Student: Ying
Chen
China
ELI Teacher:
Thomas Speirs
My Favorite City: Fuzhou
My
favorite city is called Fuzhou. In the Fuzhou dialect, its name is Hujiu. It is
the provincial capital of Fujian Provence in China. It also has the name
Rongcheng because the banyan tree, called Rongshu in Chinese, is the symbol
tree of Fuzhou. I like Fuzhou because this is where I was born and I think it’s
a beautiful city. There is a park in Fuzhou called Hong Guang Lake Park. In
Hong Guang Lake Park, there are many tall trees that have birds singing in them
and beautiful flowers with butterflies dancing in them. And of course, there is
also a lake where people can ride in boats.
I
used to go to that park very often with my friends. My friends and I often went
there to play badminton. We also used to see some old people playing Tai Chi in
the park, some people walking alone or with their friends, some people walking
their dogs, some people dancing and some children playing on the amusement
facilities such as slides and swings. Everyone was laughing and having fun.
There are many
such beautiful and interesting parks in Fuzhou. For this reason, Fuzhou is a
very beautiful city, and people live very happily here.
Welcome
to Fuzhou!
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