As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring（凝视）1at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with 2 beautiful and dangerous.

    The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had 3the top, using the southern route. But no one had ever dared（敢）to try a winter climbing up the 4 side. But now one man was daring to try the 5route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy.

    For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him anxiously(焦急地). Now they were waiting to see his signal（信号）. If he planned to 6 the next day, he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he was turning back.

    A tiny green light7 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people8.

    The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so 9! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the10 light.

    In the morning, Bonatti 11. He couldn't see the top, but he knew he was 12 there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.

    Bonatti had spent months13 for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and skill to climb to the top?

     He was finally at the top! News about his 14 was radioed to the world.

    The trip down the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the"15", and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.

    I always believe that we can have a very important effect (影响) on anyone we meet. The right 1 at just the right time could change someone's life.

    When I was 3 years old, my parents found out I was 2. After asking many doctors and parents of other deaf children, they decided to 3 me in a normal (正常的) school.

    On my first day, the other kids 4 me because of my hearing aid (助听器) and the way I talked. 5 I seemed outgoing, my heart hurt a lot. Sometimes I was even 6 to go to school.

    Mrs. Jordan, my teacher, changed all of that 7 simple three words. One morning, she asked 8 a question.

    I put up my 9 right away after reading Mrs. Jordan's lips (嘴唇). She asked me to 10 and answer it. I breathed deeply and answered Mrs. Jordan's question 11.

    I will never 12 what happened next.

    Mrs. Jordan pointed at me. With sparkling (闪光的) eyes and a big smile, she cried: "13, Stephen!"

    For the first time in my young life, I got such a strong feeling of 14.

    At that moment, I decided that no matter how many difficulties I may face, I will try my best to 15 them. Just from those three simple words, my whole life changed from that moment.

    One day in class, the teacher held up an apple. She stood on the platform (讲台) and said, "Please 1 it in the air, and…"

    One student 2 his hand and said, "I can smell it. It is the smell of an apple."

    The teacher stepped 3 the platform, passed by each of the students and said, "Smell 4 to see if the smell of the apple is still in the air."

    Half of the students put up their hands to show that they could smell it. The teacher returned to the 5 of the classroom and asked again who else could smell the apple. The rest raised their hands except one boy. The teacher came to the boy and asked, "You really can't smell the apple?"

    The boy answered, "No, I can't smell it. I don't think it's a 6 apple."

The teacher 7 at the boy and said to the class, "He's right! It's not 8 to get the apple smell from this apple."

    All of the other students had been tricked. Some may have thought that perhaps the apple didn't have the apple smell, 9 they didn't dare to speak up. They just 10 the first student blindly and went along with him.

Helen was going to leave college. Her father said, "Dear, I want to give you an old 1 . I bought it a long time ago. Before I give it to you, 2 it to a car seller in the city and see how much they offer for（出价）it."The girl did as the father asked. When she came back, she said, "They offered S1,000 because it3 very old."

"OK. Take it to the second-hand car seller,"the father said. The girl4 back again and said, "They offered $100 because it is a very old car and it needs a lot of5 ."

The father asked his daughter to show the car 6 a carclub. This time the girl got 7 different. 

"Some people in the club offered me $100,000 because it is a rare car, it's very8 to find, but it is still in good condition（状况）."

The father smiled. "Dear, remember this. You are not worth（值得）anything9 you are not in the right place. If they don't like you, don't be10 . That means you are in the wrong place. Don't stay in a place where no one sees your value（价值）."

Today is my birthday. I'm 16 years old. I'm not a little boy running in the hallways(走廊) at school. I wanted to know who would 1 my birthday. I really wanted to have a birthday cake because I wanted to 2 .But I got up and found my 3 didn't do anything. My father was 4 a newspaper on the sofa. My mother went out to buy some things for lunch. I5 my computer and went online. There were just some people online. No one said 6 about my birthday. After thirty7 , my mum came back. She went into the8 and cooked. It seemed that the world forgot me and I wasn't9 at all. I said to myself, "You are 16 now. You're not a child. Forget your birthday."

But when I was doing my maths homework, my 10 came to me and asked, "What kind of cake do you want?"11 a surprise(惊喜)! At that time, I didn't know12 to say. I chose a chocolate cake in the end. I knew that the whole world may forget me,13 my mum wouldn't.

Also, when I went online in the evening, I talked to my friends. Many of them said happy birthday to14 . And my phone was full of text messages(短信)saying"Happy birthday".

It was a(n) 15 day after all!

Dmitry Doronin，a doctoral student from Russia，is keen（热衷的）

Since Dmitry started to live in the countryside last August，the 32﹣year﹣old has created hundreds of video clips that record the relaxing lifestyle in Hengzhang village，Lishui city. "The rice is grown in the fields together with fish（农业的）products，" said Dmitry，Dmitry also enjoys working with farmers in the fields，doing activities such as planting vegetables and feeding chickens. 

Living in a village provides him with unique experiences，he says，quite different from busy life in big cities，where he studies. And he has been a pleasant surprise to the villagers as well. Villager Bao Mingyue，76，"To our surprise，the young Russian not only knows how to cook Chinese food but is interested in working in the fields. "

Because of the epidemic，the sales of local agricultural products had dropped rapidly，so Dmitry volunteered to help sell the products in his videos. In a few months，000 kilograms of oranges，4，000 kilograms of dried sweet potatoes and 300 kilograms of honey had been sold. 

"Thanks to his videos，it seems that more tourists have come to visit our village，"says 72﹣year﹣old Pan Xianyu

Dmitry loves his country life. " In the countryside，you can enjoy yourself in the traditional way of life and understand this country better，"he says. 

According to Dmitry，some Russians' opinions about China are still out of date，although China has progressed greatly. "I would like to become a people to people envoy（使者）