An old man walked slowly into a restaurant with his cane(拐杖).His old jacket and shoes made him unusual that day.

    A young waitress named Mary watched him move towards a table by the window.She ran over to him,and said with smile,“Here,sir.Let me give you a hand."

    Without saying a word,he gave her a smile. She pulled the chair out from the table and helped him sit down. Then she put his cane against the table where he could reach ithimself. In a soft, clear voice he said,"Thank you." "You're welome, sir," she replied. I'll be back in a moment, and if you need anything, just wave(挥手) at me!"

    After he had finished a good meal,Mary brought him the change. She handed him his cane, and walked to the front door. Holding the door open for him, she said,“Come back and see us, sir! ”The old man turned around and smiled.

    When Mary went to clean his table, she was shocked. Under the plate, she found a business card, a 100—dollar and a note.The note said.

    “Dear Mary, I respect you very much, and you respect yourself, too. It shows the way you treat others. You have found the secret of happiness."

    In fact,the old man was the owner of the restaurant. That was the first time that she, or any of his waitresses, had seen him.

On the streets of France,people can often see a pretty Chinese girl.She is playing the guzheng happily and wearing traditional Chinese hanfu.Her music sounds1 .And her performances are very popular2 the people there.In their3 ,she is the symbol of China.Her name is Peng Jingxuan.

Peng was born in Huaihua,Hunan Province in 1995.She started to learn the guzheng4 she was seven.In 2017,Peng graduated（毕业）from Wuhan Conservatory of Music.In 2018,she went to France to go on studying music by 5 .

"When I first came to study in France,I6 street performance were very common,but few people were playing Chinese musical instruments（乐器）.That's why I took my guzheng to the streets,"said Peng.Many people watch her performance.7 popular she was!

Peng has decided8 around Europe and play guzheng.She expects to show9 traditional Chinese music to more foreigners.To get more people to know about it,understand it and love it....is one10 wishes of Chinese artists."she said.

Mrs Smith has two daughters. They are learning to help her do some chores and she pays them for their work. The harder they work, the more they get.

Alice started doing chores two years ago. At that time, she did the dishes with her mother together and she had to sweep the floor. She is ten years old now. She is now doing the dishes herself and has to wash the clothes, too.

Amy is four and she started doing chores thisJuly. She cleans the table after dinner, and she also learns to f old her own clothes. She likes to help her sister water the flowers, but she falls down too many times. So her mother asks her to stop it.

Every week, Alice gets $3 and Amy gets $2from their mother. Mrs Smith disagrees with some of her neighbours. She thinks it's a very good idea to provide kids with pocket money by asking them to do chores. "Doing chores can help the children understand the meaning of fairness. And pocket money can keep them from wasting things," she says to her neighbours.

Bob likes to play sports, but he doesn't have any things for sports. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} He wants to buy a volleyball and two pairs of ping - pong bats, too. He goes to the sports store. The basketballs are $ 10, volleyballs are $ 9 and ping- pong bats are $ 5 for a pair. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Then he buys a basketball, a volleyball and two pairs of ping- pong bats. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} And then he wants to buy a soccer ball. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} He thinks it's too expensive(贵的).

" I want it for $ 12. Is that OK?" says Bob to the salesman(销售员).

{#blank#}5{#/blank#} So he buys the soccer ball, too. He is really happy.

My name is Chi for short and l am a 27-year-old girl. I am now working in a place that is about 400km away from my1 If you ask me, working and living away from my parents is2 or not, my answer is: It's not very difficult for me because I3 it. I have been living here since two years ago. When I was in college, I4 in a place 15000km away from my family. 

I think that it doesn't matter where you5 in the world. The most important thing is that you learn how to control your mind and your6 . We are all humans and we always reach out to someone to7 every moment of life. 

What's more, reading will help you become more8 both in life and thinking. If you don't know about it, please do not hesitate (犹豫) to read books. I9 believe that reading can help you find yourself. 

Since I like reading, I have felt very happy and really10 with my life. Wish you guys the same feeling of happiness that I feel.