Although people everywhere seem to enjoy drinking coffee, they don't all have the same coffee culture. In Europe for example, coffee shops are common places for people to meet friends and to talk while they drink coffee. On the other hand, places like this were not as common in North America in the past. Instead, people in North America liked to drink coffee in their homes with friends. The coffee culture in the USA changed when Starbucks coffee shops spread across the country.

    The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, in the USA. It was a small coffee shop that cooked its own coffee beans. The coffee shop's business did well, and by 1981 there were three Starbucks stores in Seattle.

    Things really began to change for the company in 1981.That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment（设备）. He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, which caused his great interest. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did. In 1982, the original Starbucks owners hired （雇佣）Schultz as the company's head of marketing(市场营销).

    In 1983, Schultz traveled to Italy. The special environment of the espresso（浓 咖啡） bars there caught his eyes. Back in the USA, Schultz created an environment for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable and casual, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Starbucks began opening more stores across the USA. Then the company opened coffee shops in other countries as well. Today, there are more than 16,000 Starbucks coffee shops all over the world.

    However, that does not mean Starbucks has not had problems. In fact, many Starbucks stores have closed over the past few years. On the one hand, this is because there were too many coffee shops competing for business in one small area. On the other hand, stores in some countries closed because the coffee culture there did not match with the “feel the same everywhere” environment offered by Starbucks.

    In ancient China, people's names had three parts: their family name, given name and courtesy name (字).

    Take Li Bai, a famous Tang Dynasty poet as an example. His family name was Li, his given name was Bai, and his courtesy name was Taibai.

    People used their given name when they were among family members. But in social (社交的) life, they called each other by their courtesy names to show respect(尊重).

    Men would get their courtesy name when they turned 20. It was a symbol of adulthood (成年). Women would get their courtesy name after getting married (结婚).

    One's courtesy name often had something to do with one's given name. For example, Mencius' name was Meng Ke (孟轲). His courtesy name was Ziyu (子舆). Both Ke and Ziyu mean "carriage (马车)". Zhuge Liang's given name was Liang (亮), which means "bright". His courtesy name was Kongming (孔明), and it means "very bright".

Last summer holiday, Iwent to Sanya to visit my best friend. When I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (到达)there, my friend was already at the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (机场)to meet me. We were very {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (激动的)to see each other and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (拥抱)each other. There, we went to the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (海滩) and played volleyball {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (一起). The {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (海) was very beautiful and there were a lot of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (游客). And we also went {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (观光) in this beautiful city. We {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (拿；带) a camera with us and took many photos.

I was a lazy boy, but once there was an embarrassing thing changed me and gave me the{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(勇气) to face my troubles.

Last summer {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(假期), I went to visit the Yellow Crane Tower(黄鹤楼) in my hometown Wuhan, Although I have lived here all my life, I had never been to the tower before. Lost in the beautiful views, I suddenly heard a {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(嗓音), "Excuse me?" I turned around and saw a foreigner. He {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (继续), saying, "Are you a local person? Can you show me around? I'm a stranger here."

I didn't know what to say. If I said yes. I knew little about the tower. If I said no, it was also a lie. My face turned red.

"Well, as far as I know, the Yellow Crane Tower is an {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(古老的) building." That's all I knew and my voice was so low that I couldn't even hear {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(我自己). Just at this time, a man's voice {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(打破) the silence, "Pardon me, but I can show you around." Then the gray-haired old man began to {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(解释) the history and customs of Wuhan and the history of the Yellow Crane Tower in fluent English, and I listened carefully. My embarrassment was gone, but the admiration(敬仰) for the old man still {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(停留).

The embarrassment at that moment has become a motivation(动力) for my study and  {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(进步), which helps me understand that there is no end to learning.

I'm Kevin, a student of Grade 9. Most of my friends walk to school, but I like to ride my bike each day. I wake up at 7:00. After I wash my face and eat breakfast, I throw the schoolbag on my back. Do I have my books and homework? Yes, I do.

I take my bike, jump onto it and ride to school at 7:30. "See you later, Mum," I say.

I pass my friends when I ride by. "Hi, Kevin!" they greet me when I pass. Mary does not want to ride with me. She does not like to carry a schoolbag. She likes to carry her books in her arms when she walks. She likes to kick the autumn leaves. But she likes to look at the flowers best.

Not me! I like to ride my bike to feel the fresh air in my face. When I get to school, I lock my bike in the bicycle park. I walk across the sports field to say hi to Mr Brown and wait for my friends in our classroom.

Xie Fei grew up in America and now he lives in Hainan, China. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

Xie loves collecting (收集) sports things. He started collecting things from NBA stars in high' school in California. And in his college (大学) years in Beijing, he started collecting Chinese sports things. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}"At that time, I had many sports collections, and I wanted to show them at the hotel, " said Xie. To his surprise, visitors liked seeing them, so he decided to build a museum. 

{#blank#}3{#/blank#} He then had things like sports shirts from China's women's volleyball team and the torch (火炬) of the Beijing 2008 Olympics. "These collections are important in teaching people about the history of sports in China," said Xie. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}But he still kept them in his museum for everyone to see for free. 

These years, Xie often takes his collections to schools to teach children about the history of sports in China. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

"Museums are a good place for people to learn," said Xie. "I hope young students will learn from these sports collections and the stories behind them in my museum."