Afterthefinalexaminations,mymothertookmetoBeijingonJan.20.Wewenttherebytrain.WegotoffatBeijingRailwayStationandlived[stayed](1)inmyuncle's.InthosedayswewenttotheRuinsofYuanMingYuan,theTempleofHeaven,theZooofBeijing,theSummerPalace,theForbiddenCity(故宫)andtheMemorialHallofChairmanMao.
Beijingisnotonlyacitywithalonghistorybutalsoaverymodernizedone.She'sourpoliticalandculturalcentre.Shehasmanyplacesofhistoricinterestandscenicbeauty.Wecanseehighbuildingseverywhere.EveryyearlotsofChineseandforeignfriendscometovisit[it](2).
WhenMomandIreachedBeijing,thefirstthingwesawwasaclearsky.TheskyinBeijingwasreallyveryblue.TheairinBeijingwassofreshthatitmademeexcited.
NowinBeijing,thetrafficisveryconvenient.There'realotofbuses,taxis,littlebuses[minbuses](3),trolleybusesandsubways[thereisasubwaytoo](4).Everytenminutestheremustbeabuscomingtothestopwhereyouarestanding.
Beijingisveryclean.WhenIsawarubbish-baginmyuncle'shouse,Ididn'tknowwhatitwasforatfirst.SomyuncletoldmethateachfamilyinBeijinghassuchbags.Theyhavebeenusedsincelastyear.Peopleputrubbishinthemandtakethemdownstairstoacertainplacewhentheyarefull.Thenthestreetcleanerstakethemaway.
Now,Beijingpeoplearebusyworkingatvariousconstructionalprojects.Ithinkwhentheprojectsarefinished,Beijingwillbemorebeautiful!