Last Sunday, we went to the Confucius Temple     1    (坐落于曲阜市). It has a history of more than 2, 000 years. We visited the Xing Tan     2    (孔子授课的地方). Also,   we saw many stone inscriptions     3    (有悠久历史和巨大价值). This is a meaningful visit     4    (我学到了很多).

Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian went to Canada to visit their c    1     in Halifax on the Atlantic coast. Rather than travel b    2     commercial airline all the way, they decided to f    3     to Vancouver and then take the train. For both of them, the thought of crossing the whole c    4     by rail was exciting.

B    5     starting out, they spent a couple of days in Vancouver, seeing the sights. During their first day, as is typical of Vancouver, it r    6    . Despite the weather they were able to take a boat ride out into the bay, and later v    7     an Island that had wonderful shops selling crafts and antiques. The next day was clear and mild, and they were p    8     to see the beautiful mountains looking out over the city. Later they took a pleasant h    9     in a forest just a short d    10     away.

The Great Wall twists and turns a    1     the tops of mountain chains in n    2     China. It is m    3     than 4,000 kilometers l    4    . Building the wall took a long time. It began in the fifth century BC, and the wall finally took shape in the third century BC. From Beijing, you can visit the great wall at Badaling, kilometers north-west of the city.

The Great Wall at Badaling o    5     at 6:30 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. in the summer. The scenery along the Li River in Guiling is just l    6     a beautiful p    7    . Take a boat t    8    , and you will be a    9     by the peaks along the r    10     and their reflections in the clear w    11    . Walking and cycling in Guiling is also great f    12    . Along the paths near the river you can see local village l    13    , and you can t    14     a mud bath in the n    15     caves.

● As one of China's great former capitals, Xi' an     1         2         3     the largest city in the world during the Tang Dynasty,     4         5         6     of art and poetry. Chang' an, as it was known at the time, was the starting point of     7         8         9    , which connected China to the world.

● Florence     1         2         3     art, science and history museums and ancient buildings, as well as historic universities. You can visit many of these places to     4         5         6     the amazing work and discoveries that happened during the Renaissance period. An example is Michelangelo's famous statue David, which he completed between 1501 and 1504.     7         8     is the University of Florence. It was started in 1321 and many famous people studied there in the Renaissance period, including Leonardo da Vinci.

Then Wangping flashed a     1     on a computer screen, and a table and some chairs rose from under the floor as if by magic. “Why not sit down and eat a little,” he said. “You may found this difficult as it is your first time travel trip. Just relax, since there is nothing     2     on the timetable today. . . Exhausted, I     3     into bed and fell fast asleep.