A Thanks-giving Campaign Day
    Today, we had a thanks-giving campaign day in our school with a lot of activities. In the morning, I made some thank-you cards and they {#blank#}1{#/blank#}to my teachers after class. The teachers were very happy to get them. From 3: 00 to 4:00 p. m, I joined in a speech contest. In it, I {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  a thank-you letter to Mum and Dad. After I came back home in the evening, I helped my parents {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the room and cook supper.
    I had such a meaningful day today. I realize that my parents and teachers and many others {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a lot for me now. I must thank them by {#blank#}5{#/blank#} harder and becoming a useful person in the future.

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    Hans Christian Andersen (安徒生) was born in a poor {#blank#}1{#/blank#}^.He was very interested in arts {#blank#}2{#/blank#}he was a little boy. At the age of 14, he left his hometown and started a new life {#blank#}3{#/blank#}a singer, dancer, and actor in a big city. However, he wasn't successful at first and became very {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Later in his life, Andersen {#blank#}5{#/blank#}a lot of money from a rich person and he used it to go to university and entered the world of {#blank#}6{#/blank#}Andersen's first book of fairy tales (童话故事), which was published in 1835, sold very well, so he {#blank#}7{#/blank#} writing stories. In his whole life, he wrote many fairy tales {#blank#}8{#/blank#} he died in 1875.Andersen's fairy tales were not only for young children {#blank#}9{#/blank#} also for people of all ages. Because these stories are touching and easy to understand, they are{#blank#}10{#/blank#} very popular today.