I went to Grand Canyon (大峡谷) National Park in July 2012 for the firsttime and I knew I wanted to work there as a park ranger（管理员）. Park rangers protect the park's animals, plants, land, buildings, andpeople.

Now, as a park ranger forGrand Canyon National Park, I share the science, history and beauty of this parkwith thousands of visitors from around the world.

National parks are like outdoormuseums. Park rangers have all kinds of jobs, depending on where they work and whatthey studied during college. I teach school field trips（实地考察）, work at visitor centers and helppeople stay safe during their visit.

My favorite part of my jobis showing children their first look at the Grand Canyon during school field trips.Children are often amazed at the canyon's size and colors. Sometimes, they thinkit looks like a painting.

Being a park ranger requiresa lot of energy. I walk several miles and talk with hundreds of people each day.Park rangers must enjoy working with people and speaking in front of groups. Nearly5 million people visit Grand Canyon National Park every year.

Park rangers must also beprepared for any situation. Recently, I broke a traffic jam(堵塞). It was caused by a huge elk（麋鹿）standing in the road. Elks can become dangerous when they get scared,so I asked visitors to stop their cars and take pictures from far away. Believeit or not, I also help protect people from monkeys. It is not allowed to feed animalsin national parks. But sometimes, visitors try to feed monkeys.

Aunt Jia had a snack stand(小吃摊位) in our neighborhood. She was always patient with her customers. Even COVID.19 didn't influence her business.

One day, during the last Spring Festival, I saw {#blank#}1{#/blank#} large family visiting her stand. It formed a heart-warming picture: Each family member was enjoying being together. While they {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(leave), I noticed Aunt Jia felt a bit sad.

I was amazed. In{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(I) experience, she was always smiling. I went forward and ordered my favorite snack. When she was busy wrapping, I couldn't helping saying, "Happy New Year, Aunt Jia! Why don't you take a break?" Aunt Jia looked surprised,{#blank#}4{#/blank#} she soon replied, "Happy New Year! I love working here in this city. It's{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(true) cold and snowy in my hometown." I became more curious(好奇的). "Where do you come from? Aren't your family waiting for you to come home for the celebration?" Aunt Jia stopped{#blank#}6{#/blank#} a few seconds."They surely are," she answered gently. "But I have to stay here. I'm from a mountain area, where it would not be easy{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(make) money. I'd be comfortable{#blank#}8{#/blank#} I were home now. But in order to live a much{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(good) life, I must work harder." I froze, thinking about her{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(word). Having noticed my shock, Aunt Jia smiled.

Have you ever lived in a school dormitory (宿舍)? Some students think living at school is a piece of cake. Well, it's not as 1 as you might imagine.

Last year, my parents decided to let me live at school. I was 2 to hear this decision because I hadn't thought about it before. But I 3 this idea after they told me that they would be too busy to look after me for the following year.

However, when I first arrived, I got nervous about the strict 4 . We have to study from 7 a.m to10 p.m. every day. We are not allowed to play with cellphones or go back to the dormitory to take showers during this time. Also, I 5 one of my roommates. These things made me feel upset and homesick. I just wanted to go back home.

On weekends, I went back home. My mother comforted me, "Don't be afraid. Try to think about how to improve the 6 ." My mother's words cheered me up. None of my roommates had such problems. So I needed to solve them by myself.

The next week, I tried my best to calm myself down and focus on my work. And it did not seem too 7 . I talked with my roommates more 8 and made more friends. I realized the good or bad of things depends on 9 own attitudes (态度). I began to enjoy the dormitory life.

Every time I struggle (挣扎) with difficulties, I always think about this special 10 . It gives me the courage to overcome them. Perhaps I have grown up through this.

Everyone is good at something, but some people are truly talented. Last week we had an {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (interest) talent show in our school. There were many wonderful{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (performer) from different classes and even some teachers in that show.

Most of the students thought the best performer was Eliza, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} she played the piano the most beautifully and she is an excellent piano player. Who was the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (funny)? Of course Steve was. You could see that he and his dog sang the song together and everyone couldn't stop laughing. Do you want {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (know) the most creative one? It must be Vera. She {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (play) the guitar upside down. The most popular actors were the math teachers in the show. They had many kinds {#blank#}7{#/blank#} instruments (乐器) and they were the loudest of all. However, there was also{#blank#}8{#/blank#} terrible show. Dennis always kept dropping the balls everywhere.

All in all, I think it is fun to watch this kind of show if you don't take them too {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (serious). And they also give students a good way to show {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (they) talents.

Last weekend, I wanted to make a picture book for my family's fruit store. I tried to make each picture excellent. Every time I didn't draw 1 , I started all over again.

Then, my mom asked me to 2 housework. I had to leave my drawings on the table. After finishing the housework, I wanted to get back to my picture book. But my friend Maria 3 . And we played happily outside.

But soon it started to 4 . When we got back home, I saw a 5 with paper in it next to the bin(垃圾箱). My picture book drawings were in the box! I ran to save them. But it was too 6 .

"The wind blew(吹) those pieces of paper onto the floor. The rain came into the room through the window and it made them 7 ." my little sister said. "I didn't know they were your drawings and I just cleaned them up."

I felt terrible. Just then, Maria had a (n) 8 . She said," We could use the wet paper to make some fruit balloons(气球)." And we did so. The balloons were in the shape(形状) of 9 , oranges and pears. And my dad loved these paper balloons. He 10 them in the store, for everyone to see. And people liked them very much.

There are many stories of rich people who were poor but worked hard to be{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(成功). Many of them keep their money to themselves or share it just with their family together. But one man called Sarath Babu is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (计划) to use his money to help poor people. And he set a good{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (榜样)for us. 

When Sarath Babu was young , he lived in the slum (贫民窟) of India with his mother. His family had{#blank#}4{#/blank#}（几乎）nothing at that time, but his mother took the education{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (认真) . At school, he was a {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(辛勤的) student and always got good {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(成绩). Then he went to university. After he finished university, he started his own restaurant called Food King. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (虽然) it was difficult at the beginning , he never gave up. One of the main {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (理由) why he can succeed finally is that he sold healthy food cheaply. Many people came to his restaurant. Sarath hired(雇佣) people from the slum to work at his restaurant. He wanted to give them a better life than before. 

Now, he has seven restaurants that are doing very well, and has 250 workers. Some day he hopes to have more restaurants and give people the best{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(服务).