Here is a story: A man sees a butterfly (蝴蝶) . The butterfly tries to get out of its chrysalis (蛹) . F{#blank#}1{#/blank#}sorry for it, the man decides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly comes out e{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Surprisingly enough, the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn't struggle (挣扎；奋斗) to leave the chrysalis, it can't fly！The struggle develops the e{#blank#}3{#/blank#} in the butterfly which makes it fly. Similarly, the challenges of life bring out the best in young people and make the fly.

When people are young, meeting and overcoming challenges will make them s{#blank#}4{#/blank#} and ready to face life.

When we look at successful people, we see that the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle.

One famous businessman, who now o{#blank#}5{#/blank#}many big supermarkets, used to carry clothes on his back and sell them from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Dennis. His father died when he was only twenty. He had to b{#blank#}6{#/blank#}up a big family. He took up the challenges and overcame them. Today his brothers and sisters are leading s{#blank#}7{#/blank#} lives.

Sometimes challenges do not appear to us because we keep away from them. So, some parents and teachers actively encourage young people to face challenges. They might organize some a{#blank#}8{#/blank#}for young people which provide them with challenges, like rock—climbing, camping, volunteer work and so on. However, just passing exams will not prepare a person for life. We must meet and overcome challenges. The young people of today will become the leaders of t{#blank#}9{#/blank#}. For countries to continue to become successful, it is i{#blank#}10{#/blank#}that the young people learn to meet challenges and overcome them.

December 22. a special day, is the shortest day of the year. Chinese people call it Dongzhi. The name means "the coming of winter"-the{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (cold) days in a year. On this day, people in northern China eat dumplings. They usually fill the dumplings {#blank#}2{#/blank#}different vegetables and meat. Sometimes, people put a coin inside.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} you happen to get the coin, you will have good luck. People consider eating dumplings {#blank#}4{#/blank#}a way to stay healthy. As the old saying goes, "Eating dumplings on Dongzhi can help {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(keep) the ears from frostbite (冻疮)."

In {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(south) China, people eat tangyuan on the day of Dongzhi. The little tangyuan balls {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(make) from rice. They have different {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(kind) of sweet fillings (馅料). People hope eating tangyuan can bring them {#blank#}9{#/blank#}happy and sweet life. In some places, people also make a special kind of rice wine. The drink brings the body {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(warm) on cold days.

Dear Simon,

Thanks for telling me about your problems!

I do hope all the advice can be helpful to you.

Yours,

Joy

We recycle (回收利用) rubbish, so why not language? Recycling language means using vocabulary（词汇）that you have learnt before again and again. However, unlike rubbish that piles up (堆积) in our environment, if we do not recycle language, we simply forget it. So how do you recycle language?

There are basically（主要的）three ways to do it. The first is through reading. Go back to your favourite articles and read them once more. Just reread them and do not worry about each vocabulary item. If there are some that you are not sure about, make a guess and you will probably guess right. The second way to recycle is through writing. Look at some of your favourite articles and write either a short paragraph or a few sentences in your own words. After you have done this a few times, go back and read through what you have written, checking vocabulary functions. Don't worry if you have made mistakes. That's how you learn. The third way to recycle language is by having an imaginary chat with yourself about your favourite articles at home. You can pretend there is someone with you who speaks English and tell him what you are thinking about or how you feel.

Look at this video online. A teenager from another country {#blank#}1{#/blank#}( cook) the real Chinese food at home and teaching others.

His name is Max Burns, he is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} 19- year- old Englishman. He is very popular on the Internet because of his videos of making Chinese food. It took Max's parents many years {#blank#}3{#/blank#}( work) in China. Max spent his first 13 years being immersed in Chinese culture, learning the language and loving the food. When his family{#blank#}4{#/blank#}( move) to Brighton, UK in 2016, Max missed Chinese food very much. He started {#blank#}5{#/blank#}( buy) takeaway food from local Chinese restaurants at first. But the meal didn't taste the same as they were in China. They were also very expensive. Then Max decided to try to make Chinese {#blank#}6{#/blank#}( dish) at home.

Max found that many of his friends didn't know much {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the real Chinese food. He wanted to do something, then he made videos of making Chinese food and put them online. He can even make jianbing -a traditional Chinese street food, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} zongzi - a traditional Chinese rice dish. The videos helped{#blank#}9{#/blank#}( he) win millions of fans all over the world.

" When people ask me where I am from, I find it hard to answer {#blank#}10{#/blank#} I grew up in China and now I'm living in the UK," he says."I'm just trying to share Chinese and British culture with Chinese and English people, and build a cultural bridge between them."

Chopsticks are a pair of thin sticks for eating. They are the main eating tools for some Asian1 , like China, Korea and Japan. Today, most chopsticks are made of wood, 2 , plastic（塑料）or metal.

Chinese chopsticks are usually 3 than other chopsticks, about 24-26cm,but Japanese chopsticks are about 21-23 cm. They usually have a thin eating end.

Chinese people started to use chopsticks over 4,000 years4 . People of the Shang Dynastyused chopsticks to5 small pieces of food from hot water and hot pots of oil. So in the beginning, chopsticks were much thinner than before those we use today.

In old China, chopsticks were once called zhu. The name has been6 used, but later it became kuai, meaning "quick". Hundreds of years later, the name changed to kuai zi. That is what we call them today.

In Chinese culture, there are some7 of using chopsticks. For example, it is8 to put chopsticks in the mouth for a long time. Don't use chopsticks and bowl or plates to make any noise. And never stick chopsticks straight down into a bowl of rice!