Huangguoshu Waterfall, Guizhou
Located in southwest Anshun, Guizhou Province, Huangguoshu Waterfall is the largest and most wonderful group of waterfalls in China. With splendid scenery, the waterfall was included in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest waterfall group in 1999. It is 77. 8 meters high and 101 meters wide, with 17 smaller waterfalls.
Best time to visit: May to October
Admission: 180 yuan(March 1 to Oct. 31); 160 yuan off-season(Nov. 1 to Feb. 28)
Shigatse, Tibet
Kanas Lake, lying in a valley in the Altai Mountains, is located near the very northern tip of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous(自治的)Region. The lake is famous for its fantastic natural landscape and mysterious local legend. It is surrounded by thick layers of forest, and the color of the water changes according to different seasons, weather and depth. Kanas Nature Reserve founded in 1980 is now considered a paradise(天堂)for travelers and hikers.
Best time to visit: June, September
Admision: 150 yuan(April 1 to Oct. 31); 80 yuan of-season(Nov. 1 to March 31)
Jiuzhai Valley, Sichuan
Jiuzhai Valley in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, is a magical fairyland in nature that enchants tourists with mountains, forests, lakes, waterfalls and crowded wildlife. During autumn, colorful leaves are reflected in the clear waters. Lakes vary in color according to their depths, angles and surroundings, striking a lively contrast with the blue sky and snow-white clouds.
Best time to visit: September to October
Admission: 220 yuan(April 1 to Nov. 15); 80 yuan(Nov. 16 to March 30)
Changbai Mountain
Jilin
Changbai Mountain in southeastern Jilin Province is located on the border(边界)between China and North Korea. Considered as the most famous mountain in northeast China, Changbai Mountain has rich biodiversity(生物多样性). With an average altitude of 2,000 meters, the mountain is well-known for its snowy scenery, cool summers and many mineral springs.
Admission: 100 yuan for adults; 50 yuan for children
Hours: 8 a. m. to 4p. m.
E-bikes are becoming more and more popular. It opens cycling to older people, those with disabilities, people who live in hilly cities where regular cycling requires serious effort.
Three things are needed to make e-bikes popular—a safe place to ride, good affordable bikes and a secure place to park. Safety comes first. For bike lanes (车道) to work, the network has to be continuous, not just forcing cyclists into the middle of a busy street. It should be well protected so that the cyclists won't feel they'll be knocked down by cars. It's necessary to provide good affordable e-bikes to customers either in physical stores or in online stores. Only in this way can people consider buying one as their means of transportation. Parking remains an avoidable problem if we want to encourage more people to ride e-bikes. In Netherlands or Copenhagen, large bike parking lots at train and bus stations encourage varieties of transport. People can easily find bike parking everywhere. This is going to be needed in other cities too for e-bikes to really become a form of transportation.
As a matter of fact, people have found that e-bikes are effective transportation choices. A recent study shows that people who ride e-bikes increase their travel distance from 2.1 to 9.2 km per day on average. That is sure to do good to their health. It's also believed that if just 15% of a city's population turn to e-bikes, it would reduce the carbon emissions (排放) from transportation by 12%.
All of these lead me to conclude that e-bikes are a far better way of dealing with transportation emissions than electric cars. They won't work for everyone, but they don't have to.
Pollution is one of the biggest problems in the world today. In many places, rubbish is thrown into lakes and rivers.
In some cities, the air is filled with pollution. If it is not cleaned up, more people will be hurt. Land and water pollution kills many animals every year.
If we do not act to improve the environment, more living things will be killed by pollution.
We should separate rubbish into different groups. In this way, it can be recycled and reused. We had better plant more trees. What's more, we shouldn't put the waste into lakes or rivers.
If we can do these, we will make the world a better place to live in.
A. This makes some old people and children ill.
B. As well as people, animals are also harmed by pollution.
C. We can make our lakes and rivers cleaner and cleaner.
D. It's time for all of us to take action right away!
E. Because of this, these places have already been polluted.
F. Trees reduce dust and help keep the air clean.
G. A few of us should take action to protect the environment.
Bill and Cathy wanted to go on a holiday. They chose a place called Maldives (马尔代夫). And they decided to 1 there for two weeks in spring, because they heard that the weather there was 2 at that time. They worked very hard for several months. Finally, they made enough money for their dream 3 . But their trip was more like a nightmare (噩梦)!
The problem 4 when the flight was put off because of bad weather. They couldn't leave 5 night. They finally got on the plane twelve hours later! But they couldn't fly to Maldives because there was a 6 . They had to fly to the capital city 7 . There they stayed in a small hotel 8 the airport.
The hotel was next to the sea, but the sea was 9 dirty that they couldn't 10 in it. And the hotel swimming pool was full of leaves! The food was 11 , too. For breakfast there was only bread and milk! The worst part was when the storm came, they felt really 12 . Because of the 13 weather, they had to stay for another night in the small hotel. And they had nothing to do. It was so 14 . Finally, they 15 at Maldives three days later. And someone told them the weather there had been wonderful all the time!
