Friends Around the World

Friends Around the World, written by B Silverberg. Focus question. How are you like the friends in the book? How are you different?

《世界各地的朋友》，B·西尔弗伯格著。 聚焦问题 你和书里的朋友们有什么相似之处呢？ 你又有什么不同的地方呢？

Around the World Come and travel around the world to find new friends in new places Your new friends are like you in some ways and different in other ways

环游世界 快来环游世界，去新的地方认识新朋友吧 你的新朋友有些地方和你很像，有些地方又不一样

A friend in Brazil. I am Maria and I am eight. I live in Brazil. I go to school from February to December. My school has so many students that three groups of us go at different times during the day.

一位来自巴西的朋友。 我叫玛丽亚，今年八岁。 我住在巴西。 我每年二月到十二月都要上学。 我的学校学生太多了，所以我们分成了三批，在一天里的不同时间段去上学。

I like to go to festivals. They are like parades or street parties. I like to play tag and jump rope. I also like to go to the beach. My favorite food is stew with beans and pork.

我喜欢去参加节庆活动， 它们就像游行或者街头派对一样。 我喜欢玩捉人游戏和跳绳，我还喜欢去海边玩。 我最喜欢的食物是豆子炖猪肉。

A friend in China. I am Wei and I am six. I live in China. All the children in my school wear uniforms, but students at some other schools do not.

一位来自中国的朋友。 我叫伟，今年六岁， 我住在中国。 我学校的所有小朋友都穿校服， 不过其他一些学校的学生不用穿。

I like to go to the aquarium. It has a giant tunnel where you walk past sharks and many other fish. I also like to play ping pong and basketball with my friends. My favorite food is rice porridge.

我喜欢去水族馆玩。 里面有一条巨大的隧道，你走在里面可以从鲨鱼和很多其他鱼类身边经过哦。 我还喜欢和朋友们一起打乒乓球、打篮球。 我最喜欢的食物是粥。