When I was young, my parents and I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(move) to New York from China. Although we now live in the US, we follow the customs and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (tradition) of China. I have learned to speak several languages, English {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (include). I eat all kinds of foods and celebrate different holidays {#blank#}4{#/blank#} have something to do with culture.

    However, there {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) many disadvantages of being part of two cultures. Sometimes, speaking a language at home {#blank#}6{#/blank#} speaking another language in school can get confusing. Sometimes, I have trouble {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (express) my thoughts in English because they don't understand me well. Sometimes, my culture does make me feel far away from others because I feel too {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (difference).

    I am closer to the culture of China than that of the US. I don't listen to English music as {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(frequent) as I listen to Chinese music. Therefore, I feel very far away {#blank#}10{#/blank#} my friends when I don't know what song they talking about.

    A young man wanted to find a job after{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(finish) school. One day he came to a big company for it. There were six young people that day{#blank#}2{#/blank#}the Company only wanted one. The interview was very easy. It was only a five{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(minute) short talk. Then the six young People all went home.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}the morning of the third day, the young man got a text message. It{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(say). We are sorry to tell you that you cannot work in our company."

    The young man felt very sad, but he answered{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(polite)"Thank you all the same."{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(late)that afternoon, the young man got another text message saying "We are glad{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(tell)you that you can be one of us!”

    The young man didn't know why. People in the company told him, "That's because of{#blank#}9{#/blank#} same message in the morning. Only you said “Thank you". That was the real test, and only you gave the right answer."

    When you feel{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(disappoint), do not forget to say "thank you" to the one who disappoints you.

    My favorite color is orange. It is a warm and bright color, and it makes me feel happy and safe. When I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (see) this color, I think of fall. When I go outside, I enjoy{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (walk) through the dark orange leaves and listening to the sound they make under my feet. I also think of the smell of fire. It's great to be at home and sit by the warm fire with{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (I) family. This warm and beautiful color should be everywhere this season!

The Best Way of Losing Weight

    Forget what the skinny movie stars and the TV adverts say - losing weight is hard work. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} you do it through exercise, diet, or a bit of both, it's extremely challenging to lose those pounds and then to keep them off. Sometimes it can involve {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (change) huge parts of your day-to-day life and it can mean breaking decades-old habits.

    But it turns out there's one little thing you {#blank#}3{#/blank#} do to help you achieve your goal and it's got nothing to do with food or exercise. The experts at Weight Watchers did research which shows many of their members were more successful and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (discouraged) when they shared regular updates on their new healthy lifestyle online. They found people who shared a diary of their daily lives with friends and followers were stimulated and inspired by positive feedback {#blank#}5{#/blank#} they lost some pounds and kept them off.

    More than 50 per cent of people said the support of a weight loss community was crucial when it came {#blank#}6{#/blank#} changing their eating habits and 53 per cent shared photos of their meals on social media. With this knowledge under their belts, Weight Watchers {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (launch) a series of short films lately which show people recording their daily weight loss journey.

    One of the members who shared her journey was Danielle Duggins, and her video shows her enjoying a range of healthy meals and a few treats, while {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (play) with her children.

    The company's marketing director Claudia Nicholls said: "The support of a community has always proved to be an effective way of forming and sustaining healthy habits, but there has never been an easier or more affordable way {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (tap) into the power of the crowd for support and inspiration with the explosion of online communities. Weight Watchers owns a social community for members, Connect, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} sees over 14,000 daily posts in the UK alone, and provides our members with instant access to a community of people who are on similar journeys to them.

    In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh (法老) treated the message runner like a prince if he brought good news. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring, his head was cut off. Shades of that spirit spread over today's conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (prepare) for an outing. As we walked {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (cheerful) out of the door, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, "Oh boy, a bad day for a picnic for it's going to rain." I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (strike) him in the face in my mind not for his stupid weather report {#blank#}5{#/blank#} for his smile.

    More often than not, what makes someone angry is not the unpleasant news but the unsympathetic attitude with {#blank#}6{#/blank#} it's delivered. Everyone must give bad news from time to time, but big winners know they should share the feeling of the receiver when {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (deliver) any bad news. If my neighbor {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (tell) me of the upcoming rainstorm with {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (sympathetic), I would have appreciated his warning. Big winners, when they bear bad news, deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded (被轰炸) person is sure {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (have).