On a Friday night, a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance （人口）of the subway station. The music was so great that people put some money into his hat.

The next day, the violinist came to the entrance again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with some words on it:"A George Sang has put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim(认领)if．"After a while a man named George Sang ran here quickly and got back his important thing.

    The important thing was a lottery ticket(彩票). Sang bought it and won a prize of $500, 000. But when he gave $50 to the violinist for his wonderful music, he threw the lottery ticket, too. The violinist was a college student. That morning, he was going to Vienna for his education. However, when he found the ticket, he canceled the flight and returned to the entrance.

    He said, "Although I don't have much money, I live happily. If I lose honesty (诚实），1 won't be happy forever."

    Sydney Fredette has a lot of things to deal with. Not only is she a high school student, but she has also set up her own organization, Beary Merry Christmas. She volunteers（自愿）to serve poor kids and families in Orange Country in California, US.

To remember her best friend who died of cancer nearly 10 years ago, Fredette decided toy animal that is made by children themselves in the stores' workshops. Fredette then gave them as gifts to the homeless children in California during the holiday season.

    With donations at more than 100 bears a year, Fredette and volunteers host activities every year, where volunteers not only give out the bears, but also clothing, meals, and other things.

    Not wanting to limit（限制）the giving to just the holiday months, Fredette now hosts other activities for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Halloween, providing the chance for her volunteer team to make a difference through the year.

    "I love making relationships with the people I serve," Fredette said. "The thanks they have, hearing their stories and seeing how happy they are, it's so cool."

    Future plans for Fredette include building a public food bank and providing a self-development class for students in her school who will soon attend college.

    Heading to college herself in the fall, Fredette is looking to stay local and continue to help out in her hometown. In fact, she was regarded as a "Dreamer & Doer" not long ago for her work in improving her community, along with 32 other high school students.

Cai Zongqi is a teacher from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Having lived in the United States for nearly 40 years, he has spent around 30 years sharing his understanding 1 Chinese literature(文学) with his students.

In 2007, his book How to Read Chinese Poetry came out. 2 book is an anthology（选集） and includes 143 famous classical Chinese poems. Back then, Cai said he couldn't find good teaching materials to perfectly explain 3 Chinese poems meant. With the help of the book, American students can understand Chinese poetry 4 than before.

The book 5 is so popular has been reprinted(再次印刷) time and again. Encouraged by this, Cai went on to write some more 6 including How to ReadChinese Prose（散文）.

Cai believes that reading Chinese poetry may help readers to look at 7 life from a new point of view and live a better life. 8 the beauty of Chinese poetry and literature to more people around the world, Cai started the How to Read Chinese Poetry podcast（播客） in 2022. In the podcast, poems 9 aloud in English and Chinese with classical Chinese music in the background.

"I hope that more people 10 my podcast over time," said Cai. "I will also make the best use of my specialty（专长） in Chinese literature and poetry to share Chinese culture with the world."

A gentleman needed a young man to help him in his office, so he put recruitment(招聘)information in a newspaper. Nearly fifty people came to apply for the job. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the gentleman in a short time chose one and sent the rest away.

"I really want to know," said a friend, why did you like that young man who didn't bring a recommendation(推荐信) with him {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(good) among all the people?"

"You are mistaken," said the gentleman. "He had {#blank#}3{#/blank#} great many."

"I noticed the young man wiped(擦拭) his shoes at the door and closed the door {#blank#}4{#/blank#} him, showing that he was tidy and orderly."

"He took off his cap when he came in and answered my questions without delay(延迟), showing that he was polite and a quick {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (think) ."

"He lifted the book which I had purposely{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (lay) on the floor,and placed it on the table, while all the rest stepped over it, or kicked it aside, showing that he was careful."

"And he {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(polite) waited for his turn instead of pushing the others aside, indicating that he was modest(谦逊的)."

"When I talked with him, I found that  his shirt {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(wash) carefully, his hair in nice order, and his {#blank#}9{#/blank#}( tooth) as white as milk. When he wrote his name, I noticed that his fingernails were clean."

"Don't you call these qualities letters of recommendation? I do and what I can tell about by using my eyes for ten minutes {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(be) more important than all the fine letters he can bring to me."

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Dear Li Hua, 

Long time no see! I'm glad to hear that you won first prize at the English Competition held last week. Congratulations(祝贺)! Now I meet a problem. Can you give me some suggestions when you are free? 

You know Michael is my best friend in my class. We have been friends since I moved to New York two years ago. He is a kind and hard-working boy. I didn't do well in English. Although he was very busy with his study, he spent half an hour every day helping me with my English. With his help, I made great progress. Things have changed since two months ago. To celebrate his birthday, Michael's elder brother bought him a mobile phone. Then Michael refused to go to the library or study with me. Instead, he stayed up late to play mobile phone games every day. As a result, he often fell asleep during classes. He even failed his maths exam last week. I was worried. So I asked him not to spend too much time on the mobile phone. To my surprise, Michael was very angry. He thought it was none of my business. What's worse, he didn't consider me as his friend any more. I was annoyed(烦恼的). Could you tell me what to do? 

Yours, 

Tom