The thirteen-year-old Andrew is an American boy. He is a middle school student in Washington. Do you know Washington? It's the capital  of America. Andrew has some pen friends. Two of them come from China. They are Molly and Simon. Their Chinese names are Zhao Mei and Ma Li. Zhao Mei is a girl and she is in Zhejiang; Ma Li is a boy and he is in Hebei. They are good at English, so they always write to Andrew in English. Andrew wants to know more about China, and he thinks Chinese is useful. He will come to China with his parents for a trip next month. Now Andrew is really happy and he wants to tell his friends about it. Do you want to make friends with Andrew? You can write to him. His e-mail address is andrew008@hotmail.com. What does Andrew think of Chinese?
Useful. Easy. Difficult. Boring.