Hello, boys and girls! I’m Helen. The Student Art Festival starts in our middle school. Today is December 13th. There is a photo show. Students take many photos. All of them are great. I love one of the photos a lot. It’s a photo of a big family. It’s named “Happy Birthday, Grandpa!” I think this student must have a happy family, just like me.

In the next two weeks, we have other fun things—the talent show, Chinese painting show and the DIY show. I like the talent show very much. The talent show is on the afternoon of December 19th. My classmate Tony and I will play the piano in the show. Our parents will come and watch the show. I hope we can do well. Do you have time? Please come and watch our show.

Hello, my name is Alice. Do you want to know something about Chinese food? In China, there are many different kinds of food. Some of them are popular. Among them, dumplings（饺子）are the real Chinese food.

Everyone in China likes dumplings very much, and there are many different kinds of dumplings. Some have beef and vegetables in them, and some have eggs and carrots in them. But I love eating dumplings with vegetables and pork （猪肉）.

Usually people make dumplings at home. If you have no time to make them, you can buy them in a supermarket. Then you take them home and eat them with vinegar （醋）.

The Spring Festival is very important in China. When it comes, we make dumplings, and usually we put a coin （硬币） in a dumpling. We think that if one eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he can be lucky in the new year.

Welcome to China. I’ll ask you to eat the real Chinese food: dumplings.

John is an eleven-year-old boy. He likes e    51     chocolates very much, but his mother never gives him any, b    52     they are bad for his teeth. But John has a very n    53     grandpa. The old man loves him a lot. When he comes to see him, he sometimes g    54     him chocolates, cakes and some other sweet food. Then his mother allows （允许） him to eat them, because she wants to make the old man h    55    .

One evening, a few days before John’s t    56     birthday. After f    57     their work, his parents come into his room and ask him to make some wishes （许愿） . Then he does so but speaks in a very loud voice, “I want to have two big b    58     of chocolates for my birthday next week.” His mother s    59     him quickly. “John, you should make a wish quietly, or it won’t help.”

“I know. But my grandpa is in the n    60     door. If he can’t hear it, my wish won’t help, either.” answers John with a smile.