May 26, 2005

Dear host family,

My nane is Christina(female), but my friends ususally call me Tina for short. I'm already 16 years old and I was born on a special day- Trees Planting Day. Now I 'm studying in New Century Froeign Language School in Chengdu.

There are three members in my family. My father is a businessman and my mother will work with my father in the same company this yar. Our relatives live in different provinces, so that during holidays I cn travel a lot, that's why I really like having trips in different places.

I'm interested in learning new things, especially a country that I know little, so I'm glad to have the chance to go to your country. Do you know my hometown is just the capital of China besides what you've learned, I also want to introduce to you some traditional cultures of China. In this way, we can help each other to know more about our own countries. If you are interested, I can also show you some pictures about what the Beijing Univesity used to be.

I like drawing cartoon characters, and I also like watching basketball games. When I am free, I always stay aty home the whole day, reading cartoon books and listiening to pop songs.

I think I should tell you that I don't like eating mushroom and fish, so that I will not make troubles to your family. I think we can get on well with each other.

Yours truly