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A Spring Morning

This spring morning in bed I'm lying,

Not to awake till the birds are crying.

After one night of wind and showers,

How many are the fallen flowers!

                                 (Translated by Xu Yuanchong)

    This poem{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (write) by Meng Haoran (689-740), who lived during the Tang Dynasty. It might be one of the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (famous) Poems about spring in China. People like to read it {#blank#}3{#/blank#}they wake up on a spring morning.

    Meng didn't directly say how much he loved spring. Instead, he wrote about the details(细节） of the season：the birds，wind， rain showers and fallen flowers． His descriptions（描述）of these things showed{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (we) the joy he felt during springtime.

    Meng chose to write about the sounds of spring. These sounds allow readers{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (picture) spring using their own imagination.

    Thank you {#blank#}1{#/blank#}watching CCTV's Around China. I'm a reporter from CCTV. Now, we're {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Penghu, Tai­wan. The beach here is really beautiful and clean. It's rai­ning these days. Today is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(sun), and the weather is hot and humid. There are lots of people here on vacation. Some are {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(take) photos, some are swimming in the sea, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} others are lying on the beach. Look! A group of young {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(man) are playing beach soccer. They are only {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(wear) sports shorts and sunglasses, they look really cool and play so {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(good) in this heat. This is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} very beautiful and interesting place. lt's also a good place {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(relax). I like here so much that I hope to come here again.

    People from other countries will find many different surprising things in Britain. Greek: A man from Greece sees a special way of {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (drive) in Britain, People drive on the left in the British street, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the British people never feel surprised. The Greek man said, "I've been in Britain {#blank#}3{#/blank#} nearly a month now. But at first, I couldn't always remember to drive on the left. Every time, my friend{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (remind) me. "Japanese: Japanese people can't understand {#blank#}5{#/blank#} British people keep their shoes on at home. In Japan, people walk in the room without shoes. If {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (visit) keep their shoes on in the room in Japan, the Japanese people think they are very {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (polite). Spanish: The Spanish people mind the way that the British people greet each other. They themselves seem {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be) afraid of touching. When they meet, they just smile or nod but never kiss or hug in Spain. But the British people think kissing is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} usual greeting when they meet! There is an old {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (say), "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." When we go to a foreign country, we should follow the etiquette(礼节) of the country.