Bicycles in China

      Bicycles are very popular in China. In our country you can see bicycles almost everywhere. When you walk on the road, you will find a lot of people riding bicycles to school, shops and anywhere else. Therefore(因此), China is known as “the kingdom of bicycles”. In China, many families have one or two bicycles.

      Compared(与……比) with cars, bicycles have many advantages. First, they are much cheaper than cars. Most Chinese can't afford cars, but they can afford bicycles. Second, bicycles are small enough to park anywhere, while cars need a larger piece of land to park. What's more, with lower speed, bicycles are safer than cars.

      However, bicycles also bring some problems. Some riders don't obey the traffic rules and some riders don't think about others' safety. So they ride too fast. During rush hours, too many bicycles may cause traffic jams. We still have a long way to go to solve the problem.

A: Hi, Lucy! I want to have a surprise party for my brother. Will you me organize it?  

B: OK.  will you have it?

A: What about tomorrow afternoon?

B: Oh, you can't have it then.  If you do, most of his friends come.

A: Why?

B: Because they are going to have a basketball game the day after tomorrow. They are all going to for it．

A: Then what about this weekend?

B: Sure. This weekend is . And by the way, what are we going to do after the party?

A: Let's go and watch an interesting video!

B: That sounds nice.

—OK. I ___________．

    Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in his life, he might write about them in his diary. Now a teenager might surf the Internet and write about his problems in his blog.  In some ways, a diary and a blog are almost the same. What makes a blog different from a diary?

___________1 I have a younger sister. Sometimes I read her blog. She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry exam. When I was her age, I wrote the same things, but only in my diary. After I finished writing, I would hide (藏）my diary in a secret place because I was worried that someone else might read it！

    Blogs have good points, of course. If I feel lonely and write “Nobody cares about me" in my diary, no one will know about it. However, if my sister writes the same words in her blog, her friends will quickly reply and tell her how much they like her. The blog helps people keep in contact (联系）with their friends.

A blog is public so it has some bad points.

___________2 If I am angry with a friend during school and write something bad about him in my diary, he will never know. However, if my sister writes something bad about a friend, that friend may read her blog and cry.

___________3

    If people are careful, writing the blog is really a good way to communicate with others. However, I still enjoy my diary!