One of my fondest {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(memory) as a child is going to the river and sitting on the bank. There I would watch the bamboo trees bend{#blank#}2{#/blank#} the pressure from the wind and then watch them return {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(elegant) to their original position when the wind{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(die) down.

    When I think about the bamboo trees' ability {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(return) to its original position, the word “resilience (适应力)'' comes to mind. Have you ever felt like you were at your breaking point? Life is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} mixture of good times and bad times, and happy moments and unhappy moments. Always keep{#blank#}7{#/blank#} in mind that a measure of hope will take you through the unpleasant situation. With hope for a better tomorrow, things may not be as bad as they seem to be. The unpleasant situation may be much {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(easy) to deal with if the result is worth{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(have).

    The next time you are experiencing one of bad times or unhappy moments,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} take you close to your breaking point, bend but don't break!

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}scold by the teacher, Tom invented a story to explain why he was late.(scare)

    A few months after{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(return) to the U.S. from Germany, I{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(take) part in a college course in French. Since I had learned to speak German well in Germany, I thought it might be interesting{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(begin) studying another language.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}the first class, a teacher asked us to do a pronunciation exercise, in which he would say a word{#blank#}5{#/blank#}two in French, and each student would do{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(they) best to copy. When my turn came, he{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(keep) having me say{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(many) words, and I finally asked him why. “I find it great{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (funny),” he explained. “In 25 years of teaching at school, it's the first time I have heard{#blank#}10{#/blank#}American speak French with a German accent.”

    The "selfie" is used to describe the self-taken photo, often from a smartphone. Someone takes about 10 selfies each time he does, and he only ends up {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (post) one or two of those. He picks the one that he feels make him look the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (good). In that picture, he gains confidence. For that moment, everything bad or terrible that has happened to him {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(remove), because that smile is what gives him the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (determine) to love himself.

    I read {#blank#}5{#/blank#} poem recently and the young man said, "If I ask you {#blank#}6{#/blank#} you love, the answers will most likely roll off your tongue. You love to read. You love to write. You love your mom, you daughter, or your friends. How long do you think you can go on and on before you say 'I love {#blank#}7{#/blank#}( I )' "

    That statement hit me like a ton of bricks. I've struggled with confidence all my life. I still do. And in {#blank#}8{#/blank#} way am I saying that taking a selfie is a gateway {#blank#}9{#/blank#} confidence. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, the selfie does deserve some credit for allowing individuals to express themselves.

    One of China's largest hanfu-themed {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (event), the annual Hanfu Cultural Festival in Xitangancient town, East China's Zhejiang Province. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (hold) from October 28 to 31 last year. According to statistics from the organizer, 157,326 visitors attended {#blank#}3{#/blank#} festival, many of {#blank#}4{#/blank#} were hanfu-wearing enthusiasts, called “tongpao”.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (original) from the collection of ancient Chinese Poetry Book of Songs, the word tongpao is-now used to describe whoever appreciates {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (tradition) Han Chinese clothing. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (forbid) during China's last feudal (封建的) dynasty，the Qing Dynasty, hanfu clothing has been little known {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the public for many decades.

    Nowadays, hanfu is making a comeback. Tongpao has risen in number over the past 15 years {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a worker in Central China's Henan Province named Wang Letian made a hanfu-style suit and wore {#blank#}10{#/blank#} in public in 2003.

The Longji Rice Terraces (龙脊梯田) were built by the local Zhuang and Yao people, to whom Guangxi is home. Starting in the Yuan Dynasty, work on the terraces took hundreds of years. The terraces are {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (clever) designed, with hundreds of waterways that connect with each other. During the rainy season, it is along these waterways that rainwater {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (move) down the mountains and into the terraces. These terraces also provide a perfect environment for birds and fish, some of which feed on insects {#blank#}3{#/blank#} can harm the rice crops. Today the Longji Rice Terraces attract thousands of visitors who come to admire this great wonder created by people and nature working together.