It snowed heavily in November, 2009 in northern China. Big snows 1 on Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Ningxia and Xinjiang. For many cities, it was the 2 snowfall in 50 years. The snow made traveling hard. Many schools had to 3 for days. Jia Aizhen, 14, lives in Taiyuan, Shanxi. She 4 have a mid-term test on Wednesday. 5 the snow, they had the test on Sunday instead. "It was 6 because we had more time to review (復(fù)習(xí)) our lessons," said Jia, She enjoyed the snow. It was as deep as half way 7 her leg. "I felt peaceful (平和的) and relaxed to see the white 8 world." Kang Xinyi, 13, and Wang Danyang 13, are classmates at Shijiazhuang No.43 Middle School in Hebei. Their school 9 on the first day of snowing. Kang said the snow in the yard was as 10 as 40cm. "It was so good 11 we didn't have to go to school!" said Kang Kang. Wang and another friend had a snowball fight (打雪仗) and 12 snowmen. They also helped clear snow 13 the roads. "I never saw such a big snow," said Wang. "Last year we only made a small snow panda, but this year our snowman is 14 tall as 1 meter!" "If the snow didn't make 15 for traffic, we would hope it would never stop!" said the girls. |