While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an unbelievable sight. It was not a gold medal, nor a world record broken, but a show of someone's strong determination to win.

The event was a swimming and started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them made mistake when they started, so they were kicked out. That would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to race against, even though the time on the clock is what's important.

I watch the man jump into the water and knew right away that something was wrong. Now I'm not an expert swimmer but I do know a good jump from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality. When he was swimming, the crowd started to laugh. Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.

      I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man that was clearly having a hard time. Finally he made his turn to start back. He tried his best, but clearly he was exhausted.

       But when they saw the man keeping on trying , they stopped laughing and beginning to cheer. Some even to stand and say: “Come , you can do it!” and “ Go for it！”

       A few minutes later ,this young man finally finished his race. The crowd went wild. You would have thought that he had won the gold, and he should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors.

       Just a short year ago, he had never swam, let alone raced. His country had been asked to Sydney as manners.

       In a competition where players remove their silver medals feeling they have somehow been cheated out of gold, or when they act so proudly in front of their competitors, it is nice to watch this game.

       A man that gave his all-knowing that he had no chance, but competed because of the spirit of the games.

    Long ago there was a man with the name Smith. He made a living on making caps. One day he went to sell his caps. He went through a forest. There were many monkeys in it. It was very hot and the man wanted to rest a little. He came up to a large tree, put his caps on the ground, took one of them and put it on his head. Then he lay down and soon fell asleep.

    "Where are my caps?" Smith cried when he woke up. He looked up and saw many monkeys in the trees and each monkey had a cap on its head.

    "Give me back my caps!" The man shouted at the monkeys. But the monkeys didn't understand him. They only laughed. The man got very angry, took off his own cap, threw it on the ground and cried, "If you want all my caps, you may take this one, too!"

    And what do you think happened? The little animals did the same. Each monkey took off its cap and threw it on the ground. The man was very glad. He quickly collected all his caps and went on his way.

    Annie Sullivan had a hard life. She grew up alone and very poor. Annie had trouble with her eyes, too. She could not see well.

    One day after Annie grew up, a family called her. They needed help with their daughter. Their little daughter's name was Helen Keller. Helen needed a teacher.

    Helen could not see. She could not hear, either. She felt scared and lonely(孤独的). Annie wanted to help Helen. She wanted to be able to talk to her.

    Annie tried to teach Helen a sign language, a way to make words with hands. But Helen did not know what Annie tried to teach her.

    One day near the outside water pump, Annie had an idea. She put one of Helen's hands in the water. Then Annie let Helen feel W-A-T-E-R on her other hand again and again and again.

    At last, Helen knew. She learned that what she was feeling had a name. Helen was on her way to a lifetime of learning.

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On May 15, 2023, the Activity of Choosing People Who Moved Liangshan（凉山） in 2022 was held in Xichang. Ten people  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  the proud prize. Among them was Lou Se'er whose four children got into the famous universities in China. Two of them are studying in Tsinghua University. He was given a special prize by the government on October 31st, 2022. It's impossible for him to get such special prizes  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the great effort.

Luo and his wife live in a small mountain village in Butuo. They have a common and hard life as most other  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in their neighborhood. They have little education, but how can they bring up four excellent children? Luo told reporters about his "secrets of  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  education." "I hope my children can get more education and have a better future." said Luo. "My wife and I faced lots of challenges and difficulties. We don't know  {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to read or write. We can hardly count."

They  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  realized the importance of education for their children. They made up their minds  {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  them to good schools. They can't help their children with studying at home during weekends, summer and winter vacations. The children have to learn by  {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  and sometimes the elder brothers helped their younger brother and sister. They studied very hard and made great progress in examinations. "My all children are in good universities. In fact, there is no  {#blank#}9{#/blank#} . It's just a wholehearted decision, I together with my wife will support them all the time as long as they need. We think hard work plays a very  {#blank#}10{#/blank#} role towards success." added Luo.

Many people are touched by the story about the poor family—parents with little education and four  {#blank#}11{#/blank#}  children. They believe that the Luos' life must become better and better.