China Youth Daily: I heard that you have visited many places in Switzerland. How is the traffic there?
Liu Yu: The transportation in Switzerland is very convenient. Public transport infrastructure covers the whole country, with railways as the main line. Postal vehicles, boats, cars, trams and cable cars are all common means of transportation. Switzerland has the densest railway network in the world, and the Swiss are the most frequent users of trains in the world.
I suggest that people who travel to Switzerland must feel the convenience brought by Swiss public transportation. There are many preferential measures for public transportation here, such as introducing various cards, such as annual card, season card, monthly card, half-price card, sub-card, night card, senior citizen card, daily card, after nine o'clock card, car upgrade card and card with bicycle or dog.
I do this because I often go out to play? Half price card? And then what? Night card? . With a half-price card, you can buy tickets at half price by public transport. With the night card, you can take any kind of public transport for free between 7 pm and 65438+ 0 am, and you can save a lot of money when you go out to play. For example, if you go to Lausanne, you don't need a discount card, and you need at least 40 Swiss francs (about 274 yuan) for a round trip. With a half-price card and a night card, I only need 10 Swiss francs (about RMB 68 yuan).
China Youth Daily: Please introduce the Swiss trains.
Liu Yu: Switzerland is located in the Alps. There are small trains in every town, and there are direct trains between big cities in Astrotrain. It's also very convenient for the small train to transfer to Astrotrain, because the Swiss trains are all on time, and the occasional deviation is within 5 minutes. The platform is usually small, just like our bus stop. The internal environment of the train is very good and the sound insulation effect is very good. Sitting inside, you can hardly hear the sound outside.
Swiss mail car is a unique landscape in Switzerland. Although the appearance of this car is very modern, it still retains the traditional functions of the old European coach. In many small villages where there are no trains, mail cars shuttle back and forth, transporting not only mail and parcels, but also passengers. It is said that the drivers of the mail trucks there are all hereditary, that is, grandpa, father and son all drive mail trucks. They run the same route and pass through the same small village almost every day.
The mail car has a special power on the mountain road: it can direct traffic. The mail car is yellow, and there is a horn on the car body, which is not only a sign of the mail car, but also a road sign. The roads in the Alps are rugged and dangerous. Sometimes the distance of one kilometer has to go around more than a dozen bends, and the mail car is very big. So other vehicles need to listen to the mail driver when they see this road sign.
China Youth Daily: Apart from traffic, what impressed you more?
Liu Yu: I was also deeply impressed by the advanced nature and scientific management of Swiss supermarkets. In all supermarkets in Switzerland, regardless of size, shopping carts are completely managed by customers themselves. The cars are neatly arranged. If you want to push them out, you must prepare two one-dollar coins. There is a small lock between the carriages. Put the coin in the lock hole, the lock will open automatically, and you can shop freely. Lock the lock when you return the car, and the coin will automatically withdraw. This will make people obey the rules more consciously, and there will be no more shopping carts lying around outside the supermarket.
In addition, Swiss people like to keep pets. There are many people walking their dogs in the street, and people can also take their dogs on public transport, including airplanes. When I go shopping, I often see people passing by the trash can, and they will consciously take out a plastic bag, wrap the dog feces in the bag, seal it and throw it into the trash can. It is said that Switzerland set up free garbage bins in every street more than 20 years ago to protect the environment? Dog dung bag? .
Swiss animal protection law stipulates that dogs must receive 20 hours of dog training courses, including theoretical and practical courses. You will be fined if you are found to have a dog without training.
Switzerland has many laws and regulations to prevent cruelty to animals. Once, a friend of mine went shopping and locked the dog in the car. The dog kept barking and was reported to the police by passers-by As a result, he was fined 700 Swiss francs (about 479 1 yuan) for cruelty to animals.
China Youth Daily: What about Swiss education?
Liu Yu: In Switzerland, many young people choose to go to vocational schools. Switzerland implements nine-year free and compulsory education. After compulsory education, less than 30% students continue to study in high schools and universities, and the remaining 70% students choose to enter various vocational and technical schools, such as computers, precision instruments, nursing, hotels and other schools.
Vocational education in Switzerland is very developed, and vocational schools provide comprehensive and practical education. If your goal is to be a farmer, you can choose an agricultural vocational school, where you can learn all the agricultural techniques. Most Swiss people think that they just need a useful means of making a living. Swiss people take things very seriously, and they think that as long as they choose this line, they will be the best. I think the industrial development in Switzerland is closely related to the Swiss spirit of Excellence and developed vocational education. For example, Switzerland is called? Watch kingdom? Are they really? Watch? To the extreme.