To: Christin foo@hotmail.com

Date: 23^rd March
Subject: The Riding for the Disabled Association
Hi Christine,
Sorry I haven't emailed lately —I've been very busy since becoming a volunteer for the Riding for the Disabled Association.
Every Saturday, I help to get the horses {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  for the disabled(残疾) riders. Many more disabled people want to ride {#blank#}2{#/blank#} than you'd imagine. It's a disadvantage that I don't know how to ride —I'd love to got on long rides with the riders— but I'll learn soon {#blank#}3{#/blank#} . Right now, I'm just happy to be able to lead the horses around for the disabled riders.
    I'm{#blank#}4{#/blank#}  helping to organize a sale, which will be {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  next month. It's a lot more work than helping the disabled. I need to collect second-hand things to sell at the sale. There are {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  things available(获得的) than I thought, but I'm sure we'll have enough{#blank#}7{#/blank#}  next month.
     I hope the sale raises more money than last month's walk. It was rainy, so too few people took part in the event. Last week, we held an auction(拍卖). The auction took much less {#blank#}8{#/blank#} to organize than the walk. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} , for some reason, people offered too little money for the things, so we didn't raise enough money.
     I'm {#blank#}10{#/blank#} you some pictures in the letter, as well as a speech I gave last week.

    Look! Students are learning folk {#blank#}1{#/blank#} at school. They are {#blank#}2{#/blank#}a middle school in Nanshan. The school has offered folk art classes since 2016. It invites artists to teach students embroidery (刺绣)and pyrograph (烙画). Pyrograph is a kind of art in which the artist draws on pieces of wood or {#blank#}3{#/blank#}objects by using burn marks. Students {#blank#}4{#/blank#} use gourds (葫芦)for their pyrography classes. The classes can help students learn more about Chinese traditional folk art and pass {#blank#}5{#/blank#} on.

    The largest in the world-and the only one in China-the Gulangyu Piano Museum is hard to miss, thanks to an eye-catching figure that looks like piano keys. Inside, more than 100 shining pianos,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}a precious old-plated piano and an antique(古董的) hand piano, provide the island's musical heritage.

    The tiny island is{#blank#}2{#/blank#} free of cars and bikes, except the tourist trolleys(电车) Then there are the 19th-century buildings of{#blank#}3{#/blank#}style and leafy seaside footpath. The beaches of Kulangsu might not be the same as the Philippines', but they're very clean-with white sand and palm trees.

    The highest point on the island offers{#blank#}4{#/blank#}of the island's red rooftops and of downtown Xiamen across the river. Climbing to its top is great in the evening because the crowds are thinner, and you can watch the sunset and skyline of Xiamen begin to twinkle.