In the past black people in South Africa {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(live) a miserable life. They could not vote to choose their {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(leader). They could not get jobs they wanted. The parts of town in which they had to live {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (decide) by white people. They lived in the {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(poor) areas in the country and could not get jobs they wanted. Nelson Mandela, a modern hero, called black people {#blank#}5{#/blank#} fight against white people to make black and white people equal. He said “We were put in a position {#blank#}6{#/blank#}we had either to accept we were less important,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} fight the Government. We chose to attack the law. We first broke the law{#blank#}8{#/blank#}a way which was {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(peace); when this was not allowed…only then {#blank#}10{#/blank#}we decide to answer violence with violence.”

    She looks like any other schoolgirl, fresh-faced and full of life. Sarah Thomas is looking forward to challenge of her new A-level course. But unlike her school friends, 16-year-old Sarah is not spending half-term {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (rest). Instead, she is earning $6,500 a day as {#blank#}2{#/blank#} model in New York.

    Sarah {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(tell) that she could be Britain's new supermodel, earning a million dollars in the new year. Her father Peter, 44, wants her to give up school to model full-time. But Sarah, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}has taken part in shows along with top models, wants {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(prove) that. She has brains as well as beauty. She is determined to carry on with her {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(educate).

    She has turned down several {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(invitation) to star at shows in order to concentrate on her studies. After school she plans to take a year off to model full-time before going to university to get a degree {#blank#}8{#/blank#} engineering or architecture.

    Sarah says, “My dad thinks I should take the offer now. But at the moment, school {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(come) first. I don't want to get too absorbed in modeling. It is {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(certain) fun but the lifestyle is a little unreal. I don't want to have nothing else to fall back on when I can't model my more.”

    Smiling

    Smile is a universal language, which is widely used throughout the world. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, the meaning of a smile in different cultures may be different. Depending on different cultures, smiling can express joy and {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(amuse), but it can also indicate embarrassment. The following examples show this point of view:

    In an attempt to be open and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(friend), people in the United States smile a lot. Every one smiles at each other and this nonverbal communication shows being polite in the United States. But in China, smiling is not only {#blank#}4{#/blank#}expression of happiness, but also a way to avoid {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(laugh) at. Chinese people like smiling when they are embarrassed in order to avoid embarrassment. Smiling is a kind of good will but not sneer (嘲笑). For example: When a child{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(fall) off from a bike, the adults in China may smile, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}is a kind of gentle encouragement and may not be a kind of impolite laugh.

    Related {#blank#}8{#/blank#}the smile is the laugh. Also, different cultures have different {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(meaning) about laugh. Americans can enjoy a very heartfelt belly (腹部) laugh that comes from the deepest emotions while most Chinese may think {#blank#}10{#/blank#}silly to laugh that way.

    One sentence from the news in Washington has remained in my mind since a trip last summer: "When you see people run against the crowd escaping{#blank#}1{#/blank#}the danger, they are {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(probable) firefighters, police or journalists.

    I think this is most true for the firefighters. Whenever and wherever {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (disaster) happen — 911 Attacks in New York 14 years ago or the explosion in Tianjin on Wednesday night — it is always the firefighters{#blank#}4{#/blank#}take the lead to run to the very center, saving lives by{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (risk) their own. I cried today near the explosion site, not because of the smoke from the ongoing fire {#blank#}6{#/blank#} because of a short message a firefighter sent to a trusted friend that went viral online. It reads, "If I cannot make it, my father is {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(you); and please remember{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(sweep) my mother's tomb." I was thrilled later to learn that he did make it.

    “Everyone knows it's {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (danger) to be a firefighter. But he has always liked it and has done it for 12 years," his father said. "He survived this time, but no one knows what{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (happen) next time.”

    When Mr. Wang, a Chinese calligraphy(书法)master and painter, invited me to his studio, I got extremely{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (delight) . What a treat!

    His apartment doubles as his studio, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he creates calligraphy works and paintings as well. The living room has a long desk with a collection of{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (brush) of varying sizes, two big ink pots and a pair of paper weights.

    Mr. Wang showed his latest work, a scroll(卷轴)of the Great Wall at Badaling {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (wind) its way along the steep hills, which {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (recognize) as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations in 1987. The beauty of the seven-meter-long scroll painting was beyond {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (describe).

    He told me someone had offered a large amount of money for the painting, but he refused {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(part) with it as he wanted to donate to the National Museum.

After that, Mr. Wang invited me to practice calligraphy, and it was the first time that I had {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(true) experienced the beauty of the line. It was then{#blank#}9{#/blank#} I noticed Mr. Wang appeared to have a healthy body. I wondered if practicing calligraphy kept him so fit. Whether that is true, one thing is certain; as Mr. Wang put{#blank#}10{#/blank#}, "Only do one thing and do it well—that's the secret to success"

    The fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has raised questions about the condition of thousands of other cathedrals and historic {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (structure) across Europe. It also raises questions about whether European governments are doing enough {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (keep) up and care for such buildings.

    Tibor Navracsics, the European Union's top culture official, told The Associated Press that "we are so used to our outstanding cultural heritage that we tend to forget that it {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (need) constant care and attention." Some people say the fire was a wake-up call, not just for Europe, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the whole world.

    Large fires have long robbed humanity {#blank#}5{#/blank#} knowledge, art and treasures. In 2015, the German engineering company Siemens {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (find) that Scotland had about ten {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (damage) fires a year, while England lost at least a dozen listed buildings a year. In Germany, seventy historic buildings have been {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (heavy) damaged since 2000.

    Experts say that {#blank#}9{#/blank#} is needed is continuous attention and maintenance. Some say world-renowned monuments like Notre Dame are the driving force behind tourism and should get more respect. Quaedvlieg-Mihailovicis, who heads the heritage group Europa Nostra, noted the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (important) of such respect. "Cultural heritage is a gold mine. You cannot exploit it and then just leave the mine and go to another one." she said.