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1. 卫理公会大巴窑堂Toa Payoh Chinese Methodist Church 神州之家 YES CLUB Intermediate English Lesson 36 Oct 14th, 2012

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3. Holiday congestion in China

4. Holiday congestion in China - Summary 9 October 2012 Millions of people in China are returning to work after a rare, eight-day public holiday, a traditional time for spending money and spending time away from home.

5. Holiday congestion in China - Summary The holiday has been particularly notable for the scenes of congestion on the roads and at major tourist sites.

6. Holiday congestion in China - Report They called it the “Great Queue of China“, and it went viralon the internet.

7. Holiday congestion in China - Report It was a photo showing a visitor on the Great Wall near Beijing last week, with the famous structure snaking to the horizon behind him completely hidden by a mass of other tourists.

8. HOW GOOD IS YOUR ENGLISH? Visitors queuing on the Great Wall of China

9. Holiday congestion in China - Report The vast imperial palace, the Forbidden City, at one point welcomed more than a hundred-and-eighty-thousand visitors in a single day.

10. Holiday congestion in China - Report In the desert at Dunhuang, at least two camels transporting tourists reportedly died from overwork.

11. Holiday congestion in China - Report And Chinese media said road traffic was up by thirteen per cent on last year, causing unprecedented jams.

12. Holiday congestion in China - Report Many people in China don't take their leave entitlement because regulations aren't properly enforced:

13. Holiday congestion in China - Report they save their travelling for the two big annual public holidays - the other is at Chinese New Year.

14. Holiday congestion in China - Report Then, it seems as if the whole country has shut down and everyone is on the road or on the train.

15. Holiday congestion in China - Report There've been renewed appeals for a third public holiday, in May, to be lengthened to spread the strain.

16. Holiday congestion in China - Report And a commentary by Xinhua news agency went further, calling for a proper system of paid leave.

17. Holiday congestion in China - Report It said that as Chinese people's living standards improved, public holidays were no longer enough to fulfill their needs.

18. Vocabulary went viral spread quickly

19. Vocabulary snaking twisting around

20. Vocabulary vast Great, big

21. Vocabulary overwork Exhaustion from working too much

22. Vocabulary unprecedented That has never happened before

23. Vocabulary entitlement Something you have a right to have or do

24. Vocabulary enforced imposed

25. Vocabulary Shut down Stopped working

26. Vocabulary appeals requests

27. Vocabulary strain pressure

28. Vocabulary went viral

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31. Vocabulary overwork

32. Vocabulary unprecedented

33. Vocabulary entitlement

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