Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything —tutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.

    After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn't kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread (铺开) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.

    Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his room and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns (修女)?”Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No. ”“Well then,” she asked again. “WHAT was it?”

    Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (加号), I knew they weren't joking. ”

    Want to say "hello" from Disneyland? Send a post card!

    Beautiful scenes（戏剧）of paradise (乐园),wild animals, silly pictures — you can find them all in one place. Where? On a post card! Have people always sent post cards? No. Before post cards, people liked sealed letters.

    The idea for the first decorated (装饰) post card came to John P. Charlton in 1861. He thought a simple card with decorations would be a great way to send a note. Then in the late 1800s, post cards with pictures appeared. By law, people had to write their note on the front ——on the picture! The back was only for the address. Several years later, England allowed a divided-back post card. Then people could write their note on the back left side and put the address on the right. During the early 1900s, the golden age of post cards, picture post cards became a craze of the world. In 1908, Americans alone mailed over 677 million post cards. Today, post cards are the third most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins.

Mulan is one of the most famous women in Chinese history. What did Mulan do? Her father was so1 that he couldn't fight in the army, so Mulan dressed up like a man to take his place. Nobody2 she was a woman until(直到) she finally came back to her hometown and dressed herself in her old3 .

On December 4th, 2020, the live-action (真人版) Disney4 Mulan opened in the US. This is not the first time Disney makes a movie about Mulan. In 1998, the cartoon film with the same name made Mulan one of the most5 Disney princesses(公主). And through the film, many people began to6 and even fall in love with Chinese culture.

Why does she7 people's hearts? In the past, most women in China could8 stay at home with their family. But Mulan tells us that women can be as9 as men on the battlefield(战场).

In the latest live-action film, a Chinese actress stood out from nearly 1,000 women who tried for the role. She is good at Chinese kung fu and dancing. Also, she can10 English well.

参考词汇：champion  冠军                        Huazhong University of Science and Technology 华中科技大学

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Yours,

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All in all, it was a wonderful day!

When I was about 12 years old,I had an enemy(敌人), a girl who liked to tell me about my weak points. Week by week, her list of the weak points became 1 - I was very short, and I wasn't a good student! I talked too much, and so on. I tried to stand all of these as long as I could. Finally, I became very 2 . I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

 He listened to me 3 , and then asked, "Are the things that she said true or not? Jane, have you ever thought about what you' re really like? Now you have that girl's 4 . Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things that she said. "

I did as he told me. To my great 5 , I found that half of the things were true but the others I couldn't agree with. Some of them I couldn't 6 , like being very short, but many of them I could. I wanted to change the bad things. And for the first time I knew something about myself in a very clear way.

I brought the list back to my father. He didn't 7 it." That's just for you, "he said, "You know the 8 about yourself better than everybody else, but sometimes others' words are also important, so you have to learn how to 9 and not just close your cars in anger and feel hurt. When something that is said about you is true, you' ll find that it will be helpful to you. "I have remembered my father's 10 at many important moments. Now I don't think that girl is my enemy any longer, because she made me to be a better one.