Unit1
Reading A
              A letter from a penfriend
Middle Street
Walker
Newcastle
NE6 4BY
England
UK
12 October
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 am twelve years old．How old are you? I am 163 cm．I have short black hair and brown eyes．My hobbyis 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 asan accountant in London．How many people are there in your family? What do they do?
I am 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 friendly．I am keenon 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 tel
l me all about yourself．
Best wishes
Simon
ReadingB
                My school friends
Dear Kelly
Do you like this photo 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 o
ften wins the Middle School Championship in the city．Wang Gang is a very good swimmer．He practises 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 aroundhim．We all like him a lot．
Love
Liu Mei 
ListeningB
Our class
My name is Sun Fei．I am in class 2，Grade7 of No.5 Middle School．There are 50 students in the class．There are 24 boys and 26 girls．One of the girls is from the UK．Her name is Sally．All the chinese students are Young Pioneers．They are from different
primaryschools．Six students in our class are on our school basketball teams．Look at the photo．The first person on the left is Zhang Yue．He is the captainof the boy's team．The second person from the left is Zhou Yong．The third person from the left is me．Chen Jiamin is the third person from the right．Wang Lili is the second person from the right．The first person on the right is Wang Xin．
Miss Liu is our class teacher．She teaches us English，too．She is very kind．All the students like her.
More practisingA
Miss Liu Our English teacher is our class teacher too．She is always very busy．She works very hard and she is kind to us．She gives us a lot of help with our studies．"Try to speak English every day，" she always says．
Mr Xu This teacher is very clever．He can answer all the difficultmaths questions．He wears glasses and he is very nice．"Maths is easy，miss a fei" he says，"but you must work hard．That's important．"
Miss Ma Our Chinese teacher looks quite young．She is a small lady．Her handwritingis always very beautiful．
Mr Zhang This man is our P.E．teacher．He is tall and looks heavy，but he can run very fast．He is a big man，and he is also friendly．"Do exercise every day．That's important!" he says．
B
25 Walu Street
Aranda
Canberra
ACT 2600
Australia
30 November
Dear Liu Mei
Thanks for your letter．Now I want to tell you about the four seasons in Canberra．
Spring in Canberra lasts for three months，from September to November．I love the spring here．The trees in the street have lots of small white flowers and the weather is nice．At the beginning of spring，it is cool and sometimes rains．At the end of spring，the weather is warm．
It is often dry and very hot in the middle of summer．Sometimes we have four or five days at 45℃! Our summer holiday starts at the beginning of December and ends at the beginning of February．I go swimming every day．We usually go to the sea for  a week in January．It is windy there and the sea is very cool．In autumn，the trees are all orange and brown．Our autumn is March，April and May．
In winter，it snows in some places．We go skiingin the Snowy Mountains every winter in June，July or August．Sometimes it is rainy but it is usually very cold．Often the skyis v
ery blue，and you never see any clouds．It is my favourite season．What is your favourite season?
Write soon．
Love
Kelly