Zhu Yanjun is a migrant worker(农民工)from northwest China's Gansu Province. Recently the 50-year-old took part in the 2023 Chinese Poem Competition and won second place in the final.

Zhu was born in a family of farmers. As a young boy, Zhu would help his father do farm work after finishing classes. In 1983, as a first-grader in primary school, he met poetry for the first time in a Chinese class. Since then, he has been in love with poems. After noticing Zhu's interest, his father spared some money from the family's living costs to buy him poetry collections （诗歌集）. During junior high school, some of his classmates dropped out of school and moved to other cities to look for jobs. Zhu listened to them talking about the outside world during holidays. "I also wanted to leave my hometown to see the world. "he said.

After graduating from junior high school in 1992, Zhu stopped his schooling. He began to work as a migrant worker. But he did not stop reading poems. 

In the past years, Zhu has worked in seven cities in China. Whenever he arrives in a city, he first visits the bookstores and libraries there. Although he is busy working during the day, he spends his time at noon and in the evening reading poems. He knows around1, 000 poems by heart and the lines help him keep a calm mind. 

In 2023, with the encouragement of his wife, Zhu decided to sign up for the 2023 Chinese Poem Competition. To his surprise, he made it to the final. Under his influence, his son and daughter have developed a great interest in poetry. They have been accepted by universities away from their hometown. "I hope more people will also fall in love with poetry, "said Zhu, adding that he will continue learning poetry.

 As a platoon leader (排长）, Jiang Ping and his soldiers fought against floods for some days in Tongling, Anhui Province.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

 After 12 days of efforts the flood situation in Tongling had been brought under control. So Jiang Ping and his soldiers were called to Hefei, the provincial capital. Chaohu Lake was still at risk of flooding. Jiang said, "I saw many houses and fields had been flooded by the flood water in both Tongling and Hefei. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}"

The floods hit Jiang Ping's hometown in the summer of 1998.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Jiang said, "Most part of my house was submerged (淹没）by the blood water and the water kept rising. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Staying on the roof for nearly three hours. We were worried about our lives. At that time, a soldier took me into his arms. He tried to ease my panic, saying "Don't be afraid. We are here with you." Jiang joined the army in 2010 after graduation from high school.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}

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Finn lived not far from the sea. His1 , Ryan, came for his summer vacation every year. Ryan loved2 , so he often got up early and went fishing on his grandfather's boat. 

One day, Ryan went fishing again. He spread out his fishing net (网) quickly. When he pulled it up, he was surprised to find it filled with3 —rubbish. Ryan got the same result each time he tried and his boat was soon full of rubbish. Finally, Ryan4 and rowed the boat back. At the beach, he met Finn. 

"What are you doing here?" asked Ryan. 

Finn said. "I'm cleaning the beach. I pick5 litter on the beach so that it won't end up in the ocean."

"Oh, let6 help you with these rubbish bags. Grandpa, I also found lots of rubbish in the sea when I was trying to 7 some fish," Ryan said. 

"That's no 8 !" Finn said. "Rubbish, especially plastic, is9 to wildlife like fish." He then explained10 plastic could do harm to animals. Ryan was shocked and wanted to help. "What can I do?"

Finn said, "You can recycle(回收利用) your waste11 so that it won't pollute the environment. You can repair (修理) your broken things12 find some new uses for them instead of throwing them away. And you can invite people you know to do these things and teach them how13 the environment with you."

Ryan14 the advice. He recycled his waste and repaired his broken things. He also invited his friends to pick up litter on the beach. They believed that the more they did, the15 their surroundings would be.

Peter and David are good friends. Every morning. Peter gets up early to read books. In the afternoon, he does sports with David. 

Today they don't go to school. David comes to Peter's room and says, "I want to read books like you, but I don't understand(理解)them. Is reading good for me? "

Peter say, "This is a coal basket(煤筐). Get a basket of water from the river. Then I tell you. "David does that. But there is no water in the basket when he comes back. Peter says, "You can walk fast. "

This time David runs, but there still (仍然) no water in the basket. "See? It's useless. " he says. 

"Look at the basket!" Peter says. 

Then David finds it's clean now. Peter says, "That's how reading can help you. You may not understand all. But when you read, you'll be different. "