Last summer holiday, some students from China spent an unforgettable holiday in different countries. Here is what they said about their1
Liu Na, a middle school student, spent her holiday in Thailand. She worked as an elephant helper. She2two weeks in the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai. She said the founder（创始人）of the park had saved 28 elephants3the last ten years. The elephants are now able to live4in the Nature Park. Some foreign students like me come to feed them, take them for a bath in the river and play with them. With our5,the elephants don't do hard work every day. We're so proud of that.
Wang Jiao,6college student from China, stayed in America for a year. “I taught Chinese in a Confucius Institute(孔子学院) in New York. Nowadays, people all over the world are becoming more and more7in Chinese language and Chinese culture. So are the Americans.8a Chinese, I am happy to tell students what I know about China and Chinese culture. We made dumplings,9songs of Zhou Jielun and did Taiji together. That was a great experience both for me and for my10students.
Zhang Liang, a postgraduate(研究生) studying in a famous Medical University,11in Africa for several months. When he first got there, he was12to see many people die just because they had no money to see a doctor. Then he13to help them out. “When you see children with happy and healthy14, you will forget your problems!”
If you want to have a meaningful life in other15, if you want to help the rest of the world, why not give yourself a chance and have a try?
Polly's parents planned to go to the Green Tree Farm to have a party for Polly's 11th birthday. Polly invited her 1 friends to the party. All of them accepted the 2 happily.
On Polly's birthday, her family and her friends arrived at a house on the farm at about 9:30 a. m. Each friend brought Polly a gift Polly 3 them and put the four gift boxes on a table. Then the children went out of the house and 4 on the farm. There were many animals, such as horses and 5 . When the children found one hen laying an egg(下蛋), they felt quite surprised 6 they had never seen that in the city.
The children also saw a lot of vegetables. And with the help of a farmer, they 7 picked and tasted some fresh fruit. Later they went back to the house.
The party started at 11:30 a m Polly's father lit(点燃) the candles 8 the cake Polly made a wish 9 when her friends were singing the birthday song. Then she blew out the candles. After everyone at e a piece of cake, Polly opened the 10 on the table. She said she liked all of the gifts.
After the party, Polly's mother asked Polly, "Would you like to try 11 a horse here?"Polly wanted to do 12 special on her birthday, so she said yes. The owner(主人) of the horses helped Polly 13 on a young horse's back. Then the horse walked slowly "How 14 !"Polly said. After that, Polly 15 horse riding. She wanted to take riding lessons and be a good rider.
I believe listening is powerful(强效)medicine. It was Sunday. I had the last 1 to see and I got into her room. She was an old woman, sitting on the bed, trying to 2 her socks. Usually I said something like this, "How are you feeling? The nurse says your son is visiting you today. I believe you are 3 seeing him.
She stopped me with a serious voice, "Sit down, Doctor. This is my story, not yours."
I was surprised and embarrassed. I sat down and helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived not far from her, 4 she had not seen him for five years She believed her health problems were worse because of 5 her son. After hearing her story and helping her put on her socks, I asked if there was 6 I could do for her. She 7 her head and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to listen.
Each story is different. Some are clear, others are not. Some are true, others are not, yet all those things do not really matter. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard.
Listening to someone's story costs nothing but it is the key to healing(康复). I often 8 what the woman taught me and I remind myself of the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. I believe in the power of listening.
Xuexiang is a snow village in Heilongjiang. It is a dreamlike place in1 . The snow there starts falling in October and lasts for half a year. Its high mountains, traditional wooden houses, villages, trees and the sunrise are all greatly2 from other snowy places. It looks like a fairy tale world3 that time. The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival is so famous that thousands of people go there. Tourists can4 family hotels to have an overnight stay at their Kangtou. It is a bed5 warmed by fire in Northern China.
