Rise After Falling

    A father was worried about his son,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk (僧侣){#blank#}2{#/blank#} (train) his boy.

    The Buddhist monk said to the boy's father, “I insist that your son should be left alone here. I'll make him into a real man within three months.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} you can't come to see him during this period.”

    Three months later, the boy's father {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (return). The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the boy and an {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(experience) boxer. Each time the fighter struck the boy, he {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(fall) down, but at once the boy stood up; and each time a heavy blow knocked him down, the boy stood up again. Several times later, the Buddhist monk asked, “{#blank#}7{#/blank#}do you think of your child?”

    “What a shame!” the boy's father said, “I never thought he would be so {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(easy) knocked down. I needn't have him stay here any {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (long)!

     “I'm sorry that that's all you see. Don't you see that each time he falls down, he stands up again instead of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (cry)? That's the kind of courage you wanted him to have.

    What can keep your brain young and active? Marie Pasinski{#blank#}1{#/blank#} doctor from Massachusetts General Hospital, says, “New experiences as well as a good snack.”

    The next time you feel{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (bore) at the pool, play a board game or cards. Exercising your mind with a challenging game that requires brainpower,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} chess or bridge (桥牌), is more than just fun. These types of games are so interesting{#blank#}4{#/blank#} they can build up working memory. Traveling, especially in the places where English isn't spoken, can make you{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (smart) and more intelligent. There is a great deal of recent research proving its benefits.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the other hand, eat more nuts! Not only are nuts the perfect snack for a summer road trip, they also keep your mind sharp. Some nuts are rich in magnesium(镁),{#blank#}7{#/blank#}can improve learning skills and memory of mice. The research{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (publish) in the Journal Neuron last month. Another study at New York State Institute also proved the point{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (show) that mice who ate nuts made improvements in learning, memory, emotional regulation and movements, compared with{#blank#}10{#/blank#} who didn't eat nuts.

    The way you walk may be determined by your daily schedule, and it may also reflect your personality. The {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (choose) you make can tell something about your inner thoughts. At least, that's{#blank#}2{#/blank#} science has proved. Lately, researchers{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (observe) the way that people walk and how it relates to their personalities. Available online via Sage Journals, the study examines both the walking styles and personalities of 15,000 adults aged from 25 to 50. According to the study, when {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (face) with the new challenges, fast walkers are more likely to be active while quiet people tend to walk more slowly. Meanwhile, the study has also found{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (power) evidence that walking speed in adulthood reflects the individual's personality. However, speeding up your walking pace can't {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (instant) make you the life of the party, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} means that you needn't change your personality. Actually, there are {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (hide) strengths of being a quiet person as well as an active one. Make the most of your strengths, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} you can be successful regardless of which type you fall into and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} fast or slowly you walk.

    Artist Song Peilun is known{#blank#}1{#/blank#}"The Father of Yelang Valley" after spending the last two decades turning a village into an artistic village.

    Yelang was an ancient political centre first{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(describe) in the 3rd century BC, and it was centered in{#blank#}3{#/blank#}is now western Guizhou Province, China. Experts believe that many ancient{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(culture) were rooted here,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}there are unfortunately no buildings left standing in the great valley. Inspired by Crazy Horse, a mountain monument in the US slate, Chinese artist Song Peilun devoted his life to building a memorial to the artistic culture of Yelang Valley.

    It was in 1996{#blank#}6{#/blank#}Song quit his job as a professor and purchased a 200,000 square meter plot of land in a mountainous forest area. Then he began to follow his dream.

    When he first arrived in the area, most of the locals{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(mine) in the mountain and selling the stones to make ends meet，but he convinced many of them to help him instead.

    So far, Song Peilun and the villagers{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(turn) the forest land that he bought into an artistic village full of stone sculptures,{#blank#}9{#/blank#}were inspired by Chinese Nuo culture. It is now a{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(relative) popular tourist attraction.