【正文】 . May 10th Dear Jane, I wonder whether you could do me a favor. I’m late for my appointment with Professor Zhang, and need to go immediately. But I have two books that are due today, and I will not be able to get to the library before it closes. Could you spare me some time to return the books? The books and the library card are on my desk. Thank you in advance! Yu Chun ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. FRIENDSHIP [l]Friends are indispensable in our daily life. [2]When we feel happy, we can share the pleasure with them。 when we fee] gloomy, friends will fort us。 when we have some secrets, we just want to share them with friends。 and when we have difficulties, friends are always ready to help us. [3]Life is a bouquet, friendship is flower. [4]We cannot live without friendship just as we cannot survive without air or water. [5] Friendship gives us a feeling of security and warmth。 friendship encourages us to go ahead when we encounter difficulty. [6]Building friendship takes time. True friendship requires equality and loyalty. [7]It is an indepth relationship bining trust, support, understanding, empathy and intimacy. True friendship should be able to stand all kinds of tests. [8]Just as an old saying goes, A friend in need is a friend indeed. [9] In conclusion, we must treasure our friends and friendship. A good friend can be a good panion in our lives. The more friends we have, the more help we can get from them and the more pleasure we can share with them. If we have true friends, we will feel happy in the world. to your friend David/Amy and invite him/her to your 20th birthday party at your home. You should tell him/her who are invited and something about party. Oct. 26th Dear David, I’m writing to invite you to join my 20th birthday party at my home at 6 pm on Sunday, October 29. I have invited many of my classmates, some of whom you have met before. There will be lots of entertainments and plenty of food and drink. You can be dressed casually. I do hope to see you at my birthday party. Affectionately, Liu Qiang 1. SHOULD BAD LANGUAGE BE TAUGHT IN THE ENGLISH CLASS? (1) [1] Teaching bad language may be considered to be cool, [2]but I strongly believe that this is not the son of teaching students need to learn in the classroom. [3] Using bad language in everyday life is already impolite, let alone inside the classroom! [4]Teaching young children bad language is most unsuitable for them and teachers should never encourage any students to use bad language. [5]Although the curse words exist in American life and some of them are frequently used, such as in the movies and TV programs, the question is whether students should learn them on purpose. [6] Each language and culture consists of good aspects, which we should absorb, and some repulsive and offensive ones, which we should distinguish. When we learn our mother tongue in the first stage, [7] we are taught to be decent and polite rather than how to curse. So why should we learn purposefully to say dirty words just because they are in English? There arc plenty of good words students need to learn. (2) Bad language surrounds us in most of our daily routines —films, TV programs and interaction between people. As students, we should be able to under