My friend John is a student. Last year, he went to Japan and stayed there  1two months. I was2 that John was able to 3such a long holiday in Japan because he was 4  . "How did you get so  5  money, John?" I asked. "I thought you could stay in Japan for 6  two weeks." "It was easy," he answered. "I got a job in Japan." "A job? What did you do?" "I gave English lessons  7  a shop owner, and we became good friends." "But you are8  teacher!" "Mr Tanaka, the shop owner, knew l was not a teacher, but he said he had a lot of American customers, so he wanted to learn English. I spent three hours a day 9  to him. In return, he gave me a room, three meals a day and some money."

    "Did he learn 10 English?'' "I don't know," John said, "but I learnt a lot of Japanese."

    Whitney didn't have many friends. She was shy and 1. She never wanted to be popular, but she did want to have someone to share 2 and laugh with.

    Then it was time for her to go to college in another town. And she had to 3 with someone she didn't know. She had no idea whether she could make friends in that new environment.

    But something happened during the first class. And it 4Whitney's life. The teacher asked everyone to 5 a little about themselves. Whitney told everyone where she came from and some simple information. The last 6 for each student was "What is your goal for this term?" 7 of the students said it was to get good grades, pass the tests or something similar. But Whitney said something 8 . She said that her goal was to make just one good friend.

    When most of the students sat quietly, one student came to Whitney. She reached out her hand and introduced herself. She asked 9 she could be Whitney's friend. Whitney was surprised and happy. She 10 and reached her hand out, too.

    Their friendship lasted all through the college.

    One upon a time, there were two fishermen who were good at fishing. One day, they went to a lake to1 . One of them 2 fishing alone by himself 3the other was an outgoing person who loved to 4 friends with different people.

    When the second fisherman found that some tourists at the lake couldn't catch any fish. He said to them“I will teach you how to do that. If you catch 10 fish, give me one. If you don't get 10,you 5 give me anything.”

    They felt like old friends at the first sight. Both sides come to a(n)6 immediately. After he finished teaching a group, he went to teach another, and 7 taught them some fishing skills.He asked one for every 10 fish the tourists 8 .

    At the 9 of the day, the fisherman who kindly helped others received a(n)10 basket of fish, and also got to know a large group of new friends. At the same time, he was respected（尊重）as a(n)11 .

    However,12 fisherman didn't have much fun. When the others circled around his camp, he became even more 13 . After fishing for a whole day alone, he looked into the 14 basket,and found he had far fewer fish than his friend.

    If we 15 others succeed, we get both success and friends.

    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 cows2 his wife Lise, 26, is a teacher. The two also like sharing their travel stories on Facebook.

    “We choose a tandem bicycle because it makes it3 to communicate with each other about interesting people and things we come across during the journey4bicycling is healthier. And it's a cheaper and more environment-friendly way of traveling than5 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, economy (经济) and politics. When they were asked7they 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. We9 the country,” they said.

    The couple will be on their journey to China soon. We hope they can make more people further10 China by sharing what they see and hear on the way. Meanwhile, we hope they enjoy their travel in China.