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Soap operas from South Korea have been popular in China for more than twenty years now. So it is not the first time for the soap operas made in China to feel less popular. But this time, they are facing more difficulties, for The Heirs (继承者) and My Love from the Star (来自星星的你) really made a full success, which even attracted some top officials.

A senior official said he sometimes watched soap operas from South Korea, as well as House of Cards (纸牌屋), an American opera about politics (政治). These operas made both in South Korea and in America have a lot of lovers in China.

Many people agree that China's soap operas can't be much loved by most Chinese, because they are not as interesting and exciting as those operas from South Korea and America, such as My Love from the Star, a Korean love story between a time traveling professor and a famous movie star.

    However，Korean shows not only provide soap operas but also some programmings (综艺节目). Dad, Where Are We Going? is not an original (独创的)Chinese show. We learned it from South Korea although not many in China realize that fact.

Actually, China has a closer culture with South Korea. Shows from this neighbor seem to do better with their exciting stories on the Cinderella theme (灰姑娘主题). Yet they have created many popular shows whose stories tell there's no difference between men and women even though in their country men are certain to play a more important role.

One year, a college in the Unites States announced that it would offer a lot of money for the pure white marigold(金盏花). The high reward attracted so many people, but in the nature, besides golden, the marigold is brown, and it is not easy to get the white one. So after they were excited for a time, many people had forgotten the announcement.

One normal day after 20 years, the college received a letter and 100 seeds of pure white marigold. It turned out to be anold woman of over 70 years old. Some experts in the college doubted it , but in order not to let her down, those seedsfinally took root(根) in the earth. The miracle appeared after one year: the field was covered by pure white marigold.

Therefore, the old woman who was always unknown to the public became a newfocus.

The old woman was a flower-lover. When she read the announcement 20 years ago, she got very excited like others. But her right children were totally against her decision. After all, a woman who never knew the seed genetics(遗传学)  couldn't complete what the experts could never do, so her thought was only a daydream.

Still, the old woman didn't change her mind and went on working. She planted some of the most common seeds and took good care of them. A year later, when the marigold came out, she chose one faintest(最暗淡的) from those golden and brown flowers and get the best seed. The next year, she again grew them and chose…. Day after day, year after year, through many seasons, the old woman's husband died, her children flew far and high, a lot of things happened in her life, but only the desire to grow the pure white marigold took root in her heart.

Finally, after 20 years on the day we all know, in the gardenshe saw a marigold which was not nearly white, but as white as sliver or snow.

A problem even experts couldn't deal with was solved by an old woman who didn't understand genetics. Wasn't it a miracle?

To take root in the heart, even the most common seed can grow into a miracle!

We don't normally see our bones(骨头), so we probably don't think about them much. But your bones help your body in important ways.

There are more than two hundred bones in your body, and all of these bones have important jobs. One group of bones holds your body up. Among these bones are the leg bones and the backbone. Without these bones, you would not be able to stand up or sit up.

The shoulder bones and the bones in your upper(上部的) body give your body its shape. At the same time they protect(保护) the heart and other parts of the body that are inside them. The bone in your head does the same thing for the brain. It is strong, and it keeps your brain from being hurt.

And the bones in your body, of course, help you to move and do things. But they can't make it without the help of the muscles(肌肉). Muscles cover them, keep them fixed and make them join at the joints(关节) strongly.

Your bones also help your body in another very important and surprising way. The center of some bones has a soft, white material. It is in this material that new red blood cells(细胞) are made. Red blood cells, of course, are very important for keeping us alive.

All of these things that the bones do make them truly amazing parts of the human body. So please take care of your bones. Once they are broken, it will take you at least 100 days to recover from it. That's nothing fun!

Welcome back to the Tang Dynasty. There are so many famous poets(诗人). Do you want to know them? Here are three in the Tang Dynasty.