Life today or Life in the past... Which better? Subject: Life today is easy for many people, but it's expensive. In the past, people did not spend a lot of money to buy things. Which better ? Life in the past or Life today ? Explain.... In my personal opinion life today is better than life in the past. In the past, there were no machines. Everyone can not easily contact together. People have to work very difficult. Everything was crafted. The productivity was very low. If you want to send me a message, you have to write a letter. And then I have to wait. Nowadays, everything became easy. Machines help human life a lot. Everyone can contact anywhen. Sciences grow very fast. Life is easy for many people. You can do many things at the same time. But, everything is going through the roof. People have to pay money for anything, such as: taxes, expenses, bills per month. As a result, the spaces between rich people and poor people are getting bigger. The rich waste money and the poor need money..... But it is the life....

Palace: Hoan Kiem Lake Palace: HoanKiem Lake Vietnam is a beautiful country and many tralveller go there every year. Ha Noi city is the capital of Viet Nam. It's an old city. Hoan Kiem Lake is one of the palace in Ha Noi. The Lake is in the middle of Ha Noi city and called "heart of homeland". Hoan Kiem Lake is very large, that is, 3 km in diameter. Specially, there is a small tower in the middle of the lake. People call it "tortoise tower". Legend has it that, LeLoi King gave the holy sword back to a divine tortose after he had beaten Minh Kingdom. Hoan Kiem Lake is also called "Sword Lake". In Ha Noi city, It's hard to find a palace as like Hoan Kiem Lake. There are a lot of trees around the lake. It's near many old street. Many people go there to relax, read book and talk together even tralveller, native speaker, student, young and old people. If you come to Viet Nam, you don't come there. It means you have never goe to Viet Nam. Hoan Kiem Lake is a interesting palace and it is also the part of Viet Nam cultural.

What are some rules for Vietnamese New year ? What are some rules for Vietnamese NewYear ? There are many holidays in my country. Viet Nam is a country where has a lot of traditions. The bigest holiday is Lunar New Year. It's called Tet. It starts on the first day of the lunar year. In my country, we use lunar calender to celebrate the holiday. Tet ends third day later. But we have approximately five days to prepare something. Adults buy new clothes for their children. People prepare something new redecorate their house. On the last day of the old year, families sit together. We sing, dance and have a New Year's Eve party. There are a lot of food on Tet's meal. Such as: jellied meat, pig trotters, dried bamboo shoot, chicken, lean pork paste, pick onion, etc,.... The most important food is Chung Cake. It is the long-standing food of my country. We believe that it is very important to have a clean house on New Year's day. We do it before New year's day. On this day, We never sweep the floor because we will sweep away goodluck. On the next day, we sweep the dirt to the corner of the room. After Tet ends, we sweep the dirt to the back door and badluck with the dirt is gone. On Tet holiday, we wear new clothes. It stand for new bengining, goodthing. There is a special tradition: Older people give children little envelope with oney inside. Children really like it. People do not say bad or unlucky words. Tet is a family reunion. People visit their kindred, their neighbor and give wishes each other. Tet holiday is the part of Vietnamese culture.

Animals: Elephants There are many animals in my country. I live in city so I don't frequently see any animals. I can see them in the zoo. There is big zoo near my house. Sometime, I come there to see animals or simply reak a book. I am a man who love any animals but I love elephants best. The first time I saw elephants I was very afraid because they are very huge. I think they are furious. An adult elephant can weigh six tons and be 12 feet tall. But I like newborn elephant more than adult elephants. Because they are so cute and like human children. They don't know how to use their trunks. They had to learn it like a human child learn walk. Of course learning use it is not easy. It takes a lot of practise. In my country, there are not many elephants because people kill them for their tusks. An elephant's tusk is very precious and Illegal hunters can make a lot of money from killing it. A few years ago, the Government made laws to protec this animal. Good thing, their numbers are going up. It's necessary for nature and my country. Please check for me, find my mistake and give me some idea to help me. - Thanks for your help -