【推荐2】Around the world, people have different traditions and manners when it comes to dining. It’s important to respect these customs.

●Tipping (给小费)

Not all countries expect you to leave a tip after a meal. In fact, in Japan it is seen as rude behaviour. Waiters or waitresses in some Chinese restaurants are even not allowed to get tips. However, in other countries like France and Italy, people usually leave tips for the service they have received.

●Utensils (用具)

In Japan and China, you should never stand chopsticks in rice. In India, utensils aren’t always provided. You ought to eat a meal with your right hand, as the left is considered unclean. Thai restaurants will often provide customers with a fork and a spoon—they use the fork to push food onto the spoon instead of eating directly from it.

●Slurp (发出响声)

People in many western countries will never slurp during a meal, but in some places slurping is allowed. In Japan, slurping soup and noodles straight from the bowl is perfectly acceptable and making noise shows the hostess that you are enjoying your meal.

【推荐1】During my last summer trip, I went to Xizhuang Village of Xianning with my students to complete the practice activities of three trips to the countryside.

This year’s weather is very hot, just out of the sun, has been burning clouds. We went out to collect wind, and before long we were drenched (湿透的) in sweat. On the way to take photos of the Peony Pavilion, I met an old man with a cart (马车) full of watermelons. Seeing that our group did not look like local people, he asked us enthusiastically where we came from. After showing our ID card to the old man, he said excitedly to us: “Since the beginning of rural revitalization (乡村振兴), some teachers and students come every year to help our village to develop tourism and sell farm products. Thank you so much for bringing attention to our village.” Said, to our hands handed two big watermelons, “our own kind of melon, hot weather, hard you.” I looked at his hands covered with dirt, face full of wrinkles (皱纹), mouth filled with a kind smile, my students and I were moved by the old man’s simple and kind heart.

Watermelon is very sweet, sweeter than watermelon is the old man’s heart.

【推荐2】Two years ago, people used to take a bus or taxi to work. However, things have changed nowadays. Many people ride shared bikes to work.

Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou and Beijing…wherever you go in China, you’ll see the orange and yellow bicycles of Mobike and Ofo, the Asian two bike-sharing companies（公司）.

“This is something a year ago I didn’t see, and suddenly, they’re everywhere. How can this happen in a year?   ”Avery Goldstein, who worked at the University of Pennsylvania, said in an interview.

Goldstein isn’t alone in experiencing the great development and social progress at the amazing China speed.

Professor Hormats, a close watcher of China, said that every time he goes to Beijing, he’s impressed（印象深刻的）. During his early visits to China, people there wore the same style of clothes and could find only several kinds of shampoo in shops.

“For me it was just amazing, people living there may not have noticed the changes day by day, like watching grass grow.” said David Roberts, who first visited China in 1981 and has been visiting the country every year since 1997. “I’d go to China every year to see the exciting changes,” he said.