Rose is an American school girl. She is now in Beijing with her parents.

    It's Sunday morning. Rose gets up early in the morning. After breakfast her parents take her to the zoo. They go to see the pandas and other. The pandas live only in China. There are not any pandas in America. So they like the pandas . Outside the zoo gate there is a picture. It's a picture of a panda with "welcome". In the zoo, Rose sees not only pandas but also many other animals.

    The panda is  and fat. It looks like a ball. It always moves slowly like a ball rolling. There are also elephants. The elephant is the biggest animal on land. There are many monkeys on the bill. Some of are sitting in the trees. Some are picking nuts. And the others are running or climbing up the trees. Rose and her parents have a good time in the zoo.

   It's still the holiday season and students in the UK are1 their winter break(休假).

    Tiffany in Guangdong asks us about2British students spend their winter break.

      For some, it's a time to study 3they have exams next term. Some might have to study. They4 read some books. They use ~he winter break to catch up with(赶上) their reading. 5 some students can let their hair down and celebrate Christmas and New Year with a few drinks.

    This holiday is also an important time to chat6the family and maybe get some sleep too. Some lucky students are going away on holiday but it won't be   7 .

    Most American families are s than the families in other countries. Most American families have one or two parents and one or two children each.

    Children in the US will l  their parents' home when they grow up. They usually live far f  their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their parents or t  them. And they often go to visit their parents on holiday.

    Parents usually let their c choose their own jobs. Americans think it important for young people to decide on their livesb themselves.

    Children are asked to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are paid for doing some hso that they learn how to make money for their own use.