As a volunteer teacher, I traveled a long way to a village school in Longzhou, Guangxi. On my way there, I1 the school and the children there. "It must be new and big, flowers are everywhere," I said to myself.2 I got so upset when I arrived there. It didn't look like a school at all! How small! And there were only 3 rooms! One was for Grades 1, 2 and 3, one was for Grades 4, 5 and 6, the third one was for me.
The only comfort(安慰) was that the children welcomed me 4 on my first day. They asked me a lot of questions, and I told them stories about myself and my life in Shanghai. The next day, I gave them a test(测试). Tomy 5 , though the test was very 6 , over half of the students failed(不及格). But they all wanted to learn new things. I knew they 7 me.
Now I'm busy preparing lessons for them every night. I can see that they are doing better and better 8 my help. I learn a lot from them, too. I understand 9 lives better now, and we are good friends. I'm very happy, and the experience is 10 very useful for me. I love the small school and the children.
All my classmates talked about the winter camp. And they were looking forward to it. They were sure they would enjoy (them). But I wasn't (interest) in it.
On arriving at the camp, the teacher started to teach us how to ski. I fell down many times. Sometimes I (lie) on the ground and cried because my k hurt badly.
"Ha!Ha!" Somebody behind me started laughing. I looked back to see who was laughing a me————I saw a girl. She was in the same embarrassing(令人尴尬的) s. "Ha! I thought I'd be bad at this, but it seems more difficult than Iexpected!" she said. Hearing that, I started laughing, too.
The next day, . I didn't want to go sking again, I still chose to do it, I knew no one could help me with my (difficult). I had to help myself.
Three days later I could ski w. Every time I skied downhill, I felt I was flying and I had a feeing of s.
Do you like to drink water? 1 with people in most other countries, Chinese people especially like to drink warm water. Do you know why?
In the old days, people drank water from the 2 . The bacteria(细菌) in it could make them 3 . Ancient people around the world used different 4 to kill the bacteria in the water. For the Chinese, they thought drinking boiled water was the easiest way to protect 5 from the harmful bacteria.
What's more, in traditional Chinese 6 , "yin" and "yang" mean cold and hot energy. It was believed that the power of your body 7 "yang". And drinking hot water could nourish(滋养) the "yang" energy. That's 8 traditional Chinese doctors always suggest people should not drink cold water.
Besides this, before people in northern China had central heating(中央供暖), it was hard for them to 9 the cold in winter. Drinking hot water helped them keep warm. Another reason is that since the early 20th century, the Chinese government has 10 people to drink more warm water. It has also helped the Chinese to form this special habit.
Liu Hong is the director of the Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Administration in Ganzi, Sichuan Province. He 1 more than 180 videos about the natural beauty and culture of Ganzi online since
2021.
In the videos, Liu Hong dressed up like an ancient hero 2 wandered(漫步) around beautiful mountains and lakes. The videos got 3 likes.
"I want to do something for my hometown. 4 my videos can help improve the tourism of Ganzi, I don't mind being an online celebrity(网红)," said Liu.
Ganzi is in the western part of Sichuan. It is famous 5 its snowy mountains, grasslands, forests, and lakes. After 6 Liu's videos, many people said they would like to take a trip to Ganzi.
In fact, Liu is not the first public official(公职人员) 7 so in China. Many public officials are making use of the Internet to invite more people to travel to 8 cities. These places are becoming much 9 , thanks to their hard work. And as 10 result, the locals' lives are improving.
If you're traveling to the United States，you need to understand the common way to say hello－a handshake. Friends shake hands. Women，men and even children can shake hands.
Shaking hands also seems simple，but there are some important things to remember. When you shake hands，you must look into the other person's eyes the whole time you're shaking hands.
Shake hands strongly. If you give a weak handshake，the other person might think that you're not kind. He / She might also feel that you don't like him / her or you don't want to touch him / her. Shake hands with men and women the same way. If you shake hands with a very old person or a small child，be careful not to hurt them.
Some people don't know how long to keep shaking. The most common handshake should have three shakes and then you should let go. Don't worry if Americans shake hands a little longer.
Your handshake is like your smile. It's special to you. You need to find a comfortable strong handshake that shows what you are like. Because the handshake allows people to touch，the hand should be warm，clean and dry.
Warm：Put your hands into your pockets before you shake hands. This will warm them.
Clean：If you know you're going to meet someone，wash your hands so they'll be clean.
Dry：Everyone gets nervous and your hands may get wet. It isn't a good feeling for the other person. Again，put your hands into your pockets. This will dry them.
