It was raining very heavily outside; therefore, we could ________(除了呆在家里什么也不能做)and do some reading.
There is a rapid increase in population in that country that has caused food (short)______.
SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH
Directions: Translate the following text into English.
传说在漓江淹死的水手变成了鬼，这种鬼会拽航行于急流中的船只，当船经过村庄，竹林和迷雾萦绕的山冈的时候，船上的人有种面对一幅中国国画而觉得时间倒流的感觉。本地的筏子实际上依然靠人力拖着逆流而上，有些是由男人和女人牵引。
途中，著名的山景映入眼帘：象鼻山就在桂林郊外，象一头在河边吸水的大象，老人峰象一幅侧身人头和颈项，还有攀满各种颜色藤蔓的壁山，壁山又叫九马山，象形态各异的一群马或引颈嘶叫，或躬身饮水、或卧地歇息。船经过锣鼓滩；湍急的流水声象锣鼓。再往前去就是叠锦山和月牙山；叠锦山上披满色彩斑斓的植被，月牙山顶上有一半月形洞穴。
People in the rural areas were made fun of because they celebrated the New Year________.
Introduce briefly the controversy around the wind power project in Britain.
My experience should __ to those handicapped people.