Dear Mingming,
Hi, I’m writing to you in Rizhao. I’m on vacation    36  my parents here.
Rinzhao is very beautiful and   37  lots of beaches. It’s   38   today.People are having a good   39  on the beaches. Some are playing beach volleyball, some are enjoying the sunlight, and   40   are playing games.   41   are my parents? Oh, my  42    is lying on the beach, and my mother is   43   in the sea(大海).
I’m   44   I have to stop here. My mother wants me to  45   photos for her.
I hope you and Lingling are having fun, too.

When I was 16 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a  26  .
It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away.   2 7 a result, no one knew I was. I was very  28 , and afraid to make friends with anyone.
Every time I   29 the other students talking and laughing. I felt my heart 30 . I couldn’t talk to anyone about my problems. An who d I didn’t want my parents to 31 me.
Then one day, my classmates talked  32 with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual.   33  , a boy entered the classroom. I didn’t know  34 he was. He passed me and then   35 . He looked at me, without a word, but a smile.
  36 , I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy and 37 .
That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became   38  to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t remember  39 at me!
It doesn’t matter   40  all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

Dear friends,
My name is Helen. I’m 12 years old. I   36   from Taxas, America. I’m really   37   in Chinese geography. It’s fun! And I hope you can tell me more. I like hamburgers best,   38   I try to eat them twice a week   39   it’s a kind of   40   food. And I like to drink lemon   41   . As for sports, I often go swimming with my parents on weekends.
I   42   in Cobb Street School. My   43   subjects in school are ME and art. They are really fun! After school, I like to go to the   44   with my family or friends. I like action movies and cartoons. They’re   45   How about you? Do you often go to the cinema with your family or friends?
Yours,
Helen