Cui Bo lives in Heilongjiang Province. In winter, temperatures there can drop to - 30°c. With a heating system(供热系统) in her apartment, the temperature is kept at a comfortable28℃.
"In 1985 when I was eight, winter was long and cold," "Cui says. She and her parents and brother lived in a 48 m2room and the only place they could keep warm was a brick bed(炕)heated by fire.
"Life has become so much better over the past few decades (十年)," Cui says.
Bai Yang, 33, is from Beijing. She says that when she was a child, the most valuable thing at her home was a 24-inch color TV and it cost her family a lot.
For 67-year-old Li Fu, the change in transport (交通) in the past four decades is the biggest.
"When I was young, riding bicycles was the most common means of transportation. I could not imagine having a car of my own," Li says.
Li now has his own car.
For him, life has become much easier with a car.
Besides, Chinese people have more ways to see and enjoy the world. Liu Yu says that when she was young, traveling abroad sounded impossible.
The past 40 years have meant a lot to China and the Chinese people. Every Chinese person has played their part.
| A. Now she has finished her studies in France and returned to Shanghai to open a French restaurant. B. And hundreds of millions of people in China share her feeling. C. But the conditions were completely different when she was young. D. He uses it to go to work, visit friends and travel around the country. E. Now she has a 60-inch TV and she easily bought it. |
