【正文】 he story of Qi qi ao Festival. When foreigners hear about the story they cal i t a Chi nese Val enti ne’s story. It’s a fi ne day today, so I hope you can al m eet the one you l ove. ” As Li Fang set off for hom e, he thought , “ I guess H u Ji n doesn’t l ove m e. I’ just throw these fl owers and chocol ates away. I don’t want them to remi nd m e of her. ” So he di d. As he sadl y passed the tea shop on the corner on hi s wasy hom e, he heard a voi ce cal li ng him . There was H uji n waving at hi m and cali ng, “Why are you so l ate? I’ ve been wai ti ng for you for a l ong tim e! An I have a gi ft for you!” What woul d he do? H e had thrown away her Val enti ne fi ges! She woul d never fi ve him . Thi s woul d not be a happy Bal enti ne’s Day! Wi nter Carni val i n Quebec A group of very col d touri sts are si tti ng i n a cafe i n ol d Quevec, dri nki ng hor cofee to try to warm up. The tem perature i s 32 degrees bel ow freezi ng. The wi ndows are cobered wi th steam from the heat i nsi de. Outsi de, snow covers the streets and is pi l ed up along the si dewal ks. The m usi c and li ghts of the Carni val conti nue, but after a whol e day of watching parades, ri ding i n horse carri ages and li steni ng to the m usi c, thei r feet are freezi ng and thei r noses are red. Every year, hundreds of thousands of peopl e e to Quebec to take part i n the weell ong winter festi val , the bi ggest i n the worl d. Everyone who es m ust be prepared to keep m ovi ng. As i t is to col d to stand and watch for l ong. Earl y i n the m orni ng, you can watch the snowboardi ng peti ti ons on the hi l overl ooki ng the ri ver. Competitors speed down the track and through the air as though they coul d fl y. The m ore brave of heart m ay try the canoe races. Five or si x m en paddl e each canoe across the partl yfrozen St Lawrence Ri ver. The ri ver i s ful of bi g pi eces of ice, and i f you were to fal i n, you woul d freeze i n l ess than two m inutes. O n of the favouri te events i s the dogsl ed race, i n whi ch teams of about si x husky dogs pl l ong sl eds at great speeds al ong a snowy track. O ne person runs behi nd the sled, shouti ng to the dogs to encoutage them . The sound of the dogs barki ng, the cal s of the dri vers and the shouts of crowd make an exci ti ng N othern experi ence. The dogs are beautiful strong anim al s, wi th long, thi ck fur and m any with bl ue eyes. Whi l e adm iri ng the i ce scul ptures ecerywhere in the ci ty, m uch li ke those i n H arbi n in Chi na, you can stop with other touri sts i n an i gl oo for hot tea or coffee. It is am azi ng how warm these i ce howses can be! Late i n the eveni ng, you can go to the snow palace, where Bonhom m e the snowm an i s king, and joi n the crowd. You can dance outsi de to the musi c of a band, who are al dressed i n heavy cl othes – even som e thei r i nstrum ents are dressed up for wi nter. Fi nal y, you wil l probabl y want to sit down i n a cafe wo warm up an to pl an tom orrow. You mi ght joi n the snowm obi le races – or m aybe you shoul d just sl eep i n! Uni t 2 COME AND EAT H ERE (1) Wang Peng sat i n hi s em pty restaurant feel i ng very frustrated. It had been a very strange m orni ng. Usual y he got up earl y and prepared hi s m enu of barbecued m uton kebabs, roast pork, sti rfri ed vegetabl es and fri ed ri ce. Then by l unchtim e they woul d al be sol d. By now hi s restaurant ought to be ful of peopl e. But not today! Why was that? What coul d have hapened? H e thought of his m utton, beef and bacon cooked i n the hottest, fi nest oil . Hi s cola was sugary and col d, and hi s ice cream was made of m il k, cream and deli ci ous fruit. “Nothing coul d be better,” he thought. Suddenl y he saw his friend Li Chang hurrying by. “H el l o, Lao Li,” he cal l ed, “Your usual ?” But Li Chang seemed not to hear. What was the mater? Som ethi ng 1 r unni ng her e and there: they had just discovered t hat a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat m om ent , a lar ge bl ack car wi th f our of f icer s i nside i t, stopped at he cam p gates. The of fi cer s got out and the pri soner stood to at tenti on and sal ut ed as the y pased. When they had gone, the dr iver of t he car came t owards him . The m an obvi ously want ed to talk. He was r ather el der ly wit h grey hair and clear blue eyes. The pri soner fel t sor ry f or him, but there was not hi ng else he coul d do. As the m an came near, t he pr i soner knocked hi m to t he ground wi th a sharp bl ow. Then, jumpi ng int o the car, he dr ove of f as qui ckl y as he coul d. Leson82 Monster or f ish? 是妖還是魚(yú)？ Fisherm en and sail or s someti mes cl aim to have sen m onster s in the sea. Though people have oft en laughed at stor ies tol d by s eamen, it i s now known that many of these 39。monsters39。s Radical Progressi ve Par ty. Af ter t he el ect ions, Cr awley went to the f ormer Pr ime Mi ni st er 39。 I t ol d you yest er day and the day before yester day,39。Mr Lane was def eat ed in t he elections. He has reti red f rom poli ti cal li fe and gone to li ve abr oad !39。 I know, 39。 but I l ove to hear you say i t !39。f ree r ides39。 t im e. Even so, people are goi ng to f i nd it dif fi cul t to get to work. But so far, t he publ ic has expr esed it s grati tude t o the st udents i n let ters t o t he Press. Only one or t wo people have obj ect ed that the student s wi l dri ve too f ast ! Lesson85 Never t oo old to l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just recei ved a let ter fr om m y old school i nfor ming me that my f ormer head master , Mr Regmald Page, wil l be reti ri ng next week. Pupi ls of the school , ol d and new, wil l be sending him a pr esent t o mar k t he occasi on. Al t hose who have cont ri buted towar ds the gif t wi l sign t hei r names i n a l ar ge album whi ch wi l be sent to the he adm aster 39。At t he tim e the m urder was mit ted, I was tr avel ing on t he o39。 sai d t