One evening years ago in New York, I sat on a bench in a park and watched a little boy, around 2 years old,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (run) freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short distance away. The boy would fall to the grass,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(get) up, and without looking back {#blank#}3{#/blank#}his mother, run as fast as he could as if nothing had happened.

    When kids fall down, they don't think of the fall as a failure. Instead, they consider{#blank#}4{#/blank#}as a learning experience. They try again and again until they succeed. While I{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(touch) by the boy's strong mind, I was also touched by the way he ran. With each attempt, he looked so confident and natural. He only wanted to run{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(free) and to do it as {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(good) as he could. He was just being a child—just being himself—being completely in the moment. He never gave up. Each time he{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(fall), he got himself back up again, as if he knew that falling down was simply a part of life. He was not looking for others' smiles, or worrying about{#blank#}9{#/blank#}someone was watching or not. He only wanted to run and to feel the experience of running fully and freely.

    I learned a lot from that experience, and have successfully brought that lesson with me in many{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(part) of my life.

    A father was worried about his son{#blank#}1{#/blank#}was sixteen years old but had no courage (勇气) at all. So the father decided to look for a Buddhist monk(僧侣){#blank#}2{#/blank#} (train) his boy.

    The Buddhist monk said to the boy's father, “I insist that your son should be left alone here. I'll make him into a real man within three {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (month). However, you can't come to see him during this period.”

    Three months later, the boy's father {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (return). The Buddhist monk organized a boxing match (拳击赛) between the boy and an {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (experience) boxer. Each time the fighter hit the boy, he fell down, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}at once the boy stood up; and each time a heavy blow knocked him down, the boy stood up again. Several times later, the Buddhist monk asked, “{#blank#}7{#/blank#} do you think of your child?”

    “What a shame!” the boy's father said, “I never thought he would be so {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (easy) knocked down. I needn't have him stay here any {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (long)!

    “I'm sorry that that's all you see. Don't you see that each time he falls down, he stands up again instead of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (cry)? That's the kind of courage you wanted him to have.

    ① Captain Ben Fawcett has bought {#blank#}1{#/blank#} unusual taxi and has begun a new service. The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter'. This wonderful plane can {#blank#}2{#/blank#} seven passengers. The most {#blank#}3{#/blank#} thing about it, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, is that it can land anywhere.... Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} another occasion, he landed in a {#blank#}6{#/blank#} car park.

    ② The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park near my home. I like sitting by the Wayle on fine {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. ... I turned to look at the children, but there weren't any in{#blank#}8{#/blank#}: they had all run {#blank#}9{#/blank#}! The man laughed when he realized what {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. He called out to the children and threw the ball back to the bank.

    The movie, directed by Stephen Chbosky {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(praise) by audiences for hitting the soft spot as a heartwarming story that manages to avoid {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(turn) too sentimental.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(base) on the best-selling novel of the same name, Wondertells the story of a 10-year-old boy named Auggie {#blank#}4{#/blank#} was born with {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(face) problem, and he begins fifth grade after {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(year) of being home-schooled by {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(he) mother.

    Not {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(expect), Auggie's unusual appearance is laughed at by many peers. But with the strong support of his parents and sister, Auggie eventually inspires the people {#blank#}9{#/blank#} him with courage, kindness and wisdom to earn their {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(friend), respect and love.

What does "barking (犬吠) up the wrong tree" mean? In this article, let's learn the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (express).

The phrase "barking up the wrong tree" means {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (follow) a mistaken plan of action. The phrase comes from the old hunting (捕措) practice in which dogs would bark to show they have made other animals up trees unable {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (run) away. Sometimes the dogs were mistaken, and the animals had {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (actual) run away. When this happened, the dogs were barking up the wrong tree.

This phrase first began appearing in {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (write) works after the 1820s, and was later widely used by western writers. It was used to describe anyone {#blank#}6{#/blank#} was following a wrong lead. Below is an example of how to use the phrase. Recently {#blank#}7{#/blank#} friend of mine needed a large amount of money {#blank#}8{#/blank#} his new business idea. So he went to an event to meet possible investors (投资者). However, the people he met {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) those also looking for money. Then we can say that he was barking up the wrong tree!

When using the phrase, avoid {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (mistake) in spelling. For example, don't write it as "barking up in the wrong tree".