Weaning his {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(明亮的，鲜明的) red clothes and speaking Chinese well, 62-year-old Gao Tianrui can be taken for any {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(普通的，一般的) Chinese man. But when we go closer, things are not quite what they seem. Cao's real name is Terry who is from the US Terry became {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (感兴趣的）is Chinese culture as a teenager when he {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (阅读) the Tao Te Ching by Laozi. Terry has spent 20 years in the city he now calls home. Now his Chinese {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(梦想) comes true becoming a {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(公共) volunteer. Life as a "Xicheng Dama" has even made him famous online.

    Xicheng Dama are volunteers, usually {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(百万) of women in late middle-age who travel around the streets of Beijing's Xicheng district. Terry said that although he first saw the{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(组，群体) as busybodies, his opinion changed {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(特别是) when he was on the inside. "Day by day, I see that' it is a good thing for them to come out and help people instead of staying at home alone," he said

    "I like helping others," he said. "I live in the hutong and my {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(邻居) and I usually help each other ... This is where I live, where my friends are and where l call home."

    Some students are talking about the inventions.

    Lucy: The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. He was born in 1847. In 1875, Mr. Bell learnt how to send {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(音乐的) notes through an {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (器械) similar lo a telephone. Finally he invented the telephone in 1876. Today the telephone is used around the world.

    Jin Long: The abacus is an {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (古代的) invention, but we still use it today. It was invented a few {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (世纪) ago. Though China is a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (发展中的) country now, I am proud of being a Chinese.

    Tom: I think the invention of basketball is the best. Because I like basketball and 1 think it is an {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (活泼的，积极的) sport. When we play basketball, we should be {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (分开) into two groups. Players on the same team must work together to get the ball into the other team's {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (篮筐). At the same time, they need to stop the competing team from getting the ball into their {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (自己的) basket. It was invented by a {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (加拿大人) called James Naismith.

    Children are sometimes busier on weekends than weekdays because they have to take so many after-school classes. Many of them are learning exam s{#blank#}1{#/blank#}so that they can get into a good high school and later a good university. Others are practicing sports so that they can compete and win. Parents believe these a{#blank#}2{#/blank#}are important for their children's future. They really want them to be successful. In some families, competition starts very young and c{#blank#}3{#/blank#}until the kids get older. Some mothers send their small kids to all kinds of classes. And they are always c{#blank#}4{#/blank#}them with other children. But parents shouldn't push their kids so h{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Doctors say too much p{#blank#}6{#/blank#}is not good for a child's development. Dr. Alice Green says all these activities can c{#blank#}7{#/blank#}a lot of stress for children. She thinks Kids should have time to relax and think for t{#blank#}8{#/blank#}, too. A{#blank#}9{#/blank#}it's normal to want successful children, it's e{#blank#}10{#/blank#}more important to have happy children.