Informal letter

21.12.08
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Dear Kate,
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Hi, how are you? I hope everything is going well.Are you having a good time in Eilat? I'm sorry I haven't written in a while, I was busy with my school tests.
I want to tell you about something surprising that has happened to me in the summar.
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It happened on the eighth of August, on my birthday . I woke up and my parents congratulated me, then I went with my mother to the supermarket because I needed to buy things for my birthday party in the evening. When I got home from the supermarket I saw a letter from my friends Daria and Sara. When I read the letter I understood that they prepared a game for me. The game was a treasure hunt. I started to collect all the letters that they had written to me.

I went from my house to Daria's house, then to Sara's house and in the end I returned to my house and discovered that they had decorated my house with balloons and they gave me a present and a birthday card .
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It was a very fun birthday and I enjoyed so much to search for the letters on a treasure hunt. I hope that you enjoyed to read my letter. write soon. I want to know what you think about the surprise that my friends have made for me.
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Hope to see you soon,
Anastasia

Zodiac

Zodiac denotes an annual cycle of twelve stations along the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun across the heavens through the constellations that divide the ecliptic into twelve equal zones of celestial longitude. The zodiac is recognized as the first known celestial coordinate system.

Babylonian astronomers developed the zodiac of twelve signs. Aries March 21 – April 20[15],Taurus April 21 – May 22,Gemini May 22 – June 23,Cancer June 23 – July 23,Leo July 23 – August 23, Virgo August 23 – September 23,Libra September 23 – October 23,Scorpio October 24 – November 22, Sagittarius November 23 – December 21,Capricorn December 22 – January 20, Aquarius January 20 – February 19, Pisces February 19 – March 21.

The zudiacs  are used by the Astrologers but also by the pepole in ever day life.

Chinese calendar

The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. This measure of time is not exclusive to China, but followed by many other Asian cultures. It is often referred to by the Western cultures as the Chinese calendar because it was first used by the Chinese.

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The Chinese calendar includes Twelve animals. The animals that represent  the twelve Earthly Branches are, in order, the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep (or goat), monkey, rooster, dog, and pig (or boar).A legend explains the sequence in which the animals were assigned. Supposedly, the twelve animals fought over the precedence of the animals in the cycle of years in the calendar, so the Chinese gods held a contest to determine the order. All the animals lined up on the bank of a river and were given the task of getting to the opposite shore. Their order in the calendar would be set by the order in which the animals managed to reach the other side.

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In most of East Asia today, the Gregorian calendar is used for day to day activities, but the Chinese calendar is still used for marking traditional East Asian holidays.