The summer holiday is coming soon. Bob and his sister Tina want to learn something during the holiday, so they go to the Children’s Palace to learn about the courses. Here is some information (信息) they get from the teacher there.

I’m Liu He. I am a boy and I am 13 years old. I’d like to tell you about my life. I live with my mother, father and brother in a farmhouse in the country. My grandparents live in a house with a big yard near us. The yard is like a small farm. There is a pig, a sheep, chickens and some kinds of vegetables there.

For me, the most interesting place is the chicken house. There are eight hens（母鸡）and they can lay eggs（下蛋）. My grandmother usually puts some eggs into the warm box with the hens every summer. So the chickens can be born soon.

After the chickens are born, my grandmother lets me keep one. It is not strong, so I can’t play with it or take it outside. I always prepare some bread and vegetables for it. After a few weeks, the chicken can live outside the chicken house and I can visit it if I miss it.

I am happy to live in the country.

There are millions of (数百万) students in China. They go to school every day.     16     How do they go to school every day? Read the words, you can find some interesting things. Beijing is a very big city. Most students go to school by subway here. And it often takes them a long time to get to school. Changchun is a big city, too. But there isn't a subway line in this city.     17     There are many bus lines in Changchun. Suizhou is a small city.     18     They walk to school every day and it only takes them a short time to get to school. In some places in the south of China, there are many rivers.     19     I think it must be more fun than taking the bus. But in a small village in China, it’s not easy for the students to go to school. There is a very big river between their school and the village.     20     So these students have to go on a ropeway (索道) to school.