The “Foreign Cultures” section in our newspaper is very popular among us students.It carries articles written by foreign friends about the cultures of their home countries.Would you please write something about the culture in your part of the United States? And we would especially welcome articles about how Americans spend their holidays and festivals，and the life of American high school students.You can write anything relevant so long as it's interesting and informative.400 words would be fine.Could we have our article before June 28?
I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours， Li Hua 能力提升练 A 【参考范文】
Good morning，everyone！I would like to begin my speech with my view on the policy itself. Personally，I applaud for this policy.As we all know，many college graduates can't find a job upon their graduation.Starting a business，particularly before graduating，is a good way to ease the tension.Moreover，college students are the most energetic group，so encouraging them to be engaged in business early will benefit our nation with more innovation.
Nevertheless，beneficial as the policy is，not all students prefer
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doing business，me included.Money is the first problem to a poor student.It's impossible to run a business without funds.Secondly，lack of social experience will surely make my business end in failure if started.Most importantly，I am not keen on business at all.A stable job and easy life is my biggest ambition.
To sum up，I wholeheartedly approve of the new regulation but won't choose to establish my own business at college.
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With traffic becoming worse and worse in big cities in China，some of them such as Shenzhen have announced a car purchasing restriction，which has led to a heated discussion.
Some people are in favor of the policy，arguing that it is a good way to deal with the traffic jams because with cars increasing in the past few years，traffic jams more often occur in many cities.In addition，they believe such a policy will greatly help reduce air pollution.Others，however，are strongly against the restriction.On the one hand，they say，the number of cars is not big compared to those of cities abroad.On the other hand，public transport is not much satisfying，so the policy will surely cause great inconvenience to the public.
Personally，I am greatly convinced that the restriction is a wise decision.For one thing，if the number of cars is not limited，traffic jams
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will become more frequent than ever.For another，there will be a huge disaster for the city environment.
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