Whether it's one day off or a week, you don't need to be among people to have a great time. Being alone can be 1 and great. You can spend your holiday on your own doing something you have no time to do in your everyday life.
Eat your favorite food. It can bring you much 2 for sure. You can make a healthy meal at home. Cook something you love but usually don't have time to make. You can also go to a local restaurant for something special 3 having meals at home. Eat it there, or bring it home. Whether you eat out or cook at home, enjoy!
Stay away from 4 . You may have a chance to find the real 5 of life. While you are on holiday alone, maybe you can't help 6 with your smart phones all day. Why not make more time to go hiking, fly kites or do some other outdoor activities? In this way, you will have chances to be 7 to nature.
Try to find something new and fun to do. You can go shopping, see a film, or take a class. Take your time to search for something even small 8 you want. Going to see a movie or a show alone can be a fun 9 . Use your holiday as a chance to try something new like dancing or painting.
10 , relax and have a wonderful holiday. Leave your worries behind and try to be a master of your own, but remember that nothing is more important than safety.
These days, tall modern buildings are rising everywhere. But if you go to a Chinese water town, you can still take a trip back in time. And now, CNN has chosen China's four of the country's most beautiful water towns.
The village of Zhouzhuang in Jiangsu was built in 1086 and it is crossed with canals(运河). Taking a boat ride through town, the red lanterns might make you think of China's romantic past.
Hongcun in Anhui is 900 years old. It looks like a big ox. The mountain is the head;, the town is the body and the bridges are legs. You can enjoy lakes and beautiful Anhui-style buildings in Hongcun.
Fenghuang, built in 1704 in Hunan, doesn't look like a bird, but its name means "phoenix" in Chinese. The town is really as beautiful as the mythical(神话的) bird. The stilted(吊脚的) buildings on both sides of the Tuojiang River make the area look like a scene from a postcard.
Shangdong's Tai'erzhuang, which was built in 1639, lies in the north, while most water towns are in the south. The town lies on the bank of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It was a busy trading center during the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the town, there are ancient bridges, a canal and temples, making you think of its past glory(辉煌).
China covers large areas and has a great population. Different living habits have always been an interesting topic in the country. Recently, another difference between southern Chinese and northern Chinese became a hot one: The way people shop at markets.
People from southern China say that they always buy what they need for just one or two meals. It is normal for them to buy half of a Chinese cabbage, two potatoes and 0. 25 kilograms of beef at a time.
However, one may be laughed at if he does this in the north. Instead, buying vegetables and meat enough for a week is usual.
Also, you can buy a small amount(数量) of fruit, such as a single apple or pear, each time in the south. Shopkeepers even help you peel(去皮) and cut them. But shopkeepers in the north hardly offer such service. And many fruits are sold in baskets and boxes.
The difference could be due to the different weather.
Food can be kept for a long time in the north, as it is usually cold and dry there. Many northern Chinese have the habit of keeping food, especially for the long winter. But the hot and wet weather in the south makes southern Chinese buy just enough food for one meal or one day, or else the food may go bad.
During the summer holiday, some students might have been busy with traveling, summer camps and all kinds of courses. But a special group of middle school students in China decided to taste the hardship of life outside school.
Twelve students in a big city sold vegetables at a local market together. Within 12 days, they made more than 1,500 yuan. Among them, the oldest is 21 years old, while the youngest is just 10. They are all cousins in a big family and eight of them are from the countryside.
"Compared to traveling, such social practice connects us and makes us learn how tough our parents are," said Dalin, 18, to the City Morning Post. Dalin and her 12-year-old brother Xiaolin came up with the idea.
They learned to work hard to sell their vegetables. Every morning they had to wake up at 3 o'clock and went to the farmers' market to buy vegetables. Some of them went to the local market to take up a temporary stall (临时摊位). They began to sell vegetables at about 6:30 in the morning. They peddled(吆喝) loudly to attract customers.
After a few days, they learned a lot, too. For example, it was better to put vegetables in order and bigger ones on top. When the vegetables are too heavy, they should give customers one more bag. When they finally packed up and went home, they had a small meeting. Everyone wrote down what they heard and shared their feelings.
"We are tired," said Dalin, "but we gained a lot. "
"I never realized there were people who didn't have a home or food before," said Kaitlin, who is now sixteen. "I knew there was something I had to do about that. "
Kaitlin's dream to end poverty(贫困) started when she was visiting her father, who worked for the homeless.
In 2011, when Kaitlin was eight years old, she started raising money to build a playground. "It took me two years," she said. "We started small. We wanted to do something to make a difference. "
At the age of thirteen, Kaitlin visited Central America, and saw people going hungry and families living in houses made of cardboard. That year, she set Kids on a Mission, which has helped hundreds of people there.
"The rooms were smaller than my bedroom, but there would be eight people living in each one," Kaitlin said. "We also got to see the dirty rivers that those people were drinking out of. "
Providing clean drinking water, food and clothes for people living in poverty is now an important task for Kids on a Mission. "This young lady is changing the hearts of people, and also changing the world," said the headmaster of Kaitlin's school.
New York is a very large city with 8 million people. How do so many people move on their way to work and school?
In New York you can travel by subway, bus, taxi and car. The subway runs on the railroad lines under the city. Traveling by subway is the fastest way to get around the city.
The second way to travel around the city is by public bus. This is because the bus moves in road traffic which is often heavy.
You can also travel around the city by taxi. This is the most expensive way, but the taxi will take you to the every place you wish to go to. If traffic is heavy, the taxi will be slow. This is the time when the traffic is very heavy with people going to and from work.
The last way to get around New York is using your own car. However, it's not easy for you to drive, especially when you are driving in the "rush hour".
The best time to travel around the city is from 9:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. This is the time after the morning "rush hour" and before the evening "rush hour". Traffic will be less crowded because most people are already at school or at work.
A. It's a slower way to travel. B. So, we should know something about its transport. C. During the mornings and afternoons, there is the "rush hour". D. It crosses the city at different points and goes to all parts of the city. E. If there is an accident on the road, you will have to wait for a long time. |
Years ago, I lived in a building in a town. There was another building across from (my), and it was only a few meters away. There lived a woman whom I had never (meet). I could see her sit by the window each afternoon, drinking or reading.
Several months later, I noticed her window. It was very . Everything was not clear through the window. I wondered why the woman didn't wash her window.
One (sun) morning, I decided to clean up my apartment fully, including washing all of my (window). Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down for a rest by the window. What a /sə'praɪz/! The woman sitting by her window was clearly seen! Her window was ! I realized I had made a mistake(错误) all of a /'sʌdn/. I was watching her through my dirty window all the time!
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Hi, John! I'm glad to hear that you're planning to pay a visit to Fujian during the summer vacation. I'd like to invite you to my hometown for a visit.
I'm looking forward to meeting you!
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