One evening last summer, when I asked my 14- year- old son, Ray，for help with dinner, his response(回答)shocked me. "What's a colander(漏勺)?" he asked. I could only blame 1. In the family, nobody else went into the kitchen except me. But that night, as I2to him that a colander is the thing with holes in it，I wondered what else I hadn't3Ray for.

    As parents，while we focus on our sons' confidence and character，we perhaps don't always consider that we are4raising someone's future roommates，boyfriends，husbands，or fathers5I came up with a plan: I would offer Ray a private home economics course. I was 6to find that he didn't say no. For two hours, three days a week, Ray was all mine.

    I knew that he would rather have been playing basketball with friends than7to mend socks with his mother，but in fact he was learning, and more than just housekeeping. "I appreciate(感激)what you do8a mom," he told me one day. Ray now realizes there's9masculine(男子气概的)about being helpless.

    Now，not only can he make his own dinner, but also he can make a big meal for his family. That's 10I call a man. I'm glad that I prepared so great a present for my future daughter in-law.

There are some snack shopsinside schools in China. These shops sell snacks1a lot of salt and sugar. Many youngstudents like2 snacks. Becausethey think snacks taste good. They often go there3 some after class.But eating4 snacks is not good for5 health.6 theChinese government( 政 府 ) said there wouldbe7 snack shops in the schools from April 1st.

There is also a new8 on students' food safety. The government isasking schools to keep an eye on students'9.It asks teachers to10 with students at school together at the lunchtime.

Rick is fifteen years old. He is from England and he is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} good boy. He {#blank#}2{#/blank#} up at 6:30 every morning, and then he cleans the house. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} about 7:00, he eats breakfast and then goes to school. He has four classes in the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} and three in the afternoon. Of all the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, he likes English best because he thinks it's very useful. In the afternoon, Rick goes {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. He helps his mother buy food or wash the car for his {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. His little sister sometimes helps {#blank#}8{#/blank#} do some things. He feels a little {#blank#}9{#/blank#} because he does lots of things every day. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} he is very happy because he can do something for his family.

Pan Yuzhen, 77, comes from Taijiang County, Guizhou Province. She is an inheritor(继承人) of Miao embroidery(刺绣).

" The girls in my hometown can embroider at an early age. When I was five years old, I learned embroidery from my mother and sister. Miao embroidery skills are not easy to learn, but I have learned all embroidery methods," Pan said. At first, Pan embroidered for her own use, but as she grew older and married, her skills were put to use for her family, creating beautiful embroidered clothes.

Pan's daughter Zhang Yammei, who was born in 1977, suffered from an illness at the age of three. To treat her daughter and feed the family, Pan embarked on (开始) a journey, travelling to different cities to sell her Miao embroidery products.

In 1999, Zhang went to Beijing to join her mother. At that time, Pan had a store in a market. Here, she met a lot of foreign friends who were attracted by her embroidery skills and encouraged her to expand her business abroad." They advised me to go to foreign countries and sell cultural and creative products. Then I went to the US to do business connected with Miao embroidery," Pan said.

In 2016, Pan's career took a huge leap forward as she worked with a famous clothing brand in China . With the help of the brand, Pan went to the UK to take part in different fashion shows. Now Pan is well- known. Pan hopes more young people can inherit Miao embroidery skills.

There are many things in life that you will never forget. For me, there is one thing I still remember now.

One year, my family and I were on vacation in southern Mexico. When we were enjoying the beautiful sights near the sea, 1 that was bright silver. onught my eyes.

 It was a ping!" It looked 2 . It must be worth, thousands of dollars, and the owner must 3 a lot. Wheri I got back to the hotel, I took the ring to the manager and told him that I found it in the water off the 4 . He promised me that he would send out a message that a5 had been found.

 That evening, while having dinner, we heard a woman cheering in a loud voice. 6 had just got the ring back! I saw her standing with the hotel manager. He raised his hand and pointed at me, and then the woman 7 came over and introduced herself. She told me that she swam with the ring and 8 it that morning. When she went back to the beach to 9 it, she failed. We had a dinner together, celebrating our good luck that night. That day was so special for both of us, and it was 10 Christmas in July.

 The next day when I checked out of the hotel, the bill had been paid by the woman. I felt touched. I have to say that when I saw that ring for the first time, I had an idea to 11 it or sell it. However, it didn't take me long to realize that the only thing to do was to look for 12 the owner was. I was so glad that I had done the right thing when I saw the 13 look on that woman's face after she got her ring back.

 Sometimes, when something happens, you may hesitate(犹豫), 14 you know what the right thing to do is. When you do it, you will feel good about it, and perhaps you can also get an 15 surprise. This is the lesson I learnt that day.

 My elder sister, Isabel, is good at sports. She's a wonderful soccer {#blank#}1{#/blank#} . I wanted to play on Isabel's team. So I practiced hard with my dad. He taught me {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to play the ball. We didn't tell Isabel because we wanted to surprise her. We kept {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a secret. 

 One day Isabel came home from soccer practice. She was {#blank#}4{#/blank#} about the next day's game. "Our best player can't come, " Isabel told Dad. 

I knew this was my big chance! The next day, I went to the practice {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the game. "Can I join you?" I asked the teacher. She looked a little surprised {#blank#}6{#/blank#} she handed me a red shirt, "Practice during the warm-up. You' ll play on the red {#blank#}7{#/blank#} , and Isabel is on the blue team. "

 The warm-up started. I took the ball down the field. Isabel tried to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} me. I ran past her with the ball. I took the ball back very fast. I scored a goal!"Wow! It's a big surprise, " said Isabel. Soon the game started. Our team pulled together, and we {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the game!

 After the game, Isabel looked excited. "We have another player in the family! Now we can play {#blank#}10{#/blank#} . " Chances are given to everyone who is prepared.