While traveling from New Zealand to Newcastle in the UK, I arrived in London to have my plane transfer(转机）. But unfortunately, the flight to Newcastle had been1 due to weather conditions.

    The airline was2—offering me a choice between a night in a hotel or a six-hour bus ride to my destination. With no3as to whether a flight to New Zealand would happen in the next two days, I 4the bus ride.

    I5all my baggage in the luggage compartment (行李箱）of the bus ,6 I would need nothing on the way. A young lady sitting beside me could see how7I was and asked me if anyone would be meeting me on my 8.

    I realized that I had left my cell phone in my bag and had no9to get in touch with my relatives. They would be 10me at the airport about five hour before the11got to Newcastle, not12what had happened. Without hesitation, the young lady13me the use of her cell- phone.

    When the bus made a rest stop, she asked me if I was getting out. I 14that I couldn't as I still had sandals(凉鞋）on, and15feet weren't ideal for the cold weather. When, she got back on, with a —16she'd bought me some tea and  a packet of sweets to eat.

    When we 17arrived in Newcastle, the lady18that someone was there to meet me. I asked her to wait a moment while I got my19to repay her, but when I looked up she had20 I was unable to even say thanks to her.

    Since my childhood, I always dreamed of becoming a full - time writer. Two years after my graduation, I 1my job and made up my mind to realize my 2.

    No one could tell me 3I would succeed or not. I rented a cold storage room in a building, set up a used desk and4 to write. I had too many things to write and I had to write because the5was full of my heart.

    After a year or so, however, I began to doubt myself. I found it6to earn my living by selling what I wrote. I can't remember how many times my novels were7during that year. But I8to put my dream to the test—even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of9I believed anyone with a dream must learn to struggle for the10 .

    During the most difficult period of my life, one of my classmates came to see me and tried to 11me, “Yun, come to our company, and we will 12you 2,000 yuan a month.” 2,000 yuan was really a big13at that time. It would enable me to live14As the money were dancing in my 15, something cleared my senses. Hadn't I dreamed of being a writer A full - time writer.

    “Thanks, but no,” I said16 , “I'm going to stick to writing.”

    Again and again, I said to myself, “I will be17. People will love my novels.”

    Finally my first novel was 18 in 1991. I had the kind of fame and success that few writers ever 19.

    Twenty years have passed, but the effect it had on my life has lasted. Now I often20the time working in that cold storage room. I will say, “Anyone with a dream, courage and persistence will be successful.”

The Best Nutrition of Life

    A little boy always thought himself unfortunate because of his disability. He 1 played with his classmates. When the teacher asked him to answer questions, he always 2 his head without a word.

    One spring, the boy's father asked his children 3 to plant a young tree. “Whose tree grows best, I will buy him or her a favorite gift.” The boy wanted to have a try. But seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees 4, anyhow, he 5 an idea: he hoped his tree would 6 soon. After watering it once, he never 7 it.

    A few days later, when he 8 his tree again, he was 9 to find it grew some fresh leaves 10 that compared with other trees, his appeared 11. His father bought him his favorite 12 and said that from the tree he planted, he would become an outstanding botanist（植物学家）.

    From then on, the little boy slowly became 13. One night, enjoying the bright moon-light, he went to see the tree. When he came to the courtyard quietly, he found his 14 was watering his tree with a ladle（长柄构）. 15 he understood: his father had been 16 fertilizing his small tree! He returned to his room, tears 17 in his eyes.

    Decades passed. The little boy didn't become a 18 as expected, but he was 19 President of the Untied States. His name was Franklin Roosevelt.

    20 is the best nutrition of life. Even it means a ladle of water, a thin and small tree can grow into a towering tree.

    Chinese volunteers have completed a one-year test living in a simulated（模拟的）space lab in Beijing. The total length of the test, which started on May 10th last year, 1 370 days, thus setting a new record for the 2 stay in a simulated space lab.

    The space lab, called the Yuegong-1, or Lunar Palace 1, measures around 150 square meters. It 3 four sleeping rooms, a bathroom, a waste-treatment room and a room for raising animals. The Yuegong-1 provides everything humans need to survive in an environment 4 to that of a space station in outer space. Oxygen, water and food are 5 within it.

    A total of eight 6, all of whom are students at Beihang University, took turns 7 in the space lab. They were divided into 8 groups. On May 10, 2017, two men and two women 9 the Yuegong-1 for an initial （最初的）stay of 60 days. On July 9, they were 10 by another group of four, who stayed 200 days. The second group of students 11 on January 26, 2018, and the initial group12 and spent 110 days inside it.

    13, the volunteers were expected to stay in the Yuegong-1 for 365 days. But the project ended up 14370 days —from May 10 last year until May 15. The 15 five days were designed as a way to simulate a（n）16, in which the spaceship might experience a 17 in returning to earth.

    The goal of the project “Yuegong 365” is to 18 the limits of humans' ability to live in a 19 ecosystem for China's manned moon landing ambition. The success of the project means that China goes one step closer to putting 20 on the moon.

    After 21 years of marriage, Bill Henrichs and Mary Ziegler concluded that they were no longer a good match. The couple politely divorced in 1995 and went their 1ways, but they continued to see each other when meeting their2at their school and sporting events. In February 2018,3, she and Henrichs learned they were a match in a different way.

    Henrichs's kidneys(肾)were4, and he was in need of a5. After nearly 40 family members and friends were tested as possible6, the result surprised all—only one person7to be a perfect match—Ziegler.

    So on Oct. 16 more than four decades after they said "I do," she and Henrichs, 62, were8into an operating room and one of Ziegler's healthy kidneys was 9and given to her ex-husband. The surgery went well, and the transplant is 10well and continuing to improve as Mr. Henrichs11from the surgery. Henrichs was beyond grateful for his ex-wife's sympathy and12, but he was also worried in the hours before the 13 .

    Just three weeks after the transplant, she was back to work and doing yoga—a quick turnaround considering that the14kidney donor needs a healing period of six to eight15. "This entire experience has brought us all16."She and Henrichs hope that by sharing their story, other17will realize that divorce is not always a reason to18ties.

    "Divorce is divorce, but there's no reason to19," Henrichs said. "There are lots of reasons why it's20to get along." He pauses and laughs. "Someday, you just might need a kidney."

A children's choir (合唱团) from the snowy highlands of Tibet recently1 their beautiful singing to the capital, Beijing.

The Qomolangma Children's Choir was2 in 2020. They recently paid a week-long trip to Beijing to3 their music skills and show their4 to national audiences.

When journalists met the choir on Saturday, the children were 5 the recording of a music program at CCTV in Beijing. Before 6 the program, they received professional 7 from teachers at the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM). 8 , they also visited scenic 9 in Beijing such as the Temple of Heaven, the Forbidden City and so on. Tenzin Dunyu, a 10-year-old member of the choir, told the journalists that he has been playing the zhanian for five years. The zhanian, a beautiful 10 , is widely used in songs and dances  in Tibet. For him, coming to Beijing and 11 in Tiananmen Square was both a nervous and 12 experience, marking his first journey outside Lhasa. Another 10-year-old member, Tsering Lhamo, has been singing for a year. Her trip to Beijing 13 her horizons, and when it came to what 14 her most, she said she 15 enjoyed the cheerful songs of the choir performed at CCTV. 

Geng Muyao was the choir's16 from CCOM to help the children with training. She17 that the choir was set up by the Tibetan government and18 by CCOM. "Many members were19 of vocal (声 乐的) training due to poor condition, so this choir experience means a lot to them. "she said.

Including children from all over Tibet, the choir primarily shows Tibetan folk culture. Though the members are 20 , the choir has performed at important events, achieving amazing success in a short time.