Woodblock painting（木版画）are often hung at homes during the Chinese Lunar New Year.

    For many Chinese, the bright-colored paintings are quite time-limited. As soon as the festival comes to an end, these print works are at once thrown away. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, these short-lives New Year paintings require a year of hard work by the artists, many of {#blank#}2{#/blank#} have devoted their entire life to this traditional folk art.

    Yang Luoshu, a 92-year-old man from Weifang City, Shandong Province, is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} those who have had a great love of the art. Yang has worked as {#blank#}4{#/blank#} craftsman for 77 years, and has kept improving his carving skills with every piece of work.

    Yangjiabu New Year woodblock paintings, which Yang has fallen in love with, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(appear) in the Ming Dynasty. As a national cultural heritage, it is now one of China's three {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(representative) of traditional folk paintings for the New Year, together with Tianjin's Yangliuqing and Suzhou's Taohuawu.

    {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(run) a centuries-old folk art family workshop named Tongshunde, Yang has carved all kinds of images, including flowers, birds, mountains, rivers and traditional Chinese gods. But he realizes that something must be changed {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(make) sure handmade New Year paintings live on. “We are now thinking about development, allowing the paintings to be more {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(create).” he said. For him, the next thing to do is to find qualified successors to ensure that the skills {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(pass) to younger generations.

    It was a dreadfully cold and cloudy afternoon. I was on the bus with my children, aged four and two, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(head) home when it started to rain. I realized this would mean a wet walk home {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the bus stop.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} my house was only two blocks away, it was not a pleasant walk with one small boy asleep in the pram (手推婴儿车), the other one in a raincoat and no umbrella for myself. A pick-up truck passed us on the road. I tried to thumb a ride but failed. My little boy woke up with a start and began to cry. I {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(convince) that things might become worse and nobody would bother to help on such a terrible day. A few minutes later, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}truck drove by, but to my surprise, I saw it pulling back and the driver looking directly at us. A young man put the window down. “Hey, here's an umbrella for you, please take {#blank#}6{#/blank#}.” He called out. I stood there{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(astonish), barely believing that the man {#blank#}8{#/blank#}existence was unknown to me only moments ago, could be so{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(consider). “Come on, give this to your mummy,” he said to my older son. I accepted the offer and expressed my gratitude to him.

    This man might have needed the umbrella for himself later during the day but preferred to give it to me. It was a lesson to me {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it's possible to give without expecting anything in return.

    David was a normal boy, but he had been born deaf. He was well known to everyone in town, and they were all very fond {#blank#}1{#/blank#} him. Unfortunately, he always seemed to be treated {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (different) from everyone else.

    David didn't like this very much. But the person {#blank#}3{#/blank#} disliked this the most was his friend Michael, Michael decided that things had to change. So he managed to persuade other people in town {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (choose) one day of the festival for deaf people this year. During that whole day everyone in town would have to wear earplugs (耳塞). The day {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (call) The Day of Silence, and when it arrived everyone stuck plugs in their ears. As the hours passed, people began to realize {#blank#}6{#/blank#} difficult life was for the deaf. Soon no one was thinking of David as a deaf person. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (use) his usual gestures, David was the one who could communicate best with everyone. They were {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (surprise) at his ability to find solutions to almost any problem. They realized all David needed was a little {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (much) time than others to communicate. That was the only difference.

    It was on this day {#blank#}10{#/blank#} everyone realized they have to give people a chance to show how useful they are.

    National Love Our Children Day began in America in 2004. It {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (fall) on the first Saturday in April. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (it) aim is to honor and celebrate America's children and stress the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (important) of love as they grow up. It is also intended to promote the relationship of family members and raise awareness of the need to protect children {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the harmful side of society. Some people may argue that every day should be Love Our Children Day. However, there are millions of other children {#blank#}5{#/blank#} are less fortunate and grow up without a loving childhood. Healthy and happy children provide the basis for a safe society for future generations when they become {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (parent).

    National Love Our Children Day {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (start) by the organization Love Our Children USA nearly 15 years ago. It helps to organize events across America to make children feel {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(delight). Their website advises us {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (spend) the day with the children and do something special together or buy them something they've been dreaming for {#blank#}10{#/blank#} long time. Former mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, also said, "All of our children deserve the love, encouragement and respect which they need to reach their full potential today and every day of the year."