【推荐1】When children are young, they celebrate their birthdays w    1     their families. They always have a birthday cake. The birthday cake is usually a sponge cake (海绵蛋糕) with candles. If you are five, you have five candles; if you are nine, you have nine. People also eat other food, l    2     chips and fruit. The 13~19-year-old teenagers like to have barbecues or pizzas.

If a child has a birthday p    3    , his friends will come to the party and celebrate his birthday with food, games, and music. The friends usually b    4     gifts to him. People usually give writing paper, CDs, candles, T-shirts, books, and so on as gifts. Some people have their birthday parties at McDonalds. People still sing the s     5     "Happy birthday to you" at the parties.

The 13~19-year-olds enjoy lots of music and dancing at their parties. Some watch videos or go to movies. People also play games at birthday parties. "Musical chairs" is one of the popular g    6    . How do you celebrate your birthday? With your friends or with your family members?

Do you know that there are two special days for parents in America? One is mother’s day on the second Sunday of     1    （五月）. And the other is a father’s day on the     2    （第三）Sunday of June. On these two days, American children often give gifts to their parents or take them out for lunch or dinner. Common gifts are     3    （花）and cards for mothers and shirts or ties for fathers. I heard that it is becoming more and more     4    （受欢迎的）to celebrate Mother’s day and father’s day in China. I     5    （想知道）if children over there also give similar gifts to their parents. I believe that there are many ways to show our love. Actually, we don’t have to spend a lot of money. It is also a good idea to help parents to do something instead.

Yours,

June

A group of     1     students from Woodpark School in London are visiting Xinhua Junior High School in Beijing on an     2     exchange. They spend the     3     studying with Chinese students, and at the     4    , they     5     around Beijing and visit places of interest with their     6     families. They have learnt to use     7     to eat and they have learnt a little Chinese. They have also learnt a lot about Chinese     8     and history. The teachers have     9     them to Chinese painting as well. The Chinese students will go to the UK for the     10     part of the exchange next month.