Toronto, the capital of Ontario, is an important city in Canada(加拿大). People like to visit it and live there. It's large, but not too large; rich, but not too expensive. Most importantly, Toronto is very open.

    Toronto is one of the most multicultural cities in the world. People in Toronto come from different countries and they speak more than 140 languages. With all the different people in the city, you have different kinds of food to eat. And, there are many different restaurants in Toronto. Many of them are in the Kensington Market area. There you can also enjoy different kinds of music and art.

    Alyssa James says to BBC News, "I love Toronto and I want to live here because I can always see something different. It's a city of secrets." James also talks about the beaches(海滩) near the city. They have very clean sand and water.

    Another good thing is that with a lot of buses and trains, travelling in Toronto is easy. It's also home for many computer geniuses(天才). So, if you want to work in IT, you can surely choose to live in Toronto.

    Now you can see that Toronto is really a good place to travel or look for a home.

    Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is also the color of most growing plants.

    Sometimes, the word "green" means young, fresh and growing. For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience. In the 15th century, a greenhorn was a young cow or an ox whose horns(角) had not yet developed. A century later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had no experience in war. By the 18th century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today—a person who is new in a job.

    Someone who is good at growing plants is said to have a green thumb(大拇指). The expression comes from the early 20th century. A person with a green thumb can make plants grow quickly and well. The Green Revolution (绿色革命) is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. It was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs.

    Green is also the color used to describe the powerful feeling—jealousy(嫉妒). The green eyed monster is not a dangerous animal from outer space. It is an expression used about 400 years ago by the British writer William Shakespeare in his play Othello. It describes the unpleasant feeling when someone has something he wants.

    In most places in the world, a green light is a signal(信号) to move ahead. In everyday speech, a green light means approval(赞成) to continue with a project.

    If someone says to you: "give me five", do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person's not asking for your money, but your fingers.

    In the US, "give me five" or "give me the high five" is a popular gesture (动作). You can see it often in films or on TV It means the clapping (拍) of each other's raised right hands together.

    People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket (彩票). If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.

    This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor to show respect. This also showed that the person raising his am did not have a sword (刀) in his hand.

    Why not try to give the high five to your friends?