My problems started after I went to a boarding(寄宿) school. I was only 14, and at first I missed my family a lot. I often called them and cried on the phone. But after two weeks, I found I enjoyed being with my classmates at school. I had many friends who were boys. I thought of them as my best friends—— but only friends. I never guessed my friendships with boys would become a problem.

      Then, three months later, my friends told me that some teachers and girls said I was hanging out with (与… 混在一起) boys all day long in order to get attention (注意力) from them. Seven months after that, the head teacher Mr. Wang asked the class to choose some students to join the Student Union. I thought I could win for I was doing well in school. I came first in math and English exams. A week later, the list came out and it didn't include me. I was sad.

      Mr. Wang came to me and said, “Don't be sad. I know you're excellent! Maybe you are a little distant from the girls in our class. They don't know much about you, so some of them didn't choose you. It doesn't matter. Do your best to get along well with everyone and I think you'll make it next time.”

    I was living in a house with a long history in Halifax, Nova Scotia five years ago. One day one of my friends from the West Coast came out to visit me. He was1for 3 weeks so he brought a lot of bags and suitcases, and other things like a2. I told him he could sleep on the bed in the front living room.

      One morning after a late night of drinking, my friend ran into my room shouting" Fire, Fire". Without3, I jumped out of bed. The floor was4against my feet as I ran into the hallway, right behind my friend. I couldn't see the fire anywhere, 5as we ran towards the front door, I could hear the6making a loud noise all around me. It was inside the7. We ran out into the front yard and looked8at the house, seeing black smoke coming out of the9house.

      We were standing there watching the house when I looked down and10all of my friend's bags and suitcases11lined up on the front grassland, including his basketball. 12he noticed the house was on fire, he took all of them out to the grassland before coming back to13me about it. That fire had started in the basement（地下室）, and it spread up into the walls and was burning the14we were standing on. The floor and much of the house fell down not long after we came out. The firemen said we were very15.

Of course，we are not friends anymore.

    The world needs love and many people need our help. Several years ago, my teachers asked me to take part in a programme that helped those who were1. Each week, I spent an hour in the classroom helping children with schoolwork, art projects, games and other2, including eating. My mother is a teacher, so I am used to helping children. However, I found that working with children with a special need would3my life forever.

    At first, I thought it would be4to be with the children who were so different, but gradually I found there was something special about these students. So there was no need to worry about it. Each Thursday I was welcomed by the smiling faces of Thomas, Joey and Missy. Thomas had to sit on the wheelchair. He communicated with simple words5yes and no. Joey, a deaf girl, always welcomed me with a big smile. Missy was born with a kind of6and it made her really small for her age. In a normal classroom, it may be common to hear a teacher comfort a child who is tapping his pencil, speaking7, or making unnecessary noises. However, here, shouts, cries, and other noises were8. They were signs of excitement and different ways of communicating.

    Working with children with a special need has changed my life. It has made me9others' needs. One of my teachers believes that we should be part of something bigger than10. I never realized how true this was until I worked with these children. I believe everyone should get out and do something that makes a difference.

    Eric is 13 years old. He likes animals. Tony is Eric's 1. He is only 6 years old. He likes animals, 2.

    One day, Tony says to Eric, "How about 3 to the zoo this Sunday?" Eric thinks it is a good idea. But the zoo is 4 from their home. He asks their father to drive them there, but their father has no time because he has to work on weekends. Eric thinks he can.5 a bike to the zoo,6 Tony can', because he is too 7 Then Eric asks their mother to take them there.

    Their mother says," OK. Let's go to the zoo by 8".

    This 9 morning, they take the bus there. At the zoo, they see many animals. Elephants are Eric's favorite because he likes big animals. Tony 10 likes pandas, so he watches them fora long time. Tony and Eric ask," Mom, 11 are your favorite animals?" Their mother says," All the animals are my favorite. But now people 12 many trees, animals are losing13 homes, some animals are in danger, so we14 save them, because animals are our friends."

    15 4:00 pm, they finish their visit. When they are on the bus back home, they are all very happy.

"Military-style" travel has become the latest fashion among Chinese college students, who spend as little money as possible to travel to as many places as they can during the weekend, hardly taking a break or even sleeping.

To save money, they usually catch a normal-speed train on a Friday night, arrive at the destination city on Saturday morning, travel around in the city, sleep at a 24-hour restaurant for a few hours on Saturday, then repeat the same busy schedule on Sunday before returning to their university in time for classes on Monday morning. These young travelersare less concerned with in-depth(深入详尽的) experiences and more focused on checking off popular tourist destinations on their schedule. 

Hu Die, a student at Inne r Mongolia University of Technology, is one such traveler. She put together a 10-day holiday during the recent May Day holiday period and traveled to six cities. 

On April 26, she took a high-speed train to Beijing and then from Beijing to Tai'an, Shandon g Province, to climb Mount Tai. To save money, she spent 4 hours climbing up to the mountaintop rather than using a cable car. After watching the sunrise from it on April 27, she visited Dai Temple at the foot of the mountain. She then went to Jinan in the afternoon, visited Daming Lake and Quancheng Square in the evening, and on the morning of April 28 went to Baotu Spring and Heihu Spring. She traveled to Zibo to enjoy the famous barbecue in the city, went to Yantai and Weihai before May 4, when she arrived in Luoyang, Henan Province. There, she visited the Longmen Grottoes and then returned to her school on May 5.

Most people can hardly imagine how she traveled extensively in only 10days. "We do not think we are doing something ‘crazy' or ‘amazing'. We are young and energetic enough to experience such a tight travel schedule, "she said. "Moreover, when you travel with your friends, you are happy and you do not feel tired. "

Videos of them taking such trips have been posted on social media platforms, such as TikTok, Red, with much praise for their energetic spirit and high ability to achieve their plans. Others, however, question whether such a busy schedule is healthy.