I have a very happy family. In my family there 1three people, my father, my mother and I. My father is 40. 2 birthday is on May 25th. He is an3teacher. My mother is 36 years old and her birthday is 4 July. She is an English teacher, too. They teach in the same 5They work6 They love their students, so all the students 7their lessons very much. My8is Jim. I’m 9thirteen. I10this term. They are Chinese, English, maths, music, computer, history, PE and Science. I like Chinese very much.
Maria was born in Peru（秘鲁）.She grew up in a small village. She1when she was six years old. She went to elementary school，but she2to high school. Her family was very3，and she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old. She4in a shoe factory. When Maria was seventeen years old，her family 5to the United States. First they lived in Los Angeles，and then they moved to San Francisco. When Maria 6in the United States，she was not very happy. She missed her friends in Peru，and she didn’t7a word of English. She began to study English at night，8worked in a factory during the day. Maria studied very hard，and now she speaks English well. She’s still9at night，but now she’s studying typing. She wants 10a secretary. Maria still misses her friends. But she’s very happy now，and she hopes she will have a good future（将来）in the new country.
