Growing up is not always easy. When we face difficulties, a spirit of depending on 1 is more useful than crying for help. That's what Hong Zhanhui's story of growing from boy to man 2 family hardship tells us.

    Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County(县), Henan Province. When he was only 11, his father became badly ill and one day he came back with an unwanted baby 3. A year later, Hong's mother 4 home. She no longer wanted to live such a poor life and face her sick husband. So everything hard fell onto the young boy's 5: to take care of his father and the younger sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.

    Although his life was hard, Hong didn't go away from his father and sister. He took several part-time jobs to 6 his family. He climbed tall trees to get birds' eggs for his sister. He walked 2 hours at weekends to the market to 7 different things to sell around his school. A few years later, he studied at a college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to 8 a room near his college for her, and sent her to school.

    After Hong's story went 9, he became a hero in people's eyes. But Hong 10 offers from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could depend on his own work.

    Through his hard life, he has grown up from boy to man.

    Yuzuru Hanyu is a famous Japanese figure(花样滑冰运动员).He was born in Japan in 1994. He suffered from asthma (哮喘)when he was young. To help treat his illness, Hanyu 1 skating at the age of four with his sister.

    When he was eleven, Hanyu had an 2. In the interview, he said that his 3was to win an Olympic gold medal. In order to make4 dream come true, he made many efforts. In 2011, a big earthquake happened in Hanyu's hometown and destroyed the local rink (溜冰场).But that didn't5him from practising skating. He stuck with his training in other rinks and performed in 60 ice shows 6 his local rink reopened.

    Hanyu's hard work7paid off at the 2014 Winter Olympics. He8 the world record in the men's short programme and won the9 Olympic gold medal for Japan in the men's figure skating event. He is the second youngest male figure skater to become the Olympic champion.

    Hanyu was crowned the champion again in the men's figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics. He has millions of10 in his country. They are hoping to see more wonderful performances from him in the future.

    Do you ever watch old films？Maybe you will see one with Carole Lombard. She was a famous1in the 1930s.She died when she was only34.In her2life she made 70 films！Lombard's real name was Jane Alice Peters. When she was 12, she was playing baseball in the3near her home. A film director4 her and decided to put her in a film. She was only 13 at that time. The film was one of the last silentfilms. She acted so well that she 5 the hearts of some people. At 16, she left school to act.

    In 1925, she had an agreement with a6studio, 20th Century Fox. The studio gave7a new name, and she acted in several films. Then, at age 18, she was in a bad car accident. The accident left scars(伤疤)on her face. The studio broke the agreement, but she did not 8. She continued to act.

    It was Paramount Studio that made Lombard a 9. She made many films for the studio. She also married two of its stars. Lombard was married to actor William Powell for only 23 months.10seven years later, she married the great love of her life, actor Clark Gable. It was a great Hollywood love story.