8-year-old Jiang Tianjian was eating his regular breakfast of rice noodles with his mother on a Sunday. There's nothing unusual about that 1 the way the boy was holding his chopsticks－in between his 2.

    Jiang was born in 2009 without any arms. When his mother, Li Hongmei, was pregnant (怀孕), all of the five prenatal ultrasounds (超声检查) she had 3 that nothing was wrong. Soon after Jiang was born, 4, a nurse came into the room with a 5 look on her face, informing Li that her son didn't have any arms. Despite the fact that some of her family suggested it be best to 6 the boy, Li determined that she would 7 herself to helping her son. From the time he was 18 months old, Jiang has been8 how to do everything with his feet and now he has the 9 to write Chinese characters, solve math problems, draw pictures, play games on his cell phone and 10 do jigsaw puzzles using just his feet.

    According to the class monitor, Jiang was sometimes laughed at because of his 11, but she said the majority of the classmates had 12 on him, playing with him and helping him go to the toilet. Chen Xiuhua, Jiang's head teacher, said he 13 on top. The 52-year-old said she had never seen 14 severely disabled student and 15 that she was worried when she learned that Jiang would be joining her class. But the boy 16 himself from the moment the two met, bowing and greeting Chen with a confident “hello, teacher”. He was excellent 17, scoring full marks in Chinese and math in the midterm exams－the 18 student in his class to do so.

    Unavoidably, life throws a lemon to us which makes us sour and heartbroken. Don't let it 19 you down. All the hard work will20, and Li hopes he will continue to develop his talent in other aspects.

    I walked into a bank in town a couple of days ago and waited in the queue. I was the second1and I couldn't help overhearing the2in front of me. The bank clerk must have been having a(an)3 day and after asking how the4was and so on, he began to complain about our government, 5them for not doing enough to6the coast from storms and floods as this had been much on the news at the time.

    He was in7spirits and you could tell that he was really8about a lot of things going on in the world.

    My heart went out to him. I was 9 next and all I could do was10. 1didn't have any words. Afterwards, it 11to me something that had been running under my own thoughts.

    So I left the bank, found a12and on it I wrote: Sometimes the bad parts of the world seem so13. There are so many sad things going on in the news. They make it hard to see 14going on around us. But that doesn't15life right now can't be beautiful. All you have to do is open your eyes. It's in the gaps(缝隙) that beauty is16.

    I17the postcard back into the bank, wandered around and18 it on a table, 19that the bank clerk would find it. Whether he did or not, I never found out, but it20would do someone some good, which I'm certain of.

    I was broke after the bankruptcy(破产) of my company and before that, my marriage also came to an end, which may be the hardest truth to me.

    Suddenly, I got 1 lost. That "one can start from nothing" thing was much like nonsense. It was never easy! So I chose to 2 myself at home. Unexpectedly, my mom came to my 3 and took me to the hospital.

    After my 4, she paid for my exercise class in a gym just to 5 my mind.

    One day, my mom was driving me back from 6. We were talking. All was well. The 7 slowly went on. And she said, smiling, "By the way, today's my birthday. No one 8 me so I thought I should just say so."

    I went 9.

    She laughed. A laugh so 10! I wanted to cry. She hadn't had a proper birthday celebration in twenty years.

    She 11 again, "It's OK. It's a little thing. But do you know what the 12 truth is? That is, love is one sided, most of the time. That's 13 most people want love but not the responsibility(责任) it14. Parents take all that responsibility. They take it 15. I promise you. They'll take it to their grave, even if they16 get it back."

    I bowed my head.

    She continued, "When you were 17, I was as heartbroken as you, if not more heartbroken 18 you. When you were killing yourself, you were 19 my body. I would always like to be tortured by the one-sided love. Very much! But I just expect you to become 20. Much braver."

    Many families usually take their children to travel during school breaks. But Julie and Tim Rivenbark planned a(n)1vacation with their two children―a one-year trip around the world. They plan to230 countries in all.

    Right now, the four travellers are about halfway through their 3. Ms. Rivenbark says they are trying to see as much of the4as they can.

    Mr. Rivenbark says the family has5on ostrich (鸵鸟) birds, elephants, and camels. But, he says, one of the most6experiences of the trip has been meeting new people.

    “People have been7friendly and welcoming and love our kids―and it's lovely to see them interacting (互动) with new people and their8to see our kids enjoying themselves in their country.”

    Eleven-year-old Tyler says he has enjoyed9about the people they have met. “I learned in Africa that people have very10lifestyles to those in America.” His sister Kara11that she liked Thai food.

    Ms. Rivenbark says that the trip is12the children a lot more than short visits would have. “I think that the longer we travel, the more13it has on how they see the world. I can see them14more than they can see themselves,” she said.

    It took the family a year to15for the trip. They had to sell their house and cars. Ms. Rivenbark16her job and her husband is using unpaid leave. They carry small bags17lightweight clothing and whatever else they need. Ms. Rivenbark says she18being able to carry everything she needs on her back.

    Tyler and Kara each have iPads so they can communicate with teachers to stay19with their schoolwork. Tyler is also20a 365-day video blog.

Another person's enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved. That person was my stepmother.

I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father1me to her with these words: "I would like you to meet the fellow who is2for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no3 than tomorrow morning."

My stepmother walked over to me, 4my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied," You are5This is not the worst boy at all, 6the smartest one who hasn't yet found an outlet(释放的途径) for his enthusiasm."

That statement began a(n)7between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my8as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.

She changed many things. She9my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the county seat, where my father's career could be more10and my brother and I could be better11.

When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand12and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I13 it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I accepted her14 and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of15that great day I went to interview Andrew Camegie and received the task which became my life's work later. I wasn't the16beneficiary(受益者). My father became the17 man in town. My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.

What power18has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one's purpose and is19 strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible(不可抗拒的) force which poverty and temporary defeat can never20.

You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.

Heritage Education

China's "Cultural and Natural Heritage Day" falls on the second Saturday of June every year. Many celebrations are 1 on the day. There is no 2 that different kinds of celebrating 3 across the country will arouse(唤醒) public awareness of the importance of cultural heritage protection and 4 the young people to love the fine 5 culture of the motherland. 

China faces a heavy task to protect and rescue its cultural 6 . We need to consider seriously the harm of the lack of awareness about cultural heritage protection. 7 , heritage education is one of our main approaches(方法). People cannot 8 value cultural heritage if they do not know why it is important or how to protect it. Over the past several years, the protection centre has 9 over a hundred educational seminars(研讨会) to different groups, such as schools, government offices, 10 the general public. Many people have attended the seminars. Typically, each seminar lasts two to three hours and 11 of an informative presentation, 12 by a longer question-and-answer session and discussion. Each attender 13 limited knowledge of cultural heritage considered it to be just the Forbidden City and the Great Wall. People often think that the duty only 14 to the government. So "Cultural and Natural Heritage Day" will be a welcome 15 to educate people on world heritage protection.