【正文】 n the mountain towards home. That evening I fell happily into bed. It was such a privilege to have spent a day with Tombe39。s family. It39。s getting late and I have to prepare tomorrow39。s lessons and do some paperwork. Please write soon. Love Jo THE WORLD39。S MOST USEFUL GIFT CATALOGUE Would you like to donate an unusual gift? Then this is the catalogue for you. The gift you give is not something your loved one keeps but a voluntary contribution towards the lives of people who really need it. Choose from this catalogue a really useful gift for some of the world39。s poorest and bring hope for a better future to a munity in need. When you purchase an item, we will send you an attractive card for you to send to your special person. You can use the cards for any special occasionweddings ,births, birthdays,Christmas or anniversaries, etc. To let you know that I am thinking of you, I have purchased a gift from the World’s Most Useful Gift Catalogue for you to give to some of the world’s poorest. This gift will train a whole village of around 40 families in India, Kenya, or Bangladesh in new agricultural methods, and provide seeds and simple agricultural equipment. Just 20% more produce will mean the difference between sickness and health, between families going hungry and families providing for themselves.Unit 5 Travelling abroad Reading KEEP IT UP,XIE LEI CHINESE STUDENGT FITTING WELL Six months ago Xie Lei said goodbye to her family and friends in China and boarded a plane for London. It was the first time she had ever left her motherland. After getting my visa I was very excited because I had dreamed of this day for so long. But I was also very nervous as I didn39。t know what to expect, Xie Lei told me when I saw her waiting in a queue at the student cafeteria between lectures. Xie Lei, who is 21 years old, has e to our university to study for a business qualification. She is halfway through the preparation year, which most foreign students plete before applying for a degree course. Xie Lei highly remends it. The preparation course is most beneficial, she said. Studying here is quite different from studying in China, so you need some preparation first. It39。s not just study that39。s difficult. You have to get used to a whole new way of life, which can take up all your concentration in the beginning, explained Xie Lei, who had lived all her life in the same city in China. She told me that she had had to learn almost everything again. Sometimes I felt like a child, she said. I had to learn how to use the phone, how to pay bus fare, and how to ask a shopkeeper for things I didn39。t know the English for. When I got lost and had to ask a passerby for directions, I didn39。t always understand. They don39。t talk like they do on our listening tapes, she said, laughing. Xie Lei lives with a host family who give her lots of good advice. Although some foreign students live in student acmodation or apartments, some choose to board with English families. Living with host families, in which there may be other college students, gives her the chance to learn more about the new culture. When I hear an idiom that I don39。t understand, I can ask my host family for help, explains Xie Lei. Also, when I miss my family, it39。s a great fort to have a substitute family to be with. Xie Lei39。s preparation course is helping her to get used to the academic requirements of a Western university. I remember the first essay I did for my tutor, she told me. I found an article on the Internet that seemed to have exactly the information I needed. So I made a summary of the article, revised my draft and handed the essay in. I thought I would get a really good mark but I got an E. I was numb with shock! So I went to my tutor to ask the reason for his revision. First of all, he told me, I couldn39。t write what other people had said without acknowledging them. Besides, as far as he was concerned, what other people thought was not the most important thing. He wanted to know what I thought, which confused me because I thought that the author of the article knew far more than I did. My tutor explained that I should read lots of different texts that contain different opinions and analyse what I read. Then, in my essay, I should give my own opinion and explain it by referring to other authors. Finally he even encouraged me to contradict the authors I39。d read! At first I lacked confidence, but now I39。m beginning to get the idea and my marks have improved. More importantly, I am now a more autonomous learner. Xie Lei told me that she feels much more at home in England now, and what had seemed very strange before now appears quite normal. I39。ve just got one more thing to achieve. I have been so occupied with work that I haven39。t had time for social activities. I think it39。s important to have a balance between study and a social life, so I39。m going to join a few clubs. Hope fully I39。ll make some new friends. We will follow Xie Lei39。s progress in later editions of this newspaper but for now, we wish Xie Lei all the best in her new enterprise. She deserves to succeed.PERU Peru offers a variety of experiences from ancient ruins and centuriesold Spanish villages to thick forests, high mountains and desert coastline. TRAVEL PERU offers tours for all ages and tastes. The following tours are based at Cuzco, the site of the ancient capital of the Inca civilization. Tour 1 Experience the jungle and its diverse wildlife close up. During this fourday walking tour, you will be amazed by mountain scenery and the ancient ruins we pass on our hike. On the last day, we arrive at the ruins of Machu Picchu in time to see the sunrise over the Andes. Spend the day visiting the ruins of this ancient Inca city before catching the train back to Cuzco.