Sometimes we have disagreements with people. When this h{#blank#}1{#/blank#}, the important thing is to try not to let a calm discussion turn into a heated argument. Here {#blank#}2{#/blank#}my tips for you.

    The f{#blank#}3{#/blank#} thing I would say is that the way you begin the conversation is very important.

    Imagine you are a student and you share a flat {#blank#}4{#/blank#}another student who you think isn't doing her share of the housework. If you say, "Look, you never do your share of the housework.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}are you going to do about it?", the discussion will very soon turn into an argument. It's much more{#blank#}6{#/blank#}  (有帮助)to say something like, "I think we had b {#blank#}7{#/blank#} have another look about how we divide up the housework. Maybe there is a better way of dealing with it. "

    My second piece of{#blank#}8{#/blank#}a  is simple. If you're the person who is in the wrong, just admit it! This is the easiest and best way to avoid an argument. Just make an {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(道歉)， and move on. The other person will have more respect for you {#blank#}10{#/blank#}the future if you do that.

    Alibaba founder, Jack Ma graduated from the Hangzhou Teacher's Institute in 1988 with a major in English language education, and went on to teach at another university in the city. He gave up{#blank#}1{#/blank#}university teaching job after {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（discover）the Internet.

    Ma became excited {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the Internet during a visit to the United States in 1995 and wanted to find a way {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（bring ）the online world to China. In 1999, he persuaded friends to give him $60,000 to start an e-commerce firm called Alibaba.

Seeing an opportunity for small businesses to buy and sell their goods online, he started Alibaba, firstly running the company out of his apartment in the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（east） city of Hangzhou. Alibaba Group includes Tmall.com for business-to-consumer trade and Taobao, China's{#blank#}6{#/blank#}（popular ）online consumer marketplace with hundreds of millions of products and services listed. Now the company is {#blank#}7{#/blank#}Internet giant and Ma—a former English teacher—is among China's most super-rich.

    On his long road to riches, Jack Ma says his{#blank#}8{#/blank#}（inspire） has been the film character Forrest Gump.

     “I like that guy. I{#blank#}9{#/blank#}（watch） that movie about 10 times,” he said in an interview with CNBC.

     “Every time I get frustrated, I watch that movie.”

Ma said the lesson he learned from the film featuring Tom Hanks was   {#blank#}10{#/blank#}“no matter what changes, you are you. I'm still the guy I was 15 years ago when I earned $20 a month.

    Shadow play has a long history and is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} unique kind of art form. It is performed {#blank#}2{#/blank#} sending shadows of puppets (木偶) on a piece of white cloth. The puppets made of leather (皮革) {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (paint) in very bright colours, so that the shadows they make are very {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (colour).

    The players stand behind the cloth and move the puppets against strong light when {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (show) a shadow play, and the shadows of the puppets fall on the cloth. At the same time, the players talk or sing, telling a story with {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (music) playing the drums and other instruments, such as erhu, sanxian, sheng, etc. People on the other side of the cloth can see the shadows of the puppets do all kinds of movements. It's just like the movie today.

    Shadow play started in the Han dynasty. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} is said that Emperor Wu of Han was sad and didn't want to do anything because one of his favourite wives died. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (cheer) him up, his officer made a puppet like the emperor's dead wife with leather. He moved it and made it {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (act) behind a piece of cloth. The emperor enjoyed it very much. After that, shadow play became {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (popular) known in China.

    Everyone{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(love) snow. But when school stays open despite the snow, it can be really annoying. However, there is one upside of going to school{#blank#}2{#/blank#}a cold winter day: you might be smarter. So far, researchers who study the brain{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(find) that cold temperatures make us think more quickly since messages travel faster among our brain cells. So the scientists say{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(hang) out on a cold morning may boost the result of any test that day.