On 26 February, I got an email from my friend David, asking me to go to Tanzania to train their software engineers. The company is located in Dares Salam, a beautiful coastal city to the west of the Indian Ocean. I stayed for about two weeks in that city last time I was there. During my stay there, David took me to the nearby beach and we had a wonderful walk along the coast which had left a deep impression on me. I was impressed by the ocean water and the deep blue sky.

    After more than 19 hours of air travel, I was finally here at Dares Salaam Airport. The temperature here was high as usual- over 30 degrees. I felt short of breath because of the unbearable heat in this tiny hall. When I finally got my turn, I handed my passport to the officer in front of me, He had a close look at my passport. Then he asked the purpose of my stay, I told him I just wanted to travel here.

    "Where do you want to visit?" he asked again.

    "Dares Salsam."

    "What's your job?" he asked.

    "I'm a software engineer.

I will never forget this experience that I had. I still love this country.

    A boy was sitting on the steps of a door one day. He had a stick in one hand,1in the other hand a large piece of bread and butter, which somebody had kindly given him. While he was eating it and singing a song happily, he saw a poor little dog quietly2not far from him. He called out to it, “Come here, poor dog!”

    Hearing this, the dog woke up, rose with its ears3and wagged its tail. Seeing the boy eating, it came near him. The boy held out to it a piece of his bread and butter. As the dog stretched out its head to take the4, the boy quickly drew back his hand and hit it5on the nose. The poor dog ran away,6loudly, while the cruel boy sat, laughing at the trick he had done.

    A gentleman, who was looking from a window on the other side of street, saw what the7boy had done. Opening the street door, he called him to8over, at the same time9up one dollar between the finger and thumb.

    “Would you like this?” said the gentleman.

    “Yes, if you10, sir,” said the boy, smiling, and he quickly ran over to seize the11.

    Just as the boy stretched out his hand, the gentleman hit12on the knee with an umbrella. “Why did you do that?” shouted the boy angrily. He made a very13face and cried, “I didn't hurt you, nor ask you for money.”

    “14did you hurt that poor dog just now?” said the gentleman. “It didn't hurt you, nor ask you for bread and butter. As you served it I have served you. Now, remember it can feel as well as you, and learn to behave15towards animals in future.”

A rich man and a poor tailor(裁缝) lived in the same house. The rich man lived upstairs and the tailor lived downstairs. The tailor liked to sing when he made clothes. He sang one song after another. But the rich man liked to sleep a lot, and the singing disturbed him. 

One day, the rich man said, "Tailor, I'll42give you a bag full of money every day if you stop singing. "

"Fine, " said the tailor. So the tailor stopped singing and became richer and richer.

But after some time, the tailor found he was not happy because he wanted very much to sing again. Then he gave all the money back to the rich man. 

"Here, " he said, "take your money back. I won't be happy if I can't sing. " He put the money on the table and went away and sang. He sang and sang. And he was happy again just like before.

It is the 31st year that Zhang Yufei has worked and lived in Faxing Temple. Changzhi，Shanxi province. 

The 52﹣year﹣old man {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the cultural relics （遗产） in the temple very well. "These cultural relics are part of my life and I want {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the culture，art and stories behind them to a wider public，"Zhang says. 

After graduating from junior middle school，Zhang took several part﹣time{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. The turning point was in 1991 when Chongqing and Faxing temples wanted some guards. Zhang became one of {#blank#}4{#/blank#} . "There was no water and electricity in the temple and in winter it was {#blank#}5{#/blank#} cold，"Zhang says. 

Later he became a guide at Faxing Temple. In 1998，he met Shi Yanchun at Faxing Temple. Shi is an expert and helped to rebuild {#blank#}6{#/blank#} than 1，000 cultural artifacts. "That was when I started learning professional knowledge about painted clay statues（雕像）. We talked about the art form at night，"Zhang says. Since then，he {#blank#}7{#/blank#} reading books on the topic. He has also taken every chance to communicate with experts. 

One day，he {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a camera as a gift by an expert. With it，Zhang started to record the painted clay statues in the temples in Shanxi. In 2011，his first book introducing the art form came out. He also wrote over 100 articles telling the{#blank#}9{#/blank#} stories about Shanxi's cultural relics online. Zhang hopes that more people can take part in the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} of cultural relics. In this way，they can truly keep alive. 

Bethany Hamilton is from Hawaii. When she was just 13 years old, she and her friend were surfing (冲浪) in the ocean. While they were 1 , a shark attacked (袭击) Hamilton and she lost her left arm after that.

Hamilton was sent to the hospital 2 . When she arrived, she had already lost more than half of her blood and 3 died. But doctors saved her life. Hamilton loved surfing, and she didn't want to stop. Of course, it was much harder for her now 4 she only had one arm. First, she got a 5 surfboard (冲浪板). This board was thicker and it was easier to control (控制). Then, she started to exercise her 6 . She needed stronger legs because she had to kick more to push the board through the water. Finally, she learned 7 to surf with only one arm.

Less than one month after the accident, she was surfing again

Today, Hamilton is an excellent professional (职业的) surfer. She surfs in all competitions around the 8 . She has been in competitions in the USA, Brazil, and Australia. In total, she has won four important 9 . She no longer needs a special surfboard. She uses the same kind of surfboard that 10 else uses. 

Hamilton uses her experiences to 11 people never to give up. She wrote a book about the 12 attack and her difficulties. She also goes on TV shows. In 2011, her experiences were even 13 into a movie. She has also won several awards (奖) for her courage (勇气).

Hamilton says that helping people has been a wonderful experience for 14 . She says that she has learned a lot about life, love, and being 15 . However, although so many things have happened to her, she says she is still just a surfer.