One Friday morning, I booked an Uber car to the train station When the car arrived, I just saw the car number and got in. "Please be 1 I need to get to the train station in half an hour," I said.

    The driver said, "Yes, ma' am."

    I was surprised (惊讶的) when I heard a female(女性的) voice! The 2 was a young woman! I travelled in Uber cars for hundreds of times, 3 I never saw a female driver here in India. In India, many people may think that it's dangerous for women to drive Uber cars. So I 4 to know more about my driver.

    "If you don't 5 can I ask you some questions?" I asked

    "Yes, ma'am."

    "Are you well-educated (受过良好教育的)?"

    "Yes, ma' am. I have just got my MBA."

    "Wow! So why did you choose this 6 ?"

    She smiled and said, " 7 is may interest, ma'am. No job is too small. I  8 want a job from which I can get real happiness. I tried other jobs, but I like this one most ……"

    About 20 minutes later, I arrived. I said thank you to 9 I really enjoyed the ride and learned something 10 the young woman.

    Jia Meng used to keep a diary in Chinese. But one year ago, the 14-year-old girl from Heilongjiang began to keep her diary in English, because Jia found her mother was reading her diary secretly. She changed the language because her mother can't read English. “It's like killing two birds with one stone.” said Jia. “My privacy (隐私)becomes safe and my English improves a lot.

    Jia's mother is not the only mom who reads her child's diary. Recently, Renmin University of China had a national survey among over 23,000 parents. The results show that 40% of the parents read their children's secrets. That's why , like Jia, many teenagers try to find ways to protect their privacy.

    Wu Lei, 15, of Shanxi, keeps a diary , too. But he doesn't write it on paper. He writes online, which he thinks is perfectly safe because his parents know nothing about the Internet.

    Lu Huan, 13, of Guangdong, said her parents always secretly listened to the talk between her friends and her on the telephone in their room. To solve this problem, Liu asked her parents to buy her a mobile phone.

    “Parents want to know what is going on in their children's lives,” said Shao Xiazhen, a teenage expert in Beijing, “But sometimes they go about it the wrong way.” Shao suggested to teenagers that instead of hiding their secrets, talking to parents is a better solution. If your parents know that you are safe, they'll let you keep your secrets.

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Do you like animals？As people's1 ，animals can help us a lot and even （甚至） save us.Here are three real stories.Let's have a look!

Willie is a2 parrot （鹦鹉） and Hannah is his two﹣year﹣old owner （主人）.That day3 the small girl ate food，something got stuck in her throat （卡在她的喉咙里）.The bird4 this and started making a lot of noise.He shouted "mama baby" and Hannah's mother was5 to hear it.Then the mother ran to her baby and then she6 got the food out of the girl's throat.Willie really helped to 7 the girl!

Buddy is a smart dog.When he was eight weeks old，he came to 8 with Joe.Joe was ill （病的） and couldn't move easily.Joe taught the dog to get things for him.He also taught the dog to call 911 when he was in 9 .One day，Joe really had a 10 .Buddy called for help by making sounds on the phone.The 11 arrived in time and took Joe to the hospital. "Buddy is my world，" Joe said. "He's 12 there."

Winnie is a great cat.One night，the gas （煤气） at Cathy's home went out.The family was 13 .Winnie smelt the gas and started to push her owners，making meow （喵叫） sounds.Cathy 14 and felt terrible.Then she called 911 at once and got help.Cathy thanked Winnie so much，because the 15 saved the family.

Be friendly to animals.They really can help us a lot.

Mr. Black and Mr. White were two very famous artists in the city. Their drawings were also very popular in the city. But they tried to see who could draw the best picture. 

One day they asked an old man to be the judge. Mr. Black drew an apple tree. He put his picture in the field. Soon the birds came and tried to eat the apples. The old man saw it and said， "You have certainly won. Mr. White cannot draw so good a picture as yours. But we'll go to see his picture. "

They went to Mr. White's house. There was nothing but red beautiful curtains（窗帘）on the wall. The old man asked， "Where is your picture，Mr. White? " He said， "Lift the curtains and you will find my picture there. "The old man tried to lift the curtains but found that they were drawn there. They were Mr. White's picture. The old man said， "Birds thought the apples were real. Men thought the curtains were real. So Mr. White won. His picture is the best one. "

 Ding Yiteng received his early education in America where his mother was doing her medical research. At first, he couldn't 1 others at school and had few friends there. What's worse, when he and his 2 returned to China after the sixth grade, Ding couldn't be accepted by kids in China, either.

 Difficulties shaped(塑造) Ding's 3 to communicate with others, and loneliness caused his wish to express himself. In college, Ding became4 in theatre and spent most of his time acting. His 5 for Chinese opera became stronger while acting in Denmark in 2015. A picture of Peking Opera performer Mei Lanfang on the wall of the Danish theatre company made him feel 6 .

"I felt great need for Chinese culture and its greatness," Ding said. And then Ding7 all his time and energy studying Chinese dramas and showing traditional plays, like Tou O Yuan, in a new way.

"I understand the Western perspective(视角) of art and beauty, and I love Chinese culture," said Ding. "So 8 can't I be the one who integrates(融合) different cultures?"

 He 9 a new method of theatre acting and expression—"The Modern Format". It integrates traditional Chinese cultural elements with contemporary performance techniques(现代表演技巧).

10 , because of his hard work, he became the winner of the"New Prominent Chinese Director" award in 2018 with Tou O Yuan.