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　　If you know me well, you know I don’t like birthday parties．At least, I don’t like birthday parties given for me．I enjoy them when they’re for other people, but when they’re for me, I just don’t like them．

　　I remember one birthday party some friends of mine had for me when I was a student at the university．Of course, I had told my best friend Henry that I didn’t want a party and I made him promise he wouldn’t do anything．He agreed．I should have known better than to believe him．

　　On the day of my birthday, we got home from school at about, oh, I don’t know, three or half past three．We went inside and as usual I went into the bathroom and started to close the door when suddenly from behind the shower curtain(浴帘), a kind of strange female(女)voice started singing, “Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you．”

　　And then from all over the room, people joined in．There were about fifteen people hiding everywhere in the room．

　　They had got my roommate’s key and got in earlier．They had all planned to come out of the hiding place just at the same time while singing．I guess I really upset their plans by going in just to wash my hands．

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　　I feel very excited at the thought that in another week I’ll be with you again on holiday．I enjoy my stay in England very much indeed．My host and my fellow-students are all very nice to me, but as they say in England, “There’s no place like home”, and I think you will feel this above all at Christmas time．

　　I’m leaving here early on Thursday, the 23rd, and I’ll be arriving in Paris on Friday morning．So I’ll be home about lunch time．Please meet me at the station．In some of my earlier letters I have told you all about the other students here．Well, I want to ask my Canadian friend, Ian, to come and spend Christmas, and he has no friends in England except me．He is a very nice boy．I know you will like him and I feel sure he will enjoy Christmas with us．But I haven’t invited him yet．Please let me know soon if that’s all right．I’ve got some Christmas presents for you all, but I’m not going to tell you what they are, so it will be a surprise．

　　How are you all at home? I hope you are all keeping well．See that father always puts on his big coat when he goes out so that he will not catch cold．We don’t want him ill for Christmas．

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　　The Taj Mahal(泰姬陵)is considered to be one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and the finest example of the late style of Indian architecture(建筑)．It is at Agra in northern India．It lies beside the River Jumna in the middle of gardens with quiet pools．

　　The Taj Mahal was built by the Mogul emperor(皇帝)Shah Jehan, who ruled India in the seventeenth century．It is in memory of his favorite wife, Arjumand Banu Bagam, known as Mumtaz Mahal, who died in 1631．The building, which was completed between 1632 and 1638, was designed by a local Muslim architect(建筑师), Ustad Ahmad Lahori．The whole building, with gardens and gateway structures, was completed in 1643．The Taj Mahal stands at one end of the garden tomb with marble(大理石)path．The room is softly lighted by the light that passes through double screens of carved marble set high in the walls．The building now is kept in good condition．

　　The Taj Mahal took 22 years to build．Shah Jehan planned a similar building, but in black instead of white, to lie on the other side of the river．But before it could be built, Shah Jehan was imprisoned(监禁)by his son and buried next to his wife in the Taj Mahal．

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