When you are in England, you must be very careful in the street because the traffic (交通) drives on the left. You must look at the right first and then the left, then you can cross the street. If the traffic lights are red, the traffic must stop. Then the people on foot can cross the road. If the traffic lights are green, the traffic can go. People on foot mustn’t cross.

When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, too. Always remember the traffic moves on the left. Have a look first, or you will go the wrong way. In many English cities, there are big buses with two floors. You can sit on the second floor. From there you can see the city very well. It’s very interesting.

Lan Lin is wearing an apron (围裙) with embroidery (刺绣的) patterns and bright colors. She is interested in embroidery.

“I always wear the old apron when I make a new work. It can make me do better in embroidery. Zhuang embroidery skills have a long history. They are popular in Guangxi,” said the 48-year-old from Guangxi.

Lan comes from an embroidery family of Zhuang. She has a talent for embroidery. At 16, she made her first piece of clothing. However, in the late 1990s, machine embroidery became popular, the traditional crafts (工艺) nearly got lost.

Lan wanted to keep the family tradition, so she built her own workshop with the help of her sisters and brothers. “If we couldn’t hand the craftsmanship down, it would be a great loss.” she said. Over the past 20 years, Lan has trained over 2,000 women. They work as craftswomen (手艺人) and make money by embroidery. They can embroider at home, and at the same time, ____▲____.

“It’s my lifelong dream to not only create Zhuang embroidery works but also bring the art into the daily life,” she said.

Yellow and gray are the Colors of the Year for 2021. People would like to wear clothes, bags and shoes with these colors. 【小题1】

Purple

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi (齐桓公) liked the color purple. 【小题2】 So his people all wore purple clothes. Purple clothes cost a lot at that time. People had to catch sea snails to make the color purple.

White

The Song Dynasty was famous for its white porcelain (瓷器). White was also the part of everyday life. Young girls liked to wear white flowers in their hair. They also wore white makeup (妆容). 【小题3】

In the Qin Dynasty, people liked black. From emperors (皇帝) to soldiers everyone wore black. The Qin people believed that black was the color of water. 【小题4】 People thought that water brought them good luck.

Red

【小题5】 The palaces and walls in it are all red. Red was a noble color at that time. Some people say it’s because of the first Ming emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang. His last name is Zhu. It means “red” in Chinese. So he liked the color red.