Last summer, I went to Yunnan on vacation with my family. We ________ four days there.

Our first stop was Lugu lake. I wonder why there was so beautiful a lake in the world. I enjoyed ________ there. We went boating and took quite a few photos. Then we went up to a hill. On the top of the ________, we got to see something beautiful. I felt like I was in a painting. I thought I would ________ forget the beautiful scenery there.

The next morning we went to Lijiang by bus. It was a long ________ from Lugu lake to Lijiang. We ________ in the afternoon. After a short break, we went to walk around the town and bought some gifts. Then we decided to try the famous Guoqiao Rice Noodles for dinner. They were very ________ and delicious. After dinner, we took a walk and enjoyed the old streets and buildings ________ the moon. The summer evening was cool.

Our ________ stop was the “spring city” Kunming. We visited Dianchi, watched the birds and went to the flower market. We had a really wonderful day.

The four-day trip came to a(n) ________ soon. We had to go home. Everything in Yunnan was great. It is a very beautiful and interesting place. I’m sure you’ll never regret going on a trip there.

People in different countries have different activities on New Year’s Eve.

At midnight on New Year’s Eve, people in Rome(罗马) throw out(扔掉) all the things they don’t want. The streets are full of _______ chairs, beds, clothes, and other things. In Madrid(马德里), Spain, New Year _______ quietly. People go to the main squares, each holding _______ grapes. _______ the clock strikes(敲击) twelve, people start to eat the grapes — one grape for good luck in each month of the new year.

In Tokyo, people eat _______ on New Year’s Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next _______, some Japanese climb Mount Fuji(富士山). They _______ the first sunrise of the new year.

In China, people eat _______. Usually they _______ a coin(硬币) in a dumpling. If someone eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he or she will be ________ in the year. Of course, they don’t eat the coin.

It’s after 10:00 a.m. and the kids are still sleeping. It’s Sunday — a traditional day of ________ . Most people have at least one day a week to take a rest. Some use that time to go to church, while some usually sleep in, watch TV ... giving ________ the gift of a lazy day.

We need to give ourselves a break, and a little rest works well for almost ________ . It doesn’t really matter what the activity is. The idea is to give our body, mind and heart a chance to ________ . If we keep going at full speed every day, we can be really tired.

Some people find ________ hard to take a real vacation. As a matter of fact, many people died early ________ they were too busy to have a break.

Remember that we ________ work well if we never stop to take a rest. It doesn’t matter ________ we do this because we can pick anytime that works best for us and make it a plan.

________ this and discuss it with others. The idea here is that by giving ourselves a break and just enjoying a day off, we can make our lives ________ and create more in our world.