A lady and her husband in usual clothes walked into the president of Harvard's outer office. "We want to see the president," the lady said softly. Looking at the usual couple, the secretary said, "He'll be busy all day."" We'll wait," the lady replied.

    For hours, the secretary did nothing for them, hoping that they would finally go away. They didn't. "Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they'll leave," the secretary finally told the president.

    The president looked down at the couple. The lady told him, "We had a son that had studied in Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. But he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to build something for him in Harvard. "Madam," the president said angrily, "we can't put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died."

    "Oh, no," the lady explained quickly, "we mean we would give a building to Harvard." The president looked at their usual clothes, and then said, "A building! Do you know how much a building costs? It took us over seven and a half million dollars to build Harvard."

    The lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to start a university?" Her husband nodded. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they built a university with their name—a memorial（纪念）to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.

    You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.

As you walk down the street, an object falls from a tall building and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}you. Who should be responsible for this? Or maybe you try to help someone in danger, but you accidentally hurt the person. Will you get in trouble for this? China's Civil Code(《民法典》) will give you the  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

On May 28, the National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会) agreed China's first-ever Civil Code. With 1,260 articles, it is a collection of laws that is about personal issues, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}property (物权), marriage, family, personality rights, and inheritances (继承). It's like an encyclopedia (百科全书) for social life.

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One special thing about the code is the part about individual (个人的) rights. It's a major innovation (创新) to form the individual rights into one part alone. This part includes laws{#blank#}6{#/blank#} relate to one's body, health, name, image (肖像), and fame.

Some of the laws in this part deal with how new technology is{#blank#}7{#/blank#}.For example, people who use AI face swap (调换) tools to make videos may go against {#blank#}8{#/blank#} image rights. The laws also provide data protection rights relating to possible data leaks by tech companies.

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Do you know what an e—friend is? You make a friend with him or her by sending e—mails. Having e—friends is good for you. You can tell them your family, problems and good things. They can teach you many things and help you get out of problems. Some of them may send you e—cards on your birthday.

If your e—friends come from English—speaking countries, they will help you learn English. Writing to them in English is good for your English learning. Some of them may invite you to their countries, and take you to visit their countries.

Where can you make e—friends? You can visit some websites. There are many boys and girls, and you can make friends with some of them.

Around the world，many wild（野生的）animals are in dangerof extinction（灭绝）because they have no place. to live in. Endangered （濒危的） wild animals live all over the world and you may find some in your hometown. Here are some steps for protecting endangered animals. 

Step 1:Find out what, animals are in danger. Spend some, time. learning about animals and what their favorite places are. 

Step2： Do something for nature reserves（自然保护区）. Nature reserves are good places to help protect endangered animals. You can give some money to nature reserves or spend your time helping the nature reserves to protect endangered animals. 

Step 3: Never buy anything that are made from endangered animals. Don't do harm to endangered animals or their living places. Instead, we should try our bestto protect them. 

Step 4： Join an endangered animal protection organization（组织）. You can save animals through these organizations by planting more trees and calling for more people to protect animals. 

If everyone works hard to protect endangered animals, we'll get a more beautiful world. Let's take actions from now on!

Bejing, the capital of China , is popular with visitors from all over the world. Many foreigners come here and have their own 1 stories. Ella Kidron is one of the examples.

Ella Kidron, a manager of a company, 2 her running story in a short video. It is just about two minutes and becomes the best among all the short 3 about"100 Reasons( 理由) to Love Beijing". For her, it's running. Running in Beijing is interesting because it brings her a lot of4 . She can always find something new. At first, she usually got lost when she came to China. However , she 5 more than before through running. Every day, she runs in order to enjoy everything after 6 , like exercising to protect her knees. She finds many things are different from those of her home town, New York. Sometimes, she stops to talk with the local people about7 places, such as the Great Wall. The people in Bejing are very nice and kind. They often tell her where she can eat delicious food. She can also 8 some friends who have the same interests as her. Besides, she notices there are still some 9 parts like hutongs as the city develops fast.

Living in Beijing for 5 years, Kidron learns about not only its history but also its 10 . For example , the buildings are much higher than before. She thinks her story in this city just begins.

Jim Green is an announcer (播音员) for the program. Most of the girls and boys like the program. They also like Jim Green. Some of them often make phone calls to him and 1 him. There are lots of 2 to him every day, too. Jim Green gets up at 6: 00 every morning. He has bread and a glass of milk for breakfast. He leaves home at 6: 30 and 3 his office at 7: 15.

The program 4 at 7: 30. He plays the new records(唱片) of the pop songs and modern music for his 5 . At 8: 00 it's time 6 the news. Jim 7 work at 10: 30. He goes home by car. He 8 newspapers and 9 to music after supper. He thinks his life is very 10 .