You will meet many people in school, in college and at work. They'll try to have nicer cars, bigger houses, nicer clothes. To them, life is a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(compete)—they have to do{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(good)than their peer(同龄人)to be happy.

Here's a secret: life isn't a match. It's a journey. If you spend it always {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(try) to impress others, you're wasting your life. Instead, learn to enjoy the journey. Make it a journey of happiness of continual improvement, and filled{#blank#}4{#/blank#}love.

    Don't worry about having a nicer car or house or anything material, or even{#blank#}5{#/blank#} better-paying job. None of them matters, and none of them will make you happier. You'll acquire these{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(thing) and then only want more. Instead, learn to be{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(satisfy) with having enough and then use the time {#blank#}8{#/blank#}would have been wasted to try to earn money to buy those things.

    Find your passion, and go after it{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(constant). Don't work for only paying the bills. Life is too short {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(waste) on a job you hate.

    Do you have any idea of New Year paintings?{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (know) as “paper paintings” and “painted pictures”, New Year paintings are a special art form in Chinese folk culture. Without New Year paintings, our traditional Chinese folk culture would be much less {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(color). The paintings get such a name because they are {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(most) posted during the Chinese New Year holiday for {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(decorate) and they are also accepted as a symbol of New Year's greetings.

    New Year paintings appeared around the Tang dynasty, replacing the previous door pictures believed to be able to protect the residents and drive away ghosts. In the Song dynasty the New Year paintings{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (create) on a large scale(规模){#blank#}6{#/blank#} the printing techniques improving, the content and forms of New Year paintings became various. The development of the paintings matured in the Ming and Qing dynasties,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} the art hit its heyday (全盛期).

    There are many {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(tradition) printing methods of New Year paintings,{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (include) woodblock printing, stone-block printing, offset printing, watercolor painting, etc.{#blank#}10{#/blank#} is reported, woodblock-printed New Year paintings are the most popular and interesting ones, according to a recent survey.

Rose: I've just received a phone call saying I have an interview next week.

Alan: Congratulations! This is your first interview ever, isn't it?

Rose: Thank you! Yes. I'm quite {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (delight) that I've got the chance, but I'm very nervous at the same time. I'm eager {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (know) what I should do before an interview.

Alan: You should prepare well {#blank#}3{#/blank#}as to give proper responses during the interview.

Rose: Yeah, apart from my personal introduction, what else should I prepare?

Alan: You should collect as much information {#blank#}4{#/blank#} you can, about both the company and the position you're applying for.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} is important to show you've done some research. Then the interviewers will notice you've come with strong intentions.

Rose: Then what should I do when{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (interview)?

Alan: Smile at the interviewers and concentrate {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the questions that you will{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (ask). Look them in the eye. Remember not to avoid eye contact deliberately, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} shows that you are not confident enough.

Rose: Okay. Are there any other things I should pay attention to?

Alan: Yeah, wear formal clothes to your interview and be on time.{#blank#}10{#/blank#} in this way can you leave a good first impression on your interviewers.

    In many countries, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is not unusual for families of different backgrounds to live together in the shared space. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, in the United States, this idea may still be considered odd.

       But this type of housing, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(call) co-housing, is gaining {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (popular) in the United States, too. Co-housing complexes are popping up across the country. For many people, this way of life is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} relief to the busy modern lifestyle. There is often a “common house” with a kitchen and dining room, meeting room, and maybe a workshop of library or music room in a co-housing community.  About 25 co-housing communities {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (build) in recent years, and 150 more are planned.

    A co-housing complex is a place {#blank#}7{#/blank#} residents shop, cook, and eat together. Residents of a co-housing complex like its sense of shared community. Children have other kids to play with, which many families like. The feeling of living in a “village” is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} other residents like. Residents also say that they can live in co-housing for {#blank#}9{#/blank#} money than they would pay {#blank#}10{#/blank#} nearby apartments.

    There was once a small boy who would never get dressed when his parents told him to, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} would he wear what they wanted him to. He preferred unusual clothes, but above all, he liked taking his time. His parents were always in a rush, and wanted him to be much {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (quick), but the boy didn't like this, and he would slow down even more.

    One day, his parents got so angry when he refused to dress that they told him to go out without any clothes at all. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (surprise), the boy followed his parents out of the door. He held a belief {#blank#}4{#/blank#} nobody could do anything to him.

    As the boy stood outside his house with nothing on, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(wait) for his parents's car, along came the local pig farmer. The farmer, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} was almost deaf, had very poor eyesight. Not only that, but also he {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(forget) his glasses that day. When he saw the boy's pink skin, he thought it was one of his pigs. Shouting and pushing, the farmer forced {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(he) into a pig cage. The boy begged him to stop but the deaf farmer couldn't hear.

    When found by his parents, the terrified boy never again wanted to be mistaken {#blank#}9{#/blank#} anything other than a human being. Now he's the first {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (get) dressed, and always looks neat.