The lion says that he is on his death bed. So he asks all the animals to come and listen to his last wishes.

    The cat comes to the lion's cave(洞穴). He stands there and goes in. Then a sheep goes in. Before she comes out, a rabbit goes in to hear the last wishes of the king of animals.

    But soon the lion looks well again, and goes out of his cave. He sees a fox(狐狸) waiting outside. “Why don't you come in?” asks the lion to the fox.

  “I beg your pardon,” says the fox, “I see many animals go into your cave, but nobody comes out.

    Before they come out again, I will wait outside.”

    I left my hometown in London last year and now I have enjoyed working in this small city in China. Learning a foreign language opens you up to the culture and history of a country. So in order to know more about China. I started to learn Chinese.

    But at times, I found myself in funny situations. When I greeted strangers in China, they began to talk a lot and very fast. They asked me questions about everything. But all I could do was to look at them with a blank face. I had no idea what they were talking about. Were they just being kind, funny or impolite? Many people want to make friends with me. But I am a bit upset when I find out the reason why they need a foreign friend. They say they want to practice their English. I don't need friends like this. I like friends to share nay feelings and ideas with.

    However, the more Chinese I learn, the more similarities I find it has with English. In English, thick—skinned is to describe a person who doesn't care for criticism(批评). I was surprised to find that houlianpi in Chinese means the same. And both languages share some common idioms(习语). For example, "look on with folded arms" means xiushoupangguan, and ''burn the boats" is similar to pofuchenzhou.

    I'm still on my journey to learn Chinese. I believe that sometimes you have the most fun on a journey.

    Maria lived near a forest. She often played with the animals in the forest. They were all her friends.

    One day, Maria walked into the forest to play with her animal friends. But to her surprise, the forest was very quiet and the animals weren't there! Maria hurried back to tell her parents. Her parents returned to the forest with Maria. The forest was still very quiet. But Maria's father noticed a little monkey behind a big tree.  The monkey was dying! They tried to save it. But the monkey was too weak. Before it died, the monkey told them the truth(真相)：a ghost(魔鬼)wanted to get the forest, so he asked all the animals to go away.

    Maria and her parents were very angry. They decided to drive the ghost away. They asked their friends and neighbors to help them. The ghost was strong but the people were stronger. At last, the ghost left and the animals returned to the forest happily.

There are two paths（路）in life, Should and Must. We arrive at these crossroads again and again. And each. time, we have to choose.

Should is how others want us to show up in the world—what we should or shouldn't do. When we choose Should, we're choosing to live our life for someone or something other than ourselves. The journey. to Should can be smooth, and the risk is small.

Must is who we are, what we believe, and what we do when we are alone with our truest self. Must is why Van Gogh（梵高）painted his whole life without ever getting people's recognition. Must is why Reyna Marder Gentin started to write for the first time after 23 years of being a lawyer.

Choosing Must sounds·fantastic, right? To choose Must is to say yes to hard work and endless effort, to say yes to a journey without a road map or tour guides.

How can we actually choose Must?

Ask yourself, "What is my Must?" If you don't know the answer, write down your biggest, most impossible dreams! Don't worry! It's just the first step.

Now, think about what's actually in your way. Is it your parents? Maybe they're just worried that you haven't thought it through. Try to make a practical plan for what you want to do. Your parents may find it a good one. Is it money? Well, the best way to make money is to do what you love because it's very likely that you will pay great attention to it. Choosing Must doesn't mean we need to give up everything we already have. It's about changing oh e small thing at a time.

If you believe that you have something special inside of you, it's about time you give Must a try—today.

September is usually the start of a new season-but what you call that season depends on where you are and whom you ask. In the UK, people will tell you it's "autumn". However, cross the Atlantic and you'll find that people use "fall" and "autumn" when talking about this time of year. In the English language, the season has two widely accepted names. Why does it have to be so confusing(令人迷惑的)?

Before either of the two words appeared in the dictionary, the seasons dividing the cold and warm months didn't have common names. The main thing people did during the pre-winter time was gathering crops, so it was called "harvest" in Old English. 

Then, in the 1600s, more and more people left farms and moved into cities. Without farming, the word "harvest" became less useful to people in cities. Some English speakers needed a different name for the season. They knew leaves fell from trees during that season, so people called the season "the fall of the leaf". or "fall" for short. But by the end of the 1600s, "autumn", from the French word "autompne" and the Latin word "autumnus", was introduced in England and took the place of the word "fall" as the expression for the harvesting season. 

At the same time, British people were making their first trips to North America. They brought the words "fall" and "autumn" with them. Today, using both words to describe the season is a very American thing. 

A recent TV series To the Wonder has become China's breakout TV hit of the year It has also won praise at a film festival abroad. To the Wonder is based on the award-winning novel of Li Juan,My Altay and is directed by Teng Congcong. lt is very poetic and filled with beautiful wisdom

The TV drama follows the journey of Ui Wenxiu. She once wished to leave Altay an area in Northern Xinjiang. After failing to realize her dream in the capital of Xinjiang. Li has to move back to her hometown and ties to find a new direction for herself At fist,Li finds it hard to understand her neighbours' traditional way of thinking. Under the influence of her mother Zhang Fengxia,Li starts to see the place and its people in anew light Later,she comes to understand their lifestyle and respect for nature

Fans describe watching the drama as an experience in the wonderland. "It's like breathing in fesh air or lying under the sun,said one fan. "It is a unique drama,very different from the usual Chinese series A must-watch if you want to discover the beauty of the grassland and life there,"another fan said. 

People enjoy the wonderful view of Altay But the key to the success of the series lies in is ability to connect with the viewers on a human level,"said Teng Congcong. "In the drama,everyone communicates sincerely Even if I disagree with you,I sincerely respect you. In fact,this is a very important part of human nature—the love for truth, goodness and beauty. "