Nelson Mandela was one of the greatest leaders in the world. He was born in Transkei, South Africa {#blank#}1{#/blank#} July 18^th, 1918. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} bad news! He died on December 5^th, 2013. He died at the age of 95. Nelson Mandela was an important person all over the world.

    When Nelson Mandela was young, he went to school and studied at school. In the 1950s, almost all black people didn't go to school. Only a few black people had rights {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (go) to school. Nelson Mandela was {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (luck). He went to school and finished his schoolwork {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (successful). After {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (graduate) he became a lawyer.

    Nelson Mandela {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (elect) President in 1994. He became his country's {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (one) black president after spending 27 years in prison. He loved his country and served it with all his heart. He tried to bring people of different {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (race) together. He once won about one hundred prizes. The most important prize was {#blank#}10{#/blank#} Nobel Peace Prize. He won the prize in 1993.

    Joe is thirteen years old and he has a happy family. People like {#blank#}1{#/blank#} because he is kind to others. He often writes down their likes and dislikes. So he can {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (buy) presents for them on their birthdays. All his family members like Joe's {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (present).

    Joe's mother is a manager {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a theatre. Her favourite {#blank#}5{#/blank#} is red, so Joe often buys her things in red. His father is a {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (drive). He likes {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (read) and Joe often buys him new books. Anna is Joe's sister. She is only eight {#blank#}8{#/blank#} old. She is a student in Grade Two. She doesn't like math because she thinks {#blank#}9{#/blank#} is difficult. Joe often helps her with math. He plays math games {#blank#}10{#/blank#} Anna. Soon Anna likes math and now she learns math well.

A group of children from poor families from all over China gather at a baseball camp in Beijing. They live and train together, hoping to change their life through {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (play) baseball.

This is the story of the film Tough Out(《棒！少年》). It came out on December 11, 2020 and it is one of this {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (year) best films with a score of 8.7 out of 10 on Douban.

These children are being helped by Power Baseball Angels, a charity(慈善) programme launched in 2015 by Sun Lingfeng, former captain of China's national men's baseball team.

"Baseball changed my personality, teaching me rules and how {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (live) life. Without it, I would have probably become a bad boy," Sun told China Daily. Sun wants to help poor children in{#blank#}4{#/blank#} same way.

Ma Hu is one of the stars of the film. He {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (raise) by his grandmother in a poor village. He often fights {#blank#}6{#/blank#} others and almost never follows the rules at first. But with the guidance of his coaches, he learns to comfort his teammates instead when they lose a game. "I behaved {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (bad) back then," Ma said. "I'm not like that anymore. My goal is to become a member of the national team in the future."

The film hopes to draw attention to the 40 million children who live in poor {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (condition) in China. Just like Ma, many of the kids in the movie are left-behind children. They don't have much money, education {#blank#}9{#/blank#} parents' care. How can these {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (problem) be solved? The baseball charity programme is offering hope to these kids.