Glad to meet you in Shanghai!
Shanghai 1 beautiful city during the day, becomes even more wonderful at night. At the end of the day, both the older part of the city around the Bund 2 the modern buildings in Pudong are full of colorful bright lights. If you look 3 the Huangpu River, you 4 see the brilliant Oriental Pearl TV Tower and the Jinmao Tower. It is wonderful 5 a boat along the river and to see the amazing nightlife on the Bund. There 6 more than 30 tour boats, including dragon boats in the Ming and Qing styles and boats made in the Shikumen（石库门） style.
If you like 7 in the streets, try the famous Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street（步行街）. There are busy shops and cafes and you will see 8 people from all over the world enjoying 9 . Most of the shops 10 at 10 pm. Coffee houses are the popular nightlife places for you 11 friends and make new ones.
If you are in Shanghai for 12 time, make sure you also visit Xintiandi, one of 13 . There you can see buildings in Western and Chinese style side by side.
Xintiandi is a great place for young people 14 it may be a little noisy for older visitors! A 15 place is Park 97, where you can find international restaurants there.
If someone asks you, "What color is the sky?" I think you will answer "blue". I'm afraid that you are wrong. The sky has no color. It looks blue because we are looking at the blue sunlight （阳光）. It is shining（闪耀）on little bits of dust（灰尘）in the air.
Is the sky full of air? I'm sure that you have asked（已经问过）his question, too. We know that there is air all around the world, but we couldn't fly very high because as we go high, the air gets thinner（稀薄）. If we go far enough away from the earth, we find there is no air.
Maybe we can answer some questions now. What is the sky? Where is it? It's all round the world. The sky is space（宇宙）. In space there is nothing, but only the sun, the moon, the earth and all the stars.
There are many stories and poems about the Moon in Chinese history. And nowadays scientists send spaceships to the Moon. Why? Because people are always interested in the Moon and want to know more about it. Here is some information (信息) about it. Let's see it together.
The Moon looks beautiful and bright at night. It is far away from the Earth and if you want to get to the Moon, it will take you about 6 months to get there by car at 95km per hour.
There is no gravity on the Moon, so people can enjoy floating there. If you weigh (有……重) 68kg on Earth, you will weigh only 11kg on the Moon.
There are many interesting places such as craters (陨石坑), mountains, and lava plains (熔岩平原) on the Moon. There is no air on the Moon, so people can't breathe on it.
On Earth, the day is usually warm and the night is cool. And there are four different seasons in a year. But on the Moon, the temperature is very high during the day and very low at night. And a foil day on the Moon, from the sunrise to the next, lasts about 29.5 Earth days on average (平均).
The Moon doesn't have its own light. It looks bright because it can reflect (反射) light from the Sun. When the Moon moves around the Earth, it gets different light from the Sun. So we find its size often changes.
20 June, 2019
Dear David,
Thank you for your letter. I am glad to know that everything is going well with you. Thanks also for the photos. Linda looks heal taller and taller than before.
It is very hot here now, but it sometimes rains. We love the rain very much. We are enjoying our stay here. I am now studying in a bigger school. There are more teachers and students in this school than in my school in England. My teachers and classmates are all very kind to me.
Time goes so quickly. I am having new experience all the time. It is difficult to learn Chinese, but I am making progress with the help of my teachers and classmates.
Summer holiday is coming. Here in Jinan summer holiday usually lasts about two months. So I'll be free for over sixty days. I hope you and Linda can come to Jinan for a visit. Then I can show you around the famous "Spring City" in China.
Love to you and Linda.
Yours Mike
I love collecting old paving bricks very much.It is my favourite hobby. I started it last year when I needed to help our teacher to hold a fair display（展览）for our school. A few years earlier, I read an article about paving bricks in a fashion magazine.I found it was very interesting, so I decided to do the display on the bricks. But we didn't have so many bricks for a good display. Then I decided to go out and look for them.
Now I have collected hundreds of bricks. Most of them are from Ohio. Actually, there are more than one thousand different kinds of bricks in Ohio.Sometimes, I bought some old but special bricks on the Internet. The price is from 5 to 10 dollars for one brick.
Sometimes, some people can't understand why I buy bricks. I must say that it's my favourite hobby. And I will like collecting old paving bricks forever.
A: Hello, this is Nancy. May I speak to John?
B: Hi, Nancy. It's John here.
A: Great. Thanks. Can you help me?
B: Sure.
A: My best friend Lucy is coming to see me this afternoon. But I'm too busy. Can you help me meet her at the Bridge Bus Station?
B: OK.
A: She is tall and has long black hair.
B:
A: She will arrive at half past three.
B: Oh, I see. Are you free this Sunday? Let's go to the zoo.
A: Sorry. I have to go to see my grandparents.
B: OK. See you next Sunday.
A．What does she look like?
B．How's it going?
C．How about next Sunday?
D．What's wrong?
E．What are you doing now?
F．When do I need to get there?
