Working in Africa, one day we went to an orphanage (孤儿院). There we met a lovely little girl named Tanzile. I gave her a sweet I brought. “She 1 one more, doctor,” said the nurse. I said “Of course.” and gave her 2.

    Before we left, we went to say 3 to Tanzile. She was holding the sweets I had given her.

    I said to the nurse, “This little girl is clever. She has taken two sweets for herself.”4 after the nurse asked her some questions, we learned the 5 about Tanzile.

    Tanzile was 7 then. Two years before, her mom and dad had both died of AIDS. Her baby sister was taken away from her. From then on, whenever she  6 anything from people, including food, she refused to accept unless they gave her two — one for her and one for her 7.

    In fact, in her room, we found quite a few old things which she  8 38   to give her sister one day.

    Later that day, I was 9 to find that this was not an isolated (个别的) story. There were many orphans just like Tanzile. With a lot of things in their rooms, they 10 for their brothers and sisters who they hadn't seen for so long.

    People sometimes think African children are different from our kids. They think that the children there don't feel pain or sadness or love. But that is not true. Their pain is deep. And so is their love.

    J.K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, which is now one of the best­sellers in the world. She 1 born in Bristol on July 31st, 1965. She has one sister who is two years2than her. Both girls loved 3to their father read bedtime stories. They especially loved stories about magical worlds. Rowling wrote her first story 4the age of six.

    On a long train trip in 1990, an idea came to her. She wanted to write about a boy who had magic but he himself didn't know it. In 1992, Rowling began5 the first Harry Potter book for young 6.It appeared in June, 1997. The book was a great success. And the film came out in November, 2001. Now the Harry Potter series is 7with people of all ages and about sixty 8 books were sold in 200 countries. In this series, Harry is an ordinary boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. So when children read about Harry, they can imagine being like him. That's 9 the Harry Potter series has been so popular.

    J.K. Rowling is very10 with the success. Now she's really enjoying life. She says she will go on writing children's books.

    I'm a middle school student. In the past, I had some bad1. I hardly had breakfast2I usually got up late. I didn't like exercising. I3exercised one to two times a month. In the evening, I always watched TV4more than two hours. Then I5the Internet. I liked to play computer games. So I often stayed up late. My parents thought(认为) staying up late was bad for my health, so they were not6with that.

    One day, I fainted(昏倒)in a P.E. class. When I7, I was in the hospital. The doctor said that my classmates sent(送)8there. He said that I was in poor (差的)9Then he told me to eat breakfast every day and do more exercise.

    From then on, I10to give up (戒掉) my bad habits. Now I usually get up early and have a good breakfast. After school, I always play sports with my friends. It's fun and good for my health.

My English learning began in primary school. I was happy to say sentences like: "What's your name? "and to answer this question with "My name is Renato". 

I felt I was not a little boy any more because I could understand a foreign language. English was so wonderful for me. For the first time，I was able to understand my favourite English songs. How great it was!

After finishing middle school，my family couldn't pay for my study in an English school. My mother gave me some advice. "What about learning English by reading books and singing songs? "she said. Then I started reading books in English and using songs as a way of learning English. 

Three years later，I found a job and sometimes I talked to some foreign people. One day，I lost my job unluckily. I decided to go back to school to learn English. 

Now，I still love English. I use TV，music and the Internet to learn English. These things help me to improve both my listening and speaking. I hope I will have more chances to use this language in the future. I also hope more people can love it. 

Every child has a dream of what he or she wants to be, right? When Alice Butts was little, her dream was to become a firewoman because her father was a fireman. Sadly, when she was 14, her father passed away. But Alice didn't end there. She had a strong will and never gave up. At last, she became a good firewoman.

I think she's great. She's always glad to do anything for anyone in need. With 140 people in her station, Alice is one of the only three women. What's more, she's always glad to help others.

What Alice did helps me believe that I can do anything. I hope just to be like her some day: To wake up and help people every day.

 Shang Qinjie, also known as the modern"Shenbi Maliang", has helped his hometown out of poor conditions with his paintbrush.

 Shang Qinjie has been engaged(从事) in art-related work in the city since graduation(毕业). During the 

Spring Festival in 2020, Shang Qinjie began to paint on a few walls in his hometown, Xiaotun village. This made his village colorful and was liked by many villagers.

 Later, more works were painted, although painting on walls was a tough task. Shang started painting at 8 o' clock in the morning and continued until the sun went down. Usually it took seven or eight days to complete a whole painting. But when he saw more and more people come here to enjoy his paintings, he felt very happy. He liked painting some cartoon characters such as Nezha and Sun Wukong, because he thought those characters could give people power. As his works became popular on the Internet, Xiaotun village also became a popular travel place. Villagers there didn't go out to work anymore. They improved their living conditions by selling local products (产品). Shang Qinjie also realized painting in the village was very meaningful. So he will continue creating art in his hometown.

 Shang Qinjie's story is just one example of how young people are changing their hometowns. Many artists like Shang are using the artıstic method (方法) loved by young people to let people feel the beauty of the countryside. It not only makes the childhood of left-behind children more interesting, but also brings new life to those unknown villages.