【推荐2】I am Carla. I think my father is a kind man and he always smiles. My mother has a very beautiful face. The skin（皮肤）on her face is soft. She has "skin like a peach." I have a little sister. We all love her very much. My mother says that she is "the apple of her eye". My parents say I am lazy. I like to lie（躺）on the sofa and watch TV. I also like to play computer games and eat snacks. My parents call me a "couch potato"（沙发土豆）. They tell me I should do more sports. But I don't like sports. It isn't my "cup of tea". I have a dog. His name is Freddie. He likes to play with his ball and then gets very happy—he “goes banana"! I have a cousin. She has red hair（头发）. We call her "carrot top" because of her red hair. She is really kind. I think she is "as sweet as sugar”.

Do you like my family? It is easy to tell you all about my family. It is really "a piece of cake”.

Dumplings are a kind of Chinese traditional food which is made of flour (面粉), water,vegetables,meat and many different kinds of food, and they are popular with Chinese people. People like to eat dumplings as they are delicious and easy to make. In fact, people sometimes eat them for celebrating special festivals, such as the Spring Festival, the Mid-autumn Festival and many other festivals. Now let me tell you how to make them：

Step 1, prepare all the food materials.

Step 2, mix the flour with water to make the dough.

Step 3, make the dumpling wrappers. The wrappers must be small, thin and round pieces.

Step 4, make the dumpling filling. I think this is the most important step. You can choose whatever you like to put into the wrapper.

Step 5, stick the two sides together.

Now, it’s time to boil your dumplings.

My name is Tom. I’m not famous(出名) now. But maybe I can be famous someday!

I can’t sing or dance or act in movies, but I can do many other things. I can play three instruments: the guitar, the violin and the drums. I think I can be in the music club. Maybe I can be a famous musician. I like to read storybooks and I can write stories. Maybe I can be a famous writer. I like sports, too. But I am not good at sports. Can I join in?

Yours,

Tom

【推荐2】From April to June, the Shanghai Mass Art Center (SMAC) will provide 11 night school courses in English for foreigners. Below are three of the courses. All three will be held in the Zheng Fei Building of the SMAC. Each course has 12 lessons.

● Chinese dim sum

The teacher will introduce the characteristics and ingredients (成分) of dim sum (点心) in South China. You will learn how to make the dim sum.

Teacher:

Zhong Jun, a cook at the Marriott Hotel

Date: Tuesday 7 p. m.—8: 30 p. m.   Classroom: Room 103   Fee: 640 yuan

Calligraphy

You will learn how to appreciate the calligraphy (欣赏书法) works of the past dynasties. The teacher will also teach you how to write different kinds of calligraphy.

Teacher:

Xie Shun, a member of the Shanghai Calligraphers Association

Date: Thursday 7 p. m.—8: 30 p. m.   Classroom: Room 104   Fee: 680 yuan

●Traditional handcrafts

The teachers will teach you hand sewing and embroidery (缝纫和刺绣). You will learn about silk culture, embroidery culture and more.

Teachers:

Cindia Zhou, an embroidery teacher

Ying Tang & Jing Li, intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) teachers

Date: Thursday 7 p. m.—8: 30 p. m.   Classroom: Room 105   Fee: 700 yuan