Happy New Years!

　　Today is March 17^th．About two and a half months ago, I said“Happy New Year!”to many of my friends．About fifty days ago, I said the same thing to some other friends．In about four days, I’ll say the same wishes to yet another group of friends．I’ll do the same thing in July and also in September．“How can that be?”you might ask(if you ‘re from Western Europe or the Americas)．“Everyone knows that New Year’s Day is in Januare!”

　　In fact, the date of New Year’s Day depends on the calendar(日历)－and I have friends who use one or more of five different calendars to keep track of at least part of their lives：

　　●January 1^st：New Year’s Day on the Western/international calendar

　　●In January or February(in 2006, January 29 th)：New Year’s Day on the Chinese calendar(China, Korea, and a few other places)

　　●March 21^st：New Year’s Day on the traditional Persian(波斯)calendar

　　●Mid-July(usually the 16 th)：New Year’s Day on the Isamic(穆斯林)calendar

　　●September：New Year’s Day on most Eastern Orthodox Church(东正教)calendars(Central and Eastern Europe)and, usually, on the Jewish calendar

　　And these are just the New Year’s Days that I know about!As a matter of fact, there are probably even more!

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　　Do you still remember the terrible earthquake in 2008 in Sichuan, which killed at least 87,000 people and left millions homeless? On the twelfth day after the earthquake, Premier Wen Jiabao said, “A new Wenchuan will rise from the ruins(废墟)．” Now his words have come true．More than three years has passed and the worst－hit areas in Sichuan have risen from the ruins．

　　So far, 95％ of the reconstruction projects(重建项目)have been completed．Nearly 3,000 schools, 1,000 hospitals and more than 5 million homes have been built．Now everyone has been provided with a home, a job and social security(社保)．

　　Dong Xinjun, a villager in Qingchuan, said volunteers from Zhejiang taught him how to grow mushrooms and now he makes about 3,000 yuan more than before every year．

　　Zhu Lihu, the headmaster of a village primary school in Qingchuan, told us that teaching equipment had been greatly improved．Now they have new classrooms, a library and a computer room with 20 computers．

　　On March 8 th, 2012, Premier Wen Jiabao made his 10 th visit to Sichuan Province after the earthquake．He visited a lot of middle schools and neighborhoods．At Beichuan Middle School, Premier Wen embraced a student named Zheng Haiyang, who lost both of his legs in the earthquake．The students told Premier Wen that their new school was very beautiful．And they would never forget that it was built with the hearts and strength of people across the whole country．

　　Premier Wen believes that the people in Wenchuan have a “strong will” and a “bright future”．They will never back down, but stand bravely on this land．

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