I had always found {#blank#}1{#/blank#} interesting to talk to foreigners and learn about the cultural differences between countries. Last Saturday, I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (meet) a man from France who explained to me {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the French greeted each other. Now I know the French usually shake hands when they meet {#blank#}4{#/blank#} they know each other well, they kiss each other on the cheek. When {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(say) goodbye, they shake hands again. So it is not {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(usual) for a Frenchman who you greeted several minutes ago {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(come) and shake hands with you again.

    Every culture in the world has its own taboos. It is necessary that we {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(be) aware of them because breaking a taboo may be an {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (annoy) experience. For example, in Japan, “4” and “9” are considered to be numbers that are unlucky. We should know this in order not to cause {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (offend).

    The Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture(雕塑品) Festival is Harbin's main tourist highlight every year. It {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(become) the world's biggest winter festival so far. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} makes the Harbin festival special are the scale and size of the sculptures and the beautiful lighting. It is bigger than the ones in Japan, Norway, and Canada.

    At first, mainly the Chinese took part, but now it is an international festival and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(compete). As the festival grows, the size of the snow sculptures and ice architecture exhibits keeps {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(increase). The work of making these exhibits is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(astonish), and their size and beauty are amazing.

    The festival is {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(official) held from the end of December through February. Opening dates keep changing, and closing dates partly depend {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the weather. More than 1,000 ice sculptures are on show such as ice lanterns, magical figures and animals that {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(love) by children. It is mostly an ice world {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(aim) at kids. There are interesting activities kids may enjoy, like ice skating. If you are planning a Harbin tour, please attend {#blank#}10{#/blank#} wonderful festival.

    New Year in Chinese eyes is a family reunion. However, in foreigners' eyes, it is not only a kind of homesickness, but a spring migration(迁徙).Every year {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (see) the largest annual mass migration on the planet {#blank#}2{#/blank#} one sixth of the world's population travel home to celebrate {#blank#}3{#/blank#} their families. That is around a billion people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (make) 3.5 billion journeys in a 40-day period. Meanwhile, over 250 million rail journeys are made across China during the festival.

    Last year, 5.6 million rail tickets {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (sell) in a single day. Every new year in the heartland of industrial China thousands upon thousands of motorcyclists brave the weather and hit the road, determined to make {#blank#}6{#/blank#} home.

    The Chinese New Year {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (celebrate) is also known as the Spring Festival. It lasts 15 days. It is the main holiday of the Chinese calendar. In modern China, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (search) for work, many people have to move away from home. And they will travel home to be with the loved ones during the Spring Festival. In Chinese New Year, modern and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (tradition) customs are brought together when the Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival. Nowadays, not only does China have the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (fast) growing modern cities in the world, but the landscapes are also truly diverse.

Daisy had always longed to help {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (endanger) species of wildlife. One day when she woke up she was taken to Tibet by a flying carpet, where Daisy saw an antelope {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (look) sad and then knew the antelopes were {#blank#}3{#/blank#} endangered species. Daisy wondered what to do to help them. The flying carpet travelled so fast {#blank#}4{#/blank#} next minute they were in Zimbabwe. Daisy turned around and found that she {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (watch) by an elephant. It asked if Daisy came to take its photo. In relief Daisy burst into {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (laugh). A monkey watched them and protected itself {#blank#}7{#/blank#} mosquitoes by rubbing. The monkey told them that they should pay more attention to the rainforest where it lived {#blank#}8{#/blank#} appreciated how the animals lived together. Daisy was amazed and they flew home. From this experience Daisy learned the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (important) of wildlife protection. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} an experience!