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My birthday was a few days ago．Now I’m 24 years old and I’m 　　1　　 with teaching．I didn't remember my birthday until the morning of the 20^th．It was just 　　2　　 an ordinary day, no presents, no party, no cake…and I 　　3　　 it that way．When I was younger, I always felt sad that almost 　　4　　 remembered my birthday, not even my family．But now I don't 　　5　　 any more, especially this year, from 23 to 24, not much 　　6　　．I'm just not a birthday or holiday person．This month I have several foreign students 　　7　　 Chinese with me．I give lessons privately(个别地), so I 　　8　　 to do quite a lot of work before each lesson．So far I'm getting more 　　9　　 in teaching foreigners Chinese, and I think it's a very cool job．When I was at 　　10　　, I wanted to follow these native(本国的)English speakers．They can 　　11　　 to foreign countries and get teaching jobs easily almost anywhere even 　　12　　 they're not real teachers．I complained Chinese didn't have as many 　　13　　 as people from the West．But now things are 　　14　　．As China is becoming stronger, Chinese is becoming more and more 　　15　　, and maybe in the future I can get teaching jobs in foreign countries．I’ll study more and get ready．

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　　No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22, 1998．It was started to protect the environment．By now, more than 1,000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day．

　　The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001．Other cities, including Taipai, Shanghai and Wuhan, also support the day．

　　In Beijing, more and more people are joining the campaign．It asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work．It also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5(World Environment Day)．The slogan for the day is, “If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day．”

　　So far, more than 200,000 drivers have shown their support．“We can't control the weather, but we can choose not to drive,” said Wu Zonghua, a car club chairman．Beijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this year．In the first quarter of 2012, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days．This was 11 days less than the number for the same period the year before．Much of the dust comes from the desert, but cars cause most of the air pollution．We must do more for No Car Day．

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　　Get ready, China．The world is coming!Every day lots of foreigners come here as business people or tourists．And even more people will come in 2008 for the Beijing Olympics．When they come to China, we should do something to help them enjoy themselves and like China and the Chinese people．But there are some things they may not like：

　　*　Traffic problems　Cars park on sidewalks．Bus drivers drive so fast that they make people who are trying to cross the street afraid．

　　*　Queue jumping　At the post office, or even at McDonald's, people push to the front of a line instead of waiting．

　　*　Bumping　Too many people are crowded onto buses and trains．This makes people feel terrible, and it is not safe, either．On a bus in North America, people try to make themselves smaller and they'll say“Excuse me”or“Sorry”if they knock into someone．In China, people make themselves bigger with no“Sorry”or“Excuse me”．

　　*　Littering　I notice this everywhere．Some people throw rubbish onto the ground even when there is a rubbish bin right next to them．

　　Most Chinese people are just as unhappy with these kinds of things as I am．And, certainly, the government has known the problems and is trying to do something about them．

　　China is on her way!

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　　Many children love to play with snow in winter．But Long Chuan has come to hate it．

　　This year his hometown suffered from snowstorms(遭受暴风雪)for nearly a month．The heavy snow stopped cars and trains, broke the electricity(电)tower and turned tap water to ice．

　　Every day Long Chuan had to walk several kilometers to carry drinking water．“I couldn’t ride a bike and it took me 3 hours to walk to school．I can’t remember how many times I slipped(滑倒)on the hard ice,”said Long Chuan．

　　Long is not alone．This year millions of people in central and southern China had a freezing winter without enough water and electricity．The biggest snowstorms in 50 years killed more than 100 people．They also cost the country 111.1 billion yuan．

　　Experts(专家)say a special type of climate condition(气候条件), La Nina, caused the storms．During a La Nina, the water in the Pacific Ocean(太平洋)near the equator(赤道)becomes colder than usual．It changes the weather around the world．

　　Besides China, Canada, the US and Middle Eastern countries also met with heavy snowstorms this winter．The special climate caused the recent flooding(洪水)in Australia, too．

　　However, experts say that people have destroyed the environment(环境)．Global warming(全球变暖)may be causing these terrible weather events to happen more and more often．

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