A picture of a facial expression soon went hot on China' s social media platform during the 2016 Rio Olympics. Fu Yuanhui, a 1996-born girl ,became the second most popular word on the hot topic list because of her ecstatic(狂喜) reaction to her performance.

    In less than 24hours, Fu has been discussed thousands of times on Weibo, Wechat and other platforms. Her photos have been used as emoticons(符号表情) and in cartoons. Her fans went from 100,000 to over 2.7 million on her Weibo in just two days.

     “I did not reserve my strength. I have tried my best… I am very satisfied with the result and I have never thought about the final,” Fu said in her interview after the semi-final（半决赛）.

    Fu was quite humorous in the interview. She used a phrase called “Hong Huang Zhi Li” to describe the great efforts she had made in preparing for the match, which also became a popular word on the Internet.

     “Hong Huang Zhi Li” means “the strength which can separate the heaven from the earth in the chaotic(混沌的) world of ancient times”. While “Hong Huang” refers to “the chaotic state in the ancient times”, “Li” refers to “strength” in Chinese.

    Li Ming is staying with the Wang's family for the weekend. Today it is warm and fine. The family are having dinner in the garden. They often have dinner in the garden on a warm and fine spring day. Now Mr. and Mrs. Wang are sitting at the table with Li Ming under a tree.

    "It's great to have dinner out here on such a lovely day," Mrs. Wang says. "What's the weather like in your hometown, Li Ming?" Mr. Wang asks. "It's not very warm in spring. But I like the spring there best." "Help yourself to some cakes, Li Ming,"Mrs. Wang says. "Thanks," says Li Ming. "The cakes are very nice. I enjoy the dinner very much."

    Joe Smith is a singer. He and his wife like traveling a lot. Every year they visit a small town called Gum Tree in January and July and they sing for people there.

    One summer, they went there by train again. On the first day, they planned to go hiking in the mountains, but it rained a lot. So they decided to go to the only cinema in town and watch a movie there.

    There were only nine people in the cinema hall. When people saw the Smiths, they started to clap(鼓掌). Joe was excited and said to his wife, "Aha, I cannot believe people here all know me and they are friendlier than I "thought. They must like my songs."

    Then a young man said to them, "Thanks for your coming! The cinema shows the movie only after ten people buy the tickets. There're eleven now, so the movie will be on soon."

A good king needs honest ministers (大臣) to help him manage the country. However, one king believed that his most important minister was a bit too honest!

The Valuer's job was to say what the price of everything in the country should be. He did his best to set fair prices, so that buyers and sellers would be happy. 

This did not please the king! "A good Valuer should set the prices that I want-then I can buy things cheaply and sell them expensively. " he said. "What's the point of having a Valuer if he doesn't set the prices I want?"

Soon, the king invited a foolish man to be the Valuer and fired (解雇) the honest Valuer. People brought all kinds of goods-rocks and fruit, fans and potatoes, fish and elephants. The foolish man had no idea how much anything was worth, so he just said whatever price came into his head. People were angry about many of the prices he set, but what could they do? He was the king's Valuer, after all!

One day, a horse trader came, leading five hundred fine horses. He bowed to the king and the Valuer, and said, "How much are my horses worth?" The king wanted the horses, so he told the Valuer to set a very low price. The Valuer thought for a moment and said, "Your horses are worth. . . a cup of rice!" The horse trader was speechless! But he had no choice but to accept the Valuer's price. 

However, the next day, the horse trader went back, carrying the cup of rice he had been given. "Yesterday, you said that my five hundred horses were worth a cup of rice, " the horse trader said to the Valuer. "____"

The foolish Valuer was surprised by this question. He said, "Your cup of rice is worth, er. . . this big city, and everything in it!" There was silence. . and then everybody started shouting at once. 

"That is silly!" shouted the king. "This city is worth far more than a cup of rice!"

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At No. 150 High School of Changchun, Jilin Province, there are some talented students. They recreated the work A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains that{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(paint) by Wang Ximeng during the Northern Song Dynasty.

Zhou Baile is among{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(they). He spent much time and energy on the work. Once there was yellow paint on his school uniform. His family suggested that he change into a new school uniform,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} he refused." For me, the paint is a symbol of creation," Zhou said.

" The painting is 11 metres long and it took the students 129 days{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(finish) it," said Duan Yingzi, the art teacher who guided the students.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}2022, Duan started a painting club to teach students to enjoy and copy the works of many famous Chinese art masters. A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains was one of the works. Later, Duan started{#blank#}6{#/blank#} painting project to copy the great work.

When they carried out the project, the students {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(careful) worked step by step, bringing the painting to life again on a big wall. They even added their own creative ideas.

" Seeing our work, I can sense how {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(excite) Wang Ximeng felt when he finished his great work," said one of the students." The process not only improves our {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(skill), but also helps us get relaxed," Zhou said.

Through the project, Duan {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(hope) the students can increase their understanding of Chinese painting and pass on the excellent traditional Chinese culture.