It is hard to imagine how a person is to spend the whole life when only the head and hands are able to move.

    Xu Ruiyang, an 18-year-old student from Kunming, has suffered (遭受) from spina muscular atrophy (脊柱肌肉萎缩)1she was 2 years old. At that time, the doctor said that most children with spinal muscular atrophy will only live a few years.

    The family did not give up, or even just2. To help Xu Ruiyang live with dignity (尊严), her parents 3her living and learning skills strictly. Opening a book or raising hands, some very easy actions for common people,4, are big challenges for Xu. She had to use her head or5to work together with hands to finish these actions.

    When she started learning to write, she couldn't even6a pen. But she never gave up. Once she lost the pen, she picked it up and7writing. Xu finally could write 500 Chinese characters before becoming a primary school student, after8 thousands of times.

    Over the past few years, Xu has overcome (克服) many problems, including the 9 caused by the disease. Her parents worried about her health and 10her to drop out of school, but Xu's answer was no. "11I read a book and do my homework, the pain is gone," said Xu.

    When asked by reporters on how to deal with difficulties, Xu calmly said, “Patience. When you can't change anything, crying is useless, so just be12."

    In Xu's opinion, her sunny and self-confident13comes from the love of her parents.

    "If we are not able to make her live longer, we can make her life wider," said Xu's father. They travelled across China and more than 20 14 over the world, including Italy, Thailand and Singapore. During these trips, she developed an interest in learning a 15language. "I think it's cool to learn about other countries' culture and express your feelings to others," said Xu.

    Last June, she finished China's Gaokao and received an offer from Sichuan International Study University.

According to . media reports on Wednesday, Zhang Zening, a woman from Nanjing City, East China's Jiangsu Province, has made more than 50 sets of Hanfiu, or traditional Chinese costume(服装). 

Zhang majored in materials science and engineering when she was in college, and she gave up her job after falling in love with Hanfu. It has been 10 years since Zhang made Hanfu by herself because those of her favorite styles were not for sale. She taught herself painting and costume design, and visited a dozen Chinese cities to explore museums, as well as to draw inspiration from murals(壁画) and literature, before making over 50 different Hanfu from past dynasties. 

Zhang said the design of Hanfu was inspired by the murals of past dynasties. "What I did is not only to restore(使复原) a piece of clothing, but more to feel the culture Hanfu possesses, as well as the inspiration and significance(意义) of the mural, which made me very touched and glad," she said. 

In July this year, a group of international students from Canada visited Zhang, hoping to work together to restoring Hanfu based on murals that have been lost overseas. Zhang is excited about the project, saying, "Even if the national treasures cannot return to the country, restring Hanfiu based on them allows these lost treasures to be seen by more people. It's also a contribution from us young people. "

One Sunday evening, it was quite dark when old Stanley went for his walk. He was walking long the sidewalk, suddenly, he saw a white car coming around the corner at high speed. It was going too fast and crashed into a red car in the street where he was walking. He rushed up to the cars to see if anyone was hurt and needed help.

The two drivers were arguing. "You came around the corner too fast, "one man said. "No!" said the driver of the white car. "That's not true! Your car was parked in a wrong place." Stanley listened to their argument and then said the white car driver was wrong to drive too fast. The driver of the red car asked Stanley to prove he was right in court(法庭). Stanley gave the driver his name and telephone number.

Next Thursday morning. Stanley was asked to go to the court. The lawyer(律师) for the driver of the white car asked him a lot of question about what he had seen. Then he asked Stanley how old he was.

"I am eighty-two," answered Stanley. "Do you usually wear glasses?" asked the lawyer.

"Yes, I do." answered Stanley. "Were you wearing them on the night of the accident(交通事故)?" the lawyer asked."No," replied Stanley.

Then the lawyer said, "Why should the court believe you? You are eighty-two years were not wearing your glasses, and it was dark. How far can you see in the dark?"

Stanley thought about it for a minute. "Well" he said, "when it's dark, I can see the Moon. How far is that?"

Hi, I'm Jane. I'm fourteen years old. 1 like drawing pictures. I have three good friends. Let's have a look at their rooms.

I'm Alice. Welcome to my room. My room is small but nice. I love reading. You can see my books everywhere一in the bookcase(书架), on the desk and on the bed. I have a pet cat. She is cute. She always sleeps in my room when I read books. I like to play with her when I finish (结束) reading.

Hello, my name's Tim. This is my room. It is big but untidy(不整洁的). Look! My keys are on the sofa(沙发).My clothes are on the sofa too. My cap is on the desk. Where is my schoolbag? Oh, it is under the chair. You can see a guitar on the bed. I like playing the guitar and I'm good at it.

Hi, I'm Cindy. My room is big and tidy. What can you see in my room? My computer is on the desk My schoolbag is on the chair. My books and CDs are in the book case. What are those under the bed? It's a box. There are four ping-pong balls in it. ! like playing ping-pong with my good friends. It's interesting for me.

Alena is from Texas. She dreamed of becoming an engineer at the age of 16 when she was 12 years old. It may sound impossible, but Alena is not a common girl. She's both clever and hard-working. She is now studying engineering at her dream university. She would love to build a rover (探测器) to go to space. 

Believe it or not, the story started with Lego (乐高) . At the age of4, Alena loved playing around with different kinds of Lego and showed great love for building things. Little Alena loved to look at the stars at night. Once, she said seriously, "Mom, I'm going to work for NASA. I'm going to travel to space in a rocket. " Her mom was surprised at the little girl's dream. She couldn't believe what she heard. 

Alena is planning to write a book for children. "I' d like to ask more girls to follow their dreams, " she said. 

Alena won't let anything stop her working hard for her dreams. "When I plan to do something, I just go for it, " she said.