This story is based on HSK1 sentence patterns and vocabulary

小桃8岁了，她上小学一年级，她家有四口人，爸爸，妈妈，哥哥和她。她还有一只猫和一只狗。她的猫叫喵喵（miao1 miao），她的狗叫阿黄（a huang2）。猫是白色的，狗是黄色的。小桃有很多爱好，比如唱歌、画画、弹吉他。但是她最喜欢的是书法（shu1 fa3 colligraphy），她每天都要练习写毛笔字。她的字写得很好。 小桃平时很忙，从周一到周五每天都要上课，下课后还要写作业，上兴趣班。周末不上课的时候，爸爸妈妈有时候会带她出去玩，他们经常去郊游，爸爸开车带她去爬山或者去湖边散步。 小桃喜欢吃很多东西，比如饺子，面条，包子还有她的最爱糖葫芦。糖葫芦很甜很好吃。但是不能多吃，因为会牙疼。 小桃最喜欢穿白色的衣服，尤其是夏天，她的裙子都是白色的。 小桃有两个很好的朋友，一个叫欢欢，另一个叫芳芳。他们都是8岁，在同一个年级nian2 ji2 (grade)，但是不同班级(ban1 ji2) class. 他们经常在一起写作业，做游戏。 现在很多小孩子都喜欢打游戏，但是小桃不喜欢，她喜欢看书，听音乐。她比较喜欢安静的活动。 小桃平时8点半睡觉，但是有时候作业太多，写不完，她只能十点睡觉。妈妈觉得这样很不好，但是没办法，现在小孩子压力很大。 小桃每天走路去上学，因为她家离学校不远。她不喜欢坐公交车，因为需要等车，又不舒服。

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English Version:

Xiao Tao is 8 years old. She is in grade one of primary school. There are four people in her family, father, mother, brother and her. She also has a cat and a dog. Her cat's name is miao1 miao and her dog's name is a huang2. The cat is white and the dog is yellow. Xiao Tao has many hobbies, such as singing, drawing and playing guitar. But her favorite was calligraphy (shu1 fa3 colligraphy), where she practiced writing brush characters every day. Her handwriting is very good. Xiao Tao is usually very busy. She has to attend classes from Monday to Friday, after class she has to do homework, interest classes. When there is no class on weekends, her parents sometimes take her out to play, they often go for an outing, her father drives her to climb a mountain or go for a walk by the lake. Xiao Tao likes to eat many things, such as dumplings, noodles, steamed buns and her favorite snacks sugar gourd. Sugar gourd is very sweet and delicious. But don't eat too much, because it will hurt your teeth. Xiao Tao likes to wear white clothes most, especially in summer, her skirts are all white. Xiao Tao has two very good friends, one is called Huanhuan, the other is called Fangfang. They are both 8 years old and in the same nian2 ji2 (grade), but different (ban1 ji2) class. They often do their homework and play games together. Nowadays many children like playing games, but Xiao Tao doesn't. She likes reading books and listening to music. She prefers quiet activities. Xiao Tao usually goes to bed at 8:30, but sometimes there is too much homework to finish, she can only go to bed at 10:00. Mom thinks it's bad, but there's no way. Kids are under a lot of pressure these days. Xiao Tao walks to school every day, because her home is not far from school. She doesn't like taking the bus because she has to wait for it and it's uncomfortable.