When Justin Tong was a child, other kids felt sorry for him. His parents always had him doing lots of housework such as carrying out the rubbish and sending newspapers. But when he grew up, he was better off than his childhood friends and lived a happier and healthier life.

This is the finding of a 40-year study that followed the lives of 456 children in London. It showed that the children who had worked hard in childhood had a richer and a happier future. "Children who worked in the home or community gained competence(能力) and came to feel they were worthwhile members of society," said Daniel Brown, the psychologist(心理学家) who made the discovery. "And because they felt good about themselves, others felt good about them."

Brown's study followed these children in great detail. Interviews were repeated at ages 25, 31 and 47. Under Brown, the researchers compared the children's mental-health scores with their childhood-activity scores. Points were awarded for part-time jobs, housework, effort in school, and ability to deal with problems.

    Working at any age is important. Childhood activities help a child develop responsibility, independence, confidence and competence — the underpinnings (基础) of emotional health. They also help him understand that people must cooperate and work toward common goals. The most competent adults are those who know how to do this.

    Yet work isn't everything. As Tolstoy once said, "One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and how to love, to work for the person one loves and to love one's work."

In my school, once you are in the sixth grade you can create (创建) your own club. It can be anything! I create a classics (经典作品) club. Students can talk about the Latin language (拉丁语) or books in our club.

Running a club is not easy, so I ask a friend for help. To make the club useful, we plan to make a show during each of our meetings. We think of 20 different ideas! Some of those include "Why are classics still important?" "What does Harry Potter have to do with classics?" "How do classics write about women?" To make more students interested in our club, we have topics (话题) from science and maths in classics to arts and languages.

Last week, our school had a club show. It was the first time we had shown our club to others. We had 30 members that day. Now it's time for the club to finally start.

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 When Suansuan first rend Peach Blossom Shangri- la(《桃花源记》) in her high school Chinese textbook. she didn't think too much about it.

 One day in college, she remembered the article again. After studying more about it, she found something interesting behind the 320- word text. For example, the Peach Blossom Shangri- la not only appears in Tao Yuanming's article, but also in many poems, paintings and plays. The fisherman in the text doesn't have a name, for he is a symbol of a special group of people— the hermits(隐士). Usually for some reasons, they live a very simple life alone and do not meet or talk to other people.

 The simple text became much more fun and attractive(吸引人的) to Suansuan. She wants to share her ideas with more people by making videos. To better present her ideas, she paints in her videos. For a video about 10 minutes in length, she may draw up to 80 paintings.

 Starting in May 2019, she has made more than 50 videos. Seven are about the hidden stories behind some texts in Chinese textbooks. The rest are about learning methods and other works.

 These have won her more than 1.5 million fans on Bilibili, many of whom are teenagers. They have left bullet comments(弹幕) and messages of thanks. They say she has made their school life more interesting.

 Suansuan says the two things that bring her the most happiness are learning and creating. Making videos combines(结合) both. So she will keep doing it.

Hello! My name is Lingling. I'm from Beijing and I'm a(n)1 girl. There are2 people in my family. 3 are my father, my mother and me. Singing and 4 are my hobbies. I can dance well. can cook5 I can't draw. My favourite food is6 . And I eat apples every day. My favourite colour is 7 . l like green trees. It's 8 in summer, so swimming is my favourite 9 . And I also like10 because I can fly a kite in spring. 

I will never forget my first English class. It was very interesting. It was the first class in the morning. The teacher went into the classroom with a smile on his face. At the beginning, he made a self-introduction. And he told us that his name is John Brown. Then he asked all of us to think of English names for ourselves. We were very glad to find a good name. 

Then he asked us to write down our names on a piece of paper. I thought about my English name for a long time. Then I thought of a beautiful name—Shirley. All the students wrote down their names and gave the paper to the teacher. When the teacher called"Shirley" to answer his question, five girls stood up at the same time.