Dear Li Jie
Hi! Your name and address are in Penfriends magazine. I would like to be your penfriend. My name is Simon. My Chinese name is Li Peichun. I’m twelve years old. How old are you? I’m 163cm. I have short black hair and brown eyes. My hobby is playing chess.
I live with my parents in the UK. They are from Beijing. My parents own a Chinese restaurant in Newcastle. We live in a house near our restaurant. I can speak Chinese, but I cannot write it very well. I have a brother. His name is Edwin. He is 23. He works as an accountant in London. How many people are there in your family? What do they do?
I’m in Year 7 at Walker School. It is near my house, and I can walk to school. I like my school. The teachers are very friend ly.
I am keen on sports. I enjoy playing rugby and badminton in winter, and tennis in summer. My best subject at school is maths.
I want to be an engineer.
Here is a photo of myself and some school friends, I am in the middle. Li Jie, please tell me all about yourself.
Best wishes
Simon
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Dear Kelly
Do you like this photograph of me with my school friends? I am in glasses. Can you see me? On the right is Sally. She is British. She is my best friend at school. She is always happy to help everyone. On the left is Li Jie. I play table tennis with her every afternoon.
The boys stand behind us. Sun Fei wears glasses too. He is a painter. His paintings are very beautiful. He is also a basketball player on the school team. Our school team often wins the Middle School Championship in the city. Wang Gang is a very good swimmer. He practices every morning and night. He wants to be one of the best swimmers in the world. He is the boy next to Chen Yu. Chen Yu is the tallest boy in the class. He is good at tennis. His favourite tennis player is Roger Federer. Li Ming is the boy on the right. He is not very good at sports, but he is very friendly to everyone around him. We all like him a lot.
Love
Liu Mei
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Cheng Na, 15, is one of the top students in Guangzhou. She writes computer games and all of her family work in her business. She is still at school!
6 a.m.
I get up at six o’clock, wash and put on my school uniform. I have breakfast with my parents. Every morning we discuss business at breakfast.
7:30 a.m.
Every day, my driver drives me to school in my own car. I sometimes make phone calls to clients on the way to school.
8 a.m.
I start school. I enjoy seeing my school friends. I usually get A grades in all my subjects.
12:30 p.m.
About twice a week my driver picks me up from school. I go and have lunch with a client. Then I come back to school.
4:15 p.m.
After school I usually go to a club. On Fridays we have Computer Club meetings. On Mondays and Thursdays I play basketball. Once a week I have piano lessons. I do my homework for an hour or two before dinner.
7 p.m.
I always have dinner with my parents. We discuss our business. Then I go to my office and continue working on my games. I usually go to bed at 11 p.m.
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Zhen Hui’s daily life
Zhen Hui studies at a middle school i n Guangzhou. Every day, she wakes up at six o’clock in the morning. She quickly brushes her teeth and washes her face. Then she reads English for half an hour. She has breakfast at seven o’clock. She
