I'm not much of a crier most of the time. But {#blank#}1{#/blank#} when I was reading a book on a plane, I started crying. Of course, it came as a big surprise when tears came up, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't {#blank#}2{#/blank#} myself.

    Oh no, not this now. I thought to myself. But even as the thought entered my brain. I felt the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} hot drop of salty water coming down my face. I put my head down, hoping that I could go on reading.

    In fact, the harder I tried, the more tears pushed their way out of my eyes. You could guess how surprised the man next to me looked.

    My head {#blank#}4{#/blank#} in shame. He must think I was crazy. Maybe I could turn towards him, hold up the cover of the book and say in my crying voice. "I'm sorry, sir. It's just a really good book!" But I didn't, say anything. Instead, I just put my head back against the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} and let the tears run. Do you know what decision I made while I was crying? My decision was that it was OK if he thought I was crazy. I preferred to be crazy instead of being the kind of person who wouldn't cry when the situation called for it, or who wouldn't let {#blank#}6{#/blank#} feel anything at all.

    I've been that girl who has spent so much time trying to make sure people didn't think f was crazy. But now I don't want to be that girl any more —that bored and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} girl. I'd rather {#blank#}8{#/blank#} this girl who is able to forgive (原谅), love and act, even if it means being disappointed or being hurt again and again.

Starting from September, 2016, the panda is no longer on the world's "endangered animal list".

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, there are about 1,850 pandas in the wild in China now. In 2003, the number was 1,600. So it takes the panda off the Red List.

China's hard work in the past 50 years to save the panda is paying off. China sets up reserves(保护区) and plants a lot of bamboo forests. Now, about two thirds of pandas are living in the 67 panda reserves.

How did Chinese researchers successfully increase the number of pandas? They put in money, science, time and love. Here are two examples of their hard work.

Bamboo is pandas' main food. A panda needs 12kg-38kg of bamboo a day. In the 1980s, without enough food, the number of pandas dropped to just over 1,200. To save pandas, China sets up 67 panda reserves and plants a lot of bamboo forests there.

But there is still bad news. Our earth is getting warmer. It's going to get too hot for the bamboo to grow. More than a third of bamboo forests could go away within 80 years,scientists say. It's still dangerous for pandas.

A. It is placed perfectly.

B. That's because trust is key to their success.

C. After the tour, we were lucky enough to interview two great riders.

D. It was from May 3rd to May 5th.

E. How do you make the horse jump?

F. What attracted me most was the judge's box.

I was amazed by the 2024 Shanghai Longines Global Champions Tour （上海浪琴环球马术冠军赛）.

After arriving at the equestrian （马术）centre, we first had a guided tour. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}In many sports, the judges' seats are usually placed in a point to help them clearly watch and score the performances. However, in equestrian events, judges often work from a single room, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} It can offer the judges a clear view of the competition.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}As we are interested in equestrian sports, we had a lot of questions: How do you keep a good relationship with a horse? {#blank#}4{#/blank#} They patiently answered all of our questions. They said if you treat the horse as a friend and trust it, it will do better in the competitions. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

Time flew and the wonderful journey ended. However, now, every time I think of it, I have a picture in my mind of a young boy racing with his horse, with a line of trust.

These days, more and more people like the "city walk" around China. The city walk is a kind of city tour coming from the UK. It means tourists follow a planned route（路线）working deeply on the city's history and culture. During the traditional kind of travel, people need to follow a group of people. But city walk routes are special for every tourist. People probably choose a route on their own and move on foot without a purpose（目的）. They can also talk with locals（当地人）and taste local food on their way. 

City walkers may be tourists from other places or local young people. For tourists, by taking part in a city walk, they can learn the city's history and culture. For the local young people, they may spend weekends knowing more about their living places. And they even share their routes and places online. So more people get interested in their cities and come to visit them. 

Now the city walk is very hot. However, we also find that to make money, some travel agencies（旅行社）may make some routes without understanding the culture and history of a city. That will make tourists lose interest in the city walk. What's more, many young people spend much time taking photos to just show themselves online. 

What is the perfect(完美的)life like? And what should we do to reach that?

We all hope to be healthy, to have much energy(能量)and to live healthily and happily. Today, with the quick development of medical science, the quality of our health can be better and the life will be much healthier and more beautiful! It's reported that people with excellent health habits are far healthier, have more energy, and live longer and better than people who have poor health habits. 

It's really important for us to enjoy excellent relationships with the people we like and respect(尊敬), and they like, love and respect us in turn. Fully 85% of your happiness will be decided by the quality of your relationships at each time, and in each place, of your life. How well you get along with people and how much they like, love and respect you, have more effect on quality of your life than perhaps any other reason. 

It's essential to do work that we enjoy, to do it well, and to be paid for it. You want to be able to get and keep the job you want, to be paid more. You want to make the very most that is possible for you at each area(领域), whatever you do. 

It's a great feeling to achieve financial independence(经济独立). You want to reach the point in life where you have enough money so you never have any financial worries. You want to be really free of them.