Hello! Here is a picture of my friend Eric. He is a     1     boy. He is thirteen     2     old. Eric has a brother     3     a sister. His brother Mike is eight, and his sister Kate is only four. They like healthy food and sports. Mike     4    basketball every day.

Today(今天) is December 18th. It is     5     birthday. Do you want to come his birthday party? We can eat some nice food and have fun.

This is Kate Smith. She is 13     1     old. She lives in Beijing, the     2    of China.    3    parents work in Beijing. They     4     from the UK. She doesn’t like doing sports. She     5     got a brother. His     6    name is Jack, his last name is Smith. He can     7    , but he can’t play basketball. Kate likes     8     junk food,     9    Jack likes vegetables and fruit. There is a map     10    the world on his wall, because he wants to travel around the world.

It’s Sunday today. I am     1     and I don’t have to go to school. In the morning, my father goes out to play basketball with his     2     after having breakfast. For me, I just don’t want to stay at home and do nothing. I like to play with     3     friends, so I call some of my friends to come to my house for dinner. They     4     a little far from me. It     5     them about half an hour to get to my house on foot.

My mother is happy that my friends can     6     for dinner. So she goes out to go shopping for something to eat. It’s 3:00 p.m. now, and my friends are still at their home. My mother and I start to prepare for their coming. Look! My mother is     7     the house. Every room looks     8     and clean. Where am I? I     9     preparing (准备) some drinks, like milk, juice and tea in the living room. And the dishes are ready. It’s     10     a happy day.

I am very happy in Henan. The weather in summer is     1    , but sometimes it changes a lot. The     2     here is delicious. I enjoy it a lot. My classmates are kind to me. We get along     3     with each other. We often play sports and read books together.

Last Saturday, it     4     fine and bright in the morning. My friends and I     5     to Mount Chaya by bus. We got there early. We climbed the mountain and     6     the wonderful scenery(风景). At about 12 o’clock, we had some bread for lunch and had a short rest there.     7     lunch, we took some     8    . But later on, it turned windy and cloudy. So we went home right away. It began to rain     9     we got back home. We enjoyed     10     on that day.

I hope all is well with you!

Yours,

Yibo