假期安排用英语(通用20篇)

I have a very nice summer holiday this year.

This year is 2010,and world expo would held in Shanghai China.But for some reasons ,I cant go there.It may be a little pity for me.During this summer hoilday,I have done a lot of homeworks and go to a lot of places with my friends.Its really enjoyable.

新学期开始了，同学们都返回学校重新见面。他们正在谈论自己的暑假生活。我更高兴，迫不及待地想告诉他们我是怎么过的。终于轮到我，了，我告诉他们我暑假期间在一家餐馆当服务员。他们起初并不相信。“是真的。”我说，“刚开始时可惨了，但几天我就做得很好了。暑假我挣了600元钱呢。”他们都目瞪口呆地看着我。

a new term began. students all returned to school met again. they were talking about what they had done in the holidays. i was happier. i couldnt wait to tell my story. now its my turn. i told them i got a job in a restaurant. i worked as a waitress.

they didnt believe at first.

"yes, its true. "i said," i really had a hard time at the beginning. but several days later, i could do a good job. i earned six hundred yuan this holiday. "they all looked at me with their mouths open.

Chinese New Year is coming and my family is very busy. It is because Chinese New Year is very special and important. We must prepare many special things to get ready for this festival. Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is coming and my family is very busy. It is because Chinese New Year is very special and important. We must prepare many special things to get ready for this festival. First， will make a big New Year meal. Second， we will make "Good-luck wishes.” Third， we will set off firecrackers. New Year meal is delicious and we think that eating some will bring us good luck. A long time ago， Chinese people believed red color could bring our good luck too. And we set off firecrackers could frighten ghosts away. Chinese New Year is very popular between students. Because we can have a long happy holiday.

中国的新年新年快到了，我的家庭是非常繁忙的。那是由于中国新年是非常特殊的和重要的。我们必须准备许多特别的事情要准备，为这个节日。首先，就会犯极大的新年的一餐。其次，我们将以“好运愿望。”第三，我们会放鞭炮。新年餐美味，我们认为吃一些将会给我们带来好运。很久以前，中国人相信红色能带来我们的好运气了。我们放鞭炮可以吓鬼了。农历新年是很受欢迎的学生之间。因为我们可以有长快乐的假期。

In the blink of an eye, the winter vacation is coming to an end. To recall the happy winter vacation life is like a bubble paradise. Every bubble carries a beautiful and happy little story. Look, these naughty bubble spirits are flying over!

Speaking of the thirty day of the year, I got up early and went straight to my grandmothers house, because I was going to stick to the Spring Festival couplets. How could this "big thing" be less than me?

I got home, grandma is modulation paste. Is ready, I will be the suddenness of a thunderbolt, out of the chicken, picked up the antithetical couplet, take a piece, with a brush dipped in the sticky paste, ran to the front door, the door on a stick, and then put on another piece. Look at their own "masterpiece", I can not help but laugh: "Im a genius! Ha ha ha! " "The fool!" Suddenly a skull difficuh relentlessly knock on my head. It is my sister, she pointed to this pair of antithetical couplet said: "the paste wipe is not uniform, you see some places are squeezed out, and the upper and lower back!" "The opposite? How can the upper and lower points?" I have a face in doubt. The elder sister assumed an old gentlemans appearance and said, "well, Ill tell you." The ancients to pay attention to flat and on Ze, ping is the first sound now and second sound, "Ze" is the third tones and fourth tones, the last word is generally on the Ze sound, the last word is "flat" sound couplet." Oh, the original "state laws and family rules, the Spring Festival couplets also have rules! I had a fumen auspicious thousand wealth "and" home Shun couplet everything "the geerlia mistaken position, has become a" left right "! Well, Im so disgraced that Ive lost my home!

Next, under the guidance of my sister, I once again created a "resplendence"! I carefully picked up sticky brush from top to bottom, neither fast nor slow evenly coated antithetical couplet opposite, because the action is not skilled, hands are covered with white paste, a cat claw, then I will clumsy-handed on "green Liushu eyebrow lexically old" on the right side, gently smooth, squeeze the paste wipe. Hey, on the be accomplished! According to this method, it will lower the "heart opening new year" settle down. Wow! Looking at the results of my work, I have a sense of achievement.

"Oh! I lit it! Light it! " I was cheering with joy. Whats the matter? The original year thirty this night, always timid I, watching the sisters fireworks, the heart itching, but can not put it. My sister seems to have a piercing eye, see through my mind, smiled and handed me a: "do not be afraid, put ah!" I took a fireworks stick, I still could not stop the fear, a craning arm, with the thumb and forefinger pinch. "Small tail smoke". Although the fireworks stick head already far away from my body, but I think that sparks the scene with a fireworks rod hand or cant help trembling slightly. To see my sister encouraged me to look as timid as a mouse, said: "dont be afraid, dont burn, try it!" I ventured, lighter, suzhuobozi, put the lighter slowly near the fireworks bar. Near, near, fire heart touched fireworks stick head, I will let go immediately, lest the sparks into my hand. Alas, failure! The second time, I got the courage to get the lighter next to the firework stick again. "-" - "smoke and fire! I quickly withdrew his hand, small Mars like a riotous with colour The heavenly maids scatter blossoms. splash. At this time, the joy completely defeated the fear of the heart, I put my hands and fireworks in the air to draw a beautiful arc in the air. I was hopping happily and shouting. The sister extended his thumb and said, "Verygood!"

In the dim night, we are waving colorful fireworks. The wonderful fireworks seem to show people all their charm and become a beautiful landscape in the night.

In this summer vacation,my parents take me to Beijing.We really had a great time there.We went to the Great Wall ，Tiananmen Square and many other places in Beijing.The Great Wall is very long.When I climbed it,I was very tired,but I felt very happy.

We also watched the raising of national flag at Tiananmen Square,that was great. I will never forget the trip to Beijing.

last summer,we went to a lake with my grandmother and grandfather.i swam in the lake and i played on the beach.i liked playing on the beach.

this summer holiday,i think we will go on a trip to the ocean.i will play on a beach again!i will like swimming in the ocean!

this summer holiday went by really fast, and i am already looking forward to my next summer holiday.

Today my mom is busy, she asked me to go shopping for her. She gave me a shopping list and money. I went to the supermarket, bought a roll of toilet paper, a cake, a large bottle of milk, and two pairs of socks. I put them my schoolbag, because the plastic bag is bad for environment. I was very happy to go shopping, I am glad that I can help mom.

今天妈妈很忙，她让我去帮她买东西。她给了我一个购物清单和钱。我去到超时，买了一卷卫生纸，一个蛋糕，一大瓶牛奶，还有两双袜子。我用书包装它们，因为塑料袋对环境不好。我去买东西感到非常快乐，我很高兴能帮到妈妈。

For most people, they will choose to travelduring holiday because they want to relieve themselves from the high pressureof work. However, it happens quite often that people often ran into trafficjams on the way to travel. Some people think that we can relax ourselves bytraveling no matter of how many people there. Some people would rather to stayin home than going out to travel because they think there are too many people swarminto the scenic spots. In my point of view, I would rather to stay indoorsrather than going out to travel. Reasons are listed below.

Firstly, during holiday, so many peopleswarm into the travel spots that we can’t enjoy ourselves to the full. For mostpeople, they want to travel because during holiday, they can have several days torelieve themselves by traveling. However, so many people crowd together willmake their tour lose the original fun.

Secondly, during holiday, price will berising drastically. It is known to all that you need to spend much more to buythings or taking bus or any other transportation since many retailers will raisegoods’ price during this holiday to get fat profits.

All in all, travel during holiday is not agood choice for us since its inconvenience in traveling among a huge crowd ofpeople and also the dramatically high price for goods and transportations willlet us pay extra money.

After two weeks,we have a nlong holiday.It’t about a month.I’ll make a plan for my holiday.

两周后，我们有一个n超长使用节日。它不约一个月。我会为我的假期计划。

Every day,I’ll get up at around eight.At half past eight,I’ll have breakfast.After that,I’ll do my homework.It’s about two hours.At ten o’clock,I’ll watch TV.Because I think I can know more about the word from TV.At half past eleven,I’ll have lunch.At one o’clock,I’ll go to the library.I want to read some books about middle school students.At two o’clock,I’ll play games with my friend.It’ so funny..At five o’clock ,I’ll have supper.Then I’ll do some exercise.For exampel:running,weight lifting and long jump.I want yo get stronger soon.

每一天，我将在八点左右起床。八岁半了，我要吃早餐。之后，我会做我的家庭作业。这是约两个小时。十点，我会看电视。因为我觉得我可以知道更多关于电视的话。十一岁半，我会吃午饭。下午一点，我会去图书馆的。我想看一些关于中学生的书。二点，我将与我的朋友玩游戏。它很有趣。五点，我去吃晚饭。然后我会做一些运动。为例：跑步，举重和长跳。我想很快变得更强壮。

This is my plan for the holiday,what about you?

这是我的假期计划，你呢?

导语：你的假期有什么安排吗?下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

I’m going to the sun on my holiday. I will go there by a spaceship. I will take a big blue spaceship.

Then I’ll pilot the spaceship to the sun. The sun is very hot. So I put on the super-shirt. In the morning, I will have some sun burger for my breakfast.

At eight o’clock, I will play with my friends there. They are super dog and super girl. Super dog is white and black. Super girl is very clever. Super girl and super dog like to play with me. So I play with them for forty minutes. Then I do my homework in my little red room on a small blue table. After my home work, I will have my lunch. I will eat sun salad. I will make some red toy bear to the sun babies. I will have red juice, red fish and red rice. All the things are red. Then I need a lot of water on the sun because the sun is too hot. So I will walk to the spaceship. I’ll pilot the spaceship to the earth.

This is a good holiday on the sun.

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假期我要去晒太阳。我将乘宇宙飞船去那儿。我要一艘蓝色的宇宙飞船。

然后我会驾驶宇宙飞船去太阳。太阳很热。所以我穿上了超级衬衫。早上，我要吃些太阳汉堡当早餐。

八点，我将和我的朋友们在那里玩。他们是超级狗和超级女孩。超级狗是黑白的。超级女生很聪明。超级女孩和超级狗喜欢和我玩。所以我和他们玩了四十分钟。然后我在一个蓝色小桌子上的红色小房间里做功课。下班后，我要吃午饭。我要吃太阳沙拉。我要给太阳宝宝做一些红色玩具熊。我要红汁、红鱼和红米饭。所有的东西都是红色的。然后我需要大量的水在太阳上，因为太阳太热了。所以我要步行去宇宙飞船。我会驾驶宇宙飞船到地球上去。

这是一个阳光灿烂的假日。

My holiday

Jack

I have a very cheerful holiday in “The National Day”. My parent and I went to Shanghai about nine days ago. We got there by plane, I think that shanghai must be a very big city, and there are a lot of tall buildings. First we went into the hotel named”chuang ye”. And we saw the tall big building “Shanghai TV Tower”, at nine in the evening, we got back to the hotel. The second day, we visited Zhouzhuang. It’s very beautiful and the air was good, I bought my favorite toy : weapons. I like them very much. Shanghai’s food tasted good. Today we are very happy and tired, so we slept early in the night. The third day however, we didn’t go anywhere, we stayed in the hotel until late in the afternoon. In the evening, we came back to Tianjin by plane to. This travel was fantastic!

The time passed quickly, it was another year, and this morning, the school started the winter holiday. I like past holidays, there will always be on the first day of the holiday started, make a plan for the feasible, purpose is in order to be able to make myself in the holiday, have a more happy and substantial, and can learn more knowledge outside, and after a joy.

I want to cultivate my interests and hobbies. I want to practice calligraphy and write a Spring Festival couplet for my family. I can write good words when I grow up. Watch the news on TV and learn about society. I need to exercise more and keep fit.

I must keep a diary. I plan to watch 30 minutes of extra-curricular books every day and record what I have seen and heard during the winter vacation and write articles about people or things that are meaningful. Look at some excellent compositions and learn from others strengths.

When visiting relatives and friends during the Spring Festival, I should be polite and respectful to my elders.

This is my winter vacation plan. What do you think of my winter vacation plan?

我的假期My holiday1

Im going to the sun on my holiday. I will go there by a spaceship. I will take a big blue spaceship。 Then Ill pilot the spaceship to the sun. the sun is very hot. So I put on the super-shirt. In the morning, I will have some sun burger for my breakfast. At eight oclock, I will play with my friends there. they are super dog and super girl. Super dog is white and black. Super girl is very clever. Super girl and super dog like to play with me. So I play with them for forty minutes. then I do my homework in my little red room on a small blue table. After my home work, I will have my lunch. I will eat sun salad. I will make some red toy bear to the sun babies. I will have red juice, red fish and red rice. All the things are red. then I need a lot of water on the sun because the sun is too hot. So I will walk to the spaceship. Ill pilot the spaceship to the earth.

我要去太阳对我的假期。我会用宇宙飞船去那里。我要一个蓝色的宇宙飞船。然后我会试验飞船到太阳。太阳很热。所以我穿上超衬衫。在早上，我将有我的太阳汉堡早餐。八点，我将发挥我的朋友那里。他们是超级狗和超级女孩。超级狗是白色和黑色。超级女生很聪明。超级女声和超级狗喜欢和我玩。所以我和他们玩了四十分钟。然后我做我的功课，在我小小的红房子里的蓝色的小桌子上。在我的家乡工作，我将我的午餐。我要吃太阳沙拉。我会做一些红色的玩具熊给太阳宝宝。我将红汁，红色的鱼和红米饭。所有的东西都是红色的。然后我需要大量的水在阳光下，因为太阳太热。所以我会步行到飞船。我会驾驶飞船回到地球。

My Winter Vacation 我的寒假 作文2

I am used to doing some part-time jobs in my winter vacation. I can earn some money. But the most important thing is that I can learn how to get along with others from a part-time job. I believe such experience will help me GREatly when I get into the society in the future.

我习惯在寒假打工。我可以挣到一些钱。但更重要的是，我能够学习如何跟人交往。我相信这种经验对我以后走向社会是有所帮助的。

The Holiday of Labors Day 劳动节假期 作文3

The Holiday of Labors Day

I spent this holiday very quick, on the 1st May, we went to the Zoo, there were crowded there, so many travelers coming from all over the country to have some fun during the holidays.On 2nd May, I visited my relatives with my parents, we had a great lunch together, the resturant were crowded as well.On 3rd May, we went to shopping in the mall, after the shopping we went to watch a new movie. All the other days leftI didnt go anywhere, no only becasue I still have some homework,but also there were almost all crowded in everywhere!

劳动节假期

我很快度过了这个假期，在第一日，我们去了动物园，那里很拥挤，很多来自全国各地的游客来游玩。第二日，我去拜访我的亲戚与我的父母，我们一起享用了一顿丰盛的午餐，餐厅很拥挤好。第三日，我们去商场购物，购物去看新电影后。所有其他的日子leftI什么地方都没去，只因为我还有些作业，而且是几乎到处都在拥挤！

How can we live a full and meaningful holiday when we are getting closer

and closer to our colorful summer vacation? Let me tell you about my ideal

summer vacation.

Golgi once said: "books are the ladder of human progress". Reading, not

only enriches knowledge, but also makes people understand the philosophy of

life. Yes, there are good, evil, ugly, beautiful in the book, and there are many

wonderful stories. I am a "bookworm", long holidays of course this book friends!

Im going to go to the Xinhua Bookstore to read every day, the campus story, the

name of the world, the Confucian classics, the fairy tales, the detective

stories... I like them all。 Haha, summer vacation packages can treat. I read

"scream", and I was reading "Kong Yi." Although it had been read earlier, in the

atmosphere created by "cry", the sad and ridiculous Kong Yi seemed to have added

a lot of misery. Also read "naughty bag horse small jump", humorous humor only

smile to the stomach pain. The book is really spiritual food!

Voltaire said, "life lies in movement." The long summer vacation, in order

to make my health is good, we must do some exercise. A sport that I love most is

to play table tennis, I cant miss this chance to go to the gym during the

summer vacation, "kill" on a back, and the real "Table Tennis Master blows, they

learn to play ping-pong essentials, and find out the deficiencies of their own

efforts to learn for table tennis, a qualitative leap. I looked at the little

yellow ball jumping up and down, while the sweat, but in the heart of the

emergence of unspeakable joy.

Holiday is at home, on the Internet. Of course I this "netheads" to a

chain. Open the "composition", look at the composition, pack a bag, and then go

to the BBS irrigation, send post, understanding the novel interesting. Play

tired, close your eyes and listen to the melodious music, let your mind rest,

melodious music ups and downs, I feel the people are immersed in the music, is

really a kind of enjoyment! Since the said: listen to music at any time, its

nuts. Point open "Baidu", hot news reports immediately appear in front of, hey,

really many ah! The whole country and the big and small things are immediately

present, really countless ah! There is a lot of encyclopedia knowledge on the

Internet. I suck the nutrition of knowledge in the ocean of knowledge, and add

some extracurricular knowledge. It is: the Internet, a good holiday partner.

My ideal summer vacation, perhaps not the richest, is the most suitable for

me, and I believe I will have a fullest and most meaningful holiday.

A happy holiday is over. I was impressed by a lot of things in this

holiday. There was one thing I was the happiest.

On the second day of the year, I went to the Xinhua bookstore with my

mother. As soon as we enter the door, all kinds of books are placed in order. We

came to the childrens reading area. I first picked up a book "why one hundred

thousand" looked, and picked up a book "simple composition". I looked at it from

page to page. I said to me, "buy it," mother said to me. I was so glad that my

mother bought me some books I liked.

This receipt is not small, watching my mother bought me a book I Xinli

delighted. A happy holiday is over. I was impressed by a lot of things in this

holiday. There was one thing I was the happiest.

On the second day of the year, I went to the Xinhua bookstore with my

mother. As soon as we enter the door, all kinds of books are placed in order. We

came to the childrens reading area. I first picked up a book "why one hundred

thousand" looked, and picked up a book "simple composition". I looked at it from

page to page. I said to me, "buy it," mother said to me. I was so glad that my

mother bought me some books I liked.

This receipt is not small, watching my mother bought me a book I Xinli

delighted.

In the Spring Festival, people will be most happy and happy appearance face their own life.

Lights before the Spring Festival, every family, every family dressed house having a unique style, each have each personality. They put to buy necessities to all over the floor. Bought New Year paintings how stick method, then each have their own style and preferences. Some dish, some backwards, and the crooked stick, each has his strong point. People buy vegetables all fixed, such as the Spring Festival comes, only can be a festival. Families with firecrackers, people wear new clothes, preparing New Year, before the Spring Festival, people go out, if met good friends, always mouth dont forget to say: "the streets!"

People kill pig to kill sheep, busily preparing for the Spring Festival belly-worship.

The Spring Festival, the children will get up early, to mom and dads room, the traditional New Year ceremony. The children of parents said some lucky though, my parents brought out New Years money, let the children happily. Everybody hope this year to luck, a thriving business.

The Spring Festival happy day always short, let a person feel hard to forget. But also is to let a person feel loathe to give up.

盼天盼地，总算把五一给我盼来了。总算可以休息一会儿了。

这个五一，应该干嘛呢？

上网？这倒是个不错的选择！上QQ，与好友一起天南地北聊上一通；上优酷，在精彩的电视节目中遨游；看看书，梦游在那神话世界中；听听歌，让被学习紧张了许久的神经放松放松。在网络里，我可以玩游戏、看电视、看书、聊天、写作文……我可以创建我的网络小天地，也可以在别人的世界中发表议论。点评XX国家的对与不对，如目前广为传播的“黄岩岛事件”，恐怕有很多有血性的中国人在网络上痛骂菲律宾，力顶中国吧。与同学一起讨论问题，在你一句我一句的对话中理清问题的线索，找到最终的答案。倾听某一首歌，再把它发布到朋友中，在无形中拉近你我的距离。

看电视？好像也勉强。精彩的动漫，惊心动魄的电影，牵心的电视剧……都是抓紧学生的心的大手，让他们沉迷其中。我倒没怎么，只是在做完作业、吃完饭后看看新闻，了解了解世界各国的最新情况，为叙利亚的动荡局势担心不已，为黄岩岛事件愤愤不已，也为美国左右摇摆的心态大喊厚脸皮。我想，这世界以如此不安，为什么还有人会沉迷于这种没用的动漫、电影与电视剧中呢？倒不如看看新闻，关心关心世界，这才是真正的看电视呢！

做作业？这是必须的……如果哪位童鞋敢不做作业……莫不是你们手上与耳朵上结了老茧，老师的金刚棒与狮吼功已经没有用了？哈哈，那你就准备为你的屁屁上麻药吧，小心哭哦……

在这个五一假期，我一定要好好的、有意义的过完这个假期，不让时光虚度！

My summer vacation life is happy, rich and memorable experience. Because, in the summer vacation with my mother took me to a beautiful environment the universiade cultural park to play ah, elder sister took me to eat roast wing, brother to accompany me to play chess, and young aunt, aunt to accompany me to play CARDS, play chess, I am more than happy!

In this summer holiday, I didnt go to any computer classes. But, do homework, read, self-study "new concept English" are all I have to do every day. Sometimes I will play badminton, cycling, watch TV, play computer, help my mother do some housework within our capabilities. I also see a lot of books, learned a lot of knowledge, also learned a lot of sense.

During the universiade, and I take concrete actions to participate in the volunteer service, to different U standing to participate in and experience different activities, I also to the underground parking lot to promote "green travel". Can still finished the task well, you didnt know it, I will soon find five owners, agreed to stop driving during the universiade, or signature, do not drive me as a small host universiade, I can deliver a large force, how proud I am!

Say so, I this year summer vacation life, compared with the past, is not the same feeling, is not the same wonderful!

我的暑假生活是快乐、丰富而又难忘的。因为，暑假里有妈妈带我去环境优美大运文化园玩呀，姐姐带我去吃烤翅，哥哥陪我下棋、还有小姨和姑姑陪我打牌、下棋呢，我多开心啊!

在这个暑假里，我虽然没有去参加什么兴趣班。但是，写作业、阅读、自学《新概念英语》都是我每天必须做的事情。我有时候也会打羽毛球、骑自行车、看电视、玩电脑、帮妈妈做一些力所能及的家务事。我还看了好多书，学到了好多知识，也懂得了好多道理。

在大运会期间，我以实际行动参与到志愿者服务当中，到不同的U站去参加和体验不同的活动，我还到地下停车场去宣传“绿色出行”。还能出色地完成了任务，你没想到吧，我很快就找到5名车主，同意在大运期间停开、或者不开车的签名，我作为一名大运会的小主人，我能为大运出一份力，我是多么的自豪啊!

所以说，我今年的暑假生活，与往年的相比，确实是不一样的感觉，不一样的精彩啊!

After mid-term exam,we had a long holiday.I was so busy in this holiday. What did I do?

FirstI did my homework. Our homework was as large as a mountain. ButI finished it in a few time. ThenI helped my mother clean our house. We cleaned and swept everywhere.NextI went to the Wutong Mountain with my friends. We climbed the mountain and breathed fresh air. It was comfortable. We also took some photos. After that,I went to shenzhen library.I bought 《harry potter》this book.It was a story about an interesting, brave, funny boy. Finally, Iwent to the Hengfonghaiyue International Hotel and ate some food.

I really enjoyer myself in this holiday. How about you？

Im going to take a long vacation next week, because its May Day. Although the weather is bad, I’m still taking a vacation. I want to do something interesting. I heard that Mount Yandang is a good place to have fun. So Im thinking about going to Mount Yandang. I really want to go with my classmates. And its exciting for me to go camping. I hope I finish my homework early. Im leaving on Thursday and staying until Saturday. Im taking a walk, going fishing, going bike riding and so on. I hope I can forget all my problems! A great vacation, I cant wait!

The New Year opened the door for us, and the winter holidays crept to our side. Like last year, I made a "winter vacation plan" early. I dont want to waste this good time.

The first thing is to combine. During this time, I kept reading and writing more. Now I have read six good books and wrote more than ten compositions. I also borrowed the book of the fifth grade from my relatives, and when I had time, I would turn over to look at it, learn the skills, and memorize the formulas.

When youre tired, take a break, watch TV, play computer games, or play games with your neighbors. Of course, you cant spend more time playing than studying! Otherwise its not good. In our stage, the most important thing is to learn, so, can not be too fond of play.

The second point is to help my parents to work. Our parents come back from work and have to do housework. They are very tired when they are busy. When we are sons and daughters, we should help them to do what we can to help them relieve some of the burden. In this way, not only can we exercise our practical ability, strengthen our constitution, and be able to be praised by our parents, not an arrow three?

Third, last point. I want to get into the habit of going to bed early and get up early. In this way, you can kill two birds with one stone, which can enhance the health and fuel economy. Wouldnt that be great?

In winter vacation, I must strictly follow the plan book, happily in the big year, over winter vacation!