Christmas Carol sends the message that Christmas is a time to think about other people. It is a time to forgive and a time to be generous. The main character, Scrooge, was a cold, greedy, mean(吝啬), old man! ________ liked him. He refused his nephew to have Christmas dinner with them. Two gentlemen came to ask him to raise money to buy the poor some clothes and some food at this special time of year. He ________ let the poor people die.

One foggy evening, Scrooge met his old friend Marley ________ died seven years ago. He told Scrooge that ________ ghosts would come and haunt(困扰) him. Without their visits, he _______avoid bad fate(命运). The first will come when the clock strikes one. The second will come on the next ________ at the same time. The third ghost will come just after the second one.

The first ghost of Christmas Past was very strange. It was the ________ of a child but it looked like an old man. Its long hair was ________ like an old man’s, but there were no wrinkles on its face. It took him to a country road where he ________ and made him think of some happy days.

The second ghost of Christmas ________wore a green robe, bordered with white fur. Its feet were bare(赤脚). They visited many homes. The Ghost made ________well again and poor people rich. The Ghost taught Scrooge to leave happiness in all of them.

The last ghost of Christmas Yet to come wore a black robe. The robe covered its head, its face and its body. The only thing that can ________ was a hand. The Ghost didn’t speak or move.   Scrooge followed it to a ________ scene and a graveyard. To his ________, the name on the stone was his.

After that Scrooge ________ a lot. He became as good a friend, as good a boss, and as good a man.

－taken from “Christmas Carol”

Name a few jobs you can think of that need to work with animals. Animal doctors, zookeepers, pet shop owners…

He Shitao has been working with animal friends for 18 years, but in his case, his partners are police dogs, and he is a police officer. “For me, raising and training police dogs is a pleasure, rather than a burden（负担）. They are very smart and trustworthy partners,” He said.

Born in 1981 in Henan Province, he dreamed about being a police officer as a child. Gaining admittance（录取）to the criminal Investigation Police University of China in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, he gained the basic skills of training, and learned to get along with police dogs. After graduation in 2003, he began working in a police station in Fujian Province and brought the dog he had trained at college with him.

Training continues throughout a police dog’s life, which is usually between 12 and 15 years. “Like human beings, dogs have different characteristics and abilities. We’re not able to communicate through language, so it is important to watch their behavior for mutual（相互的）understanding,” He said. To train police dogs to work with humans, trainers need to practice running and fighting with their dogs. “When training, it’s easy to get bitten accidentally. It is a process of getting to know each other,” He said. “Police dogs can be trained to be security guards, to search for drugs and blood, to find dangerous goods, etc.”

The dogs are tested when they’re 6 months old. If the animal is up to standard, it will receive training for further three months in different ways. A final test is needed before it officially becomes a police dog.

Besides their obvious value of monetary, they all carry their own cultural value as well.

You may have seen this kind of photo before: an old fisherman with a long white beard and a bamboo that can be seen standing with cormorants（鸬鹚）on a boat. He became famous among the most well-known features of the Lijiang River in Guilin. Many people believed the fisherman on the back of the 20-yuan renminbi banknote was based on his image.

For example, on the back of the 5-yuan banknote is Taishan Mountain in Shandong. For thousands of years, many emperors would go there and pray for the country’s prosperity（繁荣）. On the back of the 1-yuan banknote are the Three Pools Mirroring the Moon at the West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Since ancient times, the location has been a great attraction for moon watchers during Mid-Autumn Festival.

According to the News, fisherman Huang’s life shows the true spirit of the Lijiang River in Guilin, Guangxi. He was a positive and kind man. In his 90s, Huang could still move his boat with great agility（敏捷）.

The image of the fisherman on the back of the 20-yuan banknote is not just about one man, but instead stands on its own as a unique cultural symbol of the Lijiang River. It is a symbol that makes the Guilin landscape what it is, commented Guangming Daily.

In fact, the different backsides of the fifth kinds of Renminbi banknotes show the most typical landscapes in the country.

The Renminbi pictures have helped make these classic Chinese landscapes even more popular among tourists. Many love to find out where the picture were originally taken. For example, Pan Jinyu from Chongqing went on a “banknote tour” of China, appreciating all the sights presented on Renminbi banknotes of the fifth kinds from 1 yuan to 100. “I want to finish ceremonial（有仪式感的）journey and feel the beauty of our country”.