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 Chinese3 in Suzhou. Now, these beautiful gardens are becoming famous tourist places in Suzhou.
In the past 30 years my hometown has4 rapidly in many ways. The biggest change I have found is the5. 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 (类型). I think this change is 8 because it has made Suzhou become more modern and more beautiful.
To be honest, everything has changed9 my hometown. I think you should think about 10 the beautiful city. I'm sure you will love it.
Sandy is a nine-year-old boy. He has a big family. He lives with his parents, a brother and a sister. Sandy thinks his family life is not happy. He and his brother and sister often fight with each other for many reasons.
Max is Sandy's classmate and neighbor. He also has a very big family with two brothers and their parents. Sandy noticed that Max never fights with his brothers. They always have big smiles on their faces.
Sandy thought that was strange. One day he asked Max why they got on well with each other. Max smiled and asked Sandy to go home with him.
As they came into the house, Max's elder brother saw them. "Hi, Sandy and Max," he said. "Why not come here and share some ice-cream with me?"
At that time, Max's younger brother came out of his room. He looked very excited and said, "Oh, Max. I have a story to tell you..."
That was when Sandy knew that Max's secret of getting on well with his brothers was to share. Sharing their snacks and stories with each other made their life happier.
Sandy decided to go back home and try this from then on.
It is three years since I left my(家乡). But I often "see" it in many of my dreams.
I used to live in a small town(在其中) trees. It is a beautiful place and stands(在对面) a nice and clean river. Most of us used to play together near the river, (尤其是) during the summer holidays. It was such a happy(童年). There was no tall building but an old school, where kids learnt to read and(数数) in it. Our hometown has left many unforgettable (记忆).
In the old days it was a poor town. Many people lived a hard life. But great changes have taken place there. The life of the people is greatly improved(如今). People all(拥有) their big houses. Cars and buses are running in the big streets.
To be(实在的) , I love my hometown. We should try our best to make it more beautiful.
How often do you hear people say "I will be happy when...", such as "When I get that thing I will be happy" "I will be happy when I pass the exam" and "I would be happy if I had more money". I have heard the(word) before and I am sure that I will hear them again.
Many people believe that(find) happiness is all about finding or getting something that they want. However, not many people have ever found long-time happinessachieving a goal. There will always be another thing that they want. There will always be another examanother dollar.
So, we must find our(happy) somewhere else—within ourselves. The key to find happiness is to understand that happiness is a(choose) rather than the result of an experience.
We need to be happy. Allow(you) to choose happiness. If life was(wonder), would you be happy? Life is perfect because we createwith our choices. Since we can create life, we can create happiness and choose how much better our(life) can get!
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—Oh, it's over there, the white building.
Liu Tuchi, an 87yearold man, has given away thousands of books to kids in five villages in Southwest China and built some reading rooms in the past 13 years by collecting and selling rubbish.
"After selling the rubbish, I go to bookstores to search for good books," Liu said. When he has enough books, he sends them to the kids in the villages.
Liu was an officer in Sichuan Province before retiring (退休) in 1993. "I passed by a primary school in Qilong Village in 2005 and was shocked by the poor conditions," he said. With old classrooms and broken desks, the students hardly had any books. So Liu took out more than 5, 000 yuan and raised more than 8, 000 yuan from his family and friends to give away books to the school. Since then, he has kept on giving away books to rural (农村的) kids.
Liu's work has opened his new lifestyle (生活方式). He collects and sells waste, such as bottles and old newspapers. In 2008, Liu started building reading rooms. So far he has built more than 15 reading rooms. Liu always says, "Children in rural areas should not be left behind, especially in education."
