Suzhou is my hometown. This beautiful city is in Jiangsu province. 1 it is not as big as Beijing, everyone in China knows this beautiful place. People 2 it as "Venice of the East (东方威尼斯)".
Suzhou has a long history. There are many ancient Chinese 3 in Suzhou. Now, these beautiful gardens are becoming famous tourist places in Suzhou.
In the past 30 years my hometown has 4 rapidly in many ways. The biggest change I have found is the 5 . On the one hand, many people here don't live in the 6 houses anymore. They have moved into the new high buildings and are enjoying a comfortable life. On the other hand, nowadays builders have 7 thousands of modern buildings of different styles. I think this change is 8 because it has made Suzhou become more modern and more beautiful.
To be honest, everything has changed 9 my hometown. I think you should think about 10 the beautiful city. I'm sure you will love it.
The Netherlands (荷兰) is the magical land of tulips (郁金香) and windmills (风车) . The tulips bloom (开花) from March to May. The Netherlands is famous as the largest flower selling country in the world.
Keukenhof
Keukenhof is the most famous and largest flower park in the world. Will you visit the Netherlands in spring? Then be sure to visit Keukenhof. You will see the beautiful tulips and other famous flowers in the Netherlands.
Singel Bloemenmarket
Rain or shine , this famous floating (漂浮的) flower market in Amsterdam is filled with colorful fresh flowers from Monday to Sunday. Though the best months are March, April or May, the floating flower market is a great place to find tulips at any time of the year.
Schiedam
Schiedam is the best choice if you want to see the largest windmills in the world. They are up to 33 meters.
Zaanse Schans
Zaanse Schans is also a good place you should visit. About 250 years ago, over 800 windmills made the first industrial (工业的) area in the world. It produces paint, paper and so on. Today it's an open-air conservation area (自然保护区) and museum.
Dear Peter,
I know that you are coming to Hefei next week. Welcome to my home. Let me tell you the way to my house. You will live in Changjiang Hotel on Changjiang Street, won't you? OK! Changjiang Street is a famous and busy street in our city. You can start from your hotel and go straight along Tongcheng Street. You pass two small streets: Hongxing Street and Lujiang Street. When you see an overbridge (高架桥), please turn right and go along Huangcheng Street. It's an old street, but it's clean. There's a big park on the street. It's beautiful and clean. When you get to Jinzhai Street, please turn left and go along it. You will pass Wuhu Street and Tunxi Street. Then you can see a KFC on your right. There's a supermarket across from the KFC and my house is near the supermarket. There's a pay phone in front of the KFC. You can call me there and I will go to meet you.
I hope you will have a good trip.
Yours,
Li Li
When I was in Chengdu, I saw teahouses on the streets. There is a saying: China has the best teahouses in the world and Chengdu has the best teahouses in China.
The service in the teahouses is really friendly. When you go into a teahouse, the waiters or waitress greet you with smiles on their faces and with teapots and cups in their hands. After you sit down, they set the cups on the table and pour the tea into the cups.
People who go to teahouses are not really thirsty. They pay 20 yuan to go to a teahouse and will sit there all day long to talk with each other. These days, more and more people go to teahouses for business talks. Some teahouses also have performances, such as story-telling and Sichuan Opera.
