last saturday--april 28th, my classmates and i went to the park near my school. can you guess what we did there?not for amusement but to take part in a volunteer labour.
we reached the park at nine oclock. the whole class was divided into three groups. i was in group three.
each group had different tasks. group one planted trees and watered flowers. group two was told to pick up litter left by the tourists and cleaned all the benches. the group that i was in wiped all the equipment in the childrens playground. all of us worked hard.
before noon we finished working. each of us felt a little bit tired, but we were happy because we had done a good deed.
during the 7-day golden week holiday, traveling has already become an indispensable part of peoples relaxation activities. the lengthy holidays have caused unexpected great travel craze and brisk economic activities. holiday spending, however, adds fuel to the chinese economy, which in turn leads to the creation of a new term holiday economy and it sparks a hot debate about it. some economists are in favor of the golden week economy.
they believe it has many advantages. first, tourism-based holiday economy will raise consumption, up spending and, therefore, help to spur the domestic demand.
in addition, it benefits tourism, transportation, catering, hotels and service industries and enables them to thrive during holidays, which in turn adds fuel to the overall economic growth.
however, others overstate its disadvantages and hold that it brings undeniable problems. first, the travel craze puts a heavy burden on the traffic system, causing serious traffic jams. besides, thousands and thousands of tourists flood scenic spots, jamming railway stations and airports, causing some over crowdedness and safety problems. therefore, we shouldnt neglect the new problems. i believe its advantages far outweigh its disadvantages. after all, it greatly benefits our overall economy. finally, i suggest the government take effective measures to solve the aforementioned problems. only in this way can we let the golden week economy develop in a sound way.