The "selfie" is used to describe the self-taken photo,often from a smartphone. Someone takes about 10 selfies each time he does, and he only ends up{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (post) one or two of those. He picks the one that he feels make him look the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (good). In that picture,he gains confidence. For that moment, everything bad or terrible that has happened to him {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (remove), because that smile is what gives him the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (determine) to love himself.

    I read {#blank#}5{#/blank#} poem recently and the young man said，”If I ask you {#blank#}6{#/blank#} you love, the answers will most likely roll your tongue. You love to read. You love to write. You love your mom, you daughter,or your best friend. How long do you think you can go on and on before you say 'I love{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(I)'？"

    That statement hit me like a ton of bricks. I've struggled with confidence all my life. I still do. And in {#blank#}8{#/blank#} way am I saying that taking a selfie is a gateway {#blank#}9{#/blank#} confidence.{#blank#}10{#/blank#}, the selfie does deserve some credit for allowing individuals to express themselves.

    Two years ago, Jo acted as a teacher in Papua New Guinea. There was no electricity, water or textbooks in the school. When she knew that the students {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (die) to learn chemistry, she tried to show {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (they) chemistry experiments every week. Sometimes, she doubted whether chemistry was relevant{#blank#}3{#/blank#} these students, because most of them would go back to their villages. Actually, they had no{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (person) ambition. The local people had a hard life. Their hut was so dark that it took time for one's eyes {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (adjust). The only possessions {#blank#}6{#/blank#} could be seen were one broom, a few tin plates and cups and a couple of jars. They didn't speak much of the local English dialect. When {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (sit) around, she loved listening to them softly talking to each other in their language{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (occupy) with teaching, she had no time for social{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (activity). Instead, she often joined in their family party. She felt it was {#blank#}10{#/blank#} privilege to spend a day with them.

Say thank you for simple things

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(communicate) with others with appreciation is an important form of good manners. Everyone feels really happy when others show their appreciation {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (generous). Appreciation always has {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(power) strength, which may let others smile and make the world more beautiful. For example, you just need several minutes to write down a thank-you note after you have a quarrel with one of your {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (colleague), and it will for sure bring much joy to the receiver. Try to write a thank-you letter to your parents for working hard to provide you {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a happy life. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} you always say thanks to your friends who shared both your happiness and sadness, it will bring them much joy and add color into your own life as well.

    We won't live happily {#blank#}7{#/blank#}we really enjoy the different services of others {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (surround) us everyday. But none of them should be taken for granted. We need to raise our{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(conscious) of expressing appreciation to others. Up to now more and more people in China have found it's high time to cultivate(培养) a thankful heart for the good others do. You can rely on {#blank#}10{#/blank#} that the world will become wonderful if everyone realize the importance of appreciation.

    Qiang Shuping was so busy making cloth shoes {#blank#}1{#/blank#} she didn't even rest during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. The woman from Baipu County, Jiangsu Province, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (make) shoes since she was 19 years old, and this year marks her 31^st year making cloth shoes.

    She spends the entire day in her tiny studio, which measures less than 10 square meters altogether, filled with cloth shoes in {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (vary) stages of completion.

    Nowadays, many stores make cloth shoes {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(use) machines, but Qiang sticks to the technique of making shoes entirely {#blank#}5{#/blank#} hand. She says the shoes {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (produce) by the machine are not of the same quality as handmade ones. The handmade cloth shoes are more durable and comfortable, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (soft), and absorb sweat better.

    Some people buy cloth shoes out of nostalgia(怀旧), while {#blank#}8{#/blank#} trust their quality. Making shoes isn't {#blank#}9{#/blank#} profitable job, but Qiang still insists as she wants to preserve the craft and pass it down to the younger generation.

    Handmade cloth shoes are also called qiancengdi (shoes with a thousand layers),{#blank#}10{#/blank#} can date back to the ancient Zhou Dynasty. In 2009, the making technique of qiancengdi was listed as the national intangible cultural heritage.

    Our world has seen {#blank#}1{#/blank#} increasing number of students pressuring their parents into buying luxuries (奢侈品) just to look good before their peers. Problem is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} is to blame, parents, students or society? Now, some schools have taken action.

    To avoid {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (show) off superiority among wealthy students, Woodchurch High School in northwestern England has recently made an {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (announce) to refuse quality designer coats, including Canada Goose, often worth hundreds of dollars. Such coats make poor students feel bad since these items lead to inequality. "They feel left out and inadequate," {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (say) The Independent in its last issue.

    The ban has aroused nationwide debate. Some argue that we shouldn't take away parents' right to buy anything {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (value) they like for their kids. However, most parents applaud, believing it decreases their worries on lower incomes.

    Just as Libby Purves, a UK reporter, put it, how you feel at school largely affects your whole life. Columnist Michelle Singletary wrote on The Washington Post that now comes the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (big) chance so far to teach students {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (understand) clothing in fact measures nothing.

    Not just this. In May St. Wilfrid's Primary School banned students {#blank#}9{#/blank#} using designer pencils in case poor students would feel {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (look) down upon.