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　　A spirit of adventure, curiosity about different cultures and the desire for a challenge can e found in young people everywhere．More and more students in China are backpacking around the country．

　　According to the China Youth Travel Service, Hainan, Dalian, Zhangjiajie and Qingdao were among the most popular sports for young Chinese backpackers last year．Backpacking allows the traveler a greater sense of independence．

　　“I can no longer put up with the instructions of a tourist guide,”said Huang Ye, a 19－year－old college student in Beijing．“They are always driving you to places that you do not want to go to and trying to make you buy local souvenirs．”

　　Huang likes to travel as a backpacker．She prefers an independent trip that she took with two friends to Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan Province．There, they chose some scenic spots to visit and avoided the masses of tourists．

　　Backpackers see the difficulties of such travel as a challenge．Living on bread and water for days on end, wearing the dame clothes over and over again and carrying a heavy bag on their backs while climbing a mountain are all character－building experiences．

　　But perhaps the greatest challenge that a backpacker faces is not a physical one, but mental．They may face loneliness if they travel alone．

　　Chen Xuewei, 21, suffered when he took off around China last year．“I felt very lonely at the beginning of my journey．A walkman didn’t make me feel better, but rather heightened the sense fo loneliness I felt．I even called up my friends to tell them that I wanted to give up and go back to Beijing,”he recalled．But he kept going．He started to make friends and appreciate the local customs．He took lots of photos to record his trip and now he is glad he stuck it out．

　　Backpackers generally find themselves to be mature after their experiences．“Their travel logs(旅行日志)track their development as people．”“When I feel frustrated, I read my travel log again,”said Tang Weifeng, a postgraduate at Beijing University．“By reading it, I get a sense that I am better off now than I was when I wrote those words by the light of a torch．”

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　　April Fool’s Day falls on the 1st of April．People 　　1　　 forget the significance(意义)of the day．

　　In Marchs’ 1980, I was 　　2　　 at Durham University with seven other Chinese students．I had 　　3　　 to go to another university after graduation and had 　　4　　 application(申请)forms to several 　　5　　．Every morning I arrived at the porter’s office(传达室)and waited my fate．But no 　　6　　 came．

　　On April 1st, as I was eating my 　　7　　, Huang came in, with a toothbrush 　　8　　 in his hand．　　9　　 fearing that he might forget the important news, he passed me the 　　10　　．“Morning, Wu,”he said,“I saw Mr．Green this morning．He told me that a letter had arrived in his office for you from Manchester University, and asked you to go and get it 　　11　　 possible．”I jumped with 　　12　　．

　　I even didn’t 　　13　　 my breakfast and rushed to Mr．Green’s office but he wasn’t 　　14　　．I then went to the secretary’s room and 　　15　　 everything to her．She opened Mr．Green’s room．I looked at everything．There didn’t seem to be a letter for me．“If he had asked you to pick it up from here,”said the secretary, “he would have put it in 　　16　　 or simply left it to me．”

　　Greatly 　　17　　, I walked out of the room and 　　18　　 the secretary lock it．　　19　　 the secretary’s eyes 　　20　　．“Sorry,”she said．“It’s April Fool’s Day!”

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