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In the middle of April, if you walk through Jinghong, capital of Xishuangbanna region in Yunnan province,
(chance) are that you'll get very, very wet. The Dai people will be celebrating their water-splashing（泼水）festival from April 15 t0 17, marking the new year for the Dai ethnic minority.
Lonely Planet, one of the world's(large) travel brands, has described what happens: “People race around the streets of Jinghong and the surrounding villages, soaking（浸透）every person
sight with buckets of water.
(tradition), water would be collected and poured only on family members as a
symbolic way(ensure) good luck in the coming year. Dai people believe that the wetter you get, the luckier you will be.
Although water (play)a vital role in the celebration, there is much more to the festival, especially during the first two days
water splashing is comparatively kept under control, according to Lonely Planet. People wear their best clothes, while older women in nearby villages
(dress) in traditional outfits（服装）.They gather with their families and visit Dai temples. There, they wash the statues of Buddha（佛教）with water, a practice
(know) as ”Bathing the Buddha".
A little boy invited his mother to attend his elementary（初级的） school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s unhappiness, she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he was embarrassed by her appearance. she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar（伤痕）___
___covered nearly the whole right side of her face. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother though she had a scar on her face, but the little boy was still embarrassed and hid himself from everyone. He did, however, get within earshot of（在听力范围之内） a conversation _______ his mother and his teacher, and heard them speaking.
‘‘How did you get the scar on your face? ’’ The teacher asked.
The mother replied, ‘‘When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in the fire was out of control, so I went in. As I was rushing toward his bed, I saw a beam(房梁) coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked unconscious(无意识的) but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.’’ She touched the burned side of her face. ‘‘This scar will be on my face for ever, but to this day, I have never regretted doing ____
___I did.’’
At this point, the little boy came out , running towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt a great sense of the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.
I haven’t heard ____ you for weeks. Is everything OK with __
___ ? Do you still go to the gym every day? I used _
__ go to the gym three times a week, __
__ I don’t work_
__ any more. Most young people want a slim figure these days, especially here_
__ Canada. I __
___ trying to lose weight because I am so ashamed of__
__ body.
Fix a timer in some of your rooms turns lights on and off during different times of the day. Some TVs also come with a timer that you could set to be turned on during certain times. Have motion (运动) sensitive lights outside your house that keep thieves away
you are not at home.
The place where I work kindly provides food for all attendants. However, what bothers ______ is that they throw away all leftovers and there are usually lots!
you can learn from the ant philosophy is: Never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.