Recently I failed an exam. However, when I came out of my teacher's office, I told myself, "Smile! It's not so serious."

    I smiled a big smile and it {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(work) a little, really.

Everyone gets {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(disappoint) sometimes. I used to be always influenced by pressure and I was often in low spirits. But one day I meet {#blank#}3{#/blank#}a sentence in the Bible, "Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself, let the day's own trouble be enough for the day." {#blank#}4{#/blank#} suddenly occurred to me that {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(worry) about a problem doesn't help. Why not just give a big smile and face up to the trouble？"

    Now every time I want to cry, I remind myself that {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(laugh) is better than tears and anger. I {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(deep) believe that there's something magical about a smile. A smile helps me recover confidence and gives me {#blank#}8{#/blank#}courage to move on.

    Remember, whenever you're faced with a setback, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} difficulty you come across, all it takes is determination and you can feel happy again. Smile at life, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it will shine on you.

    Curiosity is part of human nature. Children are famous for wanting answers {#blank#}1{#/blank#} tons of questions. People keep reading or watching {#blank#}2{#/blank#} they want to find out what happens. But curiosity also provides many practical benefits.

Learning is easiest if you have a genuine desire for knowledge. Curiosity can create that desire when you have a question.

    Many of history greatest discoveries {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(make)by curious people. People wondered {#blank#}4{#/blank#} processes worked or how certain tasks could be done more effectively. Thanks to their curiosity, people now know far more about the world and have useful technology {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(help)them.

    Even if you don't plan to be an inventor of researcher, curiosity can still help you in the classroom. If you develop the joy of learning, classes will become more fun. And you'll excel because you will be fully engaged in the process of learning. Even if you're no longer a student, curiosity will make you better {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(inform)and thus a more capable worker.

    What do you do if you're not already curious? Fortunately, curiosity is a skill that can be improved. If you act like you're curious, you'll quickly start to actually feel curious. Often, the more you learn about a topic the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(interesting)it becomes.

    As you learn about a topic, gather information from as many sources as possible. Read a variety of books, watch or listen to lectures and ask questions. Don't always get your information from the same source. Instead, learn to appreciate facts that different people know and the different opinions {#blank#}8{#/blank#} they express.

    Ask a lot of questions, Remember, everyone knows {#blank#}9{#/blank#} that you don't. Find out what that is, and ask about it. This lets you learn something and makes the other person happy by letting them show off their knowledge.

In the classroom or out of it, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(develop)curiosity is sure to be worthwhile.

    A program called Everlasting Classics is becoming {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (increase) popular. The program, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} combines Chinese traditional poetry with music, was launched by China Central Television (CCTV) in 2018.

    And it became a great hit soon after the program {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (show) on CCTV 1. It was hosted by Sa Beining, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} CCTV host loved by the audience, and the Appreciation Group in the group included Professor Kang Zen from Beijing Normal University, Dean of the China Conservatory of Music, Wang Liguang, the famous hostess Zeng Baoyi and the well-known singer Yu Chengqing. Together, they led the audience to interpret and appreciate many classic Chinese poems, enjoying the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (beautiful) that the poems brought to the audience. Moreover, the poems were adapted into songs, which were sung by famous singers, like Zhang Jie, Wang Yuan, etc, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (make) the program more spellbinding.

    In Season 1 of the program, one of the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (attract) songs was Butterfly Lovers (《梁祝》). An 88-year-old pianist called Wu Yili played the music with the famous violinist Lv Siqing. The melodious music moved many of the audience {#blank#}8{#/blank#} tears. In recent years, CCTV has produced many programs {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (spread) traditional Chinese culture, including Chinese Poetry Competition {#blank#}10{#/blank#} Everlasting Classics. Thanks to these programs, many people set off a craze for the study of Chinese culture.