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The gesture for "OK" has different meanings in different cultures. In Japan, someone who another person the gesture might think it means money. In France, a person encountering an gesture may it as meaning zero. However, you should avoid making this gesture in Brazil and Germany, as it is not considered polite.

Just like spoken language, body language from culture to culture. The crucial thing is using body language in a way that is to the culture you are in. For example, making eye contact — looking into someone's eyes — in some countries is a way to display interest. In other countries, by contrast eye contact is not always of. For example, in many Middle Eastern countries, men and women are not socially permitted to make eye contact. In Japan, it may respect to look down when talking to an older person.

Sarek's mountains used to be covered by sheets of ice. Around 9, 000 years ago, this ice melted, leaving behind about 100 glaciers. Soon after, reindeer began to arrive. Following the reindeer were the Sami people, who made this their home. Getting here is quite difficult, so apart from the Sami very few people have ever seen Sarek. In 1909, Sarek was made a national park in order to keep the land in its natural state. Though the Sami are allowed to continue their traditional way of life in the park, no one else can live here, and all new development is within park . At the far side of the valley, an ancient Sami cottage is . Close by, there are a few reindeer feeding on grass.

I wake up to the sound of the wind the cloth of my tent. Even though the sun is brightly shining, telling whether it is morning or night is impossible. I'm above the Arctic Circle, where in summer the sun never sets. Checking my watch, I see that it is 7: 30 a.m. I leave my tent and walk over to the mountain . Spreading out before me, branches of the Rapa River flow through the valley below. I'm in the remote far north of Sweden in Sarek National Park, a place with no roads or towns.

Double Seventh Festival or Qixi,(wide) known as the Chinese Valentine's Day, often falls on August. Falling on the 7th day of the 7th month of the Chinese lunar calendar, it is the only Chinese festival that(think) to be related to love.

It is a day full of romance because there isvery famous love story in China about Niulang and Zhinv, a weaving girlis good at doing weaving. Although the Western Valentine's Day is very popular with people in China for years, Chinese people attach more and more importanceQixi, their own Valentine's Day. Lovers and couples exchange gifts with each other on that Chinese lovers day, and some youngsters like to participate in(tradition) activities in ancient Chinese costumes.

Qixi, also called Qiqiao Festival in many places by Chinese people, has another meaning for girls, becauseis time of a year to pray to Goddess Zhinv for ingenuity (心灵手巧).That's the origin of its another name, Qigiao Festival, literally Ingenuity-Begging Festival. Girls in ancient time joined varieties (各种各样) of (competition) on needlework, while only part of the interesting games remains today,(play) among girls, the same in the hope of (get) all smart and beautiful things.

After that day, I never spoke about it.

When I was 26, I got a job. I was always trying to be better in the5 that nobody would ever discover my condition.

At work, I used humor to6 my disability. Even smaller things would7 me, like being unable to see the gender symbol on the toilet door, but I tried very hard to find8 so that my colleagues couldn't "catch me out."

Over time, I became worn out trying to9 that I could see. I had to see my doctor. It was a(n)10 moment in my healing journey. The doctor told me that it wasn't my eyes that were the problem, it was my11 with my eyes. He also told me I had damaged my eyes by not being12 for my vision and not asking for help. He advised me to take some time off work so that my eyes could recover. On that day, I13 to begin the journey that I am on today, of14 who I am.

Since then, I've been myself, doing social activities. I've stopped15 about what other people think and whether I am going to fail.