No,              

I always                     .

       Li Lei sometimes       to the park?

They       usually       lunch at 11:00.

              do you play computer games?

—Once a week.

—At five o'clock in the afternoon.

    I like my school life very much this year. The teachers are1, and all of the students study very hard. We 2 a lot of things.

    Do you know what my favorite subject is? It's3! I always love numbers. I count (数) lot. When my mother and I4 for a walk, I count bicycles. I count trees. I count birds. I count5I can see.

    I am very happy when I6 my timetable this year. Maths is my first class every Monday. When I go to school on Monday7 , I'm always happy. I'm never8 for class. Maths is my favourite class, 9 Art is my second favourite. We have Art on Tuesday. In the Art class, I can draw beautiful pictures. It always makes me 10 our beautiful world. The Art class is so wonderful.

255 Middle Street

Newcastle

NE6  4BY

UK

2 September

Dear Lei Jie,

    Hi! Your name and address are on the Friendship Page and I would like to be your friend. My name is Simon. I am twelve years old. How old are you? I'm 163 cm tall. I have short black hair and brown eyes. My hobby is playing chess (国际象棋)。

    I live with my parents in the UK. They are from Beijing. My parents own a Chinese restaurant in Newcastle. I have a brother. His name is Edward. He is 23. He works as a doctor in London. How many people are there in your family? What do they do?

    I am in Grade 7 at Walker School. It is close to my school, so I walk to school. I am keen on (热衷于) sports. I enjoy playing football in winter, and tennis in summer. My best subject at school is Science. I want to be an engineer.

    Lei jie, please tell me all about yourself.

Best wishes,

Simon

    Alex is Darning's new friend. They live in different countries, so they have to talk with each other on We Chat (微信).

    Alex: I'm from England. On weekdays, I get up at half past seven in the morning and then go to school at ten to eight. We have three 1lessons in the morning. Our lunch is at school at twelve o' clock. In the afternoon, there are two lessons. Then we go home at three thirty. In the evening, I do some homework and go to bed at nine o'clock. Darning: I'm in Beijing. I am always very busy on weekdays. In the morning, I get up at six. After breakfast, I go to school at half past six. We have four lessons in the morning and three in the afternoon. We have a break between two lessons, but it is very short, only ten minutes. We have lunch at school. At 5:45 p.m, I go home. In the evening, I can't watch TV because I have too much homework to do. I go to bed at eleven!

    In autumn, everything changes. Leaves turn brown, red or yellow and start falling from the trees. It is nice to go on a picnic at this time of year because the weather is cool and dry.

    Winter is often cold and snowy. Children love winter because they love to play in the snow. It is fun to make snowmen. People usually spend time with their relatives during the Spring Festival.

My name is Sam. I love going to school. My school is (A)             close to my home, so I always go to school on fool. Classes start at 8 a.m, and (B)             我很少迟到.(C)             My favourite subject is Geography. I enjoy learning about different places in the world. In the morning, we usually study Chinese, Maths and English, We have our morning break at 9:50 a.m. When the bell (D)             ,I run to the playground with my best friends Tom and Jack. We often play games, Break (F)             at 10:10 a.m. How short (E)             it is!