that left-handers are smarter than right-handers, as some people say?

Scientific studies show that left-handers have no higher IQ (intelligence quotient智商) than right-handers. They are just good at different things.

Left-handers and right-handers usually use different sides of their brains(大脑). Right-handers use the left side more often, but left-handers use both sides more evenly. We use the left side of our brain to work out problems. We use the right side to create(创造).

Left-handers are good at creative things such as music, art and science. But it’s not all good news for them. They often forget names and places.

How are you? I’m fine. I’m in London, at the International(国际的) School of English. I’m in Class 3 with eight students. They’re from different countries—Spain(西班牙), Japan, Argentina (阿根廷), Switzerland(瑞士) and Thailand(泰国). Our teacher’s name is Henry Briscall. He’s a very good teacher.

I’m living with an English family. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have three children. Thomas is fourteen, Catherine is twelve, and Andrew is seven. They are all very friendly, but it isn’t easy to understand(懂)them!

London is very big and very interesting. The weather is good, cold but sunny and the parks are beautiful! Hyde Park, Green Park, and St. James’ Park are all in the city center(市中心).

English food is OK, but the coffee is horrible(可怕)!

Write to me soon.

Paul