Here are some letters from pupils in China. They are 12 years old from Shuiguohu No. 1 Middle School who are learning English, so you may see some spelling and grammar mistakes. We hope these letters help you to get an idea of what life is like in China.
My Self
Do you want to know about my ? My name is Zhu Yijing My English name is Sophie. I am from China . I am 12 years old . I am a happy girl . My hobby is reading books.
My favourite subject is Chinese and history. I can play the piano, but I can't play it very well. A happy girl.
Sophie
Myself
Hi! My name is zhang yue. I’m a Chinese girl.I have a lovely family. There are three people in my family, my father, my mother and I. I’m a happy girl. I like to play pingpong and play tennis with my friends. I have a small sports collection. I have two tennis rackets, two basketballs, four pingpong bats and six pingpong balls. Do you want to make friend with me?
Dear friend,
Hello! My name is Li Congxi. I am twelve. My favourite subject is English beause is very funny. I like science too. It is difficult, but interesting. My favourite sport is swimming. I can swim very well. I have a happy family. My father is a doctor. His favourite sport is playing tennis. I like it too. My mother is a teacher, so she is very smart. She is very strict with me. My grandfather and grandmother are kind. They often visit us at weekends. I love them. How about you? Please tell me soon.
Best wishes,
Li Congxi
Dear friend,
Hi! I’m Sunny.It’s was New Year’s now.
I know people arourd the world celebrate the New Year, but they celebrate the holiday in different ways. In China, people usually stay at home on New Year’s Eve and visit friends and relatives and exchange presents on New Year’s Day. There are parades with dragons as part of the New Year celebrations. What about Britain?
Please write and tell me about Britain’s New Year.
Best wishes,
Sunny
Dear friend,
Hi. My name is Wu Yushan , you can call me Sunny. Nice to meet you . It’s wery happy to have a American friend. In China, school starts at seven-forty, so I usually get up around six-thirty. What time does school start in America? I have breakfast at six o’clock. My favorite subject is English because I think it’s interesting. What’s your favorite subject?
My last class is at six o’clock and after school I like to play tennis. Can you play tennis? I can also play the piano. What are your hobbies? Please write and tell me about your life in America.
Best wishes,Sunny
I live in a small family. There are three people in my family, my parents and me. Both my parents are teachers, they work hard every day. I am a student .My favourite sport is swimming. My favourite color is pink. My hobbies are drawing pictures and sing, because they can make me happy. I have many classmates, they are so friendly.
Myself
Hello! My name is Wu Yushan. You can call me Sunny. It’s my English name. I was born in 1994. I like swim, play tennis, and Japanese caricature. I can play the piano well. There are three people in my family. There are my mother, father, and I. My father is a teacher. And my mother is a teacher too. I’m a student. I love they wery much.
My name is Tao Wanqing. I'm twelve. I have a happly family. There are five people in my family. There are my grandparents, my parents and I. My grandparents like watching TV. My father is a doctor. He likes playing basketball very well. He really likes action movies. He think they are very exciting. My mother is a enginer. She likes shopping, but she doesn't like movies. I am a student. My favorite food is vegetable. I like comedies very much. I think they are funny .I like playing computer games. I love my family.
I get up at half past six. Then I brush my teeth and wash my fase. I eat breakfast at six forty-five. After breakfast I go to school. I usually take the No.709 bus to my school. School starts at ten to eight. I have seven classes in a day, four classes in the morning. I have lunch at half past twelve. Then I have three classes in the afternoon. I go to home at ten to six and I get home at six thirty. Then I eat dinner at ten to seven. I do my homework from eight to ten thirty. Then I take a shower. I go to bed at eleven. This is my day.
Hello! My name is linda. I am 12 years old. Let me tell you some things about my family. Have three people in my family. My father, mother and I. My father is a doctor, he usually play the computer game in the evening. My mother is a teacher, shi teaches chinese in the school. I'm a student. I like play sports. Because I think it exciting. It's my happy family!
Dear friend: Hi, my name is Daisy. I'm 12.There are 8 people in my family. There are my grandfather, my grandmother, my father, my mother, my uncle, my aunt, my sister and I.I have big and happy family. I can play many sports. But my favorite sport is tennis. What are your hobbies? Today I want to go to a movie. Do you like movies? My favorite movie is comedies. It's very funny. What are your favorite movies? Please write and tell me about your family.
Best wishes,
Daisy
Hello! It's very exciting to have a new friend. My name is Chen Tianyi. I'm is years old. I'm in Wuhan now. I have a small family. There are three people in my family: my parents and me. I love my parents and they love me, too. I have many hobbies. I like swimming best. My favorite swbject is Chinese and science. How about you? Please tell me.
Yours,Chen Tianyi
Hi！I`m Tu Sichang ，and I live in Wuhan. I`m 13 years old，and my birthday is 12th April. My father is a teacher. He favourite sport is basketball and his favourite team is HOUSTON ROCKETs. He like Yao Ming best. He often pley basketball on weekend.
My mother is homewife. She favourite color is black. She like read book. She usually help me with math and science. She like badminten best. She often play it with me.
I go to Shuigouhu school. school starts at 7：40 am . So l usually take a bus to school .Mr yang is my favourite teacher. My favourrite sport is basketball. I like chess and soccer too. Please tell me about your famliy.
Best withes,
Tu Sichang（sam）
Hello, my name is Richard chien. I am thirteen years old. I am a student. I am studying in the Shui Guo Hu No.1 Middle School. I am in Class 4,Grade 1.There are 3 people in my family,my father,my mother and me. My parents are engineers. I love them. I have many hobbies, play basketball, play soccer and play ping pong. I relly like play basketball because I think it's very exciting. I often play basketball with my classmate. I also can play violin, but I can not play it very well.
Richard chien
Dear frined
Hello!
My name is LiMuyun. I'm twelve. What's your name? How old are you? I like fruit and play sports. But I don't like vegetables. I realy like comedies because they're funny. And I think thrillers are great. What's your favorite subject? My favorite subject is science because it's interesting.
Do you want to know about my day? Well I get up at 7:00 in the morning. I have breakfast at 7:20. Then I go to school. School starts at 7:50. I have lunch at 12:20 in the ahternoon. School is over at 5:00. Then I play basketball. I go home at 5:40. I do my homework from 6:00 to 8:30 in the evening. I usually have dinner at7:30.Ioften go to bed at 9:00 in the night. This is my day.
My family has three persons: my parent and I. My father is a science teacher. He like play sports very much! And he like comedies too. But he doesn't like thrillers. He think thrillers are scary. My mother like play the computer and play badminton. I like my family .My family is happy family.
Best wishes
LiMuyun
Dear friend:
My name is Li Yan.l'm a Chinese boy.Nice to meet you! My school is very beautiful. There are many trees and birds in it. School starts at 8:00. I must get up early. How about you? I usually play basketball with my friends in it.Can you play basketball? I can play it very well.
China is a very big country. Welcome to China! Please write and tell me about you.
Bye—bye!
Yours,
Li Yan
I have a busy day. I get up at 6:00in the morning .I have four classes in the morn. I usually have lunch at school. After lunch. I play the basketball with my classmates. I play the basketball well. I go to home at 6:30 in evening. From8:00 to 10:00 I do my homework. I take shower at10:30. Then I go to bed.
Dear Sir or Madam:
It’s very exciting to have an English friend. Let me tell you something about my favourite things. My favourite movies are comedies. I think Rowan Atkinson is a great actor. His movie Mr Bean is a very successful comedy. The movies is very funny and I like it very much. What sort of movies do you like? My favourite food is Chinese food. So I’d like tell you something about Chinese food in this letter. Chinese food looks good, tastes good and is nutritious. These admirable qualities are achieved by careful preparation, quick cooking and artistic imagination. In a word: Chinese food tastes very delicious so I like it very much. Do you like it?
My favourite colour is red, because the rose is red red means romance.Don’t it? And my favourite game is Counter-Strike. Have you played it yet? I think It’s a very exciting game. My favourite subject is Information technology. I think it’s very interesting.
By the way, my name is Tianwei Geng. I’m a thirteen—year—old boy. I’m in Class 4,Grade 7 now. I like to play the violin and sometimes I like reading Bible. God bless us,always!
Yours faithfully,
Tianwei ,Geng
I live in a small family. There are three people in my family, my parents and me. Both my parents are teachers, they work hard every day. I am a student My favourite sport is swimming. My favourite color is pink .My hobbies are drawing pictures and sing, because they can make me happy. I have many classmates, they are so friendly.
How I spend my holiday
During the holiday, I usually get up very early, because I have a math class and a science class. I always have noodles for breakfast, I like it very much. At lunch time, my family and I watch news, I hurt it but my father likes it so much. Afterwards, I do my homework very long time. In the evening I watch for two hours.
I like to watch movies so much. I like documentaries, movies, they can tell me some knowledge, I also like action movies, they are exciting, but my favorite movies are comedies, they are funny. I do not like Beijing opera and news, they are so boring. Students can not watch many romantics, they are not good.
Dear friend,
Hi! I’m Amy. Let me tell you something about me. There are five people in my family. They’re my father, my mother, my grandparents and I. My mother is very beautiful. She likes watching TV and playing computer. My father likes reading books. I have a happy family.
In China, school starts at eight o’clock. I usually get up at seven.I go to school at seven twenty. I have four classes in the morning. In the afternoon I have three classes. My favorite subject is science because it’s very interesting and my science teacher is very funny. What is your favorite subject?
Do you like movies? My favorite movies are comedies and action movies. I don’t like documentaries because I think they are boring. How about you?
Please write and tell me about you.
Best wishes,
Amy
Dear XXX
My name is Zeng Kai. I`m a Chinese boy. I`m 12. I like documentaries best. Lei me tell you something about my family. There are five people in my family. They are my parents, my grandparents and I. My father was an engineer and my mother was a doctor. But I was a studet. My mother likes play tennis and computer games. My father likes play soccer. My mother likes play tennis. And I like play computer games and basketball best. What are about you family? What about you? Do you like movies? Please write to me soom.
best wish
Zeng Kai
Hi! My first name is Niu, my last name is Tianye. I’m thirteen years old. I’m a student. I study in Class four Grade seven. My favorite color is blue. I like piaying computer games, because it’s interesting. I can swim, I’m good at it. And I can piay the piano, but I can’t play it very well. My favorite subject is math, because I think it’s relaxing.
Niu Tianye
Hi, I'm Qin Yile, I'm 12 years old. I'm a student. My favorite color is pink. My favorite food is ice cream. And my favorite subject is P.E.,I think P.E. it's very interesting. I have a happy family. There are 2 people in my family. My mother is an engineer. She likes swimming very much. I love my family very much!
Hi. My name is ZhangZhongLi. I come from China. I like Maths. My favotre sport is basketball. I’m fat because l like eating meat. There are three people in my family ,my mother ,my father and me.
I usually get up at six’clock .Then I have breakfast .The class often begins at eight’clock .Sometimes I have lunch at home. Sometimes I eat meal at school. In the afternoon I have three classes .But I go home at six’clock on time. I do my homework about twenty minutes. I go to bed at 11’clock. This is my daily life. How about you.
I have many hobbies, play basketball, ping pong and soccer. I like basketball because I think it is very exciting. And I like ping pong because it is an relaxing sport. I also like go to movies. I like comedies, action movies and documentaries. I think comedies are funny and action movies are interesting. And I like documentaries because I think I can learn about in it. My favorite movie is "Shaolin Temple". It is an action movie. It very exciting. My favorite actor Jet Li is in the movie.
Minnie eat well
I eat lots of healthy food. For breakfast, I like breads and milk. For lunch, I like oranges, hamburgers and milk. For dinner, I like chicken, fishes, vegetables, orange juice and rice. For dessert, I like cookies.I like healthy food very much!
Nice to meet you!
Hello! My name is Peter Jackson,my chinese name is Wang Quying. I'm 12. I'm inHu Bei China.How about you? They are three people in my family . They are my father 、mother and I. My mother and my father are teacher. They teach art. I'm a student .I'm in Class 2 Grade 7.How about you? I like playing basketball，but I can't play it well. I like thrillers and comedies best.And you？ what's you hobbies？
Plese write soon.
Peter Jackson
Hi ! My name is LiWenni. My English name is Yoki. I'm 13. I'm a cute girl. There are four people in my family, father, mother, brother and I. My father hobby is reading. My mother likes shopping. My brother hobby is play computer. I like swimming and listening to music. I love my family!
My hoilday
Yesterday is January 21st. My winter hoilday starts. I got up at 7:30. Then I ate my breakfast. It was snowing. So I played snow with my friends at 8:30. It was intereasing. At 11:00 I went to home. I had my lunch at 11:30.After lunch I did my homework. Then I read books. I had dinner at 6:00 in the evening. After dinner I played basketball in the gym. I watched TV at 9:00.And I went to bed at 10:30. I had a fine day.
My Family
There are five people in my family , my grandma , my grandpa , my mother , my father and I. My grandma is 71. She likes watching TV. My grandpa is 73. He likes playing computer games and takes a long walk in the evening. My mother is very king for me. She usually goes to work at eight o’clock in the morning. She likes reading the newspapers. And my father is very tired every day. He likes playing sports and planting flowers. They also love me a lot. I’m a student. I can play the piano and sing. I like music and art 。. Because they’re very relaxing and interesting. I love my family very much!
My name is Dan Jingmin.I'm from China.I'm in Class 2 Grade 7.Let me tell you something about Chinese Festival and Day. January is first month in a year.January 1st is New Year's Day. In the February, the Spring Festival is in January or February. Students have their winter holiday in February. The children are celebrating the Sping Festival. In the March we have Tree Planting Day is on March 12th. The June 1st is Children's Day in China. In August we have summer holiday. It's Very good. China's National Day is on October 1st, the peope are celebrating the National Day. They are Chinese Festival and Day.
Dear friends,
Do you want to know about me and China? OK, let me tell you! My name is Zhou Xiaoding and my English name is Vivian. I'm thirteen years old. I'm a middle school student. My hobby is collecting eraser. My favorite food is candies. I want to tell you the famous places around China now. The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest wonders of the world. It's over 2000 years old and more then 4500 miles long. The Museum of Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses is near Xi'an in Shanxi Province. There are thousands of warriors and horses buried in the grave of the first China Emperor,Qin Shihuang. Plese write and tell me about Britian.
Best wishes,
Vivian
Hi! My name is Yangyang Ding , my English name is Calie. I am a junior high school student . I live in Wuhan China with my parents. I have a good family, my parents, I don’t have any sisters so I contact my friends very often. I like travling and have been to many places in China. Soon I will be going to the Neimenggu llano. I have also gone to America.I visited the Niagara Fall.I like America but I like China more because I was born here and I like Chinese food .My favorite food is the hot dry noodles. I also likes reading and watching movies. I don’t like the popular movies these days.I like old classical English movies and documentaries. They’are great. My favorite book is《The Dreams Of The Red Temple》。It’s a very old Chinese story .Some people can’t understand it but I think it’s the best book ever been written. It’s very famous. Have you heard it? Soon the Spring Festival comes and a new year starts. Everyone is excited about the Olympic games in Beijing and so am I.I like basketball but I can’t play it very well. Ok. That’s all for today see you next time.
My family
Dear Tom,
Thanks for the photo of your family (photo not included). Here is my family photo! This my father and this is my mother. My father job is bank clerk. There are my consin my brother is 22 years old. He very likes playing computer game. He playing computer game every day. My sister job is bank clerk . And there is my grandparents. They very like watch TV. My grandfather is 79 years old. My grandma is 70 years old.
Your friend
Ben
There are three people in my family. They are my father, my mother and I.My mother likes fruit best. Her favorite fruit are apples and orange. She think they are very nice. My father likes sports best. His favorite sports are soccer and basketball. I like sports, too. But I like tennis and ping-pong. My favorite food are chicken and bananas.
Dear Zhao jie
Do you really not like school ? Mu favorite subject is P.E. I like P.E. Because it’s relaxing. And I like science . I like do experimrnt . Because It’ s interesting and exciting. My science teacher is Mrs Zhang . She is very good . But I don’ t like history and world . Because is boring and difficult . The teather is Mrs xia . She is very strict . And I very like computer . Because I like playing computer game.
I usually get up at 6:30 am. I eat breakfast at 6:35 am. After breadfast, I go to school. School starts at 7:40 am. I usually have lunch at 12:00 pm. After school, I go home. I usually eat dinner at 7:00 pm. Then, I do my homework. I go to bed at 10:00 pm. This is my day.
My Self-Introduction
My name is Wu Yifan. I am 12. I am a boy. I am in Class Two Grade One. I am in NO.1 Shuiguohu Middle School. There are six people in my family. They are my grandparents ,my parents my sister and me. My hobby is piaying basketball and play the SAX.
Dear friend:
Hi! My Name is Hejun. I'm twelve. I'm a Chinese girl. Do yuo want to know about my morning. I usually get up at 7:00 in the morning . I eat breakfast at 7:10. I go to school at 7:30.School starts at 8:00 o' clock. I have lunch at 12:00 in the afternoon. After school, I piay volleyball with my friend. I get home at 5:30 clock. I have dinner at 7:00 in the evening. At 7:20, I do my homework. Then I go to school at 9:00. This is my day.Then I have a happy family. There three people in family, my mother my father and I. My father likes watching TV. My mother likes playing computer games and I like watch TV,too. I love my family!I like ice cream, but I don't like broccoli. Do you like broccoli? And I like any sports. We have seven classes in my day. My favorite subject is Chinese. Because it's very interesting. How about you?
Best wishes,
Hejun
Hello, every one! My name is Li Dingze. My English name is Eileen. I'm study in Shuiguohu NO.1 middle school. I'm in Class 4 Grade7. There are three people in my family. My father, my mother and I. I love my family. My father does not like sweet, he likes tea. My mother is a teacher she like watch TV and play computer like a child. I usually get up at 6:30 is very early. But school starts at 7:40,so I must get up early. Then I eat breakfast and go to school by bike at around 7 o'clock. There are 5 classes in the morning. I have lunch at around 12 o'clock. School ends at 5 o'clock. I get home at 5:20. Then I watch TV. After dinner, I do my homework .I go to bed at 9 o'clock. My favorite subject is English. And I also like Chinese. But I don't like Math, I think is boring and difficult. I like sports too.
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