A1

Mr Wu: Are your kites ready, boys and girls? 

Millie: Yes, they are, Mr Wu. We can’t wait! 

Mr Wu: What does your kite look like, Millie? 

Millie: My kite looks like a bird. 

Mr Wu: How beautiful! What about your kite, Daniel? 

Daniel: My kite is easy to make. It’s a square. 

Mr Wu: That’s OK. Maybe it can fly high. Simon, you’re good at making models. I’m sure your kite looks wonderful. 

Simon: My kite looks like a plane. 

Mr Wu: Great. And yours, Amy? 

Amy: Mine looks like a fish. 

Mr Wu: Good. Everyone is ready now. Let’s fly our kites.

A2-3

Mr Wu: Kites have a long history in China. The Chinese began to make kites over 2, 000 years ago. In the Warring States period, a famous man, Mozi, made a bird out of wood. That was the first kite in history. His student Lu Ban used bamboo to make kites. In the Eastern Han dynasty, Cai Lun found a new way to make paper, and then people began to use paper to make kites. In the 13th century, an Italian man called Marco Polo visited China. He told people in the West all about kites. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, kite flying became a very popular outdoor activity. People liked to fly kites on sunny, windy days in spring. Weifang, a city in Shandong Province, became famous for making kites from then on.