It can be very hot in summer in southern Taiwan Province, where the temperature is usually as high as 32 degrees Celsius or higher. Because of the hot weather, it is a painful experience to go to school or do anything without air conditioning. For this reason, I stayed at home most of the time during the summer vacation, only occasionally going to the beach to throw myself into cool water to keep my body less sticky. In fact, I like swimming and think nothing is more refreshing than swimming. In the summer vacation that just ended, my classmates and I went swimming many times, and we all had a good time. However, this summer vacation was not entirely used for fun. As a senior two student, I must prepare for the college entrance examination one year later. In other words, I must also find time to study. Therefore, during the summer vacation, I divided my time into two parts: work and entertainment, and benefited a lot from this arrangement.
I spent this summer vacation in a completely different way. In the previous summer vacation, I ran around every day, but this summer vacation, I can't do this anymore. I am about to enter the last year of high school education, and I will face the college entrance examination after graduation. Although there is still one year before the exam, I must start reviewing what I learned at school early to prepare myself. This summer vacation is the best time for me. At first, I felt quite depressed when I thought about it, but later I thought it was better, because through hard work this summer, I can count on the arrival of an endless happy summer. With this in mind, I began to work hard, only occasionally going out for a change or doing sports. I'm not tired of this life at all, because I have a hope to support it.
Travel notes in the countryside-a trip to the countryside
I went to the countryside for my summer vacation this year. I like the green plants, clear rivers and lovely animals there. I breathe fresh air in the mountains. Sometimes I go swimming in the river. I keep a diary every day.
I don't like the scenery in the countryside, nor do I like the people there. I help them with farm work. I also help my neighbor's children with their homework. Children are interested in English. They are good at reading and writing, but not good at listening and speaking. I help them improve their listening and speaking. Their parents speak highly of me. I realize that knowledge is badly needed in the countryside.
I went to the countryside this summer vacation. I like the green plants, clear rivers and lovely animals there. I breathe fresh air in the mountains and sometimes swim in the river. I keep a diary every day.
I like not only the scenery there, but also the people there. I help them with farm work and help the children next door review their lessons. Children are very interested in English. They are good at reading and writing, but they can't listen and speak well. I helped them improve their listening and speaking skills, and their parents spoke highly of me. I realized that the countryside really needs knowledge.
There are many different kinds of animals in the zoo. They don't have to find food by themselves. We can see city zoo giving them food to eat. They just eat, walk and sleep all day, so many of us may think that the animals there are happy and lucky. But most of them are sad. Why? Because they are not free!
Some animals like elephants, monkeys and tigers usually live freely and happily in forests or mountains. For example, tigers run, jump, play with their children and catch small animals for food. But now they live in a small room in the zoo. Life in the zoo is different from life in the forest.
Now many of us think that animals should go back to forests or mountains. This is good for animals.
Everyone has their own favorite sports. Me too. Play basketball in my favorite way. I usually play basketball on the playground. Sometimes I also play basketball in the park. I like playing basketball with my brother Brian and our cousin. We feel tired, but excited. Playing basketball can make us strong and healthy. I hope I can be very good at it.
Playing basketball looks cool on TV. I am a basketball fan. I like those basketball stars very much. My favorite sports star is Yao Ming. Yao Ming is now a basketball player in the NBA. He is famous in the United States, but he has never forgotten his country and his teacher in China.
Balzac is a famous French writer. He is good at studying calligraphy. He said to his friends, "I can tell a person's character from his handwriting."
One day, a woman brought him a boy's handwriting. She said she wanted to know the boy's character.
Balzac studied the handwriting carefully for a few minutes. He told her that the boy was a careless and lazy boy. His parents must pay more attention to him, otherwise he will bring a lot of trouble to his family when he grows up.
The woman said, "This is your handwriting when you were a child.