Dear Simon,

    I haven't written to you till now. I have been busy the course and making new friends since I (get) here. I'm speaking English with my classmates all the time and sometimes (go) out with them in the evening. We're a real mix of nationalities: Chinese, Russian, Italian, Spanish...We talk about all kinds things in English and so far I (learn) a lot about other languages and countries.

    My host family are very nice. The parents are very (friend) and kind. The children are both in primary school and they are very sweet. But they can be a bit annoying（恼人的）too. I have to watch the film Frozen with them once more, I'm going crazy! I have already (know) all the songs by heart!

We live near the school. It's a short bus ride from the city centre. There is ancient castle（城堡）and we're going there next week. Yesterday my Italian friend invited me (watch) the free street shows. We saw a magician do card games-it was so much fun!

Frank

    Fast walking is the exercise between walking and race walking. A study shows that fast walking has become the most popular exercise in China and many people walk more than 5, 000 steps a day. The results of the study are from QQ users. About 37% of the people choose fast walking as their favourite exercise. Over 23%choose running and more than 14% choose riding bikes.

    Fast walking and running are easy, cost little and work well, so they are popular. And many people would rather do exercise in nature than go to gyms（健身房）. It's best to walk fast for at least 10 minutes at a time and walk up to 6, 000 steps every day.

    The study also shows that people in Guiyang love sports most. On average（平均）, everyone there walks 5,941 steps every day. It seems that people in places with better environment and fresher air are more willing to（更愿意）do sports.

—No, but I've got a bad headache.