去北京旅游英语作文(20篇)

2011年2月6号到10号，我们一家三口去了北京旅游，爸爸把一些数字告诉了我，让我计算一下这次旅行的总费用。（1）从广州到北京的机票是990元/人，共990×3=2970元；（2）从北京到广州的机票是：成人票1480元/人，儿童票890元/人，共1480×2+890=3850元；（3）住宿4晚，230元/晚，共230×4=920元；（4）由于我不需要门票，门票按2个人计算：天坛公园30元/人，颐和园30元/人，圆明园5元/人，雍和宫20元/人，故宫40元/人，北海公园10元/人，长城40元/人。共（30+30+5+20+40+10+40）×2=350元；

（5）交通费按每人每天20元计算，我是免票的，按2人计算，共

20×2×5=200元；（6）餐费按每人每天80元计算，共80×3×5=1200元；

（7）其他费用按500元计算。于是这次旅行的总费用为：

2970+3850+920+350+200+1200+500=9990元。爸爸又问，如果所有费用按3个人平均计算，这次旅游平均每个人花了多少钱？这个问题其实很简单，9990÷3=3330元。

Tom is a boy of eleven.Last week,it was his first trip in Shanghai.Although he only traveled Shanghai for one day,but he was very happy at all.First,he played in Changfeng Park.He had photos with dolphins and seals.Then he visited Yu Garden.It is a traditional place.He bought many small articals.After that,he traveled the most highest building—Oriental Pearl Tower.It is also the most highest building in Asia.In the tower,he knew a lot of things of Shanghai.Finally,he looked at the magnificent Huang Pu River.Tom was so excited in Shanghai,he said that he wanted to visit Shanghai again becaust he liked this morden city.

[上海旅游英语小作文

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今天我第一次去北京，才知道北京比我想象的美得多，进入北京一座座楼房拔地而起，错综复杂的立交桥让我眼花缭乱。

首先我们去的是天安门广场这里已是人山人海，我先看到了天安门城楼，南边是毛主席纪念堂，东边是国家历史博物馆，西边是人民大会堂，广场的中间是人民英雄纪念碑。在人民英雄纪念碑前面摆放着两个巨大的电视墙，上面播放着阅兵仪式以及各族人民一起跳舞联欢的画面，我们在这里照了好多相片留作纪念。

接着我们去了海底世界，先看到的是高高耸立的中央电视塔，海底世界就在塔的下面，进入海底世界的大门往左拐是一条长长的隧道。我一踏进海底隧道，仿佛畅游在大洋深处，巨大的礁石、争奇斗艳的珊瑚丛、花枝招展的美人虾近在咫尺。种类繁多、色彩绚丽、形态各异的珊瑚、鱼成群结队地从我身边游过看得我眼花缭乱; 大鲨鱼在角落里静静地睡懒觉;百岁老金龟，慢慢地在我头顶上踱着方步向前行走;还有许多有热带鱼，令我想不到的是还有南极的企鹅慢悠悠的在水里游着，真是让我大开眼界 。

最后我们来到了世界公园，在里面有长城，五重塔，罗马角斗场，巨石阵，自由女神神像，科罗拉多大峡谷，埃及金字塔，狮身人面像，巴黎圣母院……漫步园内仿佛周游在世界的各个角落，好美呀!我最喜欢的还是瀑布，坐在下面真凉爽简直就不想出去，直到妈妈叫我回去我才恋恋不舍的离开。

有的人乐，是因为学会了干什么，还有的人乐，是看了什么书，而我的乐和他们的乐不一样，我的乐是旅游乐。

这是我第一次去北京，第一次见天安门，第一次去海底世界，第一次见多国著名建筑，啊!今天过得很充实，也很高兴。我会记住这一天的所见所闻、记住我们可爱的北京。

Last winter holiday, I went to Harbin with my mother.

It＇s very cold in winter. There is snow and ice everywhere and you are always in a white world. You must wear warm clothes. The most exciting thing is playing with snow. Skating is also very interesting there.

I will＇ always remember Harbin, for the snow, the ice and all the beautiful things. I love Harbin

[寒假去哈尔滨旅游英语作文

the beijing zoo is the largest in asia and one of the largest in the world. there are hundreds of different kinds of animals in it.

we can see yellow, green, orange and brown birds, which can sing nice songs. the elephants have a long nose and big ears and they are kind to humans. we can also see big and little monkeys running and dancing, just like happy children. pandas, with good manners, are very friendly and polite to visitors. we will certainly have a good time there.

哇噻！今天又是一个美丽的日子，一大早，妈妈就宣布——今天我们登长城！

吃过早饭后，我们坐上公交车走啊走啊，走得在高速路上我都看到距呼和浩特还有400多公里的路标了居然还没到长城，又走了好一阵，车子终于嘎吱一声停了下来——八达岭长城到了。

站在长城的脚下，我抬头望去，天呢！长城真比巨龙还巨龙呢！我使劲儿伸长脖子，用力眺望，也没能望到它的头和尾在哪儿，我想：就算我拿天文望远镜也不一定能望到它的尽头吧！我激动地看着想着走着，不知不觉已经登上了长城。

沿着城墙，我一步步地往前上走，一步步的向上登，脑子里的疑问也在随着脚步往上升，妈妈！我终于忍不住问道：这城墙上开着的往下斜的小洞是干嘛用的呀？还有这城墙为什么一凹一凸而不砌成齐刷刷的呢？是为了节省用料吗？呵呵妈妈笑道：怎么会是为了节约用料呢？长城是为了防御敌人入侵而修建的，长城上的所以设施都是为了更好地打击敌人，这城墙上凹进去的部分打仗时说不定可以做炮台呢！那些小洞妈妈的话还没说完，我忽然灵机一动，激动地说道：噢，那些小洞大概是躲在那儿射箭用的吧！说着，我还做了个拉弓射箭的姿势，妈妈，您看，这样既可以保证自己不受伤，又能狠狠地射击敌人，我说得没错吧？我的意地说道。嗯，大概是吧！也或许还有别的用途

我和妈妈一边走一边聊，一会儿的工夫，我们就来到了第一个烽火台。

哇！这里风好大呀！据说烽火台主要是用于白天点烟或夜间点火来传递军情的，有了这么大的风，我想当年点烟时这里一定是浓烟滚滚，点火时也一定是火光冲天，军情传递的那是相当的及时吧！因为风大，虽然现在正值炎热的夏天，可来到这儿却好像进了冰窖一样，浑身凉飕飕的！站在烽火台的窗口，向远处望去，在延绵起伏的山上，巨龙仿佛走进了森林一般，到处都是生机勃勃的绿色。我和老妈坐在烽火台的石阶上歇了一会儿就继续往上登了。

穿过一段斜坡，又登上一大截几乎陡成了90度的台阶，再爬上一段必须要抓着扶手才能走上的陡坡，我们终于来到了第二个烽火台第三个烽火台可越走我这心里越纳闷，我们空手登长城都这么费劲，这长城是咋修的呀？当时又没有吊车、挖掘机、推土机古人居然修筑了令全世界瞩目的万里长城，想到这儿，我不得不为古人的聪明智慧和那种执着的精神而赞叹！

我一路向上登着、一路四下里望着、一路兴奋着，好像没多大工夫（妈妈说都中午了），我们就走到了终点——竖着游客止步牌的地方。

人们都说：不到长非好汉！嘻嘻嘻今天，我登了一天的长城，应该早就算好汉了吧！走了一天，虽然有点累，但成了好汉的我却很开心很开心。

关于首都北京也是一个相当热门的话题，在中考的时候是很多老师拿来当题目出给学生练习的。下面YJBYS给大家一篇范文。希望对大家有帮助。

请你阅读你的加拿大网友Tommy的e-mail，根据e-mail的内容，给他写一封回信.

Dear Li Lei,

I havent heard from you for a long time. Im glad totell you that Ill visit Beijing this summer vacation. It is said that Beijingis a great city with a long history and more changes have taken place since the2008 Olympic Games. I would like to know something about Beijing, such asplaces of interest, the environment, traffic and people there.

Im looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours,

Tommy

Dear Tommy,

Im glad to know you will come to Beijing.

Beijing, the capital of China, is one of the largestcities in the world. There are many places of interest, such as the SummerPalace, the Forbidden City and the Great Wall. All of them are beautiful andwell-known to the world. Great changes have taken place in Beijing since wesuccessfully held the 2008 0lympic Games.

Now, people pay more attention to the environment. Moretrees and flowers have been planted. For the traffic, it is very convenient forpeople to travel around Beijing, because several new subway lines have beenbuilt. If you come to Beijing, you will find people here are very friendly andhelpful. Whats more, a lot of people can speak English. Beijing is really anattractive city with a long history.

Im looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours,

Li Lei

范文要多看多背才会有效果，希望这篇关于首都北京的范文能帮助大家对北京有跟多的了解。也祝愿大家在中考英语作文上能取得好成绩。

I live in Beijing. There are four seasons in a year.They are spring,summer,fall and winter.

我住在北京. 一年中有四个季节.它们是春、夏、秋、冬.

I like spring.It is warm.It often rains.I can plant trees and flowers in spring.The spring is green.

我喜欢春天.暖和,经常下雨.我可以在春天种树,种花.春天是绿色的.

Summer is very hot.I can swim in the river.Summer is red.

夏天很热.我可以在河里游泳.夏天是红色的.

Fall is a good season.I can fly kites in fall.I can eat many apples too.Fall is yellow.

秋天是个不错的季节.我可以在秋天放风筝.我也可以吃很多苹果.秋天是黄色的.

Winter is cold.It often snows.I wish I can make a snowman in winter.Winter is white.

冬天很冷.经常下雪.我希望我可以在冬天堆雪人.冬天是白色的.

This is four seasons of Beijing.I love all the seasons,because they are beautiful.

这就是北京的四季.我喜欢所有的季节,因为它们都很美.

Since I was very small, there was a song about Guilin“I want to Guilin, but when I have money, I don’t have time…’’, this is the first impression I have on Guilin, it is so attracting.

As the song’s great power, I said to myself, when I grew up, I must go toGuilin.

When I was in high school, I had the chance to visit there, in the summer holiday, my mother asked me to go there with her to visit an old friend.

I was so excited, my long dream would come true.

I packed my stuff, went to the bus. In the morning, we arrived atGuilin, this was the first time I got so close to it, I took a deep breath, watching all the things in the street.

During the summer holiday, I visited all the scene there, they were so beautiful, no wonder people said“Guilin’s scenery ranks first”.

当我很小的时候，有一首关于桂林的歌“我想去桂林，但是当我有钱的时候，我没有时间。。。”，这是我对桂林的第一印象，桂林很吸引人。出于歌曲的力量，我对自己说等我长大了，我一定要去桂林。

当我读高中的时候，我有机会去拜访桂林，在暑假，我妈妈叫我和她一起去桂林看望她的一位老朋友。

我很兴奋，长久以来的梦想得到了实现。我收拾东西，坐上大巴。早上，我们到达了桂林，这是我第一次如此接近它，我深深吸了一口气，看着街上的一切。在暑假期间，我参观了所有的景点，很漂亮，难怪人们说“桂林山水甲天下”。

[英语作文：我的桂林旅游经历

这个暑假你有外出游玩吗?下面是语文迷小编为大家整理的暑假旅游的英语日记，供大家阅读参考。

暑假旅游的英语日记一：

I like the summer holiday every year. This summer I went to Beijing for my holiday, Beijing is our capital city. I went to the Summer Palace, climbed the Great Wall and went to many places of interest. I had a very good time. During this summer holiday, I went to Putuo and Xiangshan. I saw the beautiful sea. I enjoyed having a walk along the beach after supper or having a swim in the moonlight. Its really "cool"

译文：.

我每年的暑假都喜欢，今年我去了北京过暑假。北京是我们的首都。我去爬长城和去了很多有趣的地方。我过得很愉快。整个暑假，我去了普陀和香山。我看到美丽的海。我很享受晚饭后独自走在沙滩上或者是在月光下游泳。那真的很棒。

暑假旅游的英语日记二：

I often go to see my grandma and grandpa during my summer vacation.They are both seventy years old and live in the country happily. Summer view of the countryside is very beautiful. I can do many interesting things there. I am used to getting up early in the morning, breathing the fresh air,listening to the birds singing, and enjoying the green trees, red flowers and the river. I like fishing with my friends. When night comes, I sit under the tree with my grandma, listening to her telling me many funny stories. And I tell her some new things happening in the city. When I have to go back,I am always reluctant to go. I really feel happy living in the country.

暑假期间我经常去看望我的爷爷奶奶,他们都已经70岁了,住在乡下.夏天的乡下非常漂亮,我可以在那里做很多有趣的事情.我习惯一大清早起床,呼吸新鲜空气,聆听鸟儿欢唱,欣赏绿树红花和门前的小河.我还喜欢跟伙伴们一起钓鱼.夜幕降临时,我就坐在树下,听奶奶讲动听的故事.我也会给她讲一些城里的新鲜事.每次该回城时,我总是恋恋不舍.我确实喜欢乡下的生活.

暑假旅游的英语日记三：

Beijing is the capital of China. It takes an hour and forty minutes from 你住的地方 to Beijing by plane. There are many tall buildings in Beijing.I went to the countryside of Beijing to go boating and fishing. It was very interesting. I went shopping in WangFuJing. I bought lots of souvenirs and other things. I like eating Beijing snacks. They are delicious. Don’t miss the Beijing Duck. It is really nice.

北京是中国的首都。它需要一个小时四十分钟从你住的地方到北京坐飞机。北京有很多高的建筑物。我去了乡下的北京去划船和钓鱼。这是非常有趣的。我去王府井买东西。我买了很多纪念品和其他东西。我喜欢吃北京小吃。它们很美味。不要错过北京烤鸭。它真的很好。

After finishing my homework I went to the Tai Mountian with my friends during my holiday. When we got near the Tai Mountain by buswe were very excited. We planned to get on the top of the Tai Mountain. Next we began to walk we to the foot of the mountian. There were many visitors there. And all of us enjoyed the beautiful views beside the steps. At last we reached the top.Not only we had a picnic there but also we took several picturestoo.

Though we were very tiredwe were very happy about that trip.

这个暑假，我们一家人去了首都北京旅游。

7月23日清晨，我们从合肥坐上去北京的动车，经过大约九个小时。我们来到首都北京。叔叔开车把我们接到宾馆，安顿好后，稍作休息，我便迫不及待地叫爸爸快带我去长城。

大约一个小时，我们来到长城脚下，我们这次参观的是居庸关长城。哇，一下车，绵延万里的长城便映入眼帘，我催着爸爸赶快买票。买好票，通过入口，我们直扑长城，爬呀爬……这里的长城太陡，太难爬。’喂。。爸爸妈妈，快来看。“原来我发现一块石碑，上面写着‘不到长城非好汉’，我和爸爸妈妈一起在此合了影。我们接着往上爬，长城两边是崇山峻岭，还有一些不知名的古建筑群……”“好高呀，好累呀”。我不停地叨唠着。爸爸笑着说：“月儿，勇敢点，不到长城非好汉吗。”听了爸爸的话，我鼓足了劲，继续往上爬，终于我爬到此处的最高峰。冲着习习的山风，望着一眼望不到边的长城，欣赏着脚下的美景，我非常兴奋。啊……我终于“征服”了长城。

第二天，我又参观了天安门广场，登上了城楼，来到了毛主席纪念堂，我还给毛主席敬献了菊花。下午我们走进了故宫，在里面听妈妈讲那过去的故事。晚上，我们来到王府井美食街，品尝着全国各地的小吃……

第三天，我们参观了鸟巢，水立方，中华世纪坛……

第四天，我怀着依依不舍之情踏上了回家的火车。坐在车上，我暗暗下定决心，长大一定要考上清华大学，再次来到美丽的北京。北京，再见。

One of the most memorable time I travel is to go to Ocean Park in shenzhen. As soon as I went in I jumped with joy, wow, a towering building, how so like a private house, I began to doubt. The house was full of praise for me.

We went to the aquarium, there is a ferocious shark, the lovely dolphins, timid sea turtles, Marine animals! Let me be during pick up, walk to the ocean theatre, dolphins, sea lions performance, clown diving is the most wonderful, funny, lovely clown, jumped into the water from the diving platform, all wet and there is a clown jump into the water, some threw a life buoy to another clown head,... .

We came to the seaside to swim, the water of the sea wave to wave to me, ah! So comfortable! Washed away by the sea water to the sand of the sea, the foot on the beach, soft, feel good!

We picked up a lot of shells on the seashore, different shape, big and small, triangular, 栯 round, color variety, beautiful!

After dinner, we again to the beach to catch crabs, found a small crab, I quickly caught it by hand. Ah! Is really a big harvest, we caught six crabs altogether. We went happily back to the hotel.

The tour that I learned many knowledge, also is my most happy one.

我最难忘的一次旅游就是去深圳海洋公园。我一进去就高兴得跳了起来，哇，一座高大的房屋,怎么这么像私人住宅,我开始疑问了。我对这间房屋赞不绝口。

我们来到海洋馆，里面有凶猛的鲨鱼、可爱的海豚、胆小的海龟，海洋动物真多!让我目不睱接，走着走着来到了海洋剧场，海豚表演、海狮表演，最精彩的是小丑跳水，滑稽、可爱的小丑，从跳水台上跳到水里，全身湿透了，有一个小丑跳着跳着掉到了水里，有的把救生圈丢到了另一个小丑的头上，......。

我们又来到海边游泳，海水一浪接一浪地扑到我身上，啊!真舒服!海水把海边的沙冲走了，脚踩在沙滩上，软绵绵的，感觉真好!

我们在海边捡了很多贝壳，形状各不相同，有大的、有小的、有三角形的、有栯圆形的，颜色多种多样，美丽极了!

吃过晚饭后，我们又到沙滩捉螃蟹，发现了一只小小的螃蟹，我迅速的用手把它捉住了。啊!真的是大收获，我们一共捉到六只螃蟹。 我们就高高兴兴地回到酒店了。

这次旅游使我学到了很多知识，也是我最高兴的一次。

我去北京很多次，但都没有去过颐和园，四年级学过“颐和园”这篇课文后，我就想到颐和园里看看，看看里面的文物是否还在，看看被侵犯后的颐和园如今被修复的怎么样了，这个暑假我如愿以偿的来到了颐和园。

颐和园真的就和课文中写的一样，是个美丽的大公园，进了大门，绕过大殿，就来到了有名的长廊，长廊一眼望不到头，长廊上的每一幅画都不同，走完长廊，来到了万佛山脚下，抬头一看好高啊，顺着台阶我爬上了万佛山，真的好累，站在佛香阁前的前面往下看，颐和园的景色尽收眼底。

下了万佛山，就是昆明湖，昆明湖很静，湖上游船慢慢的划过，在游船上远远的就看到了十七孔桥，下了游船我来到十七孔桥上，石桥有十七的洞，桥栏杆上的狮子各不相同。

颐和园真的很美，它体现出了我国劳动人民的聪明和智慧，我下定决心下 一年暑假我还要来北京颐和园游玩。

北京是我国的首都，也是我最向往的地方。今年暑假终于梦想成真了！我和我们班的几位同学的爸爸妈妈结伴到北京旅游。

北京是个古老而又美丽的城市。游玩的几天里，我们先后参观了天安门、故宫、长城、恭王府、颐和园、圆明园、鸟巢、水立方等等。它们是那样的雄伟，那样的壮观，那样的赋有历史内含。其中我最喜欢的就是天安门广场。

天安门广场可真大呀！天安门四周车水马龙。我来到广场上，我的左边是人民大会堂，右边是历史博物馆。正前面是天安门城楼，金碧辉煌，非常壮观！我身后是人民英雄纪念碑，它可高了，真像一位大巨人。天安门广场上还立着笔直的旗杆，旗杆的顶端，五星红旗迎风飘扬，真漂亮！

我要感谢这次旅行，它让我来到我们的首都，让我更好的了解了中国的历史。我爱北京，我爱首都。

Our school organized a three-day trip last week.The first day we went to the beach,it was a fine day,the sun was shining brightly,the wind was blowing softly,and we had a good time.The second day we went climbing.The wind was so strong that we felt tired.The third day we visited the museum.There were many people and it was very crowded.Hower we felt very happy.

It was a happy trip.

As the captain of China，Beijing has been the most popular city of china。So

more and more people want to visit Beijing.

I think the best time to visit Beijing is spring ,for the weather of that

time is very fine ,neither too hot nor too cold . The warm wind will make you

fell happy.Many people visit Beijing for its beautiful sence and cultural

inheritance .

If you want to have a enjoyable journey ,I suggest you to pay a visit to

the Great Wall,the Summer Palace ,the Olympic Park and many other place.When you

feel tired after one days journey ,you can taste the "Zha Jiang Mian",a kind of

traditional food in Beijing.

There are many other things you can do in Beijing,as shopping in the big

shopping mall,visit the different kinds park ,visit the"Si He Yuan"and so

on.

I hope you can have a happy time in Beijing.

今天我早早地起了床，因为我们要去看升旗仪式，一到天安门广场，我就被震住了，广场上人山人海，有好多学生，还有几位解放军叔叔，他们身穿军衣，头戴军帽，可英武了。 升旗仪式开始了，我看到国旗护卫队的叔叔，步伐整齐，护送国旗向升旗台走去，这时国歌响起，广场上的人们个个神情庄重，看着国旗缓缓升起，我心情澎湃，我爱我的祖国!

升旗仪式结束后，我们去了长城，一到那里，我们就乘座滑车来到第四个风火台，接着步行到了第六个风火台，从这里往下看，长城象一条蜿蜒的巨龙，掩映在群山之中，山上树木茂盛，风光秀丽。“不到长城非好汉“，我终于爬上了长城!哈哈。

Lying at the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City, called Gu Gong, in Chinese, was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Now known as the Palace Museum, it is to the north of Tiananmen Square. Rectangular in shape, it is the worlds largest palace complex and covers 74 hectares. Surrounded by a six meter deep moat and a ten meter high wall are 9,999 buildings. The wall has a gate on each side. Opposite the Tiananmen Gate, to the north is the Gate of Devine Might (Shenwumen), which faces Jingshan Park. The distance between these two gates is 960 meters, while the distance between the gates in the east and west walls is 750 meters. There are unique and delicately structured towers on each of the four corners of the curtain wall. These afford views over both the palace and the city outside. The Forbidden City is divided into two parts. The southern section, or the Outer Court was where the emperor exercised his supreme power over the nation. The northern section, or the Inner Court was where he lived with his royal family. Until 1924 when the last emperor of China was driven from the Inner Court, fourteen emperors of the Ming dynasty and ten emperors of the Qing dynasty had reigned here. Having been the imperial palace for some five centuries, it houses numerous rare treasures and curiosities. Listed by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage Site in 1987, the Palace Museum is now one of the most popular tourist attractions world wide.

Construction of the palace complex began in 1407, the 5th year of the Yongle reign of the third emperor of the Ming dynasty. It was completed fourteen years later in 1420. It was said that a million workers including one hundred thousand artisans were driven into the long-term hard labor. Stone needed was quarried from Fangshan, a suburb of Beijing. It was said a well was dug every fifty meters along the road in order to pour water onto the road in winter to slide huge stones on ice into the city. Huge amounts of timber and other materials were freighted from faraway provinces. Ancient Chinese people displayed their very considerable skills in building the Forbidden City. Take the grand red city wall for example. It has an 8.6 meters wide base reducing to 6.66 meters wide at the top. The angular shape of the wall totally frustrates attempts to climb it. The bricks were made from white lime and glutinous rice while the cement is made from glutinous rice and egg whites. These incredible materials make the wall extraordinarily strong.

Since yellow is the symbol of the royal family, it is the dominant color in the Forbidden City. Roofs are built with yellow glazed tiles; decorations in the palace are painted yellow; even the bricks on the ground are made yellow by a special process. However, there is one exception. Wenyuange, the royal library, has a black roof. The reason is that it was believed black represented water then and could extinguish fire.

Nowadays, the Forbidden City, or the Palace Museum is open to tourists from home and abroad. Splendid painted decoration on these royal architectural wonders, the grand and deluxe halls, with their surprisingly magnificent treasures will certainly satisfy "modern civilians".

Last summer vacation，my family and I went to Qingdao by train.There was always sunshine and fresh air，which made us so fortable.We went to the seaside，the sea was as blue as the sky，and bathing in the sunshine on the beach， was really an enjoyable thing.I also picked up a lot of colorful shells with my little sister.There we bought many interesting souvenirs，I was planing to send them to my friends.We ate many tings there，such as fish，prawn，and so on.They are very delicious.Then we lived in a clean and tidy hotel，and the price was not so expensive.I like Qingdao very much，and if I got a chance，I hope to e here again，it is such a beautiful and interesting place.