Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history? Many people would think of Confucius, whose birthday was September 28. Although he lived over 2,000 years ago, people still remember and respect him for his contribution to the education today.

 Confucius lived in the Kingdom of Lu, which lies in Shandong Province. He lived during the Spring and Autumn Period. He had a hard childhood. His father died when he was only 3. His mother brought him up. As a child, he had to work to help his mother, but young Confucius didn't give up studying. He visited many famous teachers and learned music, history, poetry and sports.

 Later, he became a teacher and started the first public school in Chinese history. At that time only children from noble families could go to school, but Confucius believed everyone should go to school if they wanted to learn. He had about 3,000 students in his lifetime.

Today, people still follow Confucius' lessons. He told us that we all have something worthy to be learned. "When I am with three people, one of them must be better than me in some areas. I choose their good qualities and follow them.”

 He also taught us that thinking is very important in study. “All study but no thinking makes people puzzled (困惑的). All thinking but no study makes people lazy.”

 Confucius is not only a great teacher, but also a famous thinker with wise thoughts about the world and society. His most important teachings are about kindness and good manners. “A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to others.” he said.

    Mr. King goes to a dinner party. He is wearing old clothes. He comes into the room. But people in the room don't look at him. They don't ask him to sit at the table.

    Mr. King goes home and puts on his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and smiles at him. They give him very good food to eat.

    Mr. King takes off his coat, and puts it in the food and says, "Eat, coat!"

    The other people ask, "What are you doing?"

    He answers, "I'm asking my coat to eat the food. When I wear my old clothes, you don't look at me or ask me to sit down. But now you give me very good food. Now I see, you give the food to my clothes, not to me!"

    Denies Walme in Texas, USA, now 14 years old, published his best-seller Unbending Gisula eight years ago. The book is about a little whale named Gisul.

    One day, Gisula did not take his mother's words and went up the beach. Then he got lost and had to learn to live by himself. The colour pictures were drawn by Denies himself. Denies published the books at the age of six He is said to be the youngest writer and picture artist.

    Another surprising thing about the book is that it became a best seller immediately after it was published and brought him a lot of money. Because he spent much time writing the books, his study was not very good and he had to learn the year's work again but his gift of writing is highly praised by the teachers and student. And he was even invited to give talks on writing.

    But Denies does not want to be a writer. He said, 'I like planes most. I dream of becoming a pilot someday.'

    Smiling is the best way of making friends.

    When I was thirteen 1 old, my father found a job in the city. So my family moved there. I also came to a/an2school near where we live. My old school was far away. At first, I did not know anyone in my class. I was very lonely 3I was afraid to make friends with my classmates. I 4talk to anyone about my problem, and I didn't want my parents to 5me.

    Then one day, something good happened. I was sitting at my desk 6as usual while my classmates were talking happily with each other. At that moment,7 came into the classroom. I only knew he was my classmate but didn't know what his name was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked 8me and, without a word, smiled. Suddenly, I felt happy, lively and warm. That smile changed my school life. I started to talk with the other classmates and make friends. Day by day, I became 9to everyone in my class.

    10the smile, I have moved on to a new life. Now, I believe that the world is what you think it is. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

 Do you like watching old movies? Maybe you will see one with Carole Lombard. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} She died when she was only 

34. In her short life, she made 70 movies. 

 Lombard's real name was Jane Alice Peters. In 1921, she was playing baseball in the street near her school. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he was only 13 at the time. The movie was one of the last movies without sound. She acted so well that she won the hearts of some people. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} The studio(制片厂) gave her a new name, and she acted in several films. Then at age 18, she was in a bad car accident. The accident left scars(疤痕) on her face. The studio broke the agreement, but she did not give up. She continued to act. 

 It was Paramount Studio that made Lombar d a star. She made many movies for the studio. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Lombar d was married to actor William Powell for only 23 months. But seven years later, she married the great love of her life, actor Clark Gable. It was a great Hollywood love story. 

Sandy and Ellie are from the same city. Sandy used to be a doctor and Ellie was1 international photographer. They2 while they were traveling many years ago. 

Now the two old 3 are eighty years old. Two years ago，they started planning an adventure﹣﹣"Around the World at Eighty". They got the idea from the novel Around the World in80 Days . They were going to visit eighteen countries and see nine Wonders of the World 4 two and a half months . Unluckily，Sandy got sick at the end of 2021，5 they had to put off（推迟） the plan. They finally made it in 2023. 6 excited they were!

So far，they've seen the Northern Lights and stood in front of the Pyramids. Everywhere they go，7 talk with the people that they meet and make new friends. "For me，one of 8 things of the journey is meeting people，"said Ellie. 

Sandy and Ellie quickly become popular. Their journey 9 by them on Facebook. They hope 10 others to keep moving into their wonderful years!" Don't sit in that chair and waste away，"Sandy says，"if you don't use it