The former(前任的)US president Barack Obama's wife，Michelle,made lots of changes after she became First Lady in 2009．One of1was the White House garden.She2it by herself.The garden has many kinds of fruit and3.  The fresh fruit and vegetables are used in the White House garden.The garden is also a 4for US children because they would like treat healthy food and live a healthy life by knowing about the garden．

    "My husband will tell you that one of the most common questions she gets5 other people is．How is your wife's garden?"Michelle said．"And over the years this little garden has influenced (影响)lots of people across this country to start their 6 ． "

    The former First Lady was worried that the new president wouldn't7the garden any more．

    But she doesn't have to 8 ．The National Park Foundation(基金会)has raised$2.5 million．It will 9the garden growing for at least 17 years．

    "This garden has taught us that10we have the courage(勇气)to plant something，"Michelle said．"we can water it and invite friends to help us take care of it．We never know what might grow．"

    Do right things at the proper time，or it's too late to regret for what has passed.

    A grasshopper （蚱蜢）was playing the violin when he saw some ants busy1 food."Why are you working on such a beautiful day？"he asked.

    "We must collect food now，"said the queen of the ants."If we don't，what will we do when 2comes？"

    "Oh，winter is a long way off，"said the grasshopper."You take life much too 3."

    "But you must 4today if you want to eat tomorrow，"said the little ant."You can play your violin after you've finished your work."

    The grasshopper didn't want to follow her 5.He went away，singing.

    Spring soon passed and the warm summer came.All day long the grasshopper played the 6.Soon summer was over.And then autumn passed，too.One morning，the grasshopper woke up and was 7to find that snow had fallen during the night."Why？Had the long winter come？"he said to himself.

    The grasshopper wandered around looking for a place to keep 8but there was no such place."How9I was not to listen to the ants.While I am dying of cold and 10they are sitting in their warm nest with plenty to eat."

    The grasshopper was soon frozen stiff （冻僵的）.The ants picked him up and carried him to their nest.The grasshopper learned a lesson he would never forget.

Peng Jingxuan, a 29-year-old Chinese girl, is now studying in a music university in Paris. Peng began to study the guzheng when she was 7 years old. In 2017, she went to France to study music. She was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to find that very few people in France knew about the guzheng. "I wanted to make this instrument known to more people, "Peng said. She made her {#blank#}2{#/blank#} performance in front of a theater in October, 2018. Later, she {#blank#}3{#/blank#} on French streets, wearing a silk Han Dynasty-style dress and playing the guzheng to passers-by. The more Peng played on the streets, the{#blank#}4{#/blank#} pride she felt in sharing Chinese music and culture. 

The videos of Peng playing the guzheng in Paris spread {#blank#}5{#/blank#} and got many likes. They made Peng a very popular guzheng artist. She has {#blank#}6{#/blank#} of fans on the Internet now. "That's just amazing! I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} this kind of music in Chinese films before. But the pieces Peng plays fill my soul with energy. "A foreign fan commented. 

More and more people become {#blank#}8{#/blank#} in the guzheng after watching Peng's performances. "People come to me and praise me for the beauty of the instrument and the music. Every time they ask me which country the guzheng comes from, I am very happy to tell them it's from China. "Peng feels she has more responsibility {#blank#}9{#/blank#} traditional culture. "Music has no borders(边界). I hope more people around the world {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the chance to experience the beauty of guzheng, and Chinese music. I also hope to play a bigger role in making Chinese music known by the world, "Peng said. 

Bob likes to play sports, but he doesn't have any things for sports. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} He wants to buy a volleyball and two pairs of ping - pong bats, too. He goes to the sports store. The basketballs are $ 10, volleyballs are $ 9 and ping- pong bats are $ 5 for a pair. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Then he buys a basketball, a volleyball and two pairs of ping- pong bats. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} And then he wants to buy a soccer ball. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} He thinks it's too expensive(贵的).

" I want it for $ 12. Is that OK?" says Bob to the salesman(销售员).

{#blank#}5{#/blank#} So he buys the soccer ball, too. He is really happy.

My name is Amy. This is my desk. 1 on the desk? It's my bag. The 2 is white. A watch, 2 pens, 3 CDs and a picture 3 in it. The watch is from my sister. It is 4 . I like blue, and it is my favorite color. That is my pen. What color is 5 ? It's purple. It is from my friend Grace. The 6 CDs are yellow 7 white. 8 are from my father. The picture is from my mother. It's a picture 9 her room. Her room is tidy. Where is my hat? Oh, it's 10 my head.

Wang Xiaojun, 49, has a small hotel in Pingyao, a county in Shanxi. She opened it in 2002. This January, Wang got an email from her friend Bernard Frigara in France. "I just want to tell you how much I miss Pingyao, you and your family. I love to walk around Pingyao and ride a bicycle there. . . " the 75-year-old artist wrote in the e-mail. 

When Frigara first visited Pingyao in 2004, he stayed in Wang's hotel. In less than 20 years, Frigara went to Pingyao six times, and he stayed in Wang's hotel everytime, for one or two months at a time. 

Wang and her family showed Frigara around Pingyao, washed clothes for him and celebrated(庆祝) his birthday. Once when Frigara didn't feel well, Wang took him to hospital. He wrote in his diary that he stayed in a wonderful hotel and that he felt at home there. In    return, Frigara taught Wang French and bought gifts for her children. Wang described her French friend as a kind and helpful man. 

Not long ago, Wang wrote a story between Frigara and her family named Wafting for you, my friend. "He will come to Pingyao again in the spring of 2024, " she said.