寒假快乐

加拿大学校的假期一般分为：Winter Break(寒假），Spring Break(春假），Summer Holiday(暑假）

加拿大小朋友冬季喜欢的运动都与冰雪有关：

Snow sledding 滑雪板

Snow tubing   滑轮胎

Skating 滑冰

Hockey 冰球

卡尔加里的冰球队 Calgary Flames 卡尔加里火焰队

加拿大的小朋友还喜欢 ：playdate 玩耍约会 sleepover 留宿聚会

New Year: A Dialogue

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 

MORTAL:
"The night is cold, the hour is late, the world is bleak and drear;
Who is it knocking at my door?"

THE NEW YEAR:
"I am Good Cheer."

MORTAL:
"Your voice is strange; I know you not; in shadows dark I grope.
What seek you here?"

THE NEW YEAR:
"Friend, let me in; my name is Hope."

MORTAL:
"And mine is Failure; you but mock the life you seek to bless. Pass on."

THE NEW YEAR:
"Nay, open wide the door; I am Success."

MORTAL:
"But I am ill and spent with pain; too late has come your wealth. I cannot use it."

THE NEW YEAR:
"Listen, friend; I am Good Health."

MORTAL:
"Now, wide I fling my door. Come in, and your fair statements prove."

THE NEW YEAR:
"But you must open, too, your heart, for I am Love."