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Hi my name is Xiao Li. I am forty years old. I was born in China, in Guang Dong Guang Zhou. I lived in a very lovely place. I have a lot of family members. I'm married and have two children. One is 10 and one is 14. They are both girls. At home we speak Chinese, Cantonese. I came to Australia through my husband's work. My family came to Australia 5 years ago. I now live in Kingston. Now I go to the Polytechnic to learn English. In order to go to Polytechnic I catch a bus in the morning. My teacher is Magda she has a lot of patience to teach us so I have learnt a lot. I would like to thank her for teaching me. Thank you Magda. =It's a pleasure Li - I enjoy teaching you.=

=On Saturday and Sunday night, Jenny and I played games at home because we were bored.= =On Monday my husband and I went shopping at Target to buy clothes for winter.= =On Tuesday and Wednesday I work in Margate.= =On Thursday my friend Hong came to our house for an hour to chat.= =On Thursday night Yvonne worked on the computer at home learning Chinese.= =On Friday I listened to the radio at home learning English.= =On Saturday our whole family went to great grandma's house at Kingston and we talked.= = = =You have a busy life Li.= =My name is Tony. When I came to Australia I was young and fit. Not any more. I was good looking. I had thick hair. At that time I had good eyesight. Not any more. On the weekends I chased beautiful girls. Not any more. I used to spend money on myself. Not any more.I used to work long hour. Not any more. My family used to live far away. Not any more. I used to think fifty was old Not any more.=

Today is Wednesday 19/08/09 On Sunday my family went shopping at Target. My older daughter bought some lovely clothes and pants and my younger daughter bought a new pair of shoes. They were really lovely and then my husband drove us back home. Today is Wednesday 19/08/09 Hello my name is Li. On Monday I cooked dinner for my family. I like to cook for my family. My older daughter likes meat and some vegetables and fruit. My younger daughter likes vegetables and fruit but she doesn’t like meat. My husband likes to cook as well. He likes vegetables or meat but he doesn’t like fruit and he dislikes washing the dishes.

Today is Tuesday 25/08 09

The Duck Jack put some flowers in the garden “good” he said .soon the rain came. “Good ”he said. Soon the snails came. “That’s no good!” he said the Snails ate the flowers. Jack was upset. Jack went to the Market He got a duck “Good” he said. “It will ate the snails” Jack put some more flowers in the garden “Good” he said Soon the rain came. “Good” he said soon the snails came. the duck ate the snails “Good” he said Then the duck ate the flowers. “That’s no Good.” he said. Jack was upset “That’s it”. Said Jack No more flowers No more snails and no more duc.jack ate the duck for dinner.

Today is Wedensday 23/09/09 Yesterday was a very bad day. Our washing machine flooded the room because the sink had a mat over it and the water would not go down. My oldest daughter and I then had to clean the mess up. That sounds terrible, Li. What a mess!

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