My mother bought me a new yellow skirt for my birthday. Yellow is my favourite color and I like the skirt very much. I am wearing the skirt today. And I am wearing brown shoes today. What about you? Are you wearing a skirt today? What color is your skirt?

Today is Saturday. It's fine. My parents and I go to the zoo.

First, we come to see the monkeys. Look at those monkeys! Some are playing with each other, some are swinging on the trees, some are making faces, and some are eating bananas.

Then we go to see the peacocks(孔雀). How beautiful they are! They have long tails and small mouths. They are all wearing colorful clothes. They look like pretty princesses(公主). They are dancing together happily.

At last, we come to see a very big animal. It has a long nose and two big ears. Its ears look like two big fans. What is it? Ha-ha, it's an elephant. It's very friendly. My father takes a photo for it.

Today, I am very happy because I have seen many lovely animals. I hope people can get along well(与……友好相处) with the animals forever.

Catherine is my good friend. She is from the US. She lived in Chicago when she was a little girl. After she grew up, she moved to Cuangzhou. She has blonde (金黄色的) hair and big green eyes. There are four people in her family. Her father is an engineer and her mother stays at home to take care of them. Catherine has a brother. He is a primary school student.

Catherine speaks English, and she can speak Chinese too. We often talk about our favourite books and movies. We know about each other very well. Every Friday, we go to the singing club together. We both like singing very much. After having the singing class, her mother often sends me back home. Sometimes, she can even stay overnight (过夜) at my home. We are like twin sisters.