David is a college student. Last year he went on vacation to Yunnan with his cousin, Cindy. First, they went to Kunming by plane. David liked the weather there. It was not cold or hot. It was really fine. Cindy liked all kinds of flowers best there.

After two weeks, they went to Dali by train. They visited the famous old city and some other places of interest there. They also knew about many local customs (当地的风俗).

One week later, David and Cindy took the bus to Lijiang. They visited Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (玉龙雪山). It was really wonderful. There are many interesting stores and restaurants in Lijiang. They ate much fine food there. And Cindy bought many presents for her sister Mary and her brother Bill. David had to come back to the university so they only stayed in Lijiang for one week.

David likes Lijiang so much. He hopes to visit it this summer holiday again.

I work in a bank from Monday to Friday. My house is about ten kilometers from my office. I usually go to work by subway. I usually get up at 6:30 a.m. and take the subway at 7:00 a.m. It takes me about thirty minutes to get to my office. I am never late for work.

I am a student. My house is near a beautiful park. My school is across from the park. I can walk to school across a bridge. It takes me about thirty minutes. But I often go to school by bike. It takes me about twenty minutes.

I work in a restaurant from Monday to Saturday. I often go to work by bus. It’s about five kilometers from my house to the restaurant. It takes me about twenty-five minutes to go to work. Because the traffic is very busy, sometimes I am late for work.

Hello! My name is Sara and I’m thirteen years old. I’m from New York, the United States. My best friend is Mary, and she is thirteen, too. She came to New York with her family four years ago.

Mary is tall and pretty. She has long curly brown hair and brown eyes. She goes to my school and she lives not far from my house. We often walk back home from school together. After school we also spend some time together. I sometimes go to her house or she comes to mine and we listen to music and talk about different things: books, video games and movies. She likes reading a lot.

Last year she was the best reader in our class. She’s also very good at other languages that we learn: English and Chinese. Mary is kind of shy with new people but with me she’s friendly.