Standing on the top of Mount Tai, I watched the sun rising through the cloud and appearing in the sky. I have seen many 1 , but I can feel that seeing one from the top of Mount Tai must be one of the best ways to 2 the beauty of nature.
When I left for China, the 3 of climbing Mount Tai had not even hit me. I was going to China to 4 its language, history and culture and have a better understanding of international agricultural trade between my country and China.
Now I have 5 in China for a few weeks. In Beijing, my group has 6 friendship with many Chinese students. Through our broken Chinese and their 7 English, we can still teach each other about our cultures. We 8 that we are all just students working towards the same9 of having careers, families and lives and trying to make the world better. Cultural differences seem 10 —even the language almost differs from our own. But their daily lives are similar to ours. 11 , people are concerned about the same things we do here. They 12 food safety and feel the effects of the economic markets.
This 13 makes me realize how many cultures my country has in common with other countries. More importantly, it offers me a sudden 14 for travel, and I'm looking forward to having more 15 to engage in cross-cultural communication and learning.
