【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 Zhang Xin 22. My best friend Qiu Jinfeng is my friend. I think a good friend makes me laugh. I’m a little more outgoing than her. She’s smarter than me, I’m a little taller than her. She has longer hair than me. She’s quieter than most of the kids in my class. I’m more athletic than her. My favorite subjects are and math. And her favorite subject is English. Qiu Jinfeng is the same as me. We both like sports and eat junk food. She is the best friend in our class. Class 4, Grade 8 Zhou Jing 23. Ming’s day Ming is a careless girl. She overslept in the yesterday morning. So she didn’t have breakfast and rushed to the school by bike. When she got to school, she was surprised because the school was empty. Well, she realized it was Sunday. Then she went to her friend’s house. She told her friend the whole story. Her friend said, “You are always so careless. Next time you must be careful, don’t you?” Ming smiled. In the afternoon, she had a great meal with her grandparents. That was the happiest time of the day. Look, how sweet they were! In the evening, she watched TV with his grandparents. She didn’t go to bed until it was eleven o’clock. How funny the day was! What a careless girl she was! Class 4, Grade 9 Wu Yuting 24 My little brother My little brother is Xue Longqing. He is a twelveyearold boy. He is a medium build. He used to be short when he was young. But now he is taller. He used to be shy, but now he is outgoing. He is thin though he eats too much. He likes all kinds of sports. He likes playing basketball very much. After school, he always plays basketball with his classmates at school. So he is always late for home. My parents often scold him. But he thinks the sport is good for his health. So, isn’t he is very cute? Class 4, Grade 9 Xue Xiaoxia 25 My dream will e true! More and more people in China are learning English, because English is the most widely used language in the world. As a middle school student, I’m working hard at English, too. I think it can help me to get into a good high school, and then a better university. I also want to study abroad to learn more from developed countries so that I can do more for our country. Our country is a developing country. It’s not rich enough. It’s our duty to do our best to make it stronger. And English is a way to make my dream true. Class 4, Grade 9 Xue Xiaoxia 26 My hobbies I am a middle school student. I like playing tennis, listening to the radio and reading some interesting books. When I’m free, I usually listen to the radio, and sometimes read books in my bedroom. On weekends, I always play tennis with my good friends or my sister. Listening to the radio can improve my listening skills. Reading some interesting books gives me a lot of knowledge and makes me happy. Playing tennis makes me healthy. I feel very happy as a middle school student. My name is Wu Yuting. Would you like to be my friends? Class 4, Grade 9 Wu Yuting 27 That’s why! Jimmy started painting when he was three years old, and when he was five, he was already very good at it. He painted many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people paid a lot of money for them. They said, “This boy’s going to be famous when he’s a little older, and then we are going to sell these pictures for a lot more money.” Jimmy’s pictures were different from other people because he never painted on all of the paper. He painted on half of it, and the other half was always empty. “That’s very clever,” everyone said. “Nobody else does that!” One day, somebody bought one of Jimmy’s pictures and then said to him, “Please tell me this, Jimmy. Why do you paint on the bottom half of your pictures, but not on the top half?” “Because I’m small,” Jimmy said, “and my brushes don’t reach very high.” Class 4, Grade 9 Ma Jing 28 Hainan island I have just e back from Hainan. Hainan is a great place for the family to take a vacation. It’s a beautiful island, and it is the second biggest island in China. How hot the weather in Hainan is! And the air is so fresh there. It’s doesn’t have any mountains or old cities, but there are still many things to do there. For example, it has many beautiful beaches and tall coconut palm trees. You can play all kinds of water sports, such as surfing, scuba diving, boating and so on. You can have an enjoyable time. And there are different kinds of sea foods to taste. They are very delicious. Would you like to visit Hainan? Class 4, Grade 9 Li Shenghong 29 A thrill experience One afternoon, when I planned to go home, my friend told me that the Chinese teacher asked me to go to her office at once. I was surprised. I thought my Chinese test failed, and I was very scary. By the time I got there, the teacher