For many foreigners. Chinatowns give them their first impression (印象) of China. What are Chinatowns like in their eyes? Three foreign writers share their stories.

                                       —— Yes, he likes playing _____ basketball very much.

    Bill Bird is a shoemaker in London. He makes shoes for people with feet of unusual  very large, very small, very fat or very thin.The shoes are as beautiful as those found in shopping centers! His shop is so popular that he he can't make shoes fast enough for his growing number of customers (顾客)

   Mr. Bird says, "My  is that I need more work and I can't find them young people all went to work  computers these days. I'm afraid shoemaking will  a lost art because there are fewer and fewer shoemakers nowadays. I am 45, and now I want to teach young people  I know about making shoes. It's a good job, and a lot of people want to buy beautiful shoes specially made for  them."

    Mr. Bird  making shoes 19 years ago and now he employs (雇用) three people. "Our customers come because they want . shoes which are the right size," he says .His customers pay about ￥500 for  first pair of shoes. Extra (额外的) pairs of shoes are between ￥320 and ￥450. They are never cheap, as it takes one employee about a week to make  one shoe.

    When I told my Mends l was going to move from the city to the countryside，they couldn't believe it．I was because I'd never been out of the city before．Would be very different? Well, see for yourself．

    Many things are different about the city and the countryside．In the city, I .in a tall apartment building with my parents．Our building was filled with people, but I only knew a few of ．Now we live in an old farmhouse．Our nearest neighbors are about one kilometer away．But all the neighbors are ．They often come to visit us with lots of food．

    However, some things in the city and the countryside are the ．In the city, my mom and I to go shopping on the weekend．We went to different shopping centers．

Here in the countryside we shop in farmers' markets on the weekend．The greatest thing that is the same is friends．I made some good friends in both the city and the countryside．We do homework and read  together every day．

    When I think about the most important things,  family and friends, maybe there aren't so many differences between the city and the countryside．Personally, I think they're both great．

    Hello! My name is Tom. I1in Huangdu Middle School. My school is not new2beautiful. My teachers and classmates are nice to me. I love3very much.

    Our first class is48:00. We have four5in the morning and three in the afternoon. We have some6like English ,Chinese, math, art, but I don't like geography because it's not very7. Do you think so?

    I have lunch with my friends at school. Then we go to the8to read some books. After school, we like9basketball. I have a good10at school . I love my school.