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Train travel sounds old-fashinoned, but it brings you a relaxing experience.

Beijing Suburban Railway Line S2

It starts at Huangtudian Station and ends in Yanqing district. When spring flowers are blooming near the Juyongguan Pass of the Great Wall in Beijing, the S2 line runs across a sea of flowers. This is why the train is called “The Train to Spring”.

Panda-themed Tourist Train

China’s first panda-themed tourist train left Chengdu in Sichuan for Zunyi in Guizhou on March 28. It is decorated with giant panda pictures everywhere. You can try panda-shaped snacks and Sichuan food on the train.

Pokemon with You Train

Japan is known for its joyful trains. Their designs often come from cartoon and video game characters. The train stops at several stations. You can get stamps and take pictures at these stations with Pikachu.

Trans-Siberian Railway

At 9,288 km, it is the longest railway in the world. It took 13 years to build. Going from Moscow to the port city of Vladivostok in Russia, you’ll see Siberian rivers and the Ural Mountains, even Lake Baikal.

【推荐3】Have you ever wondered what an American high school is really like? This article will describe a typical(典型的) high school and its students. A typical American high school has several large buildings and enough space for about 1,500 students.     1     When students first arrive at school, they go straight to their lockers to put away or get their textbooks and to hang up their outdoor clothes. As American textbooks are expensive, students would rather loan(租借) than buy them. Students must pay back if they lost any of them.

    2     They usually take a yellow school bus or walk to school if they live close enough. Sometimes their parents drive them to school. When they turn 16 years old, most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students earn passing grades in the class and also pass their state driver’s exam, they can begin driving themselves to school.

Each day, students take six or seven classes.They must take science, math, English and social studies.     3     In some schools students are required to take one or more of the following special classes: health education, physical education or foreign language studies. Students move to different classrooms for each subject.     4       There is a five- minute break between classes, to give the students the time to hurry to their next class.

    5     After school more than half of the students are involved in after- school activities. These activities include sports- especially football, basketball, baseball and soccer or clubs, such as yearbook, speech, school newspaper, photograph or student government.

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【推荐1】Internet buzzwords(热词), a newly-born form of cultural expression, have became popular among young people.   

Why do buzzwords become so popular? Because people like to search for similar groups. In the similar groups, people use the same way to express themselves, which makes them feel they belong(属于) here and are accepted by each other. Buzzwords are just this kind of way for people to find such groups.   

However, some think that the buzzwords cause people’s poor language use. It is not true, for Internet buzzwords should never be thought as a simple symbol. For example, “yyds” expresses that one person admires(仰慕) somebody. It may seem that these people are not using complete words, but in fact, what they are doing is adding colors to daily life.

Sometimes young people can not express themselves through the common language. But the problem can be solved by encouraging them to read books. The popularity of buzzwords should not be the cause of the problem. We cannot consider it as a wrong thing. Only by accepting new cultural forms with an open mind can we move ahead step by step and make progress in the coming times.

【推荐2】Masks mark a hero

What is a hero? We may think of the fictional characters with supernatural powers or great people who can influence world events. Now, as the nation continues its all-out efforts to fight against the novel coronavirus pneumonia (新冠肺炎), medical staff have become heroes in the eyes of the public.

As of Feb 19, a total of 32,000 medical staff outside Hubei province have been working to treat patients around the center of the outbreak.

Zhang Dingyu, the president of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, is one of these heroes. Since the hospital received the first seven patients in December, Zhang has been so busy that he barely gets any sleep. Even suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (肌萎缩侧索硬化), the 56-year-old doctor is doing his best to quicken his pace to save precious time for infected patients.

“I have to run, racing against time to save more patients from the deadly disease, because I don’t have much time left in my life,” Zhang told Xinhua News Agency.

With the duty of saving lives, many medical professionals like Zhang have been working long hours for days, despite their fear and worries.

Lu Jingjing from Wuhan Children’s Hospital also works at a temporary mobile hospital. She does not let her parents know that she is now working with novel coronavirus-infected patients.

When her parents ask for a video chat, Lu says she is working and lets her husband and children chat with them instead.

“It’s dangerous but we should win the battle with the virus as soon as possible, so that medical staff and patients can go back home,” she told China Daily.

US writer Khalil Gibran (1883—1931) once wrote, “Tenderness (温柔) and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair (绝望), but the manifestations of strength and resolution.” It’s true for the medical workers.

Everyone has fear, especially when it comes to deadly diseases. But for medical staff, saving lives comes first and is enough for them to be brave and stay on the front. They may look like ordinary people in daily life, but in these extraordinary (不同寻常的) times, they are heroes.

【推荐3】More and more people like bicycling and it is no surprise. It is fun, healthy and good for the environment. Maybe that’s why there are 1.4 billion bicycles and only 400 million cars on roads worldwide today. Bikes can take you almost anywhere, and there is no oil cost!

Get on a bicycle and ride around your neighborhood. You may discover something new all around you. Stopping and getting off a bike is easier than stopping and getting out of your car. You can bike to work and benefit (受益) from the enjoyable exercise without polluting the environment. You don’t even have to ride all the way.

Folding (折叠) bikes work well for people who take the train. Just fold the bike and take it with you. You can do the same on an airplane. A folding bike can be packed in a suitcase. You can also take a common bike with you when you fly. But be sure to look for information by getting on airline websites. Not all airlines are bicycle friendly to travelers.

Health benefits of bicycling:

•It helps to prevent heart diseases.

•Bicycling helps to control your weight. A 15-minute bike ride going to and returning from work three times a week burns off five kilos of fat in a year.

•Bicycling can improve your mood (心情). Exercise like bicycling has been shown to make people feel better, more relaxed and self-confident.

•Bicycling is healthier than driving.