In your letter, you ask me about my ________ festival. It is the Spring Festival. For the festival, we do many things and buy many things, so we are always ________.

The _______ of the Spring Festival is red. We wear new red _______ and put up red paper-cuts (剪纸). And we ________ “lucky money” in red packets. Boys and girls are always ________ those days, because they can have a good time with ________ family, and they can get “lucky money “from their parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts. What do we ________ during the Spring Festival? Jiaozi and some fruit. In the evening, the whole family will watch TV together, but children ________ watching TV for 4 hours. It’s really boring (无聊的) for them. They always play with their friends. What about you? What ________ do you like best?

Your friend,

Li Ju

Li Lin is a Chinese teacher in a middle school. She has a son and a daughter. Her son’s name is Yang Hao. Her daughter’s name is Yang Lin. Today is Yang Lin’s birthday. It’s Teachers’ Day, too.

In the morning, Li Lin, her daughter and her son go to a store and buy some things. Li Lin buys a red skirt and a big birthday cake for her daughter. And her daughter buys a card. What about her son? He buys a watch for his mother.

In the afternoon, Li Lin has a party for her daughter. Her students come to the party. They say “Happy birthday!” to Yang Lin and say “Happy Teachers’ Day!” to Li Lin. And then they eat the birthday cake. After that, Li Lin’s daughter gives Li Lin the card. She says, “Thanks, Mom. Happy Teachers’ Day to you!” Li Lin sees the card and she is very happy.

Cola(可乐) is bad for our health. Cola is sweet, because it has sugar in it. Too much sugar can let you get fat. Drinking one bottle of cola each day can make you get fifteen pounds(磅) each year. And because the sugar in cola can make you feel full, you can’t eat much healthy food, such as fruit,vegetables and rice. And cola is bad for your teeth and bones(骨头).

Drink water, please. Water is very important to our body. It keeps us healthy. We get water from drink and food, especially(特别是) from fruit and vegetables. But it’s better to drink water. If you don’t like plain(清淡的) water, you can put a little 100% fruit juice into it.

Hi, my name is Mike. This is my family tree.     31     Many people are teachers in my family. I’m an English teacher.     32     We’re both 40 years old. We have two children. Jack is our son, and Sonia is our daughter. They’re in Happy Middle School.     33     They’re both teachers. Jeff is 67 and Anna is 64. Tony is my brother. He’s a math teacher.     34    

Nancy is my wife’s sister. She’s a Chinese teacher and she can speak Chinese very well.     35     Can you see how many teachers there are in my family?