Think of life as a game in which you are playing with five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you keep all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber (橡胶) ball. If you drop it, it will bounce(弹跳) back.

    But the other four balls, family, health, friends and spirit, are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be broken. It will never be the same. You must understand that and try to have balance in your life. How?

Don't look down on yourself by comparing with others. It is because we are different and each of us is special.

    Don't let other people set goals for you. Only you know what is best for yourself.

    Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. Don't be afraid of difficulties. Be brave!

    Don't run through life so fast, or you will forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going.

    Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is a treasure you can always carry easily.

    Don't use time or words carelessly. You can't get them back. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift; that's why we call it "the present". Life is not a competition but a trip, step by step.

    Some people like to collect stamps. Others prefer posters or coins. But Pinky Bhutia is different. She collects children. In her mountain village, in Sikkim, she is known as the wonderful young woman who adopts(领养) all the children she can.

    Pinky was 14 when she adopted her first child, a Nepali baby girl, whose patents passed away. Pinky's parents did not mind. Pinky left school and started working full time because she had a baby to feed. Today , she has twelve adopted children, and two sons from her marriage.

    Pinky is about 30 years old and she comes from a common family. If you passed her on the street, you wouldn't give her a second look. She lives in a brown mud-washed(泥刷的) house. There is a vegetable garden outside. Red hens with noisy chicks run all over the garden looking for food.

    If you ask her why she provides a home for so many kids, she smiles shyly. But her eyes are serious. "I know what it is to be poor and hungry." As a child, her only dream was to eat a full meal, and her favorite amusement was watching people with shoes and imagining what it felt like. By adopting poor and homeless children she is making sure that they never feel that hopeless.

    Pinky feels very proud when she sees her children happy and bright, her oldest baby, Aarita Rai, is now 20 years old, Then, there is 19-year-old Nimbe who came to Pinky because her mother was unable to look after her. She started to work in a government office two years ago. Ten-year-old Bhim and 14-year-old Kumar came to Pinky five years ago, after their father's death. They started living on a patch of land given by Pinky and grew vegetables for sale.

    "I like children. It's not one more mouth to feed but one more soul saved," Pinky says.

    A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a person came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch: "It's 8:05," he said. Then he went to sleep again. But soon he was woken up again because a second person was knocking at the window. "Sir, do you know the time?" he asked. The driver looked at his watch again, and told him it was half past eight.

    In this way, the driver thought he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note(纸条) and stuck(贴) it on the window for all to see. It said, "I don't know the time."

    Again, he lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came and began to knock at the window, "Hey, sir," he said. "It's a quarter to nine."

    Henry is nine years old. It is half a kilometer from his home to school, so he goes to school on foot every day. He usually gets home at five in the afternoon.

    It was Thursday, and he came home one hour late. When he came home, his mother asked him, “Why are you late, Henry?”

    “My math teacher Mr. Smith is very angry (生气的）with me and asks you to go to his office tomorrow.”

    “Why does Mr. Smith ask me to go to his office?” his mother asked. “He asked us a question and no one could answer it, but I could.”

    “What a clever boy! Then what was his question?” his mother asked with a big smile.

    “His question was ‘Who put some ice-cream on my chair and made my trousers dirty? "said Henry.

A relaxing walk along the Beijing Central Axis （中轴线），from the Drum Tower to the Palace Museum ﹣this was Zhao Xianghan's first citywalk in 2022. Since then，Zhao has been crazy about the citywalk and believes it is the best way to lear about a city. 

"I visited Beijing before the start of my college life here，but I went there with a guide group. Taking photos of places of interest was a big thing. The crowded places made me think that Beijing was noisy，" said Zhao. "Yet now a citywalk allows me to see a whole different side of Beijing，"Zhao added. 

Zhao travelled in Wuhan and Hangzhou last month through citywalk tours. "Citywalk is all about doing whatever you want in your own traveling. And I enjoyed it so much，" said Zhao. 

People like Zhao also share their citywalk experience on the Internet. On the video﹣sharing app Douyin，a video about citywalk route （路线） by Chen Dong in Guangzhou got more than 171

Zhang Xinyu，a 19﹣year﹣old girl from Beijing University，shared a citywalk route from Wukang Road to Fuxing Park in Shanghni. "I like the route because I can know more about the culture and beauty of Shanghai

"OK，everyone，it's time for the Challenge Game，"called Coach Nicki. "At first，let's have a1 . I'll call out a player's name. That player 2 a teammate to challenge，" said Coach Nicki. "Both players shoot on goal（球门）. If you score，you're done. If you miss，you return to the sideline and 3 another challenge. "

Terrible，I thought，because I had heard about it but 4 played it. 

"Lina，you're up，"he said. Lina chose to challenge Tori，the top player on our5 . Tori dribbled（运球） her ball to the field. Hers went in. But Lina's 6 a lot. 

"Isabel，you're up，" said Coach Nicki. 

"I challenge Lina，"Isabel said. Lina smiled and dribbled out on the field 7 Isabel. They both took their shots. Lina's ball was closer than before but still missed. 

One by one，my teammates all picked Lina. Lina's shots got better but still missed. If I kept missing，I'd probably cry. But she didn't look 8 ! 

"Marta!"Coach Nicki called on me. "9 should I choose to challenge？"I considered. 

"Lina，"I heard myself say. Lina gave me a big smile. 

10 ， both of our shots hit the crossbar（门框） and went into the goal. 

At the end of the practice，Coach Nicki 11 us all together. "Remember，you'll miss every shot if you don't take，so be brave out there. " 

At the game，I got the ball in front of the net. I was close enough to shoot，12 I couldn't move. Suddenly，I remembered how 13 Lina was at the Challenge Game. I passed it to her. 

14 took a shot and passed the goalkeeper!We were up，1-0. 

"Nice shot，Lina!"I called. "You're a great player，"she said to me. "Take a 15 in the next half. " 

As we ran off the field，I promised myself I'd accept Lina's challenge.