Once an old man who had four lazy sons fell sick and was counting his last days in bed. He was very worried about his sons' future because they always believed in luck {#blank#}1{#/blank#}of hard work.

    The old man decided to play a trick{#blank#}2{#/blank#} he died to make his sons realize the importance of work. He told them that he would leave them a treasure box {#blank#}3{#/blank#} gold coins and wanted them to share the treasure.

    The young men asked where his father had placed the treasure. The old man replied," I can't exactly remember{#blank#}4{#/blank#}place. However, the treasure is buried in our land."

    After a few days, the old man died. The sons decided to{#blank#}5{#/blank#}the land to find the treasure box. They worked very hard, but they couldn't find the box. They dug even{#blank#}6{#/blank#}, but they still got nothing.

    Later, one of their neighbors {#blank#}7{#/blank#} by and saw the loose (松的) soil. He suggested that the sons should turn it into a farm. Soon, good fruit and vegetables grew out of the land. The four sons sold them at a good{#blank#}8{#/blank#} and made lots of money.

    Then they realized that the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} box their father mentioned was hard work in fact. The father successfully played a trick to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} his sons how important it was to work hard. What a clever father!

Hua Weiguang took up taking photos after he retired. He used to be {#blank#}1{#/blank#} teacher. Ten years ago, Hua found some people planting trees in his hometown, Horqin in Inner Mongolia. And then he started to take photos {#blank#}2{#/blank#} them.

In Hua's photos, many things can {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(find), from the sandstorms to young trees, as well as the people who fight against desertification(沙漠化).

It was difficult {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(plant) trees here. The workers had to cover {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(them) or their mouths would be full of sand. They wore hats, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(scarf) and goggles(护目镜) all the time. In summer, it was so hot {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the workers had to lie down on the ground next to their cars to cool off. They also had to eat their lunch with the blowing sands. What about sunstroke(中暑)? Well, they took some medicine, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(drink) a little water and then continued working.

Now with the improvement of the environment, animals are living there {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(healthy). Without Hua's photos, no one would believe that this change is possible.

So far, China's forest {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(increase) by over 70,000,000 hectares(公顷). One tree after another, these people built a green Great Wall.

On Nov 9, 2023, the panda parents Mei Xiang and Tian Tian came back to China from the US with their child Xiao Qi Ji. The panda couple started to live in the Smithsonian's National Zoo (史密森学会国家动物园) in 2000. Let's take a look at them!

There once lived a rich businessman who had a lazy son. The businessman wanted his son to realize the value of labor. 

One day, he told his son, "Today, I want you to earn something. If you fail, you won't have your meal tonight. "

The boy didn't want to find a job, so he asked his mother for help. She gave him a gold coin. In the evening, when the father asked his son what he had earned, the son showed him the gold coin. The father then asked him to throw it into the well (水井). The son did as he was told. 

The father guessed that the gold was from the boy's mother. The next day, he sent his wife to her parents' home and asked his son to earn something. Since no one helped him, the son had to go to the market to look for a job. A shopkeeper told him that he would pay him a coin if he carried heavy tools for him. The son accepted. As he returned home and gave the coin to his father. he was asked to throw it into the well. The boy cried, "Dad! My body is aching. I'm tired. How are you asking me to throw my hard-earned coin into a well?"

The businessman smiled. He told his son that one feels pain only when the fruits of labor are wasted. The son realized the value of hard work. He promised not to be lazy any more. 

Miss Gao is an experienced teacher in a school. This term she is the head teacher of a new 1 . She finds the students make too much noise in class. So she decides to change the 2 . 

One day, Miss Gao asked, "Boys and girls, what do you think of 3 ?" The students shouted, "We don't like them. "Really?" Miss Gao said with a smile, "OK! Today let's talk about rules."

Then she played two videos. One was about a 4 class and the other was about a noisy class. After 5 them, Miss Gao asked, "Which class do you prefer?" "Of course the first one! They can lean more knowledge," Some students said. "Right! Why can they do that?" the teacher asked again. But the whole class were 6 at this moment. 

"Actually, it's the rules that make them do so. Do you 7 me?" Miss Gao said. Then more videos about

the roads, the stations were played for them. Miss Gao explained, "You see, things work 8 when we have rules. If we don't have rules on the roads, we will be in danger. Everyone could be in lots of 9 without rules. Can you make your own rules now?" Ten minutes later, the students listed eight rules for themselves. 

Finally, Miss Gao said, "No rules, no standards. Rules help people get along better together. Rules are 10 for our safety and happiness. So rules are very important in our life. We should follow rules wherever we are!"