My name is Joe. I study in a middle school. I usually leave home at about 7:00 a. m. My school is far, about 10 kilometers from my home. It _________ about 30 minutes to get there by bus. The bus ride _________ never boring because I always talk to my classmates.

I have some friends. Do you want to know _________ hobbies (爱好)?

There are many _________ in my school. I can play the piano _________, so I want to join the Music Club. My friend Lisa is a girl and she likes playing _________ basketball very much. She wants to join the Sports Club. Do you know Linda’s hobby? Well, let me tell you. Linda’s favourite sport is jumping. _________ she doesn’t want to join the Jumping Club. She wants _________ the Music Club. _________? Because she wants to be in the same club with me. David is also my friend. He likes English and he wants to join the English Club. He does well __________ singing and he also wants to join the Music Club.

I’m Alice from Suzhou. I’m a teacher in a middle school. I don’t like to _________ at the same place for a long time, so I often go travelling.

Traveling can make me feel relaxed. It can also help me _________ more about the world. It’s a lot of _________. When I go to different places, I can _________ different people, know about different cultures and eat different foods. I _________ different ways of life. They make my life _________.

I like learning new _________ and talking with foreigners (外国人). It’s interesting and exciting. I love learning their cultures and their lives. I also love taking _________. There are many wonderful moments (时光) in our lives. Pictures can _________ back lots of good memories (回忆). They can make me smile when I am sad.

My __________ is to travel around the world. Travelling can make me love my life more.

Hello! My name is Grace. It’s a sunny and warm Sunday morning. My parents, my sister and I are all at home. My parents don’t have to go to work, and my sister and I don’t have to go to school. We are all in the yard (院子).

Look! My father is cleaning his bike. He often goes to work by bike. The bike ride takes him about ten minutes. My mother is watering the flowers. The flowers make our yard very beautiful. We all like the flowers. My sister is playing with a dog. It’s her pet dog. The dog is very smart. My mother often takes the dog for a walk after dinner. What am I doing? I’m drawing. I like drawing very much. I want to join the art club at school.

It’s a nice day and we’re busy in the yard. We are very happy today!

Do you like drinking tea? Tea is a popular drink in China. Many people like tea very much. Chinese tea has a long history of about 5,000 years. A famous person over 1,000 years ago wrote a book about how to make tea. Its name is The Classic of Tea.

Today, China has different kinds of tea：white, yellow, green, oolong, black, and dark tea. People in different places have different tea­drinking habits. People in Guangdong and Fujian love “Kung Fu Tea” in small teacups. People in Beijing like flower tea. In Lhasa, people like to drink salty butter tea (酥油茶), because they think it is good for their health and they want to be healthy.

There are rules(规则) of making tea for friends. It’s not good to make the cup full, because the cup will be too hot for people to hold.

I am Yang Na. I am a student in No. 6 Middle School. My school is big and nice. On weekdays all the students live in the school. Some of our teachers live with us. They are like our parents. We are very happy in the school.

We usually get up at six o’clock in the morning. Then all the students do morning exercises. At 6:30 all the students and teachers have breakfast. We always have two eggs, some bread and milk for breakfast. Sometimes we have baozi and porridge. After breakfast, I often read English in the classroom. It’s a good way to learn English.

I usually have four lessons in the morning and three lessons in the afternoon. I start school at 8:00 a.m. and finish at 5:00 p.m. My favourite day is Thursday, because I have a music lesson on Thursday. Music is my favourite subject. But on Thursday afternoon we only have two lessons. So I can play ping pong with my friends in the afternoon.

I like my school life very much.

Tony went to Japan with some of his classmates last month. He wrote about the trip in his travel report,     31    

The tip to Japan was great. We stayed there for ten days. When we got to the airport, it was too hot and humid (潮湿的).     32    

We visited Yokohama Boys High School. The school and the students gave us a warm welcome.     33     Our host family were also helpful and friendly. They cooked us meals and took us out for dinner.     34     The concerts were really great.

In Japan, many people take the bus.     35     Some people take the train. When I took a train, I found something different from the train in New Zealand—the seats in the train were facing inwards (内向).