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On National Indigenous People Day , we had a memorable and significant short guided walk near Columbia College , where has plenty of information about First Native People . At the beginning , the teacher showed us around Columbia college and told us the history of this area .

In the past , this area was under water and belong to aboriginal people , they relied water to live and used water in some important aspects like food , medicine and culture . However , with Europeans were arriving , this area was occupied and First Native People were expelled even they were called to leave their hometown just in two days . In 1913 , because the plan of economic development they divert the river , and build some public industrial facilities which include railway and facilities . Although the Terminal Avenue owned to Indigenous People , they have never received benefits from this area where they grew up . On the contrary, the new people who moved in later enjoyed the benefits here. Nowadays people have done lots of development here , it has changed a lot from water to a developed place ; however , people have lost a kind of natural tool and resource that is water. Water is a necessary element , what does water do is clearly show in our daily life . we cannot live without water, but people always change our nature for some selfish reasons . Because they have never realise the importance of this , so they are still doing bad behaviors, they don’t treasure our surroundings so that they may revenge of nature. They think they can change the nature easily just like they bully and oppress First Native People , but it is not this case. Through this meaningful guide , I realised we need to cherish our surroundings and protect our nature .

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      There is a big different between English name and Chinese name is that we put the family name at the beginning and our first name later . Normally , most Chinese people has three words name and me as well , we only use our father’s family to become the last name instead of mothers’ because of traditional issue .

      As we all know , there are hundreds of family names used in China , according to user population people created a book as well as my family name is eighteenth . The first word of my name is 雨 which pronounce “ yu “ , the meaning of this is raining , because it was raining at that time when my mom went to hospital to give birth to me . In addition , the second word of my name is also means weather , sunny . If I connect these two words together , it shows a beautiful picture that the run shines again after rain . The another reason that my parents gave me this name is that they want me to be positive and brave enough when I face with some difficulties , all successes will come after failure and hard work like beautiful view will appear after the storm .

    My name is not only show the case when I born , but also contains my family expectation .

           Arts play an important role in our daily life because it can find beauty around us and lead us to enjoy  beauty .  Although I am not very good at arts , I was really excited when I heard about we would go to the art gallery . Not only can I appreciate several kinds of fantastic works , but also I can learn more knowledge about fine art .

           To start with , we visit the first floor together where has many paintings drawn by Emily Carp , a famous artist . And then , we attracted by novel works on the second , such as  a huge production made of mattress , an inverted mirror and some ping-pong balls and lights in a wood room .

           However , what impressed me the most deeply is the photography area . The artist Gauri Gill took lots of different professional occupations from the Adivasi , famous for sacred masks . She express an understanding of their custom and culture through these pictures , she lets different profession to wear different masks in order to show the beauty of their own job .

           In addition , the view of the collection stress also appeal me a lot . They may use plenty of time to find and collect charm from streets , and artist commonly think the urban street can create inspiration .These exhibitions obviously show the change of architecture and people everyday life in recent years .

           In my opinion , arts is in  all beautiful things , when I feel sad or tired , I would like to see some nice objects . Both artist and spectators are beneficiaries because of art , it will cure us and teach us . Arts are very valuable nowadays because they contained a period of history and reflect a kind of culture , each artists have their own reasons to create a exhibition which is more important than the beauty on the surface .

拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul

The literal meaning of this idiom is about someone pull down the east wall of his house in order to repair the west wall . In the present , it always use to describe a person who  deal with problems only superficially rather than solve the essence of the problems . For instance , a person borrowed money from a friend and  had no money to repay , so he borrow money from another friend to repay the last debt , his behavior is rob Peter to pay Paul .

礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity

When someone gave you gift , you have to give something back to them , because this is a communication mode which can promote people’s relationship . It is a unwritten rules in Chinese society , like  people always prefer to bring gifts to their relative and friends home in the traditional holidays .

热锅上的蚂蚁 ants on a hot pan  

People always use this idiom to describe a very anxious situation or person seems like a group of ants are placed at a hot pan and they can do nothing but worry . For example , a kid was ill in home but his mom is working in another city , so the mom was just able to anxious in the cellphone and had no way to look after her son , she was like a ant on a hot pan .

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Although I have several courses in this semester , I will not forget to get some time for the rest . I have three ways to relax in the most of time .

First of all , When I feel bored or sad , I would like to go to gym in order to distract my attention . At the beginning , the reason why I like to do some sports in my free time is to lose weight , but as time went by , I love the feeling when I was sweating , I was very comfortable and light after doing exercise . I watched myself stronger and stronger in the mirror day by day . I think this is a good hobby so that I will keep it for a long time .

Painting is my second hobby , even though I am not very good at that , I enjoy to express myself by drawing . I think it is a cool thing to record life through drawing and I usually draw some stick figure before sleep . colors make the world more beautiful and impressive so that I would like to use several colors in my work . now painting is a important thing in my life .

I will also do other things in my leisure time , such as go shopping with my friend , because the time when I spend with my friend will make me very relax and I like to buy new clothes and makeup . Cooking is also my hobby , sometimes I will try new dishes for my family .

Do something you like is really good way to remission our stress and we also can learn knowledge from that in order to  enrich ourselves .

My mom , a beautiful lady , like a superhero in my heart . When I was four years old , my younger sister was born . My father was very busy to make money , so she had to take care of two kids by herself .I still remember that snowy night , I had a fewer and my dad went to another city , I felt so terrible that I cried , My mom carried me to the hospital and I feel asleep on her back , I did not remember what happened in the rest of that night , but I knew my mom looked after me and did not sleep the whole night . She is not a strong woman , but she is a strong mother . I learned lots of good spirits from her , she taught me to be a kind person . She always do a lot instead of saying . In fact I love my mom very much but is always abashed to express my love , so Mother’s Day is a good choice to show the feeling for my mother . Before that day , I had already made a plan to make a big deal with my sister in order to give my mom a surprise . I bought a bunch of flowers and a lipstick which my mom wanted for a long time , we did all the housework on that day and did not make my mom angry . We tried to da all things like mom did in the common days to feel how hard mom was . Overall , although we rarely says love , we still can feel love around us .

When I was one year old , I was a baby who slept in mom’s arms . By the time of I could speak , I had been two years old . One year later , I left my hometown and moved to another seaside city with my parents . In the following year , I was playing with my friends in daycare when my parents were busy .

When I was five year old , I started to go to kindergarten and met lots of good friends . I had been learning in the kindergarten for two years before I went to primary school . I was learning singing in the after-school class in the first year of primary school . When I was eight years old , I learned how to swim so that I used to swim in the sea after school . At the age of nine , I became the monitor due to my good behavior in the school . I moved to a big city due to my family and had been living there one year before my ten-year-old birthday . I was studying in a boarding school which was far from my house in the following year . Then , I went back to my city because I was used to living in the familiar surroundings .

On my thirteenth birthday , I had already been studying in secondary school for one year . When I was fourteen , I found lots of habits like dancing and writing . Next , I met my best friend but we were not very familiar at that time . In the last year of junior high school , I studied very hard because I wanted to get in to the best high school in my city and I succeeded . In the first year of high school , I had several sweet memories , such as performed a drama , joined dance club and raised the national flag . In the following year , I got sick and had an operation . When I was seventeen years old , is just this year ,I went abroad to study and my English have improved a lot . I believe I will be admitted to UBC after I graduate from Columbia college and I am trying my best to study . In the following ten years , I think I will be a great architect and achieve my dream to travel around the world .

         In the summer , a family of ants were very busy in collecting food , whereas an old ant were basking everyday .

        An ant kid said , “ Hi , Mr. Ant “ , while he was moving a cheese which twice bigger than him . “ Do you want to join us to prepare for winter ?”

        The old ant responded , “ It is not essential to find food so early . I can do that later . Why do you not enjoy life like me ?”

        And then another ant reminded him ,” You will have no food in winter if you continue doing nothing .”

        He was just answered ,” Just mind your own business ! I have my own plan .” And he thought .”How stupid they were ! They need to enjoy summer instead of working on end .”

       As time past on , the weather turned cold and leaves fell . The old ant was starving so that he had to beg .

      One day he knocked at ant family’s door and begged pitifully , “ Could you please give me a little food ? I an too hungry to stand 。“

      The kid was very kind , so he said ,” Sure ! Just wait for a few moment . “ The old ant saw there were having a big party inside because they were industrious , so he lowered his head in embarrassment .

      The father ant saw his embarrassment and asked him ,” Do you want to join us ?”

      The old ant responded happily ,” Of cause !”

      The father ant added,” But you need to help us prepare for food next year .” The old ant agreed .

      Finally ,next summer was coming , the old ant changed himself and prepared lots of food in order not to be hungry anymore . He eventually realized that ,” No pains , no gains .”

There are three disadvantages of using cellphones in class . It makes students lose focus , can allow cheating and lead to a dependency on cellphones . First of all , using cellphones in class may divert students’ attention from studies , when they get notifications from social media , students might check their phones instead of listening carefully to their teacher . Students will find a chance to play games when they have free time during class . For example , students can play games when the teacher gives them time to look through books or discuss with others . Second , cellphones make it easier for students to cheat . Students may copy from the Internet when they write an essay . Furthermore , they are able to take pictures from an exam and share them with their friends who will take the same exam after . Finally , students may become dependent on their cellphones . If students find the answer on the Internet all the time , they will have no progress due to not practicing their skills . For instance , students may search for an article which has the same topic as an essay they were assigned rather than thinking by themselves . On the other hand , many people think that cellphones should be allowed in class because students want to check some information that they are unsure about . However , students can do that by asking their teacher or discussing with their classmates rather than using cellphones . In conclusion , cellphones should not be allowed in class because they can cause students to lose concentration on studies , enable to students to cheat and lead students to become reliant on using cellphones .

In my mind that my father is a serious person so that I always share my feeling with my mom instead of my father ; however , a conversation changed my mind and I started to feel the love from my dad .

          It was a common evening that we had dinner together around the table , I was very quiet rather than I used to find topics to talk about , because I had trouble with my best friend and study in that day . My father found I was a little unusual so he requested to communicate with me initiatively .

          At the beginning , I was a little warried on account of feeling serious , and I had almost never had a communication whit my father like this before . He asked that if I felt bad that day . I answered quickly that I had nothing just a tired . He stared at me in doubt , I found a huge amount of concern to me in his eyes and I added that I just argued with my best friend . My father explained to me that friends was the person who we need to forgive and be kind , arguments were  common things in any relationships , I should talk to my friend in patience and because the case that it might be a misunderstand . I nodded my hand and agreed that I would try it the day after . In addition , he told me that he was very happy because I tried to share my secret with him and he would like to hearing from me anytime  . These words made me thing a lot that why I did not find my father was a patient person and that whether I should change my mind to my dad . As time goes on , our conversations has become more and wider , I like to share my daily life with my dad maybe that is just a tiny thing .

        Although that conversation is just a simple one , I will keep it in my mind for a long time because it is the turning point between my father and me .

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