J﹣Jack         D﹣David

J：Christmas used to be my favorite time of year，but right now I feel terrible．

D：No wonder，Jack．It's our（1） 　　Christmas away from home to study here．A （2） 　　of situation would easily affect people's feelings．

J：What do you （3） 　　most as Christmas is coming，David？

D：Of course，my family．I spent every Christmas with my family before this year．

J：Me，too．（4） 　　in the world is better than being with my family at Christmas time．

D：At least，your brother is here with you．

J：That's true．Sometimes he can be boring to me，but now，（5） 　　I do feel great to have him （6） 　　on this special day here．

D：Maybe he'll be here soon．I hope he will like the gift we bought for him．

J：I'm sure he will．He's always wanted a （7） 　　so that he can record every （8） 　　that moves him deeply here in Beijing，and he can （9） 　　what's recorded with my family．

D：Perfect．In this way，your parents can see people's happy life in Beijing and understand China better．One more thing，our Chinese classmates are going to hold a Christmas party for us，and they want to spend Christmas with us．

J：They are friendly．I'm very glad to get their （10） 　　．I will go to the party with you．