If I won a lot of money, l could go anywhere I wanted to, for example, Nepal.
If I decide to go out this week, I will go to New York. If you visit my country, I will take you to the famous park in my hometown, which named is Dahuoquan park. If I have enough time this year, I will go camping several time in national park. Most people would be a lot happier if they were satisfy for the things around them. If I were a whale, I could see the bottom of the sea. I’ll be annoyed this month if my package doesn’t arrive. If I had enough time this month, I could go back my country to visit my parents.
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1. I want to visit Oymyakon, the coldest place people have lived ever!
The reason why I want to travel there is I want give myself a challenge. After that, I think life will stay normal, might have a little change. 2. I want travel around the world with my husband. As a family to see the colorful world together is the romantic event that I can imagine. When we get old, we can hold our hands and say that we saw the beautiful scenes around the world together. After that, I believe we will love each other more! 3. I want to have a photograph album in which I dressing like an ancient times person( eg. Tong dynasty) I love the culture from hundreds years ago, and I am fascinated by ancient clothing, especially in Song and Tong dynasty. The old traditional clothing are elegant, most of them made by hundred people in several months. So, I want to feel the clothing with thousands years culture in person. My friends might laugh after they see the photos, but I like it anyway. When I chat with my grandfather, there are always sentences like: ”life changes too much, 50 years ago, there are no such things like private cars or High-speed rail or theme park.” Apparently, life have vast difference between 50 years ago and now, especially in transportation, education and entertainment. Firstly, transportation changes dramatically during last 50 years. The length of railway lines and road lines in service are enlarge quickly. For example, the railway lines length was 33.9 thousand Km in total in 1960, and it sharply increased to 111.8 thousand Km in total in 2014. Similarly, the length of road lines was 519.5 thousand Km in 1960, then it grown as fast as railway lines length, in 2014, the road length reach to 4463.9 thousand Km according the data from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Furthermore, there are more choice to go another place. For instance, the structure of transportation has been optimized. In the first several years of China founding, almost all kinds of transport depend on the railway, the percentage of it can reach to 90%. However, the railway passenger turnover percentage has declined to 36%, and the road passenger turnover has grown to 55%, and the ship passenger turnover number as same as the railway. So we a have multiple choice to go wherever you want to go. On one hand, the development of transportation is benefit for us, thanks to high speed transportation, we can eat the fresh fruit come from thousands miles away. On the other hand, it cause serious traffic congestion. For example, “From October 2010 to September 2013, a total of 48,325 crashes were collected in the three-year period.”1 Secondly, the education in China grow so fast in last 50 years. On the one hand, the school number grow vastly. For instance, there were 1289 high schools in 1960, but in 2014, the number of high school had increase to 2529. Therefore, we are seeing a nearly threefold increase in school number in the past 50 years. Likewise, the private school is developing so fast. There is a case of Hong Kong’s private school development. The Education Commission Report No. 3, published in 1988, recommended the establishment of “a strong, independent private sector” (Education Commission,1988, p. 53). The report indicated that these private schools would become “a genuine alternative to the public sector” and would be “counted as part of the long term supply of school places” (Education Commission, 1988, p. 53).2 The below figure shows the changes in the number of private schools during 1958-1990. So, we can see the number of private schools in Hong Kong increased vastly between 1958 and 1991 from about 60,000 to 440,000. Finally, the way people in China get relax have changed. In the past, people in China have few ways to relax. In 1950s, the most popular entertainments for Chinese people include fireworks displays, art shows, and public gatherings. People receive inspiration and feel great joy among the cheering crowds. Yangge performance and stilt walking became popular shows. Chinese people liked to immerse themselves among the carnival groups, in which they experience an inspiring spirit of unity.3 However, people are want to know more about entertainment. For example, 50 years ago, there was no magazines about tourism and travel. As my grandfather said, books were the scarce resources that normal people couldn’t had. According to my grandfather’s memory, there were books just about QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN MAO TSETUNG. But now, we have a great many of books or magazines about entertainment. The table below shows the details about the magazine and journals numbers now. In addition, people want spend more money on entertainment. The table below shows the data of the nonproductive expenditure per people annual. We can see the entertainment and education spending is 499.39 yuan in grand average in 1998. Then, we can see the increase between these two tables. The entertainment and education expenditure rose rapidly from 499.39 Yuan to 1535.9 Yuan during that period. It indicated that people in China spent more money on entertainment, and to enjoy their life.
In conclusion, although China develop so fast, it has many serious questions, for instance, traffic congestion. So, maybe it’s the time to slow down and face the problems. Furthermore, China might slow down it paces and just has some modify in the next 50 years, but China never stop. Reference: 1. Smyth, R., Mishra, V., & Qian, X. (2008). The Environment and Well-Being in Urban China. Ecological Economics, 68(1/2), 547-555. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.05.017 2. Alan C.K. Cheung , E. Vance Randall , Man Kwan Tam , "The development of local private primary and secondary schooling in Hong Kong, 1841-2012", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 30 Iss: 6, pp.826 – 847 3. http://www.china.org.cn/video/2009-09/26/content_18605271.htm 4. Zhong, L., Wu, B., & Morrison, A. M. (2015). Research on China's Tourism: A 35-Year Review and Authorship Analysis. International Journal Of Tourism Research, 17(1), 25-34. doi:10.1002/jtr.1962 5. http://www.stats.gov.cn/yearbook/indexC.htm 6. http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2015/indexch.htm |