Dear friends, do you like travelling? Welcome to Xining. And please

have a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}to the Qinghai Lake. The Qinghai Lake is not very far away{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Xining City. It is a great lake in China. Every year lots of{#blank#}3{#/blank#}come here for its natural(自然的) beauty-{#blank#}4{#/blank#}mountains, blue water and green grassland(草原).{#blank#}5{#/blank#}you want to come, please come in summer. It's the best time to visit this place. The weather is{#blank#}6{#/blank#}and there are lots of cows and{#blank#}7{#/blank#}on the green grassland. You can watch beautiful{#blank#}8{#/blank#}and different birds. You can also{#blank#}9{#/blank#}a horse on Haixin Mountain,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}birds on Niaodao and so on. You will love this beautiful place.

    I have got a good friend Betty. She's an Australian girl. She {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in Sydney with her parents and her little brother. Her father works in a museum. Her mother teaches English in a {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Her little brother Jimmy is only four. He doesn't go to school.

    Betty is a very {#blank#}3{#/blank#} girl. She likes swimming and playing ball games. From Monday to Friday she is at school and her parents are at work. But Jimmy often plays {#blank#}4{#/blank#} his dog Bobby. After supper her father watches football games on TV. Her mother does {#blank#}5{#/blank#} reading and Betty does her homework.

    Making decisions quickly is not an Arab custom. Arabs like to think for a long time before making a decision. Give yourself lots of time and ask lots of questions when you do{#blank#}1{#/blank#}with them.

    When an Arab says "yes", he may mean "maybe". When he says "maybe", he{#blank#}2{#/blank#} means "no". You will hardly get a direct "no" from an Arab because it is{#blank#}3{#/blank#}to be impolite. A smile and a nod might seem like an agreement, but{#blank#}4{#/blank#}, your host is just being polite. An Arab considers it impolite to disagree with a guest.