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    My name is Peter. I was born in Paris. When I was three, my family moved to London. We stayed there for one year then my dad had to move to New York. We spent about two years there. I moved to Shanghai last May and I like the new country very much.

    I study at an international school in Shanghai. There are people from nearly all parts of the world. I like my school very much and I can learn many things. I love learning Chinese and keep practising it with my classmates. After school, my favourite sport is football. I like drawing and painting, too.

    Shanghai has four seasons and I like spring best here, because I can go out in the evening and play with my friends. In my hometown, the summers are hotter than Shanghai but the winters are not so cold as t hey are here.

    Shanghai is like a small world where all kinds of people and food can be seen. I like being part of it and I am very happy to stay here.

    Joe，75，lived very happily and had a beautiful family．He had four grandchildren，and they all visited him in their holidays.

    But while he was working，he lost his favorite watch．Before they came to visit，Joe was getting ready for his home for the kids：cleaning the house, buying their favorite foods and cooking delicious food..．

    The watch was a gift from his deceased(已故的)wife when their first child was born．Joe loved the watch very much．He was very unhappy．

    When his grandchildren came，they promised him they would find the watch．

    One granddaughter asked：“Grandpa，do you remember when you lost your watch?

    Joe answered：“I guess when l cleaned the barn!”

    The children looked for more than two hours but could not find it．

    One grandson went to search(搜寻) the barn again，and Joe asked why he was going there．The little boy asked the others not to follow him and to keep silent(安静的)．

    He was there for about 15 minutes and then ran to his grandfather．He found the watch!

    Joe was surprised and asked how he was able to find it．The little boy said：“I sat there without making a noise，and the barn was so silent．After a few minutes，I heard the ‘tick，tick' sound and found the watch．”

    Joe hugged him and thanked the little boy．

    This shows the power(力量)of silence．If we stay calm（冷静的），we are better able to find a solution(解决方法)!

    When I was 13 years old, the doctor said that I had a kind of attention disorder. So when everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I couldn't.

    In my first class, Mrs Green asked us to read a story and then write on it within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said, "Mrs Green, you see, I have attention problems. I might not be able to do that."

    She looked at me and said, "You are no different from your classmates, young man." I tried, but I didn't finish the reading. So I took it home.

    In my bedroom, it was so quiet and the story suddenly became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldn't get much education. But Louis didn't give up. Instead, he invented a reading system which opened up a new world to the blind. Wasn't I the "blind" in my class, being made to learn like the "sighted (有视力的)" students? My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was no different from others. If Louis could find his way out of his problems, why should I ever give up? I didn't expect anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs Green, so when it came back to me the next day with an "A" on it, I couldn't believe my eyes. At the bottom of the paper were these words, "See what you can do when you keep trying."

    Donald was not very good at Maths. He couldn't understand the teacher's explanations. Even when the teacher explained something a second time, Donald still couldn't understand it.

    "Never mind," Donald told himself. "I'm quite good at other subjects. I'll cheat (作弊) in the Maths exam to get a good grade (分数), and then I won't be in trouble."

    "I'll sit next to the boy who does best in Maths," he thought, "and copy down his answers."

    The day of the exam came, and Donald sat next to Tommy, who was always at the top of the class in Maths. Donald carefully copied Tommy's answers onto his own exam paper. At the end of the exam, the teacher collected the papers and graded them in time.

    Then she said, "Well, boys and girls, I've decided to give a prize to the student who got the highest grade. It's difficult for me to decide who I'll give the prize to, however, because two students, Donald and Tommy, got the same grade."

    "Let them share it," one of the other students said.

    "I've thought about that," the teacher said," but I've decided to give the prize to one of them."

    The students were surprised when they heard this. They said, "That's not fair. They got the same grade."

    "That's true," the teacher said. "However, Tommy's answer to Question 18 was 'I don't know' while Donald's was 'Neither do I'."

    Recently, Donald Trump has been chosen to be the Person of the Year by Time. But who is the Person of the Year in your heart?

    Katrina, 13, England

    In my eyes, the Person of the Year must be British actor Alan Rickman. I love him because of his beautiful voice in the movie Alice in Wonderland. The most successful character he has made is Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movies, who loves Lily till the last second of his life. In 2016, he died at the age of 69. The author of Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling said he was a perfect actor and a wonderful man.

    Henry, 13, Portugal

    The Person of the Year must be Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres. He was the former premier of Portugal (葡萄牙总理). And now he is the new Secretary-General (秘书长) of the United Nations. Before him, eight persons have taken this job. In my opinion, the UN Secretary General always plays an important role in developing international relationships. I think that he is worth offering the job and will make something great to the world.

    Zhang Xiaoning, 15, China

    I think Guo Chuan, the famous Chinese sailor, can be Person of the Year. Guo broke many world records with his sailing boat. He often sailed around the world alone. He had strong spirit. Whatever difficulties he met, he never gave up. He went missing at sea earlier this year. But he still lives on in my heart.

    Michael, 12, France

    The person I want to choose would be Teresa May, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Since the UK left the European Union, many people thought that the UK would be in a mess. However, May made an effort to "save the UK". She has done a good job. It is said that she has dealt with the chaos (混乱) of the English political parties (政党). She has also solved a lot of problems and showed her abilities to the world. She has been praised as the second Margaret Thatcher (撒切尔) for her hard work.

    One day a young man was standing in a crowded place, shouting that he had the most beautiful heart in the world. Most of the people who saw his heart were amazed at the beauty of his heart. It had no little flaw (瑕疵).

    Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, "Oh, my son, your heart is not as beautiful as mine."

    The old man showed his heart to the young man. It was beating strongly, but full of scars. It had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in. But they didn't fit quite right, and there were gaps and rough(崎岖不平的) edges. Some places have never been filled in.

    The young man laughed, "My dear old man,   ▲   Comparing your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is full of scars."

    The old man said, "Dear boy, my heart is just as beautiful as your heart. You see, each scar shows where I have given my love. Sometimes people give me a piece of their heart back, and it fills the space as best it can. Other times, I give my love and get nothing in return. Those are the empty spaces. They hurt, but they show me that I can love and love again. "

    The young man stood still. His eyes were filled with tears. He walked up to the old man, tore a piece of his heart and gave the piece to the old man.

    The old man placed it in his heart, and then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man's heart.

The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever.