【推荐1】Family traditions are special habits or customs that your family have. For example, in the family of Bill Gates, his parents keep the tradition of reading with children. And what`s the tradition in your family?

【推荐3】Max and I used to share toys with each other. But things became different when he got a model car from his grandma on his birthday. He didn’t even ask me to touch it. I was so sad that I decided to buy one.

I told my mom about it, but she didn’t agree to buy me one. I talked to her again and again, and finally we made a deal. I would clean the recyclable rubbish bin in the kitchen for 10 days. If I could do my job well, Mom would buy me a model car. It didn’t sound like a big deal, did it? I said yes even before my mom finished her talk.

However, I made a mistake on the first day. There were three big bins of different colors in front of our house. I opened one and threw the rubbish into it. When I was about to leave, I found that was a red bin for common rubbish. I didn’t know what to do. Then Mom came out and helped me get all the rubbish out and put it in the yellow bin. When everything was done, Mom said, “It’s OK to make a mistake, but be careful next time.”

I did carefully from then on, and finally I got my model car. It was my great work that helped me get it. My heart began to sing when Mom handed it to me!

【推荐2】My name is Tim. I’m a school boy. I have a sister. Her name is Jenny. We are twins(双胞胎). We study in the same class. There are 25 boys and 15 girls in our class.

We go to school from Monday to Friday. At weekends(周末) we don’t go to school. Lessons start(开始) at eight o’clock. We have four lessons in the morning. We have lunch in our school at noon.

We study Chinese, math, English, art and other lessons. Chinese and art are my favorite subjects. But my sister likes Chinese and English best.

In the afternoon, we have two lessons. They are art and math. After school, we often play tennis. And then we go home. We have supper in the evening. We do our homework every evening and go to bed at nine. We work hard. We are good students.

【推荐1】It is very important for children to get to school safely and on time every day. Luckily for them, there is a new program called Free Home-to-School Transport. It gives children free rides to school. But to enjoy the free trip, children have to be qualified (符合资格). It usually depends on where the children live, which school they are going to and how old they are.

are between 5 and 16 years old

are going to the nearest school

No matter (无论) how far away children live from school, they can take the free transport if they have walking problems or there is no safe road for them. A safe road usually has traffic lights and should be clean.

Also, there are still free home-to-school travel policies for children in poor families and children with special educational needs. You can find out more on the Internet and see if your children are qualified.

We’ll finally grow up someday, leaving our parents and facing the challenges in life. Parents may not be able to solve every problem for us. Instead, we should have enough life skills to cope with the problems that come our way.

This is what our country tries to do now: Helping more students gain working spirit. To stress the importance of hardworking spirit education (劳动教育) among students of different ages, the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council released a guideline recently.

The guideline calls for students to respect work. Students should learn basic life skills and form good working habits through such education.

The government has been trying to stress the importance of hardworking spirit education. But this has been overlooked in recent years. Many teens do not value the importance of working hard and are uninterested in doing so.

According to a study of nearly 3,000 students that was done by Ningbo Evening News in March, only 22 percent of primary and middle school students help with everyday chores around the house.

Schools and families play an important role in teaching students about the value of working hard, the guideline says. Primary and middle schools should provide students with hardworking spirit classes every week, according to the guideline. Schools can also hold activities to give students real-world work experience. For example, schools can teach children how to plant trees on Tree-Planting Day.

As children’s first teachers, parents should also encourage children to learn how to do chores at home. Students should master one or two life skills every year. These skills can include cooking, washing their own clothes and tidying their rooms.

I’m very excited about your coming and staying in Chichester next week. The day after tomorrow I have to go away on business for three days at the beginning of the week, but I will be back when you come. I’ll leave a key with my friend next door at Number 21, so you won’t have to wait before I return.

Now let me tell you how to get here, although it’s not very difficult to find.

Walk up the Star Road until you come to the first set of traffic lights and then turn right. Turn left at the next crossing. Go straight, and Landsdowne Road is the second on the right. There you can find my house, the door at Number 22.

Oh! I nearly forgot to ask you about the most important thing: could you bring a sleeping-bag? Well, I must go now. I have to go and take the car from the garage (汽车修理店) on Land Road. I was out yesterday, when it broke down on the way.

Hope to see you soon.

Yours,

Mike