How are you? I’m writing to you in my school. It’s a middle school. Our school is very nice. There are about 2000 students and 150 teachers in our school. There are three grades and in each grade there are ten classes. I’m in Class Two, Grade Seven. I go to school from Monday to Friday. There are five classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. We play games every afternoon after class. I like playing soccer very much. I often play it with my classmates.

I have three good friends. One of them is Li Lei. He is a Chinese boy. He often helps me with my Chinese. I help him study English. The others are twins. They are Lucy and Lily. They come from England. We often sing and dance together. We are very happy!

Please write soon.

Yours,

Ben

My name is Helen and I’m 35. I work in a hospital. These days, I’m taking evening classmate collage（学院）. Our teacher, Elizabeth is very strict. She’s 40 and she comes from Chicago. My classmates are very nice. There are ten of us in the group—five women and five men. I like Melanie best. She’s young and good-looking. She has blonde hair. Julie is very friendly. She’s short and she has a round face. Clara has short dark hair and she’s very thin. Amanda has brown hair and she wears glasses.

The men in my group are all nice. Jeremy’s really interesting. He’s 45 and he works in a bank. Henry’s 29. He is tall and he wears gasses. He’s a policeman. I like Dieter a lot. He’s 42. He’s very handsome and confident（自信的）! Alvaro is also handsome. He’s a musician. The last one is Stefan. He works in a zoo. He’s a little heavy, but he’s really funny. He often makes us laugh.

Janie read the invitation to a Halloween party from Manuella, trying to make sure she had not received it by mistake.

“Thank you for inviting me to your party, Manuella,” Janie said to Manuella when she saw her.

“Oh. I had to invite all the kids in the class, or my mom wouldn’t let me have it,” Manuella told her.

“I’m looking forward to it,” Janie replied, hoping she did not sound as hurt as she felt. “Is it all right to wear the clothes that we wear for the school party?”

“I don’t care what you wear, Janie.”

“Who are you going to dress as, Manuella?” Janie asked.

“I haven’t decided yet.”

“Well, thank you again, Manuella.”

“Yeah. Whatever,” Manuella replied.

On her way home, Janie kept trying to think of any time she had been mean to Manuella. She didn’t understand why Manuella was mean to her. So she called Karen, “Did I do anything that made Manuella unhappy?”

“It isn’t anything you’ve done,” Karen answered. “It’s who you are. Manuella used to be the most popular girl in our school. But now they think you are. She’s hurt and frustrated (沮丧的). She sees herself as your enemy.”

“Wow! I never thought of that. I want to be her friend. I have to get her back into the spotlight.” Then Janie got an idea.

It was the party time. When Janie got to Manuella’s house, Manuella was shocked because Janie was dressed like her.

“But, why?” asked Manuella. “We were told to dress like someone we admire.”

“I did. Manuella, you don’t know how pretty, smart and talented you are. I’d like to be your friend. Will you let me?”

“If you can forgive me for being so jealous and mean to you. I’m sorry, Janie. I’d be happy to have you.”