AGet-togetheronMay1st

　　DearLiMing:

　　Howhaveyoubeen?Ihaven’tseenyoufor5yearssincewegraduatedfromPekingUniversity.Howtimeflies!Ireallymissyouverymuch.

　　IamnowaworkerinabankinBeijing.ActuallyIdon’tlikemypresentjob.Iamverybusyeveryday,andIcanonlygetabreakonweekendsornationalholidays.IthinkonedayIwillfindanotherjob.

　　Totellyouapieceofgoodnews,ZhangLin,ouroldmonitor,willorganizeanoldclassmates’meetingonMay1stinBeijing.Willyoucometothemeeting?Idohopetoseeyouthatday.

　　Iamlookingforwardtoyourreply.

　　Yourstruly,

　　WangHua

　　HelpMetoBuyASpokenEnglishBook

　　April162009

　　DearWangHua:

　　Howhaveyoubeen?Ihaven’tseenyoufor5yearssincewegraduatedfrom101HighSchool.Howtimeflies!Ireallymissyouverymuch.

　　IamnowstudyingEnglishinAnhuiUniversity.IntwomonthsIwilltakepartinaveryimportantEnglishexamination.IwanttobuyacollegespokenEnglishbook,butIcannotfindithereinHefei.WouldyoupleasebuyoneformeinBeijing?

　　Iamlookingforwardtoyourreply.Dovisitmewhenyouarefree.

　　Yourstruly,

　　LiMing

　　BadMannersinPublic

　　Inordertobeapoliteperson,weshouldtrytoavoidbadmannersinpublic.Badmannersinpublicincludemakingnoise,throwingwasteseverywhere,breakingtrafficlawsandsoon.Amongallthesebadmanners,Ihatebreakingtrafficlawsmost.Ihavetworeasonstosay.Thefirstreasonisthatbreakingtrafficlawsmaycausetrafficaccidents.Accordingtoagovernmentreport,10millionpeoplearekilledintrafficaccidentsofthiskind.Thesecondreason:breakingtrafficlawswillsetabadexampleforyoungpeople.Ifyouoftenbreaktrafficlaws,yourchildrenmayalsodothis.Soyousee,itisreallyimportantforustokeeptrafficlaws.