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British Museum for three hours. On Sunday I visited Tower Bridge. Where were you over the weekend? Tell me your news! DISCUSSION Sophia9: 30 Glad you’re having a great vacation. I was in the Summer Palace in Beijing on Saturday. I was there for a flower show. It was amazing! And there were lots of people. But on Sunday it was rainy and I wasn’t very well. I stayed in bed for a whole day. Steve10: 10 It was cloudy the whole weekend in Paris. On Saturday I was at a football game with my classmates. It was exciting! On Sunday I was at the shops with Ann for four hours. Jack11: 00 I wasn’t at home over the weekend. On Saturday I was in Scotland for a trip. It was a lovely, warm day and I had a piic with friends. It was great! Sunday was boring. It took me five hours to get back home. It was a long journey. Kate11: 20 On Saturday I was at Heathrow Airport. I met a friend there and we talked together for two hours. I was very happy. On Sunday I was in Sydney for a concert. It is winter in Australia, and it was windy and cold! 31. On Saturday Rosie was _____________. A. in the Summer Palace B. in the British Museum The Blog of Rosie C. at Tower Bridge D. at Heathrow Airport 32. What was the weather like when Sophia was in Beijing on Sunday? A. Cloudy. B. Warm. C. Rainy. D. Cold. 33. Kate talked with her friend for _____________ hours. A. two B. three C. four D. five 34. Jack was in Scotland for _____________. A. a flower show B. a concert C. a football game D. a trip 35. Steve was _____________ on Saturday. A. at a football game B. at the shops C. at school D. at home B What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather? Is it the same all over the world? That’s an easy question, you say. Wherever you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. Well, maybe. But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a valuable resource(資源 ). Maybe that’s why they like the expression, " Time is money." Because Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to keep and manage it. People in the US often attend meetings or read books on time management. It seems that they all want to anize their time better. People try their best to press more life out of their time. To Americans, being on time is a way of showing respect(尊重 ) for other people’s time. Being more than 10 minutes late usually calls for an apology(道歉 ) and an explanation. People who are running late often call ahead to let others know that they can’t be on time. Of course, the less formal(正式的 ) the situation is, the less important it is to be exactly on time. At informal gettogethers, for example, people often arrive as much as 30 minutes late. But they usually don’t try that at work. American lifestyles show how much people respect the time of others. When people plan an event, they often set the time days or weeks before it. Once the time is fixed, it is almost impossible to change it. If people want to e to your house for a friendly visit, they will usually call first to make su