Yours,

Li Hua

3 . India, as a country with plenty of resorts (旅游胜地), is popular with different kinds of travelers. If you’re planning to visit the country, the followings are the places that may interest you.

Delhi is a perfect place for those who love history, and there are plenty of attractions here to keep tourists of all interests entertained. It’s often the first city that many tourists visit on a trip around India. There are many resorts including India Gate, the Lotus Temple, Qutub Minar, and Humayun’s Tomb.

Agra is most well known for the Taj Mahal, which draws a large number of tourists to the city. Built in the 1600s, the Taj Mahal is still standing strong today and is admired by tourists as an important part of India’s heritage (遗产).

Kashmir is one of the most beautiful cities in India. With flower gardens, amazing water-falls, and snow-topped peaks, it’s a simply unforgettable place that tourists want to return to time and time again. Kashmir is especially popular with honeymooners and loved-up couples, because a lot of romantic trips are on sale in Kashmir.

Though Goa is small in size, it’s one of the top resorts for young tourists and those who love taking beach vacations. The golden sands and coconut palm trees are the charm (吸引力) here, and the sunrises and sunsets are so gorgeous that you’ll never forget them.

I have just come back to San Francisco after     1    (camp) in the Redwood Forest and visiting the wine country of Napa Valley. It     2    (definite) feels good to be back in the city again. There are many beautiful old       3    (build) on top of big hills, offering great views of the city.

My hotel is in the Mission District, which is one of the     4    (old) parts of the city. An art movement     5    (call) the “Mission School” started here,       6     is influenced by graffiti art and comic art . I walked around looking at the street art     7     then ate some delicious Mexican-Chinese noodles. A real mix of cultures here!

I paid a visit to a local museum that showed the historical changes in California. America got California from Mexico in 1848. When gold       8    (discover) near San Francisco, people   from all over the world rushed there     9     (seek) their fortune, including many Chinese. The museum shows how America was built by immigrants       10     different countries and cultures.

Being the biggest and the oldest in America, the Chinatown in San Francisco is a very popular tourist attraction,     1     can be visited at any time of the year. The place used to be the     2    (settle) of Chinese immigrants. With time     3    (go) by, it turned into a centre for Chinese culture.

In the 1906 earthquake, most of Chinatown     4    (destroy), but the city and residents rebuilt it, taking care to include lots of Chinese architecture, such     5     the legendary Dragon Gate, the Tin How Temple and Bank of Canton. On Portsmouth Square, visitors can experience     6    (tradition) Chinese culture in real life. You can find all kinds of souvenirs, goods, clothing and Chinese herbal medicine there. What’s more, you can taste and buy     7    (variety) of Chinese tea. The Chinese food there is     8    (especial) appealing with traditional dishes from all over China.

Chinatowns play     9     important part in the diverse culture of the USA. They allow visitors who have never been to China     10    (experience) traditional Chinese culture first hand.

Every year, at the end of October, tens of thousands of people flock to a Buddhist temple in China to see a huge gingko biloba tree (银杏树) drop its foliage (枝叶) and turn     1     temple from green to gold. The Gu Guanyin Buddhist Temple,     2     (locate) in the Zhongnan Mountains of China’s Shaanxi Province, is home     3     a 1,400-year-old gingko biloba tree. It was said that it was planted by the Tang Dynasty (618-907) emperor Li Shimin,     4     is one of the greatest     5     (rule) in Chinese history. It towers superbly over the temple, and for a few days every autumn, it rains down a gold carpet of     6     (leaf), which stands out against the muted tones of the season. Because of its     7     (strike) appearance, it has been called the world’s most beautiful gingko biloba tree, and     8     (become) a tourist attraction in its own right.

Due to the increasing     9     (popular) of its ancient gingko biloba tree, the Gu Guanyin Buddhist Temple has been reported to have increased     10     (day) visitor capacity to around 7200, between 8 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon.