A truck is running across the Steel Bridge. David Fisher and Anna, his 3-year-old dog, are sitting quietly in the truck. This evening's work has been 1. They collected two bags of garbage.

    Since three years ago, Fisher has been doing the 2 thing. Every evening after work he drives back home to meet Anna and then to the Willamette River. The thing they want to get is 3 instead of fish.

    "Collecting is always good," Fisher always says with a big smile when he 4 garbage on a beach. At the same time, Anna plays nearby. Sometimes Anna brings Fisher some old cans or bottles, 5 its owner's high praise.

    "I can work with Anna on a beach for many hours at weekends. It's very 6 !" Fisher says happily.

    Fisher thinks small changes can make a big 7. Since he started picking up garbage, he has been more careful to put empty bottles into his pocket, collect the cans that others throw away 8 recycle everything he can.

    Fisher has 9 not only himself but also others. Once, a family with two little girls were playing on the beach where Fisher was collecting garbage. After seeing what Fisher was doing, the two girl 10 to help him pick up garbage. Fisher has actually done a lot to protect the environment.

    Long long ago, there was a small village in the Middle East. In the village there was an old man {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (call) Sthira. He lived by himself. His only son had gone far away to study. Sthira friends {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (wonder) whether his son would return, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Sthira always said," Whatever happens, happens for good."

    One day the old man's son returned and the villagers were very happy for Sthira. He thanked the villagers and said {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (polite), "Whatever happens, happens for good." However, later Sthira, s son broke his {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Once again the villagers came to visit him and once again the old man thanked {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(they) and said," Whatever happens, happens for good." Some of the villagers were surprised {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (hear) this. Why? What was good? His son's leg got badly hurt!

    After a few days, the army came to the village and forced all the young men {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (join) the army. When they found his son had a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (break) leg, they left him behind. Once again, all the villagers came to congratulate him on his {#blank#}10{#/blank#}luck. Like always, the old man was still thankful to them and said, "Whatever happens, happens for good."

"Everybody， it' s time for our group project. Let's get to work!" says Ms. White. 

Amy is the leader of one group. She is not 1 forward to working with her group because a boy named Ray is always absent from the group meetings. He doesn^' t follow the rules ，and he2 to do any work. This slows the whole group down. 

Amy considers telling Ms. White about these problems， but she doesn't want to get Ray in trouble. 3 ， she decides to talk to him and find out what the4 is. She says，"Everyone is working hard on our project. But so far， you haven't done anything. Is there something wrong？"

Ray thinks5 for a few seconds， and finally says， "It' s not that I don't want to be in the 6 . Sometimes， I don' t really understand the things we' re learning. I know it' s not fair， but I don't want to say something stupid， so I do7 . 

Now Amy understands. Ray isn't 8 he just needs help!"From now on， she says，"I will do my best to help you feel more confident （自信的）. Then you can do your share， and it will be 9 for everyone. "Thank you! I'll try hard to do my part. " says Ray. 

Amy feels happy. She realizes that10 about problems is better than keeping them as secrets. 

Chinese writer Hai Ya's The Space-Time Painter won the Hugo Award(雨果奖)for Best Novelette(中短篇小说)on Oct. 21st. He became the third Chinese writer to win a Hugo Award after Liu Cixin and Hao Jingfang. 

When creating The Space-Time Painter, Hai Ya drew his idea from a famous painting, A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains(《千里江山图》). It was created by Wang Ximeng from the Song Dynasty. Based on Wang, Hai created a painter named Zhao Ximeng. After many hard times, Zhao's mind leaves his body and enters a space where a modern policeman is trying to solve a case(案件)about an ancient painting. 

Hai Ya's story with science fiction began in his childhood. "When I was a child. the bookstore in my hometown helped create a beautiful garden in my mind that belonged to me only. In it, science fiction offered the most beautiful'flowers';it opened a new world for me as a kid, "Hai Ya told Beijing Youth Daily. 

Hai Ya's works feature a mix of history and science fiction. These two styles seem opposite:One looks back at the past, and the other faces the future. However, in Hai Ya's works, they find a perfeet balance. 

"If we can only imagine the future and things in space like rockets, it will only limit our imagination, "Hai Ya told Shenchen Special Zone Daily. "I don't think history is something completely in the past. It is flowing(流动的), and we can make predictions about the future by looking back at history.  ▲ , "he added. 

More Chinese writers today are trying to mix traditional culture with modern stories. Hai Ya believes that it is not a choice but a natural process. "Our history and culture have universal values(普世价值)that can touch everyone, "he said to Xinhua.