Lao She was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20th century. He was not only a great writer, 1a famous modern novelist(小说家)and dramatist(剧作家).

    Lao She was born in a poor family in Beijing and his real name was Shu Qingchun. His family was poor2his father died. His mother had a very3time. Lao She worked his way through college. After finishing school he started to work as a4in primary and middle schools. He liked5since he was a child. He didn't write his first novel until 1933.He was famous6his novel Camel Xiangzi and the play Teahouse. Teahouse shows the7of the Chinese people in 1898 and 1945.Most people like to see it.

    Like8famous intellectuals(知识分子)in China, he experienced lots of bad things in the middle of 1960s.9, he killed himself in a lake in 1966.

    He was married to Hu Jieqing and they10four children, one son and three daughters.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Rose. She loved1 but she didn't have paintbrushes(画笔) or paper. She always painted pictures in the sand2 tree branches(树枝). One day, an old lady saw Rose and said, "Hi! Here's a paintbrush and some3 for you."

"Thank you!"Rose said. She felt so4 ."Hmm, what will I paint?" she thought. She5 and saw a duck in the river. "I know! I can paint a6 !" So she did. Suddenly, the duck flew off the paper and into the river."Wow!"she said."A magic paintbrush!"

Rose was a very 7 girl and she painted pictures for the people in her village. She painted cows for the 8 , pencils for the students and toys for all the children.

The king9 about the magic paintbrush and he sent a soldier(士兵) to find Rose. "Come with10 ," said the soldier."The king wants you to paint some money for him."

"But he's so11 ," said Rose. "I only paint to help poor people."But the soldier still took Rose to the king. "Paint me a tree with lots of12 on it," the greedy(贪婪的) king shouted.

Rose was brave and said, "No!"13 the king sent her to prison(监狱). But Rose painted a key to the door and a horse to help her run away. The king14 her with his soldiers.

She took out her paintbrush and 15 a big hole, and splat(啪嗒声)! The king and the soldiers fell into the hole.

Rose only used her magic paintbrush to help those people who truly needed her help.

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Frank has a good time in Changsha And he loves China and Chinese people very much.

That wasn't a sunny day, but we felt very happy because we went to the Shanghai Waterworks Museum.

First, we went to a grey building. When we entered it, we saw a map on the floor. We met each other happily. On the map there was the Yangtze River, the Huangpu River, and so on. Then, we saw a large fish bowl in the wall. But there were only five plastic(塑料的) fish. That means if we waste water, we will no longer see real fish.

Next, we went upstairs. There we saw a big blue poster. There was a water tap at the top of the poster and the earth was under the water tap(水龙头). It tells us we should save water. The No.3121 water supply station was found on the left side of the poster. An old man was writing on the blackboard. Two women were washing some clothes. At that time, there were stones in the water. The man was writing the number of the stones in the water.

After that, we went to the first floor. We took some photographs there.

We left the museum at eleven o' clock in the morning. Every one of us had I an interesting and meaningful experience that day.

How did you spend your summer vacation last month? I'd like to tell you what happened to me during my vacation. 

My name is Zhu Min. My parents planned a relaxing trip. We didn't need to worry about our work and studies. On the first day, before we started out for Beijing, we saw on TV that the traffic was heavy. So we decided not to drive our car but to take the bullet train(高速列车)to Beijing. It was the first time that I had ridden on the bullet train. 

On the way, an American girl, Mary, sat next to me and I talked to her. She told me that she came here for a short stay-her father came to China on business. In one year he would go back to his company in the US. "How are you getting along here?" I asked. "Pretty well. I enjoy the life here and the people are friendly, " she said. With new friends around, she still missed her friends in the US very much. "It doesn't matter. I could always connect with them by writing letters, e-mails or making phone calls. "she said with a sweet smile. 

I was really happy to meet her, and know her life in different cultures. Traveling made me know a lot!