Traditional Chinese opera is finding new life in a different art form. More than100 primary school teachers came to a training course to pass on the art to schoolchildren. After learning Chinese opera-themed (戏剧题材的) cartoons, they are now confident that they can spark (激发) children's interest.

    These school teachers proved to be quick learners in Chinese opera. They are practising a classic piece of Yueju Opera, a major branch of the Chinese opera family.

    Fang Tingting, the performer of Shanghai Yueju Opera Troupe, said, "I was actually nervous about teaching them, because I thought they may not be interested. But their passion (热情) swept away my worries. I think they will do well in helping Chinese opera."

Cartoons naturally attract the attention of children. Introducing Chinese opera to them in this way proved to be great.

    Liu Hui,a school teacher, said, "The children are really interested in the cartoons. As teachers, we give them some directions and they start to copy something from the opera."

    The teachers also believed this digital method really builds a bridge between the children and this traditional art form. And it really helps them learn the rich culture of China. They are glad to be trained here to take on this task.

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In 2018, there was another special "yard sale" that I'll never forget. One day, after work from school, I found one of my neighbors had a lot of things out in their front yard with cars and people everywhere. I ran to the yard at once and wanted to find some good cheap things too before everything good was gone. But then I found out it wasn't a yard sale. In fact, policemen were taking the stolen (被偷的) things out of the house. My neighbor was a thief! Luckily, I didn't ask how much the TV was.

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is written by Mark Twain. The story happens in a town of the US in the nineteenth century. It tells about a boy who has many unusual experiences.

Tom, the hero(主人公) of the book, is a lively and clever boy. He doesn't like people telling him what to do, so he always gets into trouble. He and his best friend, Huck Finn, run to an island in Mississippi River. Tom has more trouble because a bad man is looking for him. Later, he runs away from a cave (山洞) with a girl called Becky. He also finds a box of treasure and takes it away. All his family and neighbors think he has died.

The book is full of wonderful dialogues. It is more than a story. It tells how young people grow, how people love each other and how bad people pay for their actions.

Today the book is still read and loved by people in the world, and it is thought to be one of the greatest stories in literature. It is truly a great book!

Dear Lin Tao，

I am writing to you in English. I hope you can understand（懂）it. 

I love studying in London and I have many new friends. Most of them are my classmates. From Monday to Friday，we have English，math，physics and P. E. in the morning. I like English and physics，because they're interesting. I don't like math. It's too boring. At noon，I have to have lunch at school because my home is far from（远离）my school. We usually have two classes in the afternoon﹣art and politics. We finish our classes at 3 ：30 p. m. After school，my friends and I always play football on the playground. And then we go home by bus. 

On weekends，we have no classes. We often go to the park and sometimes we go to the movies in the evening. We see movies twice a month. I like some famous（著名的）actors like Jackie Chan. 

Oh，I have no time to write more. Please write back soon. 

Best wishes，

Wang Gang

An old banker walked around his study. He 1 by a bet (赌约) that he had made with a young lawyer 15 years ago. The bet took place at a party 2 a dark autumn night. They discussed the topic of punishment by death and life imprisonment (终身监禁). The banker believed that punishment by death was 3 than life imprisonment. The lawyer disagreed. Then the rich banker offered two million rubles(卢布) if the lawyer could live in the prison for 15 years. The lawyer accepted. "I 4 no money if I give up, " he said.

Then the lawyer stayed in a small house. He had only a small window through which he could pass notes to ask for 5 he needed. At first, the lawyer was lonely. He just read 6 and played the piano. Throughout the following years, his interests and requests changed a lot, but he continued reading. And as the end of his 15-year imprisonment neared, he was busy 7 history and science and several languages.

With only hours left, the banker was worried. He slipped into the lawyer's room and tried to do 8 bad. The lawyer was asleep at his desk, and in front of him was a letter beside a pen. He wrote in 9 letter that he had got great wisdom. He would prefer to live a life without any wealth.

The banker was relaxed but also filled with shame. He thought he took 10 years away from a bright young man.