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    Paris, the capital of France, is a very special place. It's one of the Europe's 1 cities. People have lived there 2 more than 2, 000 years. Most people like it, but for different  3.

   Lovers and young people think  4 a very romantic(浪漫的) place. They like to walk 5 the Seine River(塞纳河) and drink coffee in small shops. Artists find many interesting things to 6. Tourists love shopping and visiting the famous places, 7 the Eiffel Tower and Louvre Museum. People who like 8 enjoy walking down old streets and seeing old buildings.

    In Paris, Hotels, food, and other things are 9. But there's something funny about that. In Paris, people have such a good time that they don't want to 10!

    Mary is an English girl, but she lives in Paris. She is six years old. Her mother says to her, "You are six now, Mary, and you are going to the school here. I'm sure you'll like it very much. It's a nice school."

  "Is it an English school?" Mary asks.

  "Yes, it is." her mother says.

  It is September and the new school year begins. Mary goes to school every day. She likes her lessons very much and works hard at them. Her mother always takes her to school in the morning and brings her home in the afternoon.

    Now, it is afternoon and school is over. Mary's mother goes to the school and Mary runs over to her.

    "We have a new classmate in our class today, Mum." Mary says. "She is also six and she's very nice, but she isn't English. She is German." "Does she speak English?" Mary mother asks. "No, she laughs in English." Mary says to her mother.

    This summer, Mary, Tom, Alan are going to going to have a vacation (holiday). The followings(以下) are their plans for the coming vacation.