Everybody has his own hero in mind and is always trying to copy his behaviors in life. As for me, my 1 is just that man. My grandfather had a small farm. He also worked in a 2.

    One autumn, most of the farmers in the village were 3, so he promised to help his neighbor harvest（收割）the corn as he often did. 4, after harvesting his own corn, Grandpa's little corn machine broke. What was 5, the factory where Grandpa worked made the workers have extra work. He had to 6 the farm early and didn't get back until very late. It now seemed 7 to help out his neighbor because he really had no free time.

    One night, Grandpa 8 that he wouldn't let his neighbor's harvest rot（腐烂）in the field. Without a 9, he'd harvest it by hand.

    “I don't think you'd have time to do it,” said my grandma. “10, it would be too dark to do anything at night.”

    “I know of one night that I could do it!” he 11. “There's still one more full moon in October. If the 12 is clear, I think I can do it.”

    A few days later, after a long shift（轮班）at the factory, my grandpa went to the 13. The weather was cold but clear. He cut all the corn through the night to 14 his word.

    Sometimes, when I want to put off responsibilities, I'd see my grandfather 15 corn in the light of the harvest moon. Behind him, row after row of corn stocks（玉米秸秆）stand at attention in respect for a man who keeps his word.

    Gustavo's favourite sport is football, when he was only four, his older brother taught him how to play it. Now Gustavo is eight, and he has a lot of 1 Gustavo's brother likes to kick (踢) the ball with his right foot, 2 Gustavo doesn't. He likes to kick it with his left foot. Gustavo calls it his lucky left foot. All of Gustavo's friends love to play football when they get out of 3 

    Earlier this year, a new boy came to Gustavo' s school. His name is Felipe. One day, the boys asked Felipe to play football with them after school. Felipe said OK but looked very 4 .

    As they walked to the football field, Gustavo asked Felipe, "Are you all right?" Felipe said, "I don't know 5 to play football. I tried once and everybody laughed at (嘲笑) me." "Don't worry," said Gustavo. "I was really bad too when I first started playing football. 6 just have to keep (保持) trying."

    The game started, and Gustavo moved to the from of the field and was ready to kick the ball with his lucky left foot. Gustavo felt 7 every time he played football and today he was playing even better than usual.

    After the game, Gustavo and Felipe stayed on the field to practise Felipe was a little bit 8 . Then Gustavo and Felipe practised on the football field every day after the other boys 9 Felipe .also practised before school.

    Now Felipe loves playing football, and Gustavo has a new 10 Gustavo believes that Felipe will be able to score his first goal (进球) soon.

"It is time to present a modern China and ordinary Chinese people to the world instead of always focusing on the country's 5,000-year history," Zhang Yimou, the chief1 of the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, said in Beijing on Friday.

The children singing the Olympic anthem (会歌) and the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics theme2 were primary school students, many with no stage experience.

Training, which began in October, mainly took place on weekends in schools or workplaces. When the rehearsals (排练) were3 in Beijing's National Stadium, where the opening ceremony would be held, the organizers had to4 desks for the children to do homework during breaks, 5 most of them were at school. Sometimes, teachers would hold classes on site while students were waiting to rehearse.

The children came from Fuping, a small county (县) in Hebei. Many live in villages and their parents are6 .

It was the first time the 44 little singers had left home to7 in Beijing, a moment even more memorable for8 during Chinese Lunar New Year, usually a time for families to get together.

"Most don't have any singing experience. It will be a(n)9 experience for them in their whole lives," said their headmaster, Liu Kai.

"They were not performing. They were playing, all very happy and relaxed," Zhang Yimou said. "We wanted to present a modern China and the lives of10 Chinese people. There were no great performers, but everyone was true, which touched the audiences' hearts."

 Who's That There?

Stand in front of a mirror and look at it. How much do you really know about the person in it?

It's not an easy job to know ourselves. To help students do this important task, schools across China are providing more classes and activities on self- knowledge. 

Liu Yue, a teacher from Chengdu Yucai Middle School, has recently given her students a useful tool. "It's called the Johari Window, developed by two US psychologists, " said Liu. "It has four areas about one's self: open area(that everyone knows about), hidden area(that only you know), blind spot(that everyone knows except you) and unknown area (that nobody knows). Using this tool, students did a good job seeing themselves through a new lens(透镜). "

"I really want to know about my blind spot, " said eighth- grade r Yang Manfei. "So I did a survey with my friends. " The results showed that Yang easily gets worried and nervous and impatient because of procrastination(拖 延 ). "That's a bad habit I've never realised!" Yang said. 

"I find the unknown area most amazing, " said Sun Boyin. "It means everyone has lots of potential (潜力). " When Sun entered middle school, he was not good at maths. "But I set a goal and did lots of maths exercises. Now I'm much better at maths. The unknown part of my maths ability is getting clearer!" Sun said. 

When it came to the hidden area, most students kept silent. "I'm scared to show my secrets deep down," said Li Yixuan. "Then one classmate stood up and said his favourite cartoon is Tom and Jerry. I thought: Am I brave enough to show my childish hobby? Perhaps not. I want my classmates to see me as a mature(成熟的) person, not a silly kid. But then I realised that I don't find that classmate silly. I think he is brave to be himself. "

"Show yourself and make yourself better — that's the best lesson I learned," Li said. 

 Hello! My name is Wu Bo. I am a student in Guangming School. My school days are busy, but I am happy.

 Every school day, I get up at 6:30 a. m. I do some washing, have breakfast and then go to school at 7:20. I usually go to school on foot because I live near the school. We raise the national flag on Monday morning. We learn Chinese, English, math, science and many other subjects at school. My favourite subject is Chinese. We have six Chinese classes every week. Our Chinese teacher is Miss Lin. She is beautiful and friendly. She makes her classes interesting and we learn a lot.

 There are many interesting after-school activities. We can join clubs and play sports. I like dancing so I am in the dancing club. I dance three times a week. I also love sports. After school, I often play football with my best friend Zhang Peng on the sports field and I sometimes run with my teacher and classmates.

I am a nice boy and I am good with my teachers and classmates. I think my school life is fun   and colourful. I love my school days.