30、Dear Harry,

How are things going with you? Today I’m writing to you about the changes that have taken place in our life since the policy “reduce unnecessary burden for more effective learning” was carried out.

Classes used to begin very early in the morning so we had to go to school without breakfast, which more or less affected our health and studies in class. But now we get up at half past 6 and have enough time to have breakfast. Now we have tan hour for sports each day. We can take whatever exercise or sport we like. After that we feel released and very energetic in class. Apart from that, we also had a variety of out-of class activities such as going mountain climbing, or holding an art festival in which gifted students sing and dance or play a drama. Furthermore, as unnecessary burden is reduced, we have less homework to do in the evening; so as a result, we have time to do whatever we are interested in, such as surfing the Internet for useful information, playing some computer games for relaxation. No longer do we have to stay up late, and we can go to bed at 11.

Oh, it’s time for bed, so I have to stop here. Looking forward to hearing from you.

                                                                 Yours

                                                                 Li Hua