Canada Day

Since 1982, July 1st has been officially known as Canada Day. Canadians of all ages take part in this festival across the country.

Canada Day is the year's biggest national party. In many towns and cities, the government organizes a lot of events, often outdoors. These include parades (游行) , concerts, festivals, firework displays and ceremonies for new Canadian citizens (公民) .The celebrations often have a patriotic mood. Canada's national flag, a symbol for Canada Day, can be seen everywhere and a lot of people paint their faces red and white, which are Canada's national colors. The celebrations in Ottawa, Canada's capital city, are especially grand and exciting.

In the province of Quebec, many home rentals (租赁) start on July 1st and last for exactly one year, and many people in Quebec spend Canada Day moving from one house to another. So in Quebec, Canada Day is also known as Moving Day.

Many organizations, businesses and stores are closed this day. Only some bookstores, hospitals and gas stations may be open. Post offices are closed, too. As Canada Day falls in the Canadian summer holiday period, all schools are closed as well. In some areas, special services are provided for large events. The concerts, parades and festivals may cause some traffic jams.

    Cars make our lives more convenient. But theycan also be a problem. For example, fossil fuel (化石燃料)cars mainly cause air pollution.

    To improve the environment, many countriesare developing electric vehicles (EVs,电动车).Among them, China is taking a leading role and has created the world's largestEV market.

    Last year, over 40 per cent of the 753,000EVs sold in the world were sold in China, more than twice as many as the numbersold in the United States.

    "Filling up a fossil fuel car with gas(汽油) is more expensive than charging (充电) an electric car," said Wu Hao, who bought an electric carthis year.

    However, there are still some problems. Itcan be hard to find charging piles (充电桩) andthe cars can't go far before being recharged.

    Some of these problems are being solved. In2014, China had 31,000 charging piles. Now China has the world's largest EVcharging network, with more than 450,000 charging piles in total.

    Developing EVs is one of many efforts thatChina has made to cut down pressure on its environment after the governmentpromised to stop increases in carbon dioxide emissions (二氧化碳排放量) by 2030.

    "As China goes, so will the world'scar industry," the Wall Street Journal said.

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 Generally speaking, it isn't easy to find someone to talk to in a busy city, so you should try to do the following. First, get or borrow a dog ! Walk it several times a day ! Americans love dogs and cats and usually stop to talk to anyone with a dog. Then, try to eat in a restaurant. People generally share the same table and will sometimes talk to you if they see you are new there. Next, Take your dirty clothes to a laundry(洗衣店) ! It takes about an hour to wash and dry them and people there often spend the time talking with each other.

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