Dear Dana:

　　It has been a long time since I wrote you last time! I’m just being busy and lazy. Our band just finished the final state marching band contest last week. We’ve got“1”, the best grade in AA class. We’re so exciting! We have a band formal next year (it’s kind of like homecoming) and we have to raise money for it, so on Thursday, we went to Kroger’s (a grocery store) and play music, we did it very well. some people even stay there half an hour to listen to us. I had a great time. We were raise 700 dollars one night.

　　How’s your Halloween? I was so busy during that time cause I have test for American History and Physics. The band had some activity at the night I go trick or treat. I was so surprised that I got so many candies (100 pieces). There only about ten kids living in our neighborhood, maybe that’s why we got so many candies. The next day drama club has a party, but it was a little bit boring.

　　I met the exchange student from Mexico this week. We talked a lot. She was surprised that I haven’t feel homesick yet. I started to talk a lot this week cause some of my friends said I was quiet!“QUIET”! I’ve never herd people use quiet describe me since I was born. So I just stared to talk, talk, talk and talk, but not during the class time. I fond that lots of American students talk during the class time and I never do it, maybe that’s why they“thought”I’m“quiet”! But it’s true that sometimes when my friends are talking, I don’t know how to cut in. What can I say! I mean we have different topic when I was in Taiwan!

　　This week, the yearbook interviews me and the girl from Mexico. It’s pretty interesting. I told them the joke I had make, I was learning people strike for higher wage from American History, once I went home and saw the title of the newspaper“America Strikes Back”and I keep on read it. I was so confused, I asked my host mom“Why do those people strike”she told me:“because they crashed the plane and build.”“I know, but why do they strike?”“Remember what happen on Sep. 11”Yes, but…finally she found out what the problem is“Strike is another word of fight”! I was thinking, you weird American, what do you think you can help the country by not going to the work!

　　We have finished our project from broadcasting. We interview people how do they thinkabout broadcasting class (this is a new class in our school) and all projects are going to show on TV, cause we’ve bought the time. Isn’t it cool I think we can never do it in Tai Wan? We still have other project will show on TV later on.How have you been?

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亲爱的黛娜：

　　好久没给你写信了！我变的又忙又懒。上周我们的军乐队刚结束了州级比赛，我们得第一名，好兴奋！明年乐队要趋于正规化，我们现在正在筹集资金。周二晚上，我们办了一场演奏会，演出非常成功。有些人甚至聆听了半个多小时。感觉棒极了！一晚我们就筹到了700多美元。

　　万圣节你过的如何？这段时间因为要参加美国历史和物理考试，我忙坏了。这周我遇到位从墨西哥来的交流学生，我们聊了很多，她很惊讶我已经不想家了。朋友们都说我很安静，天呐！从小到大还没人说我安静呢？！之后，我就不停地说呀，说呀……但不时在上课期间。我发现很多美国孩子都在课上说话。这可能就是我“安静”的原因。实际上，有时真的是朋友们在那说着我却插不进去话。不知道该说些什么，真是话不投机半句多。

　　这个星期，学校年鉴杂志采访了我和那个墨西哥女孩，非常有趣。我给他们讲了我的一个笑话：我曾在美国历史上知道美国工人为涨工资而举行罢工。一次我回家看到报纸上一个标题是“美国罢工(Strike)回潮”我便读了下去，但感到很困惑。我不禁要问妈妈(美国主人家庭妈妈)：“那些人为什么要罢工(Strike)？”她告诉我：“因为他们用我们的飞机撞了我们的楼房。”我说：“我知道，但为什么他们要罢工(Strike)？”“想起9月11日发生了什么吗？”妈妈问。“是的，但是……？？？”最终，妈妈终于找出了问题所在：“罢工(Strike)的另一层含义是战斗、斗争(fight)！”我原来还纳闷呢：你们这些奇怪的美国人，为什么只知道为了国家好、想帮助国家，却不去上班呢！……

　　我们已经通过广播完成了我们的计划。我们采访了一些人，让他们谈谈对播音课(学校新开设的课程)的感受。这个节目不久将会播出。因为我们花了广告费。我们在台湾从来没做过这些，很酷吧！我们的其他节目孩将会陆续播出。你好吗？

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