1. Ni hao! Welcome to Ms. Gu Cong Rong’s Fourth Grade Class at Shangyin Elementary in Shanghai, China. Come in our classroom and see who we are!

2. Here is our teacher, Ms. Gu Cong Rong. This is how you write her name in Chinese: Now, we’ll introduce ourselves….

3. n Hi! My name is Andy. n I’m 11 years old. n I like playing football. n I like to eat hamburgers and fish. n My favorite animal is a crocodile.

4. n Hi! My name is Zhao Ze Yu. n I like to eat shrimp and fish. n My favorite thing is the Great Wall of China. n I like to play basketball and soccer. n I also like to run.

5. n Hi! My name is Qian Ze. n I’m 11 years old. n I like to eat spicy beef cooked with cabbage. n I don’t like to eat pork. n I love playing computer games. n My favorite animals are spiders and snakes.

6. n Hi! My name is Chen Yin Zhou. n My English name is Peter. n I love to eat hamburgers and I like to play video games. n There are five people in my family: my grandparents, my parents and me. n My favorite sport is to ride a bicycle.

7. n Hi! My name is Gu Ye and I have two English names: Jim and David. I like them both. n I like to play computer games. n I like to eat fried chicken. n My birthday is July 4 th. My sign is Cancer. n Some of my friends are Joe, Ye Zi Tao and Guo Jia Ting.

8. n Hi! My name is Li Shun Shun. n I like to eat ice-cream. n My favorite people are my Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa and my dog Pluto. n I like to read, study and play.

9. n Hi! My name is Song Yu Fei. n I’m 9 years old. n I like to eat chicken wings and chicken drumsticks. n I like kittens. n My best friend is Yuan Yu Fei and she’s very cute.

10. n Hi! My name is Yuan Yu Fei and my English name is Mary. n I like to eat mangos, oranges and ice-cream. n My favorite animals are puppies. n My best friends are Song Yu Fei, Liu Yi Ran and Liu Jia Di. n My favorite cartoon is Garfield. n I was born on June 3 rd, 1995. n Days I like are New Year’s Day, Children’s Day, summer and winter breaks, National Holiday and weekends.

11. n Hi! My name is Liu Jie Di. n I’m 10 years old. n I’m a happy and outgoing girl. n I like to eat at McDonalds. n I also like ice-cream. n I like to chat online with my friends.

12. n Hi! My name is Yang Yu Jia. n I’m 10 years old. n I like to eat egg fried rice. n I have a pet rabbit. n My favorite color is pink. n I was born on July 31 st, 1995.

13. n Hi! My name is Cindy. n I’m a 10-year-old girl. n I like to eat fish, prawns and potatoes. n I like to skip rope. n I don’t have a pet but I like cats. n My best friend is Jenny and we are both in this Grade 4 class. n I have a happy family. n And, I can ride a bike and I learned to do that myself!

14. n Hi! My name is Zen Bo Ling and I’m 10 years old. n I like to play. n I don’t like fish and I don’t like sports. n I like to eat vegetables, meat and barbeque. n I’m from Taiwan. n There are 14 people in my family. n My favorite animals are elephants, piglets and pandas.

15. n Hi! My name is Zhong Wen Jun. n My favorite animal is a koala bear. n I like to eat fish and shrimp. n I come from Guangdong Province. n I’m 12 years old.

16. n Hi! My name is Xu Meng Yuan and my English name is Sherry. n I like to eat chicken drumsticks. n I like to play tag. n My hobbies are reading cartoon books, watching TV and playing computer games.

17. n Hi! My name is Sheng Si Yun and my English name is Grace. n I like to read and play computer games. n I like to eat, drink and play. n I’m 10 years old.

18. n Hi! My name is Huang Ding Yang. n I like to eat pork rib noodle soup. n I don’t like to eat peppers. n I like playing computer games. n My favorite colors are green and blue. n I don’t like to speak English. n I have a pet dog. n My favorite singer is Zhou Jie Lun (from Taiwan).

19. n Hi! My name is Chen Yi Li and I’m 10 years old. n I like to eat fish, shrimp and meat. n I like to play basketball and soccer. n I like the Great Wall of China.

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21. n Hi! My name is Ai Jia Ning. n My favorite writer is Jin Yong, a martial arts writer. n My favorite food is oranges. n I like to play video games. n My best friends are Lu Yu Xing and Li Shun Shun. n The happiest thing of my life is that I made 300 Yuan (Chinese money, worth about $37) with my friends Xu Li Xuan and Ai Jia Qi.

22. n Hi! My name is Kuang Jia Qi. n My favorite food is ice cream. n My favorite color is pink. n My favorite animal is a puppy. n I like to chat online. n I like to dance. n My best friends are Chen Wen Jie and Yuan Yu Fei.

23. n Hi! My name is Ye Zi Tao. n My hobbies are swimming, playing chess, playing computer games and traveling. n I like to eat ice cream, oranges, shaved ice, fruit Jello, potato chips, mangoes, cherries and pineapples. n I like to drink breakfast milk, juice and coca-cola. n I like little chicks, dogs, rabbits and tigers. n I like to watch the Harry Potter movies and Garfield. n I’m a Virgo.

24. n Hi! My name is Zhou Wei Nan. n I like to do sports, watch TV and play computer games. n I also like to play ping pong and badminton. n I like to eat pizza and dessert. I also like to eat meat. n My favorite animal is a panda.

25. n Hi! My name is Jiang Hui Ting and my English name is Beth. n My hobbies are painting and playing the piano. n I like to eat Korean Kim chi. n My favorite animals are dogs and cats.

26. n Hi! My name is Huang Xing Jia. n I like to eat mangoes. n I like to play computer games and sometimes I play for hours. n I’m the only child in my family. n I like to play sports, but I like to play on my own and not in a class.

27. n Hi! My name is Chen Wen Jie. n My favorite person is my Mom. n I like to eat fish. n My best friends are Kuang Jia Qi and Zhong Wen Jun. n I like to play computer games, but my grades are still very good.

28. n Hi! My name is Li Hong Xuan. n I like to play soccer and basketball. n I like to eat pizza. n I like to play computer games. n I come from South Korea but I love China, too.

29. n Hi! My name is Billy. n My best friends are Mike and Sherry. n My favorite food is KFC, but I don’t like barbeque. n My favorite sport is ping pong. n I have a pet fish. n My hobby is to speak English. n My birthday is March 18 th. n I don’t like crocodiles. n I don’t like to play badminton. n My favorite color is red. n My hobbies are watching TV and reading.

30. n Hi! My name is Yu Sheng Cheng. n I like to play computer games. n I like to eat hamburgers, KFC, bananas, apples and pineapples. n I like to play chess. n My favorite subjects are Arts, P.E. and Math.

31. n Hi! My name is Liu Si Jia and my English name is Wendy. n I like to go swimming. n I also like to skip rope and ride my bike. n My favorite food is Sichuan hot pot. n My favorite books are foreign literature. n My favorite animals are cats, dogs and rabbits.

32. n Hi! My name is Xu Jian Bang and my English name is Frank. n I’m 11 years old. n I like to play Gameboy. n I like to eat corn, chocolate and biscuits. n I don’t like to do homework. n I can play badminton and soccer.

33. n Hi! My name is Basile and my Chinese name is Qu Ji Liu. n I’m French but I like China. n I like to play badminton and soccer. n I have 4 brothers and 5 sisters, and I’m the youngest of them all. n I study Chinese and English.