Here are four traditional festivals in Spain.
Saint John's Eve
Saint John's Eve is a midsummer celebration being celebrated at the eve of the Feast Day of Saint John the Baptist. According to a legend, Saint John was born six months before Jesus, so the day of Saint John the Baptist was set to be celebrated six months before Christmas. Nowadays, for most people Saint John's Eve just marks the start of summer.
Festival of Saint Fermin
The festival is held annually in Pamplona, Spain, beginning at noon on July 6 and ending at midnight on July 14, honoring the city's first bishop and patron saint, Saint Fermin. The festival involves traditions such as running, bullfighting and fireworks.
Fallas in Valencia
This festival involves statues that have been constructed all year round being placed all around Valencia. That is not all. All of the statues at the end of the festival are just burned right in front of everyone's eyes. It is an annual celebration held in March. During the week of Fallas you will hear a lot of fire crackers exploding and beautiful ladies and girls called falleras being dressed in traditional Spanish dresses.
La Tomatina in Bunol
Have you ever wanted to throw something at someone's face? Well, La Tomatina festival will let you take out all your frustrations! This crazy tradition started more than 70 years ago and is celebrated every last Wednesday of August in Bunol. In this festival 20,000 people throw tomatoes at each other. For what? You might ask. Just for fun!
Elvis Cortés Hernández grabs his lunch and sits down with his friends. We're at the General Lázaro Cárdenas school in Ajalpan, deep in the heart of Mexico's Puebla province. And the ten-year-old is chatting about the school's vegetable garden, one element of its progressive food policy. "I like to eat in the school dining room," he says.
The pupils' involvement in the initiative goes much further than just sitting down to eat lunch together each day: all 96 students, with occasional help from their parents, also have a hand in growing the food themselves in the school's very own garden. Raised plant beds were put in place after a study by local NGO, SURCOS, discovered high levels of malnutrition in the Náhuatl community in the town of Ajalpan. Eighty-seven percent of youth were found to be suffering from health issues caused by poor diet, itself a product of the economic hardships suffered by the families of the school kids.
The garden, which is currently producing 13 different types of vegetables and is also home to a henhouse, has been responsible for more than just an improvement in the students' health. Since the school decided to take an active role in what its children ate, their grades have also gone up. "We are discovering that students' poor marks are definitely caused by unhealthy eating," says the School's Director, José Cirilo Cruz Peralta. "It was a good moment to try and link these two things and make something positive out of it."
Two members of the school staff, Juan Arturo Córdoba and Matilde Cruz, explain that they also use the garden to aid lessons in multiplication and division as the pupils use rulers to measure out perimeters (周长) and areas for the seed beds. Basic biology lessons are supplied by the hens, who also provide between 15 and 18 eggs each day for the dining room.
The school gives breakfast and lunch to its students every weekday, and the children's enthusiasm (热情) within their educational place has spread to their home life. Some parents are following the school's example and creating their own garden plots at home.
For many, Labor Day weekend signals the end of summer and an opportunity to host a socially-distanced barbecue (an outdoor meal). But this national holiday—celebrated every year in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September—has revolutionary (革命性的) origins.
By the late 19th century, the Industrial Revolution had made working life miserable for people around the world. In many places, workers toiled for at least 12 hours a day six days a week in mines, factories, railroads, and mills. This holiday actually originated in the US on May 1, 1866, in what came to be known as the Haymarket Riot, workers flooded Chicago streets to demand an eight-hour workday.
It would take another conflict in the American Midwest to make Labor Day a national holiday. On May 11, 1894, workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company, a railroad car manufacturer near Chicago, went on strike to protest their low wages and 16-hour workdays. In August 1893, James Kyle introduced federal legislation (立法) to make Labor Day a public holiday, but for ten months the legislation was put on hold. To quiet the strikers and their supporters, the Senate quickly passed the bill on June 22. The bill passed the House four days later and President Grover Cleveland signed it into law on June 28, 1894.
The holiday is more information May Day labor celebrations. Many observers relax at home or head to outdoor recreational activities, such as boating, barbecues, and camping. It may also be marked with fireworks shows and other events. Labor Day has also become associated with retail sales, as many shop owners try to take advantage of the customers' day off. It is one of the largest sales events of the year. meaning retail employees actually have to work more on this day. Parades are the most common model of celebration, which often feature processions of labor groups.
Traffic jam is a problem for cities around the world, with some looking to electric scooters (踏板车) to ease the problem, and others to Al-enabled traffic lights. But one company believes the solution is to build a network of driverless high-speed pods (吊舱) that ride around cities suspended (悬挂) from a steel track.
In June, Belarus-based uSky Transport opened a 400-meter test line in Sharjah (沙加). From the outside, the electrically powered pods are white while the inside is designed to feel like a first-class airline suite, including mood lighting, music and floor-to-ceiling windows. With two padded armchairs and two foldable seats, the vehicle being tested can carry up to four passengers. A complete city-wide network could support 10,000 passengers per hour, uSky says, with vehicles at present able to travel up to 150 kilometers per hour.
The company says its aim is to free up roads and ground spaces that could be used for greenery, walkways and public leisure spaces, "The ground space is completely over-saturated, and people are tired of traffic jams. People are tired of emissions," says Oleg Zaretskiy, uSky Transport's CEO.
According to uSky, while one kilometer of subway can cost up to $150 million to construct, this system costs around $10 million. And by using less structural materials, it reduces carbon emissions. The company has also developed a similar technology to transport goods containers, carrying up to 48 tons at a top speed of 90 kilometers per hour.
Although she cautions that it would require careful planning to avoid traffic jam in a busy city-wide network, Haag believes it could still be a widely adopted solution if the promises of improved mobility and sustainability (持续性) are kept.
Zaretskiy says uSky is also looking beyond Sharjah. "We can see that the most promising areas for us are in the Middle East and Asia—places where there is natural growth of population, such as India and Pakistan," he says. Haag adds that pods are more suited to countries where public transportation is under-developed and there is increasing demand for mobility solutions. The company hopes to finalize its first commercial contract (商业合同) by the end of the year in Sharjah, Zaretskiy adds, meaning uSky pods could be running properly by 2024.
Travel of any kind can be expensive. Experienced RV (房车) travellers already know that there are savings to be found in travelling in an RV. There are ways to make these travels more budget-friendly (省钱的).
Research on the internet. Start by spending some time researching RV sites and campgrounds. You can search for sites by state and region (地区). In addition, you can learn about the choices and facilities. You can save some by determining how much you will spend ahead of time.
Cook your own food. Another great choice you have while RV travelling is having your kitchen. Of course you can still enjoy eating out at local restaurants, but you can be much more budget-friendly. Not only do you save money by cooking by yourself, you can also take the opportunity to enjoy the local food on a farmers' market.
Many activities that allow you to explore your destination are also free. Research some great places to hike. Many other activities sometimes do have a minimal fee. Museums will often have days with no entrance fees.
A. Find low-cost or free activities.
B. Kitchen is always useful for your skills.
C. You can even read helpful guest reviews.
D. Make finding activities a family challenge.
E. However, traveling in an RV is still an expensive choice.
F. There you can enjoy all of the destinations you are eager to visit.
G. One of the biggest expenses while travelling is that of every meal.
I was driving to a business appointment when I came to a very busy crossroad. The traffic light had just turned red. Suddenly, an unforgettable 1 caught my eyes. A young couple, both blind, were 2 across-in-arm across this busy crossroad with cars racing by in every direction. Each of them had a walking stick extended, searching for clues to 3 them.
At first I was moved. They were trying to 4 what I felt was one of the most scary disabilities—blindness. It must be terrible to be 5. My thought was quickly interrupted by 6 when I saw that the couple were directly walking toward the middle of the crossroad. Without 7 the danger they were in, they were walking right into the path of oncoming cars. I was 8 because I didn't know if the other drivers understood what was happening.
To my astonishment, I saw a(n) 9 scene unfold before my eyes. Every car in every direction came to a(n) 10. No sharp sound of brakes or noisy horn were heard, nor did anyone 11, "Get out of the way!" Everything 12. At that moment, time seemed to stand still for this couple.
Amazed, I 13 the cars around me. I noticed that everyone's attention was fixed on the couple. 14, the driver to my right yelled, "To your right! To your right!" Other people 15 in union, shouting, "To your right!"
The couple adjusted their own 16 and they made it to the other side of the road. As they arrived at the roadside, one thing 17 me—they were 18 arm-in-arm. I was surprised by the 19 expressions on their faces and judged that they had no idea what was really 20 around them.
As I drove away, I did so with more awareness of life and care for others than ever before.
One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about being late for school. There were many people waiting at bus stop, and some of them looked very anxious and (concern). When the bus finally came, we all hurried on board. I got a place next the window, so I had a good view of the sidewalk. Suddenly a boy on a bike (catch) my attention. He was riding beside the bus. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused (stop). Still, the boy kept riding. He was carrying something over his shoulder and kept (shout). Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up to the door of the bus. I heard an excited conversation. Then the driver stood up and asked, " anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop?" A woman on the bus shouted, "Oh, dear! That's (I)." She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully. the boy had done set everyone on the bus talking, and the crowd of strangers (sudden) became friendly to one another.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Once I was praised because I did something meaningful on my pocket money. One day, I happened to knowing some students in a far away school were hungry for knowledges because they didn't have enough books. I decide to offer my help. With all the pocket money I saved it, I bought some books online, and gave them away to the school. My parents was very happy and praised me great when they heard about it. They said I did good thing. I believe that every little bit makes a different. I will continue to help those which are in trouble.
