No one loves me more than my parents, especially my father. My father is stout and strong, severe look on his face and keen expressive eyes. At first sight you may feel him hard{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (approach). In fact, he is very kind and considerate. I believe my father is a{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (talent) man. He decisive and efficient in doing things. By his own talents and years of efforts, he{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (provide) the family with a good social position and a{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (relative) rich life. Besides, he lives in harmony{#blank#}5{#/blank#} others and never quarrels with anyone, so people from all walks of life come to my house, from{#blank#}6{#/blank#} I've gained lots of social experience. But at home he is a strict parent who is hard on me and has high{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (expectation) of me. I can see that my idling away time{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (hurt) him deeply, while if I have done something great and meaningful, such as{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (write) a book, he will be more excited than me. I always remind myself I must go on and on, and never {#blank#}10{#/blank#} I give up halfway.

    Take a book; leave a book. When you walk on the streets of Germany, you feel you {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(surround) by books. In Germany, public bookshelves are lined across {#blank#}2{#/blank#} nation on street corners, city squares and supermarkets.

    In the free-for-all {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(library), people can take whatever they want to read, and leave behind anything they want for {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(other). There's no need to register, no due date, and you can take or give as many as you want. This project is aimed at everyone who likes to read—without regard to age or education. It is open for {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Each shelf holds around 200 books and it takes about six weeks for a complete turnover, with all the old titles {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(replace) by new ones. The public book shelves are usually cared for by local volunteer groups.

    Germans think they should make {#blank#}7{#/blank#} easy for everyone to enjoy {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(read) in this “reading culture on the street”—from old readers to kids. While most of the shelves have so far been put up in rich neighbourhoods, they are {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(plan) to put up future shelves in poor neighbourhoods, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}people often don't have easy access to literature.

    The Dragon Boat Festival has been marked by {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (eat) zongzi and racing dragon boats for thousands of years. It falls on {#blank#}2{#/blank#} fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese lunar calendar in honor of Qu yuan, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself.

    Qu was minister of the state of Chu {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (lie) in the present-day Hunan and Hebei provinces during the Warring States period. He was upright, loyal and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (high) respected. However, he was fired from office due to his suggestion to fight against Qin in cooperation with other states. During his stay in other states, he wrote a number of {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (poem) to express his strong love for his country. When Chu {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (defeat) by Qin. He realized what he could do about it was nothing. Qu jumped into Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month.

    After the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (die) of Qu Yuan, people of Chu went to Miluo River to mourn over the great poet they loved so much. People threw eggs and rice wrapped in leaves {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the river to feed the fish to keep them away from Qu Yuan. Now the Dragon Boat Festival has become {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（tradition） festival for the Chinese people.

Why Acting Is So Much More Than It Appears to Be

For many people, acting appears to be people talking while getting emotional, which is why so many people think they can do it. No one imagines {#blank#}1{#/blank#}waking up one day and being a professional singer or pianist. But for actors, they say, "acting is hard only {#blank#}2{#/blank#}one has to memorize lines, if I could remember, I could be an actor, too."

But acting isn't just about memorizing lines and talking in conversational reality. As Meisner said, "Acting is doing things truthfully under imaginary circumstances." If {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(understand) correctly, this definition is an ambitious and remarkable thing to strive for.

To do things truthfully, actors must acquire many challenging skills . {#blank#}4{#/blank#}these skills, the script will remain flat on the page, despite being recited out loud. To make a script come to life in a believable way, the actor {#blank#}5{#/blank#}make active choices.

Imagine for a moment how many different ways there are {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(deliver) one single line. Even something as simple as "close the door" can mean so many different things and {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(express) in so many different ways. The words are the writer's, but the behavior {#blank#}8{#/blank#}brings them to vivid life? That is the actor.

The goal of great actors? That's to act naturally. Good quality acting must always come down to a kind of naturalness that makes those acting skills {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(visible) to the audience. In other words, a good actor must not appear to be acting at all.

So do not be fooled into thinking that {#blank#}10{#/blank#}can read and speak can be an actor. The naturalness displayed by great actors is exactly what makes you think that way, but it took them years of training to get to this point. It is so much more than you know.