1. Whom do you think the poet is talking to? 2. What is the poet trying to say?
3. Who or what are the "loved ones" referred to in the poem?
4. Wat picture came to mind when you read this poem?
5. What words tell you what the poot think about the future?
6. When you read or listen to this poem, how do you feel?

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The rapid development of technologies makes the diverse educational mode come true. an increasing number of universities have opened up distance education in many countries at present. at the same time, hundreds of millions of people will benefit from the emergence of brand-new educational mode. from my perspective, i stand on the side of the view that the positive development from distance learning outweighs its negative effect.there is a common recognition that high quality of education should be available for all to enjoy, not just confined to the rich students. take studying abroad as an example, before appearing distance learning, poor students have no chance to take part in further education abroad because of shortage of money. however, now these students can gain the same quality knowledge by spending less tuition. in addition, distance learning is not restricted to special targets and places. the schedule of distance learning is flexibility so that workers can have classes on their leisure time, which cannot affect workers’ daily work, more important thing is both students and workers can choose study places wherever they want. furthermore, schools will save plenty of expenditure on classroom to improve teacher quality.however, there are certainly shortcomings on distance learning. to begin with, taking traditional classes, we can acquire a variety of opinion on group discussion while distance learning is considerably hard to carry out discussion classes with other overseas students. in the second place, distance learning is unable to use without internet. if we suffer from enormous disaster like earthquake or tornado that makes our internet break off, our learning had to halt until the internet recover.in conclusion  , as a  coin has two sides, distance learning without exception. distance learning is not only to make universal education possible but also to promote international exchanges.

The new year is my favorite holiday. on the eve of my covers are always a strange feeling's got to be something joyous and magical. everywhere holiday atmosphere, all preparing for the holiday - choose beautiful trees, buy different fruits, sweets, prepare gifts for loved ones. since childhood, the new year is like a fairy tale to me. we begin to prepare for the celebration in advance. clean the house, decorate the christmas tree, decorate the room with balloons, garlands, beautiful toys, holiday lights, candles. i really like the christmas wreath with pine branches, ribbons and colorful figures of angels. previously, i've only seen this in foreign films, but now the fashion has come to us. mom always prepares for the festive table something unusual, an extraordinary. i try not to oversleep the moment of the arrival of the new year under the chiming clock. after the last blow on the street starts fireworks, which can last an hour! every year we come to visit relatives and friends. we have fun, hold various competitions, dancing, singing. it is always very interesting, but i'm usually asleep. and in the morning, immediately ran to the tree to see what i got. this is especially good when new year's eve worth frosty snowy weather. in the windows of all the houses flashing colored lights. celebrating and having fun. apparently, due to the fact that the new year is a holiday, celebrate it so exciting