Growing up is not always easy. When we face difficulties, a spirit of depending on 1 is more useful than crying for help. That's what Hong Zhanhui's story of growing from boy to man 2 family hardship tells us.

    Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County(县), Henan Province. When he was only 11, his father became badly ill and one day he came back with an unwanted baby 3. A year later, Hong's mother 4 home. She no longer wanted to live such a poor life and face her sick husband. So everything hard fell onto the young boy's 5: to take care of his father and the younger sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.

    Although his life was hard, Hong didn't go away from his father and sister. He took several part-time jobs to 6 his family. He climbed tall trees to get birds' eggs for his sister. He walked 2 hours at weekends to the market to 7 different things to sell around his school. A few years later, he studied at a college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to 8 a room near his college for her, and sent her to school.

    After Hong's story went 9, he became a hero in people's eyes. But Hong 10 offers from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could depend on his own work.

    Through his hard life, he has grown up from boy to man.

    Tom hated school and was always looking for excuses not to go. If he sneezed(打喷嚏), he asked his mother1a note saying he had a cold.

    If he had a2, he asked his mother to take him to the3during school hours.

    He4more time at home than he did at school.

    On the5that he did go to school, he looked for excuses to come home early.

    One day he came home from school6the morning. His father was surprised.

    "You're home early, "he said." Is the school7today?"

    "No. Dad" Tom said "It's open. I came home early."

    "8did you do that?" his father asked him. "What did you say to your teacher?"

    "I told her that I had a new baby brother and I 9come home and help you."

    "But your mother has had10." his father said, "a boy and a girl. You've got a baby brother and a baby sister."

    "Yes, I know, Dad." Tom said, "I'm saving up(积攒)my baby sister for next week."

Mr. and Mrs. Green are two old farmers in the countryside. George is 1 only son and he is 30 years old. He works in 2 big city and visits his parents only on weekends.

3 the morning of April 2nd, Mr. and Mrs. Green decided 4 to the city to visit George by bus without giving him a call. The bus was very slow 5 they didn't mind it. It was the first time they went to the big city, so they were 6 to see the new things on the way. When the bus arrived there three hours later, George was surprised and happy to see his parents 7 before him. That evening, they 8 out in a restaurant. The food was quite different from that in the countryside. After supper, George showed his parents around the city. His father said, "If we come here next time, we 9 shopping and buy lots of things."

The next morning, Mr. and Mrs. Green went back home 10 . Although they were away for only one day, they began to miss their farm.

Taiyuan Luogu is a national intangible cultural heritage(国家级非物质文化遗产) with a history of around 1,000 years. It's widely used in weddings (婚礼) and at traditional {#blank#}1{#/blank#}to bring good luck.

Taiyuan Luog u is popular in the countryside. Many {#blank#}2{#/blank#}people are good at it. A woman named Niu Gaixian in Xiaozhanying Village in Taiyuan is one of them. Now she's a city- level inheritor(市级传承人) of this form of art. Every time she and her team members have their Taiyuan Luog u shows, the village will soon become {#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

In 1990, Niu met Han Qixiang, a national- level inheritor of Taiyuan Luogu, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}became his student. Since then, practicing playing Taiyuan Luog u has become part of {#blank#}5{#/blank#}everyday life.

" Mr. Han had a great influence{#blank#}6{#/blank#} me. He asked me to learn more about traditional culture, not only of Shanxi, but also across the country," said Niu Gaixian.

In 2003, Niu Gaixian set up her own Taiyuan Luog u team. To avoid {#blank#}7{#/blank#}mistakes while they are giving performances, she and her team members practice again and again. They always practice {#blank#}8{#/blank#} even in the hot summer.

In April 2018, Niu Gaixian and her team were invited to join in an international drum culture festival in Africa. After they{#blank#}9{#/blank#} their performances, they were cheered by the crowd.

Niu Gaixian hopes that more and more people can {#blank#}10{#/blank#}about this kind of traditional art.

One Saturday morning, Jeremy's mum had a bad cold and she wanted to stay in bed. 

"How can I help her?" Jeremy thought to himself. Then he got a good idea. Mum did    the    laundry on Saturdays. "Why don't I wash my own clothes this week?" He ran to his room to get his clothes. He put them into the washing machine(洗衣机). Finally, he closed the door and pressed the big button "START". After the washing was done, Jeremy took out the clothes. Everything seemed clean, and he felt very happy. Then he took a pink T-shirt out of the washing machine. 

Jeremy stopped. "____I don't have a pink T-shirt, " Jeremy said to himself. He reached into the washing machine to take out more clothes. There were more pink clothes! What happened?

The last thing was a bright red sock. When he picked it up, the sock turned his hand red. "The sock turns all of my white clothes pink, " Jeremy thought. He didn't mind having pink clothes. 

The next day, Jeremy wore his new pink T-shirt to breakfast. "Where did you get that T-shirt?" Mum asked. "It looks nice. " Jeremy smiled, "I made it yesterday when I washed the clothes. It was an accident(意外), but I like it. " "I like it too, " said Mum. And they began their breakfast.