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Square dancing has been popular for quite a few years. Its lovers believe it is good for elderly people's health But in recent years, it has many haters as well. They think too loud music or dancing too late into night influences people's life. Should square dancing be supported or limited? Here are opinions from two groups of people.

For

Square dancing is a helpful way for elderly people to stay fit.
Square dancing has become an important socializing opportunity() for those parents whose grown children have left to start their own families.
If governments provide large places where people can dance a bit far from living blocks, most of the complaints will go away.

Against

Square dancing in public may not be acceptable to all elderly people. Some of them hate the noise caused by such kind of dancing.
Square dancing is something that elderly people themselves invented. They just want to be left by themselves to do what they like.
There are some other healthier ways to exercise for people from different age groups and with different health .situations. Square dancing is not a good idea for everyone.

Square dancing has been a hot topic in daily life. People have been discussing it should be supported or limited. Lovers believe it can help elderly people stay healthy. Those parents who live can communicate with others while dancing. If people are with large places by governments and they can dance a bit far away from living blocks, few neighbours will complain. Haters say the noise caused by square dancing is the main why they are against it. They think square dancers just do what they like to do without others' feelings. And square dancing.is not the only good way for all people to exercise.

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Chinese Culture
While China is almost the same size as the US in area, it is home to about 1.3 billion people. It has a special culture with a very long history.
Chinese Food

Food plays an important role for Chinese families. Different foods have special meanings. The most obvious(明显的) difference is that Chinese people eat their meals with chopsticks. One of the main foods in Chinese culture is rice. Tea is a favorite drink and it is popular in the market.
Chinese New Year
The Chinese calendar(日历) is called a lunar(阴历的) calendar. It is not the same as the one used in the US. New Year's Day is in late winter. It is also called the Spring Festival. It has a big celebration of letting go of the old and bringing in the new. It has special foods and traditions. For example, sweeping the floor before New Year's Day sweeps away all the old year's bad luck.
Chinese Zodiac(生肖)

The Chinese zodiac, known as Sheng Xiao, follows a twelve-year cycle(循环). Each year is named for an animal. These animal signs are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. For example, the year that begins in 2016 is the Year of the Monkey.
Chinese Language
Chinese is a complex(复杂的) language. Chinese writing developed almost 4,000 years ago and may even be older. Chinese writing has thousands of characters. A character represents(代表) a word and also a meaning. Unlike English, there are no spaces in Chinese writing. Besides Standard Chinese, or Putonghua, Chinese people speak six other forms of the language, and there are many kinds of dialects(方言).
(1)Is tea a favorite drink in China?
(2)What is the Chinese calendar called?
(3)How many years of cycle does the Chinese zodiac follow?
(4)What does a Chinese character represent?
(5)What does the passage mainly tell us about Chinese culture?

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