Zhao Yishen, the 33-year-old artist, is carving a woodblock (雕刻木板) carefully, with a chisel in his right hand. To carve the woodblocks, he has to hold this position for six hours. He has been carving woodblocks since 2012. “It feels good and looks beautiful when a Chinese character slowly appears on the woodblock under your chisel," says Zhao.

    Zhao is now the only full-time carver working at a workshop that creates woodblock-printed books in Beijing. As a teenager he loved to read ancient Chinese books in the library, and the curiosity of how the books were made led him to get a job at an ancient books woodblock printing studio in Yangzhou in 2011 after graduating as a law major from university.

    Block printing was listed as a UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009. Zhao started to learn the skill from Chen Yishi, one of the skill's masters, in 2012.

    "The first step is to learn how to sharpen your chisel, "says Zhao. “After using it for a while, you need to sharpen it again." After that, the woodblock must be put at a certain angle that is deep enough to show up the characters and also to make sure the cuts are deep enough-but not too deep. Then Zhao puts the paper, face down, onto the wood after brushing oil on the paper. This helps to transfer the characters onto the block. Once the carving is finished, the woodblock is brushed with ink and paper pressed onto it. It is ready to print.

    In Zhao's mind, the inked woodblock is a work of art. After a year of learning from Chen, Zhao found a job at Zhuyu Shanfang in 2013. His carved woodblocks have been used for several books over the past six years. "I just learned the basic skills, but to master it, I still need years of practice,” says Zhao. “A good craftsman can carve an entire book with every single character aligned in order."

"Look at this!" I said to my friend Lily, holding up the paper. "There's an art club at the Students' Center this winter."

Lily looked through it. "Jane, drawing is your 1 point!" she said, "But not mine". 

"You may not think you can draw, but you can learn." I said in an encouraging voice, trying to 2 her to join the club. 

"I tried, but my little brother thought the corns I painted were spaceships." Lily replied. 

Later that day, I called my other friends. Then in a low spirit. I 3 my head down on the paper. 

"What is it?" Mom asked. "An ad for an art club." I explained. 

Would you like to join?" Mom asked. "Probably not." I said, "None of my friends 4 to join it."

Mom hugged me. She knew I had a difficult time jumping into something with only5 around. "Maybe next year."

"Maybe." I sighed. But how I wished I could be 6 enough. 

I sat at the front door and took out my pencil. Once starting drawing, I 7 my eyes on the picture — I even didn't notice the fly buzzing around me. I jumped when I heard my neighbor Mr. Smith say, "You've done a great job showing the power of that tree on the paper — It even shows the 8 of life!"

"Thanks." I smiled. 

"I have planted pine trees before." he said, "You have to spread out the roots (根) near the surface (表面), so the tree can 9 enough water and grow tall. If you plant the root ball too deep, the tree dries up and dies 10 ."

I stared at the picture. I'd 11 realized how far a tree's roots could stretch (伸展) outward. It made me12 my own roots. I was always planting them too deep in the earth because it could lower the risk of being 13 by the outside world. 

That night, I made my final 14 . With a 15 heart, I thought to myself "I am stretching my roots out into new earth so that I can grow! I am the pine!"

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In this way, I'm sure we can become strong and healthy.

Many people think that only grown-ups can make a difference. Is it true? Teen Vogue interviewed some teenagers across the world. Get ready to be inspired（启发）. 

16-year-old Michael started using social media to cheer up teenagers of his age to follow their dreams on his baseball blogs. Michael also wrote about sports people and how they faced their difficulties. 

Lesein first learned about climate change when he was in primary school. His home country of Kenya loses tens of thousands of hectares（公顷）of forest each year. 

With a deep love of soccer, Lesein started a project named Trees for Goals, planting a tree for every goal he scored in the matches. Later the school's soccer, rugby and basketball teams all followed him. In 2019, almost 1, 000 trees in forests outside of Nairobi were planted. Now the government provides trees for them to plant. 

Alexis Lewis invented a wheeled travois（雪橇）with bamboo at 12 years old to help poor people who need to transport children many miles to hospitals. Another invention of hers is a special mask（面罩）which can be thrown through a window of a smoke-filled building to people inside. 

Alexis said, "The reason why I try to invent something is that I want to help people in need and I love physics. " Alexis also told the reporter that she wanted children to know that everybody who's ever tried to solve a problem can be an inventor. 

These young people are certainly shining examples to show you' re never too young to make a difference. 

My teachers all thought I was the worst student in my class. My family also had 1 same idea as my teachers. When I was going to give up, a new teacher, Miss White, came to our school. She 2 young, beautiful and knowledgeable.

One day, I was sitting alone in my classroom. There was nobody 3 there. Miss White came in, came up to me and talked to me 4 .

"Do you think I can go to college?" I didn't know why I asked 5 question. I thought she must say "no", just as what other people always said to me. But she said，"Dear, you can do what you want to do. Just try 6 you'll get closer to success. I believe you are the best!"

I was deeply moved by her words. I decided 7 hard. From then on, we became good friends. She often helped me 8 my study in her free time. In the end, I did 9 in my study and went to a good college. Miss White is an angel (天使). Her words kept 10 going forward. She helped me to see that I can be successful in life.