seasons 四季

there are four seasons in a year.
一年有四个季节。
there is spring, summer, autumn, winter.
就是春季，夏季，秋季，冬季。
every season lasts for three months.
每一季都是三个月长。
in spring the flowers bloom.
在春季花开了。
in summer the weather is very hot.
在夏季天气好热。
in autumn the leaves fall off the trees.
在秋季树叶从树上掉。
in winter the weather is very cold.
在冬季天气好冷。
in australia december to february is summer.
在澳洲十二月到二月是夏季。
march to may is autumn.
三月到五月是秋季。
june to august is winter.
六月到八月是冬季。
september to november is spring.
九月到十一月是春季。
china is the opposite of australia.
中国是跟澳洲反过来的。
half of the earth is like australia.
地球有一半是像澳洲。
it also has half of it like china.
它也有一半是像中国。
in the middle of the earth there are two seasons not four.
地球中间的地方有两个季节，不是四个。
they are summer and winter.
它是夏季和冬季。
some countries get snow during winter.
有些国家冬季的事后会下雪。
there is no snow in australia.
澳洲不会下雪。
there is one place in australia that snows.
澳洲有一个地方下雪。
it is on the mountains.
它是在山上。
it snows is china.
中国会下雪。
i havn't been to the snowy mountains.
我没有去过雪山。
my brother and i wanted to go to the snowy mountains in 2008.
我哥哥和我二零零八年想去雪山。
we didn't go.
我们没有去。
my brother said the snowy mountains were not safe.
我哥哥说去雪山不安全。

fruit 水果

there are many fruits in the world.
世界上有好多个水果。
food with seeds are fruits.
有子的食物就是水果。
melons have seeds but are not fruits.
瓜有子但是它不是水果。
some melons are fruits.
有些瓜是水果。
watermelon, rockmelon and honeydew melon are these these types of melons.
西瓜，香瓜和哈密瓜是这一些种瓜。
some melon's seeds can be eaten.
有些瓜的子可以吃。
pumpkin seeds, and watermelon seeds can be eaten.
南瓜子和西瓜子可以吃。
many people say that tomato is a vegetable.
好多人说番茄是菜。
it is not.
不是。
tomatoes are a fruit.
番茄是水果。
i like bannanas.
我喜欢香蕉。
there are may types of bannanas.
有好多种蕉。
there is bannana, sugar bannana, big bannana and lots more.
有香蕉，米蕉，大蕉和好多。
strawberries are fruits.
草莓是水果。
we used to grow strawberries.
我们已前种过草莓。
we didn't eat them.
我们没有吃。
once the strawberries turned red the ants would come and eat them.
草莓一变红色蚂蚁就来吃它。
i really like to eat avocadoes.
我好喜欢吃牛油果。
avocadoes grow on trees.
牛油果是涨在树上。
they don't grow on cows.
它不是涨在牛上。

Lantern Festival 元宵节

the lantern festival is a chinese festival.
元宵节是一个中国的节日。
it is on the 15the of the 1st on the lunar calendar.
它是在阴历一月十五。
after the spring festival is the lantern festival
过完春节是元宵节了。
the spring festival is on the 1st of the 1st on the lunar calendar.
春节是阴历一月初一。
spring and lantern festival is 15 days apart.
春节跟元宵节离开十五天。
during the lantern festival we eat gluten rice balls.
在元宵节我们吃汤圆。
there are many things inside the rice balls.
汤圆里有好多不同的食物。
there is red bean, sesame, peanut butter and lots more.
有红豆，芝麻，花生酱还有好多。
my mum, my cousin and i have made rices balls before.
我妈妈，表姐和我作过汤圆。
we made red bean rice balls.
我们包红豆汤圆。
my mum doesn't really like rice balls.
我妈妈不是好喜欢汤圆。
i do.
我喜欢。
during the lantern festival people hang up lanterns.
在元宵节有人挂灯笼。
in Australia noboby hangs up lanterns.
在澳洲没人挂灯笼。
even if they did hang lanterns they wouldn't hang them outside.
他们挂了他们都不挂家里门口。
they hang them inside the house.
他们挂的都在家里。
in australia we don't celebrate the lantern festival.
在澳洲我们很少过元宵节。

Dragon boat festival 端午节

the dragon boat festival is a chinese festival.
端午节是一个中国的节日。
during the dragon boat festival we eat .....
在端午节我们吃粽子。
my mum and i have made ..... before during the dragon boalt festival.
我妈妈和我在端午节也包粽子。
we used leaves to wrap it.
我们用叶子去包的。
inside the ..... is rice, beans, mushroom, egg and meat.
粽子里我们放了米，黄豆，菇，肉和蛋。
we first put in the rice then the beans.
我们是先放米，放完米就放黄豆。
in the middle is the mushroom, egg and meat.
在中间就放菇，肉和蛋。
after that we put on beans and rice again.
放完了就又放黄豆和米。
once it has been made it has a triangle shape.
粽子包完了就相一个三脚型。
the dragon boat festival story is from a long time ago.
端午节的故事是从好久已前。
it is about a person who jumped into the ocean and died.
它是讲一个人跳进去海里。
the people made ..... to feed to the fish.
看到的人包粽子去给鱼吃。
after the fish ate the ..... they didn't eat the man.
鱼吃了粽子了不吃呢个人了。
the dragon boalt festival is on the 5th of the 5th on the lunar calendar.
端午节是在阴历吴越初五。
During the festival we watch dragon boat races.
在这个节日我们看龙船比赛。
in china people have a holiday on the festival.
在中国，是端午节了中国人都放假。