Lao She is one of the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (great) Chinese writers of the 20th century. He is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} excellent writer, he is also a great modern novelist and dramatist（剧作家）. He is named "the People's Artist".

    Lao She was born in a poor family in Beijing. He worked his way through college. After {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (finish) school, he started {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （work）as a teacher in primary and middle schools. He liked writing since he was a child. He didn't write his first novel until 1933.

    He is famous {#blank#}5{#/blank#} his novel Camel Xiangzi and one of his most famous plays {#blank#}6{#/blank#} Teahouse. Teahouse shows the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} of the Chinese people between 1898 and 1945. It makes people {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (think) about society. Most people like to see it. 

   Like {#blank#}9{#/blank#} famous intellectuals (知识分子) in China, he experienced lots of bad things in the middle 1960s. He killed himself in a lake in 1966. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} unlucky he was!

    It is a sunny day. Amy wants {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (visit)her best friend, Julie. She calls Julie and knows {#blank#}2{#/blank#} she lives. But on the way, Amy {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (forget)how to get there. She stops in front {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a yellow house, and asks an old woman about Julie's house.

    "Oh, I know that girl," says the woman." {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (she) house is behind the trees, but you can't walk there. It'll take you {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(hour)to get there on foot. You must take a bus. "{#blank#}7{#/blank#} ?" Amy thinks. "I can see Julie's house from here. It's not far." But she doesn't ask anything. She just thanks the woman and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(leave).

    Amy doesn't take a bus. When she {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (walk) to a big river, she finds the old woman is right. There aren't any{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (boat)on the river. Julie's house is on the other side(一边)of the river.

— She is at home.

    We can't remember clearly since we started to take our mobiles to the dinner table. This happens a lot, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (especial) when we eat out. Once a dish comes, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} of lifting our chopsticks, we take out our mobiles and click. Later, we post the photos onto Weibo or WeChat, waiting to be "liked." Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal, to see whether we get "liked" {#blank#}3{#/blank#} not. We just cannot leave our mobiles for simply a meal.

    Does that sound familiar to you? Do you do that often? If {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, how do you feel when others do that when having dinner with you?

    A recent study suggests that what we are used to {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (do) is not so good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. To test this, some researchers did an experiment. Some people were {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (ask) to take photos before they could enjoy food. As a {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, it showed that the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (many) photos they took, the less delicious the food {#blank#}9{#/blank#} to them. So, why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food in front of you?

    So, next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (take) photos of food? Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you. Trust me, and it will be a wonderful time.