When Millie got up this morning, she found it was a beautiful spring day. She saw some 1 in the sky，but she didn't think about them．She woke up her dog，Eddie，and put him in the 2 ．Then she drove out into the country 3 a picnic with her dog．

When they got to a big tree, Millie stopped her car and told Eddie to get off the car. They began to play games under the 4 . How happy they were! An hour later，the wind began to blow and it turned 5 ．Millie and Eddie were warm from running，so they didn't feel cold．When Eddie was playing with the ball，Millie 6snowflakes (雪花)in the sky．She called Eddie，picked up the picnic things and got 7 in the car．As she was driving home，the 4 became heavier and heavier．Soon all Millie could see everything was white all around 8 ．

The road became slippery(滑的)and she had to drive very  9 ．Then the c10ar hit into a piece of ice and it went around in circles. She got her mobile phone and asked for   11  quickly．They waited for about an hour because it was   12  for the police to drive in the snow. At  13 ，the police came to  14   them. Millie was very thankful, she said she would listen to the weather   15 before going on a picnic next time．

    Maxime and Lise are a young French couple. They are ready to travel across China from Beijing to Yunnan Province on a tandem bicycle (双人自行车). They have two main purposes and one of them is that they want to encourage green 1 through it.

    Maxime, 26, works helping farmers raise their cows, 2his wife Lise, 26, is a teacher. The two also like sharing their travel stores on Facebook.

    We chose a tandem bicycle because it makes it 3 to communicate with each other about interesting people and things we come across during the journey. 4, bicycling is healthier. And it's a cheaper and more environment-friendly way of traveling than 5 cars, motors and so on, “the couple said.

    As for the other 6of their journey, the two said they wanted to get people's good ideas on topics such as health, econnmy (经济) and politics. When they were asked 7they chose to visit China, they said it was because they often talked about its long history and beauty and how much of the country is competitive (有竞争力的) in the world.

    We know China is a country with a large population and will be the 8 of the economy around the world in the future. We want to get a better understanding of the country and its people. We 9the country,” they said.

    The couple will be on the journey to China soon. We hope they can make more people further 10 China by shairing what they see and hear on the way. Meanwhile. We hope they enjoy their travel in China.

    One day, I took my two kids to the local playground. As soon as we got there, my daughter ran to the1and asked for a push. When I was helping my daughter, I2another girl trying to make her own swing go high by3. Her old grandmother was4on the chair nearby and smiled at me.

    I gave my daughter one big5and then walked towards the little girl. I asked 6 she wanted me to give her a push. She smiled and said, "Yes." For the next two7I pushed the swings, and8with my two children and the little girl. When we went home, I was very tired. But my heart was flying much9than the swings.

    One day two years later, after a day's work, I was a little tired. But I needed to10my kids before going home. While I was11outside the school gate, a little girl came over and smiled12at me. She gave me a big hug before catching her school bus. As I watched her running away, I didn't feel13anymore.

    In life, the love we give others will find its way back to us. It may travel from heart to 14 or it may blossom(开花) in the heart which it was planted in. The15we share, the kindness we give, and the happiness we create will always come back to us with a pleasant surprise.

Chinese writer Hai Ya's The Space-Time Painter won the Hugo Award(雨果奖)for Best Novelette(中短篇小说)on Oct. 21st. He became the third Chinese writer to win a Hugo Award after Liu Cixin and Hao Jingfang. 

When creating The Space-Time Painter, Hai Ya drew his idea from a famous painting, A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains(《千里江山图》). It was created by Wang Ximeng from the Song Dynasty. Based on Wang, Hai created a painter named Zhao Ximeng. After many hard times, Zhao's mind leaves his body and enters a space where a modern policeman is trying to solve a case(案件)about an ancient painting. 

Hai Ya's story with science fiction began in his childhood. "When I was a child. the bookstore in my hometown helped create a beautiful garden in my mind that belonged to me only. In it, science fiction offered the most beautiful'flowers';it opened a new world for me as a kid, "Hai Ya told Beijing Youth Daily. 

Hai Ya's works feature a mix of history and science fiction. These two styles seem opposite:One looks back at the past, and the other faces the future. However, in Hai Ya's works, they find a perfeet balance. 

"If we can only imagine the future and things in space like rockets, it will only limit our imagination, "Hai Ya told Shenchen Special Zone Daily. "I don't think history is something completely in the past. It is flowing(流动的), and we can make predictions about the future by looking back at history.  ▲ , "he added. 

More Chinese writers today are trying to mix traditional culture with modern stories. Hai Ya believes that it is not a choice but a natural process. "Our history and culture have universal values(普世价值)that can touch everyone, "he said to Xinhua. 

A few good friends are talking about their last vacations.