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Hongbao, a red envelope with small amounts of money in, is a gift that is guaranteed to be warmly received, not just because of the cash, but also because of its (tradition) symbolism and best wishes for the future. This is true throughout China, but
(especial) in the south where people regard receiving hongbao
an auspicious(吉祥的)beginning to the New Year.
Legend in the south has it that a devil used to appear to harm children and the elderly loud noise would frighten
devil away, as did the color red.
Firecrackers took care of the noise and during Spring Festival couplets(对联) also helped keep him away. But firecrackers couldn't go off all day so childrenn and the elderly also got hongbao, red envelopes (contain) money.
The tradition (survive) millennia and giving hongbao to children and the elderly remains popular among Chinese people all over the world. It has also made its way into workplaces where bosses often give
(employ) hongbao and most recently, companies have adopted online marketing strategies
hongbao are distributed, hoping
companies and staff members have a good start.
Giving hongbao at the beginning of the Lunar New Year indicates best wishes for the future.
I really want to see elephant close up. After that, we’ll be moving on to Tanzania,
we’re going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. The African part of our trip will take about four weeks and we will surely have a happy time.
So, we’ll go white-water rafting, is quite dangerous, but very exciting! After white-water rafting, we’re going on a trip to see wild animals in Kenya.
we’ll be walking for almost two weeks, I’ll need to buy a large, strong, light backpack
advance to carry my supplies of food and water.
We will leave London on 15 July, and we’ll be flying to Morocco. We are going to travel on camels the Sahara Desert.
It seemed that the water led to cholera.John Snow looked into the source of the water for these two streets.He found that it came from the river, had been polluted by the dirty water from London.Immediately John Snow told the astonished people in Broad Street to remove the handle from the water pump so it could not be used.Soon the disease began to slow
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John Snow had shown that cholera was spread by germs and not in a cloud of gas.___addition, he found two other deaths in another part of London that were concerned with the Broad Street outbreak.A woman, who had moved away from Broad Street, liked the water so much that she had had it delivered from the pump to her house every day.
Technological developments have also played their part ______ keeping Valentine’s Day relevant in the 21st century. Valentine’s ecards have been very popular in recent years.