Zhu De was born {#blank#}1{#/blank#} December 1, 1886 to a poor farmer's family in a town in Yilong County, a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (hill) and separate part of northern Sichuan Province. Of the fifteen {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (child) born to the family, only eight survived. His Hakka(客家) family migrated from Hunan Province and Guangdong Province {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Sichuan. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} his family was poor, by pooling(合伙经营) resources, Zhu was chosen to be sent to a regional private school in 1892. At the age of nine, Zhu was adopted by his wealthy uncle, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} political influence allowed him {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (gain) access to Yunnan Military Academy. Later, he attained the rank of Xiucai in 1906, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (make) him qualified as a civil servant. He was admitted into a Sichuan high school around 1907, and graduated in 1908. Consequently, he returned to Yilong's primary school as a gym {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (instruct). He was an advocate(倡导者) of modern science and political teaching, rather than the strict classical education afforded by schools, so he {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (dismiss) from his post and entered the Yunnan Military Academy in Kunming. There, he joined the Beiyang Army and the Tongmenghui secret political society.

    Have you ever had a case{#blank#}1{#/blank#} a mistake helped you understand an idea or a skill? For me,it was sailing.I took a sailing class when I was in high school.No matter how many times I read the{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (explain),I could not understand the difference between a “tack" and a “jibe”—two methods of turning a boat—one much{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (safe) than the other. Later, one day, when I was sailing, a heavy wind{#blank#}4{#/blank#} ( blow ) up.We needed to head back, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} I mistook the “tack” for the “jibe” and pushed the boat in the wrong direction. Before I realized{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (I) mistake, it was too late. Luckily, no one{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (hurt).Only after this experience did I {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (clear) understand the sailing phrase “turning on the wind” that I {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (read) so many times in the textbook.I never confused a “jibe” with a “tack” again! Now I often share this story {#blank#}10{#/blank#} my students after they have made mistakes.I hope they can learn something from their mistakes and correct them instead of regretting all day.

    When I was young, I was not popular {#blank#}1{#/blank#} my classmates. If you'd asked me, I would have told you I was against bullying(霸凌).

    But one day, I was in the classroom, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(chat) with my friend Lizzie, when Kristina walked up to me. She was one of the bullies so I prepared {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(me) for more insults(羞辱). I looked at her, feeling {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(terrify). But she said that she was sorry for what she {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(do) to me.

    I accepted her apology. Later, we became friends, laughing at people, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} even pushing them. People were noticing me in {#blank#}7{#/blank#} way they never had before.

    Then one day, Lizzie came up to me and shouted, "you've become a bully!" That night I was {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(wake) thinking for a long time. The next day at school, I apologized to Lizzie and told her I would never hurt her  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(feel) like that again.

    {#blank#}10{#/blank#} took a while to earn back her trust, but eventually we got back to normal.

    Valentine's Day is known as a day of love and romance on February 14th every year.

    There are a few different versions of its origin and history, one of which dates back {#blank#}1{#/blank#} an ancient Roman festival, Lupercalia, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (celebrate) on February 15th. On this day, young single women would place {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (they) names in a huge container and young bachelors of the town would come and draw a name from it. The young man and the woman, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} name was picked would become partners for the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (follow) years. Many of these couples would eventually get {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(marry). It {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (believe) that the month of February is perfect for romance.

    Valentine's Day was originally celebrated in Europe, but in recent years it is also celebrated in China, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (especial) among young people. Interestingly, China has its own Valentine's Day, Qixi Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th month of our lunar calendar. It is in memory of a day on which the legendary cow-herder and weaving-maid {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (allow) to be together, after being separated by the Milky Way for a whole year. What {#blank#}10{#/blank#} interesting story!