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The Spring Festival is coming. I know that you must be very fond of the Spring Festival. Because everyone can stick to the spring festival couplet, see the Spring Festival Gala, visit friends and friends … …

I remember when the Spring Festival approached last year, I learned to write couplets at home. I stood aside and looked at the couplets written by adults. I saw that they dipped in a pen with ink, and then wrote several big words on the red paper. I cant remember the specific content. The couplet was very neat, and I said to my uncle, &ldquo, can you teach me to write a couplet? ” I remember clearly the uncle asked, "“ do you use a brush?" Do you know how to write a couplet? ” I shook my head and said, “ no. ” so he said, "“ you have grown up for one year again, and you cant even use a brush. Ill teach you a few tricks at this opportunity." ” after hearing the uncles words, I jumped up happily.

The uncle told me to sit straight while writing, not on the table. And then tell me in detail how to use the brush. After listening to my uncles words, I finally learned some of the most basic ways to use the brush. Then the uncle asked me to write a few words to show him. I wrote five words: “ I love Chinese &rdquo most; Written askew, probably just use a brush! The uncle saw a smile: “ the word was written well, but the pen was not straight. ”

So my uncle taught me: “ when writing every word, it is not to use the same strength to write every word, but the power should be changed with weight. The written words will be more varied and look more beautiful. The uncle finished the demonstration and wrote several words to imitate me. It is comfortable to look at the words written by the uncle. I tried to write a few words on my uncles look, and I really made progress. I was much happier than I had just written.

The uncle also told me that writing should be often trained to imitate the name. The more it is written, the more writing it is, the better it is.

In this Spring Festival, I have learned a little bit of writing brush writing skills, is really more happy than to get the money, but also more affordable.

The annual Spring Festival is coming again.

Spring Festival, the lunar new year, commonly known as the Chinese new year, usually refers to the new years Eve and the first of the first month. But in private, the Spring Festival is a traditional sense from the beginning of the eight month of the la la festival or the twelfth lunar month twenty-three or twenty-four people, until the fifteen, with new years Eve and is at the beginning of the month for a climax. The Spring Festival has a long history, originated in the Shang period of the first activities of the ritual worship. During the Spring Festival, the Han and many ethnic groups in China have to hold various activities to celebrate. These activities are to worship deities, worshiping ancestors, Fu Ying Hei then, pray for a good harvest as the main content. The activities are rich and colorful, with a strong national characteristics.

The Spring Festival festival, commonly known as “ ” the Chinese nation is the most ceremonious traditional festival. From the beginning the first year of emperor, in summer (lunar calendar) is at the beginning of the month for a &ldquo at the beginning of the year; (“ ” ”), the date of the festival this year, so far, fixed, called &ldquos ”. In 1911, after the revolution of 1911, the Gregorian calendar began to be counted. It was called the Gregorian calendar January 1st. It was “ new years day ” it was called the 1th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar &ldquo, and the Spring Festival &rdquo. At the age of festivals, it is also known as "&ldquo"; traditional festivals ” they have a long history and spread widely, and have great popularity, mass and even national characteristics. The festival is the day, although the festival in the 1th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, but new years activities are more than a month at the beginning of the day Yu Zheng. From the twelfth lunar month twenty-three (or twenty-four) of small festivals, people began to busy year “ ” houses, shampoo and bath, preparing for the festival appliances and so on, all of these activities, there is a common theme, namely “ new ”. People greet the new year and greet the spring with great rites and enthusiasm.

Chinese lunar new year known as the spring festival. It is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese people, and it is also a symbol of unity, prosperity and new hopes for the future. It is recorded that the Chinese people have had a history of more than 4000 years in the Spring Festival. There are many theories about the origin of the Spring Festival, but the public generally accepted the argument is that the rise of Chinese New Year by. On one day of 2000 BC, Shun, the son of heaven, led the subordinates and worshiped the heaven and earth. Since then, people put on this day as the beginning of the year. It is said that this is the origin of the lunar new year, and then it is called the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is also called the new years day. The month of the Spring Festival is called the lunar month.

我最盼望的日子——春节终于来到了，因为在这喜庆的节日里，我们小孩子有好东西吃，有新衣服穿，有压岁钱花，有小伙伴玩？？最让我感到快乐的还是给乡亲们拜年了。

大年初一的三四点钟，我就迫不及待地催爸爸起来了。（我们这里的风俗是新年第一天有家里的男主人放开门鞭和烧团圆饭）好不容易等到喝完团圆茶后，我就找了几个方便袋迫不及待地准备出发了。妈妈开玩笑地说：“家里买了这么多好吃的，还不够你这只馋猫吃的！”唉！老妈，你怎会懂得儿子的心思呢，我这不是给乡亲们拜年，为他们送上新春祝福吗！我一溜烟跑到了村子的西头，与早已等候在那里的小伙伴汇合，便开始给乡亲们拜年了。

我首先来到了李叔叔家，李叔叔是个农民，靠种植大棚蔬菜走上了财富之路。我恭祝他：“新春万事顺！蔬菜长得旺，价格一路长！”乐得李叔叔连忙塞红包，盛情难却，只好收了。我又来到了瓦工张叔叔家，他们一家正在喝茶，我祝他们：“身体健康！万事如意，钱财如砖砌墙，越摞越高！”王阿姨听了合不拢嘴，给了我满满一捧糖果。接着我又来到了杨奶奶家，祝她老人家“身体健康，万寿无疆！越活越精神 ！ ”她一高兴竟然笑掉了假牙，我也跟着乐开了怀。就这样，我挨家挨户给乡亲们送上了新春的祝福。我的口袋里塞满了红包，带来的方便袋也都装的满满的。

拜年结束后，我和小伙伴们汇合，一起来到了徐爷爷家，徐爷爷是个老革命战士，他的四个哥哥都在抗日战争中光荣牺牲了，他也因为战争而失去了一条腿，没能成家，今年九十几岁的徐爷爷，孤苦伶仃地瘫坐在床上，我和小伙伴们给他拜完年后，将自己红包里的钱都给了他，一共有两千多元。我们还将袋子里的花生瓜子糖果分了类，放在徐爷爷的床上。徐爷爷感动得热泪盈眶，不住地感谢我们。其实我们才应该感谢徐爷爷这样的老革命战士，没有他们的抛头颅洒热血，哪有我们今天如此安定幸福的生活。

寒假结束了，庆祝春节的活动也接近了尾声，我觉得拜年是我在春节中做的最有意义的一件事。

My most anticipated day —— the Spring Festival finally came， because in this festival， we children have good food to eat， new clothes to wear， lucky money to spend， and little friends to play。 What makes me happy is to give the people a new year。

At the three or four oclock of the first day of the year， I could not wait to hurry Dad up。 Our custom is on the first day of the new year， when the owner of the family opens the door and sells the rice， so I cant wait to finish the reunion tea。 After that， I find several convenient bags and I cant wait to get ready to go。 Mom jokingly said： "the family bought so many delicious， you are not the only cat to eat！" Oh！ Mom， how can you understand the mind of the son， I dont give the people a new year to give them a new years blessing！ I went to the village of West swiftly， and had been waiting there buddy confluence， began to give folks pay New Years call。

I first came to Uncle Lis house。 Uncle Li was a farmer， and he went on the road of wealth by planting vegetables in the shed。 I wish he： "spring maestro！ The vegetables grow well and the price is long！ " Uncle Li was hastily stuffed envelopes， shengqingnanque， had received。 I went to the Mason Zhang Shushu home， they are a cup of tea， I wish them good health。 "！ Good luck in everything， money such as the brick wall， the more the higher the stack！" Aunt Wang was grinning， gave me a full of candy。 Then I went to Yang grandmother， wish her good health， a long life "！ The more alive the more spiritual！ " She was happy off teeth， I also follow the music open arms。 In this way， I sent my family from door to door to the people of the new year。 My pocket is full of red envelopes and all the handy bags are full。

After I pay New Years call， and buddies joined together at Home Xu Xu Grandpa， grandpa is an old revolutionary soldier， his four brothers are in the Anti Japanese war in the glorious sacrifice， he also because of the war and lost a leg， could not get married this year， 90 year old Xu Grandpa， lonely and helpless to sit down on the bed， and my buddies to him after， his money gave him a total of two thousand yuan。 We also classified the peanut melon candy in the bag and put it on Grandpa Xus bed。 Grandpa Xu was moved to tears and thanked us。 In fact， we should thank the old revolutionary soldiers such as Grandpa Xu， without their throwing head and blood， which has our life so stable and happy today。

The winter holiday was over， and the celebration of the Spring Festival was close to the end。 I think it was one of the most meaningful things I did during the Spring Festival。

Hi, my name is XXX, I 19 years old this year, Im from x, I love of reading and the Internet, I am a outgoing person, like making friends. In this university, I will actively participate in various activities to eich my university life, I will also constantly exercise oneself, let oneself become more mature.

Dear Mother,

How are you these days? How is your work going?

Mom, I know that I have done a lot of sorry for you since I was a child, but

you never beat me and scolded me, instead, you reasoned with me.

Once, you and dad took me to the store to buy clothes, the lamplight shine,

there there are many beautiful clothes, all of a sudden I didnt concern about

the small store in a saw a white dress, the dress with a picture of a man

holding a little girl, little girl holding a womans picture, are there beside

the picture of a bunch of pink small butterfly in dance. I wanted the dress so

badly that I ran to you and said, "Mommy, mommy, do you see that white dress? I

want that dress!" You go over and look at the price tag. A: wow! This dress

costs a thousand dollars! You shook your head. I see you dont buy for me, use

"cry", while crying also on the ground roll. I had no choice but to buy the

dress.

Mother I want to say to you: "Sorry!" I have acted in love with you many

times since I was a child, but you always bought me what I wanted with a smile.

I know that you have worked hard for this money. So, here, I say to you:

"Sorry!"

Mom, I know how much you have given to our family over the years. Behind your

success are always a lot of difficulties around you, but you are not afraid of

difficulties, you overcome the difficulties. Mom, I hope you will pay more

attention to your health in the future!

Finally, I wish my mother a long life and a successful job!

Your child:

初恋50 First Dates

What would it feel if I can wake up everyday forgetting what happened for the last whole year?

Lucy in the movie “50 First Dates” told me this feeling. Every morning when she woke up, she only rememberred the Sunday of last year which was her father’s birthday, also the date she had the car accident which made her only keep memory before Sunday, so she always felt happy living the same habit as what she did on Sunday a year ago with the kind set-up by her father and brother. After meeting Hey, she could only remember who he was on the same day. But after one night, he became a stranger to her. She couldn’t even recognize he was the one she used to date and love everyday. Hey tried his best to give her a new different meeting every day so as to win her smile and regain their “First Date”. Hey made her tapes every morning to help her remember what happened the day before and the last whole year. Lucy thus felt grateful with all she had when she woke up everyday. On the same day, she always had the same deep gratitude to face Hey with her sweet smile. What a beautiful feeling it is to always feel thanksgiving and to always

appreciate each other’s effort. A touching story between a memory lost woman and a devoted man taught all of us, normal people, the essence of love. When two people can thank each other for their devotion everyday like what they did for each other on first date, love can forever be refreshed and energetic. On Lucy’s side, people with memory will ask for more than yesterday and become critical of their partners day by day, while people without memory will feel grateful for their life and the people around them everyday.

In the movie, when one day Lucy decided to break up with Hey to let him rebuild his life by burning all their diaries and tapes, I cried for Hey’s broken heart. For her, it was just one day feeling. For him, it was long-term affection and connection. It was easier for her than him to give up their love. On Hey’s side, people with memory will always remember the past happiness and

treasure it for the rest of their life, while people without memory will easily give up at the end of the same day.

What a ruthless feeling it is to end a relationship just after one minute thought. People with fragile mind would easily ruin a long-term relationship no matter what reason they have. The torture between Lucy and Hey tells us the fatal factor to do harm to intimacy between a couple is their fragile mind of

balancing emotion and reason. Thus most of couple lose their trust for each other after experiencing this weakly testing broke-up.

飓风Taken

What is the right relationship between the father and the daughter? There is no certain answer. But the love of Brains to his daughter must be one of the best ones.

His daughter, a young pretty 17-year-old girl was kidnapped during a tour in Paris. Brain got the news and hurried to France to take his daughter. He found that the gangsters that kidnapped his daughter were connected with an old friend which made him exetreme angry. He finally found the place where was holding an auction selling young virgins and broke in successfully taking his daughter away.

No matter how hard and stressful the situation was, and how dangerous things he faced, he never went back just because of the greatest love of a simple father. In the movie, we are all moved not only his actions of kindness, but also his insistance and the greatest of all- a fathers love.

魔术师THE ILLUSIONIST FACTS

When word of the famed Eisenheims (Ed Norton) illusions reaches Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell), the ruler attends one of the magicians shows in order to debunk the performance. But when the princes intended, Sophie von Teschen (Jessica Biel), assists the magician onstage, Eisenheim and Sophie recognize each other from their childhoods, and pretty soon theyre totally hot for each other. As the clandestine romance continues, the princes best cop (Paul Giamatti) is charged with exposing Eisenheim, even while the magician gains a devoted and vocal public following. Before long, Sophie turns up dead, and the logical suspect is Eisenheim himself.

一线声机"Cellular" has the setup for a solid straight-ahead thriller: A kidnap victim who does not know where she is being held phones a total stranger who must then stay connected on his cell phone to find her before she is killed. Joel Schumacher scored earlier with a similarly phone-themed Larry Cohen story, "Phone Booth." As executed by tone-deaf director David R. Ellis, however, "Cellular" becomes an unintentionally hilarious cousin to Brian de Palmas "Raising Cain" and "Snake Eyes."

Ellis seems to have unwittingly spliced together two different films with

mismatched tones: Kim Basinger as the kidnapee and Jason Statham as the kidnapper occupy the deadly-serious, straight-to-video thriller half, while Chris Evans as the rescuer and William H. Macy as a police officer seem to be in a "Saturday Night Live"-alum action comedy. Nowhere else is the disjointedness in tone more apparent than when Basinger and Evanss performances are placed side-by-side during their conversations: The scenes keep cutting between an overwrought Basinger wringing out every drop of melodrama, while a blissfully inept Evans seems to be channeling a cross between Chris Kattan/Jimmy Fallon and Ben Affleck/Keanu Reeves.

Meanwhile, Ellis pulls out tricks intended to generate thrills and surprises. He throws in out-of-nowhere "shocks," a la "Final Destination"; he throws in

flashbacks; he throws in a gun-blazing Macy in Jerry Bruckheimer action-hero slo-mo; and yet, Ellis has no handle on staging any of them competently. Case in point: "Cellular" is the proud owner of one of the most ineptly scored chase sequences ever, as if Ellis simply heard a snippet of the songs lyrics ("...where you gonna run to?") literally and paid no attention to the inappropriateness of the accompanying music (which just bop, bop, bops along). (The song is even reprised during the closing credits, which itself is misbegotten in conception.)

And yet, for all of its failures as art, "Cellular" is always entertaining for those very same faults

Sometimes, people say, "this kid is as smart as a monkey", but people may not notice that cats are smarter than monkeys, especially when they are catching food.

The other is to rely on domestic animal owners to send food, and a big cat is my grandma feeds and they are not the same, it is not good to eat, not to eat food to capture. Is the best cat stole the fish, when it is in the night, with its feet to soundless and stirless action, it unnoticed to others, that night the glowing eyes and the nose to find the target, with the sudden speed, catch, immediately cautiously without any noise. Run away, then, find a quiet place to enjoy.

Stole the fish just a small cat to catch mice is the ability, its strengths, cats carefully came to the place where the mouse it feels, quietly, still waiting, as long as the sight of a mouse, the cat will immediately and quickly flee in the past, sometimes just a mouse caught a tail, sometimes only catch mice, regardless of the outcome, there will still be waiting for the cat and mouse.

Sometimes the cat is really very boring, it will eat the wheat to attack the sparrow, saw the cat still like that stole the fish to go cautiously without any noise and small sparrow sparrow side, not the danger around it, then, all of a sudden forward toward a cat, a small sparrow is caught, in short, cat every time is 100% in the catch".

Ha ha, when capturing food, the cat is a "mysterious little Superman."".

Gulangyu — A fairyland in the world

Gulangyu is a small island of Xiamen. It’s like a garden on the water. Cars and buses are not allowed to drive there, which makes the island so quiet that music played on the piano and violin can be heard.

Here the sky and the sea clearly meet on the horizon. When standing at the top of the Sunshine Rock, you can see much of the landscape of Xiamen, and when standing at its foot, you can gaze at the beautiful garden that surrounds it.

Gulangyu produces bananas, coconuts, sugar cane and so on. The people here, warm, simple and hardworking, are making every effort to make the island more beautiful and they hope to welcome more visitors in the future.

Such is Gulangyu, a beautiful and inviting island, where a warm welcome awaits.

Early in the morning, I opened the calendar. At first, its the Dragon Boat Festival.

I put on my clothes and went into the kitchen. Ah! You can smell the flowers. I asked my mother curiously, "whats the Dragon Boat Festival coming from, Mommy?"

My mother smiled and said to me: "once upon a time there was a poet named Qu Yuan, he is very patriotic. One day, Qu Yuan heard that the state and defeated, then jumped the river. After that, people put the rice regiment into the river and let the fish and shrimp no longer eat the body of Qu Yuan. Since then people put rice into his love the taste of the regiment, with reed leaves wrapped and tied with a rope, such as dumplings. At the same time, people also have to play dragon boats. "

I asked again, "what do you want to do, mom, on the Dragon Boat Festival?"

And she said to me, "there is it in it! We want to eat sweet dumplings, Dragon Boat Race fun, drink realgar Yellow Wine, of course, the people also want to eat yellow".

I asked my mother: "what is the five yellow"?

Mother said: "five to eat five things. The first is the yellow fish, the second is the cucumber, the third is the salted duck egg yolk, the fourth is the yellow bean dumplings, and the fifth is the realgar bar.

Listen to mother like this, I have a lot of knowledge!

After completing my military service， I have been looking for a challenging goal for me to achieve. And I found that the Intermediate of General English Proficiency Test fits my new achievement properly.

I graduated from Taipei Commercial Junior College， majored in business administration. Instead of spending much time in playing， I devoted myself to my studies and paid attention to all meaningful things happened in daily life. By the way， I learned a lot from Mr. Wang， the professor of my business class. He is my good friend till now an often gives some appropriate suggestions toward my problem confusion.

My father is， in the same way， a good consultant to me. As he said: I am in poor education， little for you; to clarify， what he have given is far beyond his words， I do think so. I was born in a country of Ping Tung Country， farming is our career of generations. There are four people in my family， Mother is housewife and my brother is a student of an Agriculture College.

I am optimistic and active， and I am confident that I can pass the test. Thank you for your precious to read my autobiography.

I am. I was born in. I graduate from senior high school and major in English. I started learning English since I was 12 years old. My parents have a lot of American friends. That’s why I have no problem communicating with Americans or others by speaking English.

In my spare time, I like to do anything relating to English such as listening to English songs, watching English movies or TV programs, or even attending the activities held by some English clubs or institutes. I used to go abroad for a short- term English study. During that time, I learned a lot of daily life English and saw a lot of different things.

I think language is very interesting. I could express one substance by using different sounds. So I wish I could study and read more English literatures and enlarge my knowledge.

This is a beautiful park. In the afternoon , many children are playing . They are very happy.

I can see some trees. They are big and tall. I can see some flowers . They are very beautiful . There are many butterflies on the flower . I can see some birds in the sky . They are flying happily. Under the tree , two girls are playing hopscotch. Some boys are playing with a skipping rope. The other two little girls are drawing a picture.

I m playing with the toy cars in front of the tree.

It s a beautiful afternoon.

Halloween is known to be trick-or-treating. But do you know what kind of clothes children wear when they go to beg for sugar? If you think youre wearing your clothes to ask for sugar, youre mistaken.

Halloween costumes originated from pranks, and adults took their children out of the house (usually the adults were driving on the side of the road, and the child said, "trick or treat." The adults ask the child to only go to the door at the door to have the festive decorations and lights of the family, otherwise dont disturb. In addition, you must always stand at the gate and wait in front of the gate. You must not enter the house, but you must also give it to an adult to check the sugar. The people who receive the children also ask not to make their own food, or to the unpacked food.

Halloween costumes, millions of phases, not just the drab big ghost. Make the simplest ghost suit with a white sheet top on the head, pick two holes to leave the eyes; To play the magician, put on black pants and a black hat, and hide a fluffy rabbit between the top of the hat and the top of the head. The child put on white pants, and then tied a flashlight behind his back to dress up as a little angel; There are parents who dress up their children as their favorite cartoon characters.

There is a park near my home.There are a lot of beautiful trees,flowers and birds in the park.So many people go to the park to enjoy their weekends.They like walking or having a picnic in the park.But I like flying a kite with my sisiter there.

我家附近有一个公园。那里有很多美丽的树木，公园里的花儿和鸟儿。所以很多人去公园享受他们的周末。他们喜欢在公园里散步或是野餐。但我喜欢和我姐姐在那里放风筝。

It is indeed difficult to live without a mobile phone as it helps us in day

to day activities. I cannot live without a mobile phone. Todays generation uses

mobile phones for chatting, surfing and playing games. They dont use the mobile

phone for the real purpose. I admit that living wothout a mobile phone is

extremely difficult but I can live without addicting apps like Facebook, Twitter

etc. The iPhone is a gadget that is encouraging to use social apps and addicting

games. These gadgets though facilitate our work but are making us their slaves.

For example, if a persons iPhone is not working properly, he will be filled

with anger. As new technology is creating new gadgets, so are people raising new

demands. They also hamper academics. Buy a mobile phone but use it for something

productive.

The dog is like a "copycat". As soon as I come back, it will "bark" ran over, lifted up front, back up and ran over, trailing behind me. Only bones and frisbee can attract its attention. But you cant carry frisbee and bones every day! For example, once I went to the interest class, and this sticky dog followed me into the classroom of interest class. The whole class laughed loudly, and I couldnt help it.

It is reported that ten big cities in China are being  among the top twenty cities with the highest pollution index in the world. This means it is high time we did something to bring the situation under control.

Many factors are  to the deteriorating situation: industrial wastes pumped into the air, the lakes and rivers; a increasing number of automobiles crowding into the streets; the  use of plastic bags etc.

To my view, stiffer laws and regulations must be implemented to check pollution. Industries that release wastes without  should be heavily fined. Cars should be equipped to minimize the exhaust they release into the air. And the use of plastic bags and disposable meal boxes should be banned. What’s more, the media should play an important role in implanting a sense

of consciousness into people’s mind.

If everybody works toward a common goal of making the environment better, we can create a cleaner and lovelier world for us and for the coming generation.

A folk culture is a small isolated， cohesive， conservative， nearly self-sufficient group that is homogeneous in custom and race with a strong family or clan structure and highly developed rituals. Order is maintained through sanctions based in the religion or family and interpersonal. Relationships are strong. Tradition is paramount， and change comes infrequently and slowly. There is relatively little division of labor into specialized duties. Rather， each person is expected to perform a great variety of tasks， though duties may differ between the sexes. Most goods are handmade and subsistence economy prevails. Individualism is weakly developed in folk cultures as are social classes. Unaltered folk cultures no longer exist in industrialized countries such as the United States and Canada. Perhaps the nearest modern equivalent in Anglo America is the Amish， a German American farming sect that largely renounces the products and labor saving devices of the industrial age. In Amish areas， horse drawn buggies still serve as a local transportation device and the faithful are not permitted to own automobiles. The Amish＇s central religious concept of Demut "humility"， clearly reflects the weakness of individualism and social class so typical of folk cultures and there is a corresponding strength of Amish group identity. Rarely do the Amish marry outside their sect. The religion， a variety of the Mennonite faith， provides the principal mechanism for maintaining order.

By contrast a popular culture is a large heterogeneous group often highly individualistic and a pronounced many specialized professions. Secular institutions of control such as the police and army take the place of religion and family in maintaining order， and a money-based economy prevails. Because of these contrasts， "popular" may be viewed as clearly different from "folk". The popular is replacing the folk in industrialized countries and in many developing nations. Folk-made objects give way to their popular equivalent， usually because the popular item is more quickly or cheaply produced， is easier or time saving to use or leads more prestige to the owner.

My father was born in 1962, in He Bei. He began working at the age of 22. He is good at English,Math,Music and PE, but he doesnt do well in science. He likes sports very much. Volleyball is his favorite. He is an English teacher now.

My father is outgoing and humorous that his students all like him very much. He is kind but strict.

I love my father.

Christmas Day falls on the twenty-fifth of December.It is a very happy day

for many boys and girls .Before the term ends in some schools ,the children act

a nativity or “birth” play,showing how Jesus was born in a stable.

On the twenty-fourth of December,all children are very excited.Usually they

are sent to bed early so that their parents can get the presents ready.The

younger children think that Father Christmas will come down the chimney or

fireplace ,so they hang up a sock for him to put presents in.The greedy ones

even hang up a pillow-case or a sack to try to get more presents.Later that

night,Father or Mother will put presents in the sock,and leave others at the

side of the bed.

On Christmas morning,the children wake up very early.Some even turn on the

light at two oclock,and most of them are awake by six oclock although it is

not light in England for another hour or two at this time of the year.Children

look for their presents,and the young ones play while the dinner is prepared.At

about one oclock in the afternoon,the Christmas dinner is brought in.The turkey

or chicken is quickly eaten.Children search in their Christmas pudding for new

coins which are hidden in it.The rest of the day is full of games and eating

until the happiest of all Christmas hollidays comes to an end.

dear wang yan,

i enjoyed your hospitality during my three-day stay in tianjin.your new house is very beautiful,and your cooking is out of the world .your sister,wangdan,is very kind-hearted.not only did she help us wash clothes,but also helped make the bed.

the trip was great getting together with you two once again.dont forget the invitation to pop in on me the next time youre in beijing.

thanks again..and say hello to your sister.

all my best,

li ming