Jane Austen(1775--1817), an English' novelist, started writing young and completed six novels in her life. Today Austen's books are more popular than ever. In the last 10 years, five of her six novels have been made into Hollywood films, while her books continue to be best-sellers.

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

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

    In Pride and Prejudice, some of the main things that Jane Austen wants to teach people are as follows. Opposites can attract (吸引 ) 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.

    Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. He was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.

    One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room. He tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.

    On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was very surprised to see him. There was just one problem: Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly he ran into a mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin's idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?

The story of a university(大学) student from Chongqing is getting popular online. She flew more than 1,600 kilometres to pick up her mother and take  1 back home for the coming Chinese New Year. 

Li Qiushuang's 2 went to work in Fujian over 20 years ago. Every year they get back to Chongqi ng together 3 the Spring Festival. And then they start to prepare for the festival. But this year, Li's grandmother was ill. For that 4 , her father got back home early. He 5 about his mother and needed to look after her. So Li's mother worked alone(单独) in Jinjiang, Fujian Province. In a video call, Li's mother told her that she wouldn't come home for the 6 this year. Her mother wanted to make more money, and she 7 got back home alone because she didn't know how to take public transportation(公共交通). 

Thinking about her mother would 8 the Spring Festival alone in a far place, a great idea jumped into Li's mind. She 9 to fly there to bring her mother home. "My mother doesn't know 10 to take a taxi, take a bus or use navigation(导航)," Li said. "She does a lot for my  11 . Now it's my time to do something for her. " On the evening of 20th January, Li  12 some simple things and took the plane. After landing(着陆), she  13 to her mother's home. When her mother opened the door, she didn't know what to say to Li and kept 14 at first. Then she got excited with tears running down her face. 

Many people think Li's story is  15 . "I must go home this Spring Festival to visit my parents,"some people said. 

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New Yorkers always love to say that they have the best pizza in the country. And these days, they have a good reason. In early September, 50 Top Pizza showed the names of the best pizza shops in the world. Una Pizza Napoletana from New York City came out on top for the third time.

Una Pizza Napoletana won the title for its "purity (纯净)". Though Americans are used to putting everything on their pizza, Anthony Mangieri, the owner of Una Pizza Napoletana, still keeps using traditional toppings.

Anthony Mangieri opened Una Pizza Napoletana in March 2022. But his love of pizza began at a young age. Back then, his mom often drove him around to look for the "best pizza".

After years of working with pizza, Mangieri knows the key to making it. "The first thing is the dough (生面团)," he said. It is not as simple as it seems. He has to think about different things and make changes from time to time. However, he never takes the easy way out. He makes fresh dough every day.

Mangieri chose to run just one restaurant. This makes him keep an eye on everything to make sure his food is delicious. What's more, he makes only three pizzas at a time. This makes his pizza more enjoyable for slow eaters.

Mangieri said he was very happy with the result, but a big name was never his goal (目标). He just wants to make the best pizza. Every day, he carefully prepares the dough, putting love and care into each step. Making more people enjoy his delicious pizza is just enough for him.