Holland(荷兰）is the magical land of tulips(郁金香) and windmills(风车). The tulips bloom(开花) from March until May. Holland is famous as the largest flower selling country in the world. The windmills, however, are important for the people of Holland.

Keukenhof

Keukenhof is the most famous and largest flower park in the world. Will you visit Holland in spring? Then be sure to visit Keukenhof, you will see the beautiful Holland tulips and other famous flowers in Holland.

Single Bloemenmarket

Rain or shine, this famous floating(漂浮的)flowers market in Amsterdam is filled with colorful fresh flowers from Monday to Sunday. Though the best months are in March, April or May, the floating flowed 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. With heights up to 33 meters, they are hard to miss.

Zaanse Schans

Zannse Schans is also a good place you should visit. About 250 years ago, over 600 windmills formed the first industrial 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, which interests thousands of visitors each year.

【推荐3】In recent years, great changes have taken place in China. Li Lin’s grandparents have been enjoying free health checks for people aged above 65 since 2013. It was hard to imagine in the past. The river near Li Lin’s house used to be dirty and smelly. But now, it is clean and green trees are on both sides. There are even fish swimming in it.          

From 2013 to 2016, 55.64 million people in China was lifted out of poverty(贫困). This means their personal income(收入) has increased to more than 3,000 yuan a month. By the end of 2020, China had made all the people get rid of poverty.

Also, China now has more than 22, 000 kilometers of high speed lines. That’s about 60 percent of the world’s total high-speed railways.

Such progress could not have been made without the leadership of the Communist Party of China. As the ruling party in China, the Party has more than 89 million members who are from all walks of life. They have a big influence on both the government and people’s lives.

According to President Xi Jinping, our socialism with Chinese characteristics(特色) has entered a new era. The Party must always put people first and continue working hard to help people live better lives. “...Our people’s lives will improve year after year,” he said. “This is a society to be enjoyed by each and everyone of us...No one must be left behind.”

【推荐1】How green are you? Do you know how to be green?

We all need a healthy environment, but we produce waste every day and it often results in lots of pollution. In fact, even the simplest everyday activities can make a difference to the environment. Here are some ideas for you.

Reduce. It means “use less”. It suggests people should produce less pollution and throw less rubbish. People should reduce waste by buying fewer things. So before we are going to buy a new thing, try to think whether it is really necessary for us.

Reuse. Reuse means “use again”. It asks people to use things as long time as possible. When we buy things, guarantee that we really need them and we can use them for a long time. We should value them so that we can use them for a longer time. And if we can, we should repair (修理) them instead of throwing them away and buying new ones. Don’t use a paper cup or a paper bag. If we can use a china (陶瓷) up or a lunch box, we are doing something green and helpful.

Recycle. Recycle means “use in a new way”. Many people encourage people to recycle things. Look at these examples. People often recycle old or waste electrical things and try to create some new things with some parts from the old ones. Second, some people try to make some bags with old clothes. At last, people often clean the house or water plants with used water.

【推荐2】“What’s the name of the supermarket? I can’t remember right now.” Have you ever heard your grandparents ask questions like this sometimes? Usually, we think that older people’s memory becomes had because their brains get weak. But now a team of scientists at the University of Tubingen in Germany has a new idea. “The human brain works slower in old age,” says Michael Ramscar, the team’s lead scientist, “only because it has stored more information over time.” The findings are based on a series of computer tests related to learning and memory.

Scientists had the computers read a certain amount of words and learn new things each day. When the computer “read” a small amount of data（数据），its performance on cognitive（认知）tests was similar to that of a young adult . But if the computer took in larger amounts of data, its performance was similar to that of an older adult. Often it was slower, but not because its processing ability had dropped. Rather, increased “experience” had caused the computer’s database to grow, giving it more data to process-which takes more time. This is similar to how old people process information.

Imagine that one person knows just two people’s birthdays and can get them right each time he or she is asked. Another person knows the birthdays of 2,000 people , but can only match the right person to the right birthday 9 times out of 10. Can you say the first person has a better memory than the second person?

“The larger the library you have in your head , the longer it usually takes to find a particular word,” Benedict Carey, a science reporter for The New York Times, wrote in an article about the study.

【推荐3】Everyone knows London is an important city in England. London was once the biggest city in the world, but now there are many cities which are much bigger than it. London has a population of about 7, 000, 000 now. It is an old city and is famous for many things. Many tourists come from all over the world to visit its famous buildings and hear the famous clock, Big Ben.

Like many big cities, London has problems with traffic and pollution .Over one million people use the London underground every day, but there are still too many cars in the streets. The air isn’t clean, but it is cleaner than it was 100 years ago.

Perhaps the best things about London are the parks. There are five in the centre of the city. But for the children, their favorite place is Hamleys, the biggest toy shop in the world. They can buy the good toys there.