Years ago, I lived in a house in a large city.  The house next door was only a few meters away from {#blank#}1{#/blank#} .  Through the window, I could often see a woman who I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} never met doing some reading in the house every afternoon.
    Several months went by, I began to notice that her window was dirty.  Everything was not very clear {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  the dirty window.  I wondered {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  the woman didn't wash her window, it really looked terrible.
    One bright morning, I decided to clean my house, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  washing the window inside.   Late in the afternoon when 1 finished all the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest.  How surprising! I found that the{#blank#}6{#/blank#}  window was actually so clean that she could be {#blank#}7{#/blank#} clearly sitting by the window. That was quite an important lesson for me.  How often had I looked at  {#blank#}8{#/blank#}    through my own shortcomings  (缺点) !
    Since then, I have been used to {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  myself whether I am looking through my own dirty window.  Before I want to judge someone, I always think more than before and try to clean the dirty window so that I may see the world around me more {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  .

    Now more than 40 million {#blank#}1{#/blank#} around the world are learning Chinese, according to a report. The relationship {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the United States and China is becoming more and more important in the world. This has really {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the growth of Chinese language learning in U.S.

    I am Chris from the United States. I am one of the many people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} are learning Chinese. I am studying at a Confucius Institute(孔子学院)in New York. There are 10 students in our class. Some are over thirty years old. Some are middle school students. Our teacher comes from Beijing. He is fun and often tells us interesting things in China.

    I think Chinese is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to learn. The biggest challenge for American learners is the writing. Chinese is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} different from any other language in the world. It will take me a lot of time to learn enough Chinese characters(汉字). But I think there are many benefits (益处) of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} time in learning Chinese. One important benefit is that it makes me see things from a {#blank#}8{#/blank#} point of view, because Chinese is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a different language from English. I think for American the students most important benefit is that {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a challenging language can open up their eyes.

     My parents and I are in Mr. Cool's Clothes {#blank#}1{#/blank#} now. The {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in it are nice. I want to{#blank#}3{#/blank#}a T-shirt. My mom wants to buy a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} for my sister and a hat {#blank#}5{#/blank#} my father. And my father wants some {#blank#}6{#/blank#} ^． The socks are at good {#blank#}7{#/blank#} ^． They are only three dollars for two {#blank#}8{#/blank#} ^． The hats are fifteen {#blank#}9{#/blank#} ^． And the T-shirts are on {#blank#}10{#/blank#} for only 29 dollars.

    Confucius is the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} teacher in Chinese history. He was born on September 28, 551BC in the Kingdom of Lu, in today's Shandong Province. When he was young, he and his mother had a hard  life. At the age of fifteen, he began to learn music, and he did{#blank#}2{#/blank#}in it. Then he went on{#blank#}3{#/blank#}other subjects. When he was thirty, he became a teacher. He started his own school. He believed everyone should have a chance to get {#blank#}4{#/blank#} whether they were rich or poor. He had about 3,000 students and many of them became{#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

    In recent years, with the development of technology, many popular apps(应用程序) have been produced. These days, an app has caught great attention. It is Douyin, a video sharing app. Douyin first {#blank#}1{#/blank#}in 2016. Now it is many people's favorite app,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}the young.

    With Douyin, users can record videos, edit (编辑) them and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}them online. It is very easy{#blank#}4{#/blank#}interesting. We can share our videos with our friends with just a tap on the mobile phone screen. What's more, it's a great way to spend our free time by {#blank#}5{#/blank#}through those funny videos.

    However, every coin has two {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. The app also has bad things. On the one hand, some people spend long hours {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the app, which is harmful for their health. On the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} hand, users can also find some bad things on the app. Such thing is unsuitable and meaningless.

    In my opinion, Douyin should check the videos {#blank#}9{#/blank#} they are uploaded(上传)in order to keep a healthy environment for its users. Douyin is not {#blank#}10{#/blank#}for teenagers. We should not use it too often.