Happy New Years!

　　Today is March 17^th．About two and a half months ago, I said“Happy New Year!”to many of my friends．About fifty days ago, I said the same thing to some other friends．In about four days, I’ll say the same wishes to yet another group of friends．I’ll do the same thing in July and also in September．“How can that be?”you might ask(if you ‘re from Western Europe or the Americas)．“Everyone knows that New Year’s Day is in Januare!”

　　In fact, the date of New Year’s Day depends on the calendar(日历)－and I have friends who use one or more of five different calendars to keep track of at least part of their lives：

　　●January 1^st：New Year’s Day on the Western/international calendar

　　●In January or February(in 2006, January 29 th)：New Year’s Day on the Chinese calendar(China, Korea, and a few other places)

　　●March 21^st：New Year’s Day on the traditional Persian(波斯)calendar

　　●Mid-July(usually the 16 th)：New Year’s Day on the Isamic(穆斯林)calendar

　　●September：New Year’s Day on most Eastern Orthodox Church(东正教)calendars(Central and Eastern Europe)and, usually, on the Jewish calendar

　　And these are just the New Year’s Days that I know about!As a matter of fact, there are probably even more!

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　　The Spring Festival is China's biggest traditional(传统的)　holiday．It usually comes in January or February．It is also called“New Year”because it makes the beginning of a lunar(农历)　New Year and the coming of spring．It is celebrated by a big family-reunion dinner．People are very excited and happy．Many people travel hundreds of kilometres to get home for the holiday．And railway stations，bus stations and airports are filled with people hurrying home．Shops and supermarkets are crowded with holiday shoppers．Children are especially happy．They are having their winter vacation；they have many delicious things to eat；they wear new clothes；they fire crackers(爆竹)　and fireworks(烟花)．Besides they get some pocket money from their parents as gifts．

　　The Chinese living in foreign countries also celebrate this big holiday with lion dances，dragon(龙)　dances and other colourful performances．Today even many foreigners have come to like our Spring Festival．

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　　In the 21 th century, advertising has become very popular．Why is it so popular?Because it has been proved that repeated advertising can increase product sales and make the price of products lower．

　　Advertisements can be made in many ways．People in the U.S.A．and Europe use them to advertise all kinds of products, services and other things as well．People use large boards, sign inside or outside shops and cinemas, printed mails or gifts to make advertisements．Besides, balloons and aeroplanes are also used．

　　An advertisement, however, should be properly designed to avoid waste．How is an advertisement made?An advertising firm(公司)selects a company to design and make the advertisement by studying the information about customers and products．The designers put forward their different plans with pictures or photos．When the advertisement is ready, it is tested in a place to see whether it can make the product popular with customers or not．If it does, it will be used all over the country．Otherwise it should be designed again until it is accepted by customers and market．

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　　A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day．You may not pass an exam if you don’t work hard for most time and then work a few days bofore the exam．

　　If you are taking an English exam, don’t only learn the rules of grammer．Try to read stories in English and speak English whenever you can．

　　Before you start the exam, read carefully over the question paper．Try to understand the exact(确切的)meaning of each question bofore you pick up your pen to write．When you have at last finished your exam, read over your answers．Correct the mistakes if there are many and make sure that you have not missed anying out．

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