Composition: Interesting New Year's events (more than 600 words, 100-200 words of reflection)

I used to rush to and from home, and after a few years, I had no time to take care of things around me. This year, I finally have free time, allowing me to feel the fresh atmosphere of my hometown. It can be said that with the passage of time, a small city has become full of charming vitality and vitality.

A city surrounded by mountains and rivers should be a very beautiful city. However, in my memory, every rainy season, the Xinjiang River floods, and the rice fields and crops in the rice fields and surrounding areas are flooded. Crazy devouring, farmers' hard work is always in vain. Households living by the river can only watch helplessly as their furniture soaks in the water, unable to do anything. They have to ferry in and out every day, which is miserable. The density of residents in the city varies. The old wooden houses are closely connected with no safety measures. The buildings are messy, the streets are narrow, and garbage can be seen everywhere.

After staying at home with nothing to do, my mother suggested that I go for a walk along the river road. Passing by the cross street, a novel phenomenon attracted me - traffic lights. The vehicles passing by strictly abide by the instructions of the traffic lights, and no traffic rules were violated. This may not be unusual in big cities, but it is a huge change for a small city. Now the traffic is in order, and crossing the road is no longer a panic.

When we came to Yanhe Road, we saw a picturesque scene in front of us. Both sides of the Xinjiang River have been decorated. Both sides of the river have been carefully renovated, high dams have been built, various trees and flowers have been planted, cobblestone paths run through it, and three or two people are sitting on a few flat pieces of grass, enjoying the vast sea and sky, leisurely and at ease. In an entertainment venue, happy children were swinging on swings and climbing stairs. More people are like us, walking along the river, breathing the fresh air, looking at the mountains in the distance and the water nearby, which makes people feel relaxed and happy. In front of a blueprint, we saw the night views on both sides of the park along the river, which were beautifully lit and beautiful.

Going back through the busy city, it was a completely new feeling. The wide and clean streets were lined with high-rise buildings, and various specialty stores, boutiques and supermarkets were scattered throughout the streets. There is an endless stream of people shopping, busy buying new year's goods. With the improvement of people's living standards, various high-end products are increasingly entering residents' homes, and more and more well-off families are entering.

As things change, so do people. During a conversation with my junior high school teacher, I learned more about the renewal of the spiritual outlook of urban people. Nowadays, people are paying more and more attention to the importance of education. In order to give full play to the advantages of each school, urban middle schools have changed the previous model of only key middle schools. The schools only set up high school or junior high schools, which facilitates targeted centralized management and concentration of effective teachers. For adults, their own enterprising spirit is also constantly increasing. My teacher is a good example. He was still a junior high school teacher when he taught me, but after continuous learning, he is now a high school teacher. Excellent teacher, and has published articles in "World English". Many young people my age are not satisfied with the knowledge they have. Examination has become a hot topic for them. Now I am no longer surprised when the neighbor’s children greet me with “Good morning” in English.

When I stood on the top of "Tianqiao" mountain and looked down at the city's scenery, I was filled with emotion and couldn't help but think of a sentence - if you don't advance, you will retreat. Everything is always in a state of constant change and progress. Now The rapid progress is even more astonishing. As young people in the new century, we should be prepared for danger in times of peace, keep pace with the times, speed up our own pace, and fully arm ourselves to meet more severe challenges.

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Winter Vacation

On New Year’s Eve, our whole family went to my uncle’s house to celebrate the New Year, and we were going to have a New Year’s Eve dinner in a restaurant together.

For the Chinese New Year, of course we have to dress decently. No, the whole family is "dressing up" in front of the mirror. Even my grandpa, who is 60 or 70 years old, wants to "look younger". He spent the whole morning choosing a suit and polishing his shoes... After a while, the clothes were neatly dressed and the shoes were polished, and grandpa began to comb his hair. He combed his hair neatly and it was a little shiny, but grandpa was still not satisfied. He looked left and right in the mirror and asked me: "Nan Nan, what do you think of the few strands of hair I have here?" I always can't comb my hair, what should I do? ""Yes, let's use 'mousse', which is hairspray." After I finished speaking, I took a bottle of "mousse" and said, "Father, just spray some on this." It's over." The father-in-law took the bottle and pressed the switch on the top hard. He accidentally pressed too hard, and with a "squeak", white mousse sprayed onto his face. His eyes and eyebrows suddenly disappeared. It was "the first time for a big girl to get on the sedan chair." He became nervous. I couldn't help laughing when I saw his embarrassed look. He wiped the foam off his face with paper, used it carefully, and finally succeeded.

While eating New Year’s Eve dinner, I looked at my father-in-law’s thin and shiny hair, and remembered his funny look just now, and chuckled. My mother looked at me, feeling strange, and asked me: "What's so funny?" I pointed to my father-in-law's hair and said, "My father-in-law's 'cream head' is very beautiful today. He is at least 20 years younger." After that, I told what happened, and the family all burst into laughter. Smiling, especially my mother-in-law, she laughed so hard that her teeth could not be seen. My father-in-law also laughed sheepishly and said to my mother-in-law: "Be careful of laughing off your dentures."

My mother-in-law responded with a smile: "Don't worry, my dentures are a 'high-quality product', unlike your hair, which is a 'jerk project'". After saying that, everyone laughed again.

As the saying goes: "A smile saves ten years." As long as we keep a relaxed mind and face life with a smile, happiness will always follow us. This is what I learned during the winter vacation.