Jane Austen(1775-1817), an English novelist, started writing from an early age and completed six major novels in her life. Today Austen's books are more popular than ever. Some of her novels have been made into films while her books continue to be best-sellers

    Richard Jenkyns, a professor of English from the University of Oxford says that her novels are about marriage, friendships and the family, which are still with us today." The stories are timeless," Jenkyns says.

    Pride and Prejudice(《做慢与偏见》)(1813) is Austen' s most famous work. It is a love story about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. At first, they dislike each other. Elizabeth is pretty, smart and lively. She is proud because Mr. Darcy doesn't know about her and her family. Mr. Darcy is handsome, rich and has a better family background. So, he is proud as well. At the same time, Mr. Darcy holds a prejudice against the Bennet family. He has no understanding of why the family, especially the mother and daughters who try so hard to find wealthy and powerful husbands. He thinks they are vulgar. Anyway, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy finally fall in love and become a romantic couple but their families don't want them to do so.

    In Pride and Prejudice, some of the main things that Jane Austen wanted to teach people are as follows. Opposites can attract each other. Lovers should not only make each other feel relaxed or comfortable, but also educate and improve each other.

    Austen is often called the greatest romantic writer, so it is surprising she remained unmarried. "Maybe she was too romantic, waiting for the perfect man," Jenkyns says.

Wang Ming and Leo are two students of Shenzhen. Last summer holiday they went to Beijing from Shenzhen by bike. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} They took a map, enough food, water and some medicine with them. The journey was hard, but they felt happy.

They didn't have much money with them. They went through many cities and villages during the travelling. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} When they were tired, they stayed in the farmers' houses. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} They never stayed in a hotel. When it was rainy, they stopped for a while and went on with their travelling.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} They visited a lot of places of interest(名胜古迹) in Beijing, such as the Great Wall, the Palace Museum and Tian' anmen Square. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} At last, they had to return to Shenzhen by train because the new term began in September.

A. They had a fun time in Beijing for ten days.

B. On August 20, they got to Beijing successfully.

C. They spent nearly two months on the bicycle travelling.

D. Sometimes they stayed on the street overnight.

E. When they were hungry, they had cheap meals.

F. They will never do this again.

 Many people think that only grown-ups can make a difference. Is it true? Teen Vogue interviewed some teenagers across the world. Get ready to be inspired (启发).

16-year-old Michael started using social media to cheer up teenagers of his age to follow their dreams on his baseball blogs. Michael also wrote about sports people and how they faced their difficulties.

 Lesein first learned about climate change when he was in primary school. His home country of Kenya loses tens of thousands of hectares (公顷) of forest each year.

 With a deep love of soccer, Lesein started a project named Trees for Goals, planting a tree for every goal he scored in the matches. Later the school's soccer, rugby and basketball teams all followed him. In 2019, almost 1,000 trees in forests outside of Nairobi were planted. Now the government provides trees for them to plant.

 Alexis Lewis invented a wheeled travois (雪橇) with bamboo at 12 years old to help poor people who need to transport children many miles to hospitals. Another invention of hers is a special mask(面罩) which can be thrown through a window of a smoke-filled building to people inside.

Alexis said, "The reason why I try to invent something is that I want to help people in need and I love physics." Alexis also told the reporter that she wanted children to know that everybody who' s ever tried to solve a problem can be an inventor.

 These young people are certainly shining examples to show you' re never too young to make a difference.