I was getting ready to head to my daughter's college to bring her home for New Year. The 1 was falling heavily and the land was silvered. I knew it wasn't going to be an easy drive.
Usually a three-hour round2, but I knew it was going to be a lot 3 today as I slowed my car to 4 the slippery roads. Once I was on the road, though, condition only worsened. I 5 slowed down but four-wheel trucks sped past me 6 huge showers of slush (融雪) onto my windshield. During the last twenty miles I suddenly found myself behind a very 7 winter driver. Instead of driving slow and adjusting, when he hit a slippery spot he braked hard and turned sharply all over the road. I had to 8 hard myself to keep from hitting him but unfortunately slid into a ditch (沟).
I tried pulling out again and again but could only hear9 tires. I was half-way out in the road and a truck sped by me, missing the car by inches. I looked about the car 10 and miraculously the car started to 11, even if it was almost being pushed out of the ditch. From the driving mirror I spotted a 12 , covered with snow, pushing my car as hard as possible. When I stuck out my hand to greet him with gratitude, he 13 signed me good luck, getting on his car.
Just as a famous writer Henry14 it, "He who walks in love may wander far. " Wherever you go then and however 15 your journeys may be, always remember that you are watched over by people with a love more powerful and more beautiful than you can ever imagine.
Frost's Descent (霜降), the 18th solar term of the year, begins this year on Oct 24 and ends on Nov 7.
Frost's Descent is the last solar term of autumn, during time the weather becomes much (cold) than before and frost begins to appear. As Frosts Descent comes, the world (fill) with the atmosphere of late autumn. (eat) persimmons (柿子) during Frost's Descent can help people resist the cold and protect bones.
In south Fujian province and Taiwan, it's custom to eat duck on the first day of Frost's Descent. There is a saying in Fujian which goes, " nourishing (滋补) all year is not as good as nourishing the human body on the first day of Frost's Descent. "Eating duck is a way for people there (gain) weight.
People in areas such as Daxin county in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region celebrate the first day of Frost's Descent. In the Frost's Descent Festival, the Zhuang people offer (sacrifice), dance and sing folk songs. a history of more than 360 years, the festival is to commemorate Cen Yuyin, a heroine in battles against foreign aggression.
