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广东省惠州大亚湾区外语实验学校2024-2025学年八年级上学期第一次月考英语试题
Xiajiang Village is in Chun'an County (县), Zhejiang and has a population of about 800. It takes about 3 hours to drive from Hangzhou to get to the small village. It is famous for its beautiful views. Many tourists like to spend their holidays here.
The village has a history of over 800 years. The first people here were from Sichuan during the Northern Song Dynasty. From then on, they have called the village home.
It has beautiful views, but the village is far from big cities. So few people knew about it in the past. One part of the famous movie My People My Homeland was made here in 2020. The successful movie has brought a lot of tourists here from then on.
Tourists like the green mountains, fresh air and clean water here. Everywhere in the village, you can notice green grass, red flowers and nice trees. There are also many things for tourists to do here. They can learn to make zongzi, visit farmers' houses and learn some farming work. At night, they can live in bed-and-breakfast places. The village was named in the list (名单) of Best Tourism (旅游) Villages in 2023.
It is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter. So come and see the beautiful village at any time of the year.
Children's games in ancient China | |
Flying kites | Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made of wood. Now in China, the three most famous kites are the Beijing kite, Tianjin kite and Weifang kite, each of which has its own characteristic (特征). |
Playing diabolo | Diabolo is always made of wood or bamboo and is hollow (空心的) in the center. When juggled (抛接) on ropes, the high-speed rotating (旋转的) diabolo will make a sound. Playing diabolo is a very interesting game. |
Watching shadow plays | The closest thing to watch a film or television during ancient times was watching a shadow play. People control puppets (木偶) behind the screen while singing with music to tell a story. Shadow play was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) in 2006. |
Setting off firecracker | Firecrackers have a history of more than 2,000 years. It is said that people burnt bamboo joints (节) to make it blast (爆炸) to drive away the beast named Nian in ancient China. Firecrackers are still set off during Spring Festival to symbolize hope and luck. |
Dublin is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland. It is also the political(政治的, economic, cultural, tourism(旅游)and transportation center of Ireland. For tourists, they like taking the bus tour to go city sightseeing because it's very convenient(方便的)and relaxing.
City Sightseeing Bus Tour in Dublin Do you want to have fun in Dublin? Take a bus tour! Timetable Stop Name First Tour Last Tour Tallaght Village 09:30 18:00 Walkinstown Shopping Center 09:35 18:05 Crumlin Hospital 09:50 18:20 St. Patrick's Cathedral 09:55 18:25 College Green 10:00 18:30 Tour Prices 24 Valid ticket Adult(16+)£15. 5 Student£13 Child (5- 15) £10 48 Valid ticket Adult(16+)£19 Student£15 Child (5- 15) £11 A valid ticket: it can be used for a certain period of time. |
You can see… St. Patrick's Cathedral It is the largest church in Ireland. The National Gallery There are lots of paintings from masters like Picasso. Guinness Storehouse You can get everything you want about Guinness black-beer. Trinity College Dublin The library of the college is used in the Harry Potter films. |
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