Judy's Family
My good friend’s family name is Dingman; (her) name is Judy, and (she) is an American. Judy studies Mandarin Chinese. Her Chinese name is known as Ding Renmei. We all call her Xiao Ding. There are Dad, Mom, a younger brother and a younger sister in Xiao Ding’s family. Xiao Ding’s Dad is an Engineer. Xiao Ding’s Mom is an English teacher. She has a lot of Chinese exchange students. Xiao Ding’s Dad and Mom are all busy. Often they are not home. Xiao Ding’s younger brother is a middle school student, and her sister is a grade school student. Xiang Ding’s family are all in Virginia. Xiao Ding is in New Jersey by herself. Xiao Ding misses her family a lot. Xia Ding studies in New Jersey. She has a lot of friend in New Jersey. Among Xiao Ding’s friends there are Europeans, Africans and also Asians. We are all her friends, and we are all her family. Now Xiao Ding studies Mandarin Chinese. Xiao Ding has a Chinese book, and a Chinese-English dictionary. She does not have Mandarin pictorials. She reads the book and the dictionary often. She told me: You are my teacher of Chinese; my book and my dictionary are also my teachers of Chinese. I have lots of teachers.