"The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence." That's an old in English. It means other places often look better, more interesting than the place you live. Some people worry young Chinese are beginning to feel that way. They see young Chinese ignoring 忽视Chinese culture and, instead, Japanese cartoon books, watching Korean soap operas and even celebrating western holidays.
Foreign books and soap operas are good, Chinese writers and actors are just as good. As for holidays, Christmas is nice, but it can have the meaning for Chinese that Spring Festival has, and the West has nothing to compare with Mid-autumn Festival. And let's not forget the part of Chinese culture I like best: friendliness. Not all countries are as as China.
It's good to enjoy other cultures and to learn them, but they cannot replace your own culture. It's good to look on the other side of the fence, but you take a good long look. You will find that the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence.
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The Great Wall of China has a history of over two thousand years. It runs from the east to the west in North China. It is about 6,300 kilometers___36_ . It is often 37 “Ten- -thousand-Li Great Wall”. It is one of the “Seven Wonders” of the ancient world.
The Great Wall is wide enough for ten men to walk 38 . Horses can also run along it, too. The Great Wall 39 stones and bricks(砖). There are huge stones on 40 side and on the highest part. But now some sections of it are worn out.
There are tall watch-towers alone the Great Wall. Once upon 41 time, the soldiers kept watching the enemies(敌人)in the watch-towers day and night. They made 42 on the towers to 43 each other when the enemies came.
Nowadays we don’t use the Great Wall to keep away the enemies any more. It is a famous place of interest to all the people in 44 . Every year 45 people come to visit it form all over the world.
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