My parents are busy with their work every day. You can't see there is love 1 them. They don't act in the romantic（浪漫的）2that I read in books or I see on TV.

One day, while Mom was sewing(缝) a quilt，I 3 beside her. "Mom, I have a question," I said after a while.

"What?" she asked.

"Is there love between you and Dad?" I asked her in a very low voice.

    She stopped sewing and 4 her head. Then she bowed her head and went on sewing.

I thought I had hurt her. At last I heard my mother say， "Susan, look at this thread（线）. Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. It makes the quilt5. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen, but it's 6 there."

    I couldn't understand her 7 the next spring. My father suddenly got sick. Mom had to stay with him in the hospital for a month.

    After they 8, my mother helped my father walk slowly down the country road every day. My father had never been so gentle.

"Dad, how are you 9 now?" I asked him one day. "Susan, don't worry about me," he said. "I just like walking with your Mom."

     Once I thought 10 meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this experience, I understand that it is just a thread in the quilt of our life . It is inside, making life strong and warm.

    Traditional Chinese opera is finding new life in a different art form. More than100 primary school teachers came to a training course to pass on the art to schoolchildren. After learning Chinese opera-themed (戏剧题材的) cartoons, they are now confident that they can spark (激发) children's interest.

    These school teachers proved to be quick learners in Chinese opera. They are practising a classic piece of Yueju Opera, a major branch of the Chinese opera family.

    Fang Tingting, the performer of Shanghai Yueju Opera Troupe, said, "I was actually nervous about teaching them, because I thought they may not be interested. But their passion (热情) swept away my worries. I think they will do well in helping Chinese opera."

Cartoons naturally attract the attention of children. Introducing Chinese opera to them in this way proved to be great.

    Liu Hui,a school teacher, said, "The children are really interested in the cartoons. As teachers, we give them some directions and they start to copy something from the opera."

    The teachers also believed this digital method really builds a bridge between the children and this traditional art form. And it really helps them learn the rich culture of China. They are glad to be trained here to take on this task.

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People have told stories about Robin Hood for more than 700 years. Nobody knows if he was a real person or an invented character. In the legends(传说), Robin was quite smart and had a playful sense of humour. He loved playing jokes and tricks on people. The stories say that Robin Hood was a skilled archer(弓箭手)and he always carried a bow and arrow.

He wore green clothes and a hat with a green feather. He lived in Sherwood Forest with a group of outlaws(逃犯), known as his "Happy Men". The group included Friar Tuck, Little John, who was unusually tall, and Robin's true love, Maid Marian.

Sherwood Forest was a royal(皇家的)hunting forest in county of Nottinghamshire in England. Most people thought that forests were dangerous places to go. People travelling through the forests were often robbed by outlaws.

"Your money, please, my Lord!"

"Oh no, it's Robin Hood!"

The stories say that Robin Hood only took money from rich people so that he could give it to people who needed it. So he became famous for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor".

The Sheriff(郡长)of Nottinghamshire was Robin's arch-enemy. It was the sheriff's job to keep the woods safe and to make sure that nobody stole the king's deer. The Sheriff of Nottinghamshire tried to catch Robin Hood, but never succeeded.

Centuries ago, people loved to tell each other stories of Robin Hood. Later he became a famous character in books, and nowadays Robin is still a well-loved hero in books, theatre, TV and films.