When I left for the United States to study. I had butterflies in my stomach. I was nervous because I was going to {#blank#}1{#/blank#}new place with new people and new customs. I couldn't even understand {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(they)language. Everything was different {#blank#}3{#/blank#}my own country. There was nobody that I could talk to. I just had my husband, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}was a new person for me, too.

    It was a sad moment when I had to say goodbye to my family and friends. I didn't want {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(leave)my hometown because I {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(grow) up there and had wonderful {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(memory) of the place. So, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (think)about all these changes made me nervous and I was {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(worry)about my new life. But studying abroad was a decision that I made myself. I had to continue and accept the challenge. I looked forward to {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(visit)my family in the summer vacation.

    Which is the most significant classical Chinese painting? According to Paul Denlinger, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} visited China many times when young, it should be Along the River During the Qingming Festival. This {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (create) dates back to the Northern Song Dynasty.

    This painting is important {#blank#}3{#/blank#} several reasons. First, up until this time, almost all Chinese paintings are landscapes, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (contain) no or only a few images of people. Second, this is the first scroll (卷轴) painting {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (describe) both Chinese urban and suburban life during the period in the capital, Bianjing, Third, the painting is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (high) detailed and features shops of all kinds and different economic activities in and out of the city. People are able to see the Chinese technology of the time, which helps them {#blank#}7{#/blank#} great deal in understanding {#blank#}8{#/blank#}the Chinese lived.

    The Beijing Palace Museum keeps the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (origin) Song painting and one of its famous copies——the Qing version {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (hold) in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.

    The young artist and potter Allan had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son developed a severe stomachache. Neither Allan nor his wife took the condition very{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(serious), but the boy died suddenly that night.

    Knowing the death could {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (avoid) if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, he always felt he was guilty. Worse still, his wife left him a short time later, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (leave) him alone with his 6-year-old younger son. Unable to stand the hurt and pain, he turned to alcohol and became {#blank#}4{#/blank#} alcoholic.

    As the alcoholism {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (progress), Allan began to lose everything he possessed and finally died alone in a small bar. Hearing of his death, I thought, "{#blank#}6{#/blank#} a complete failure!"

    As time went by, I began to revalue my {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (early) rough judgment. I knew Allan's now adult son, Ernie, one of the kindest and most caring men I've ever known. I hadn't heard him talk much about his father. One day, I worked up my courage to ask him what {#blank#}8{#/blank#} earth his father had done so that he became such a special person. Ernie said quietly, "As a child until I left home at 18, Allan came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, 'love you, son'."

    Tears came to my eyes as I realized that I had been a fool to judge Allan {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a failure. He had not left any material {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (possess) behind. But he had been a kind loving father, and left behind his best love.

    When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be very difficult to let go of your anger {#blank#}1{#/blank#}forgiveness is possible-and it can be surprisingly beneficial to your and mental health, So far research has shown that people who forgive can have more energy and {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(good)sleep.

    So when someone has hurt you cool down first. Take a couple of {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (breath)and think of something that {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(give)you pleasure; a beautiful scene in nature, or someone you love. Don't wait for {#blank#}5{#/blank#}apology. “Many times the person who hurts you may never think of {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(apologize),"says Dr. Fredric Luskin,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} wrote the book Forgive for Good. "They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don't see things the same way. So if you wait for people{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(say)sorry, you could be waiting a very long time." Next keep in mind that forgiveness does not {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(necessary)mean accepting the action of the person who upsets you. Instead, learn to look for the love,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(beautiful)and kindness around you. Finally, try to see things from the other person's position. You may realize that he or she was acting out of carelessness.

Is Hothouse Earth Avoidable?

    Nearly 50 years ago, the Club of Rome's report "Limits to Growth" warned that if economic growth continued fast without regard for the environment, the world could face ecological and economic collapse in the twenty-first century. Yet that is essentially {#blank#}1{#/blank#} has happened. As new research for the Club of Rome shows — and the latest report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states — the world {#blank#}2{#/blank#} well be headed towards disaster.

    Many wrongly {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(interpret) the "Limits to Growth" as an attack on uncontrolled economic expansion. In fact, the report argued that {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the unlimited-growth pathway was chosen, it would require complementary policies (including funding) {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (preserve) the planet's limited life-support systems.

    This argument {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (ignore). Instead, the world has continued to pursue fast growth, without regard for the environmental consequences. This has enabled us to make enormous progress in reducing poverty, increasing longevity, and increasing wealth. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} it has come at a high cost to the formation of the society and the restoration of the planet.

    As scientists have conclusively shown, in the last decade, we have entered a new geological era, the Anthropocene, in which human activity — in particular, economic activity — has been the dominant factor {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(influence) Earth's climate and environment. In the Anthropocene, our planet's life-support system is changing faster than ever.

Climate change now represents a clear and present danger. If our planet becomes just 2℃ warmer than pre-industrial temperatures, we may be placed irreversibly on the path toward "Hothouse Earth" — a situation {#blank#}9{#/blank#} temperatures are many degrees warmer than today, sea levels are considerably higher, and extreme weather events are {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(common) — and more destructive — than ever.