I went to two cities to play during last summer holidays. They are Beijing and Hohhot.

I went to Beijing more than eight times. Beijing is the capital of China. It’s a big city. I am very familiar with Beijing. It takes an hour and forty minutes to travel from Nantong to Beijing by plane. There are many tall buildings in Beijing. My family visited the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, the Palace Museum, Beihai Park, the Space Museum and so on.

I went to the countryside of Beijing to go boating and fishing. It was very interesting. I like eating Beijing snacks. They are delicious. I also miss Beijing Duck. It is really nice.

Hohhot is in Inner Mongolia. There is lots of grassland there. The grassland is endless. The sky is bright blue. There are a lot of horses and sheep. They were running or eating grass when I got there. I rode a horse on the grassland. I picked some colourful flowers. We drank tea with milk. There is a small desert, it was very hot when I walked on it. The sand can sing.

These trips helped me open my eyes. I enjoyed my holidays.

In a Park

There is a park near our school. We can see many trees and flowers there. Some flowers are red, and some are yellow. We can see a hill behind the park, too. At the foot of the hill we can see a river. there are some boats on it. Children like to go there. It is Monday today. There are many Young Pioneers in the park. Some are walking and singing. Some are dancing or playing games. Ann and her sister Kate are flying a kite. Tom and his brother Sam are throwing a Frisbee. Their father and mother are sitting under the tree. All the family members are having a good time.

Mike is a student of Liwan School. He is eleven years old, he is thin and short. He is often sick. He doesn’t eat much food for lunch or dinner, because he always eats candy or other snacks（零食）before meals. He doesn’t like sports and seldom takes exercise. After school, he goes back home and begins to do his homework at about 6: 00 p. m. When he finishes his homework before 9: 30, he sometimes does some reading. His home is far away from the school, he needs to get up early. But he can’t! Because he goes to bed after 11:00 p. m. every night. Yesterday he was late for school again, and he slept in class. Homework was a little difficult for him. He felt sad. What should he do?