Hongcun, with a history of about 900 years, is an extremely beautiful village in Anhui Province. Located under Mount Huang, the village has kept the major Chinese styles from ancient times. It’s also one of UNESCO（联合国教科文组织）World Heritage Sites（世界文化遗产）.

Wander along the old stone streets and lanes, and you will feel like travelling back in time. All the houses with grey roofs and white walls were built during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. On the front gate of each household is dotted with red Chinese knots and lanterns. All of them are outlined against the blue sky and reflected into the clear rivers, lakes and ponds, surrounded by dark green mountains. It’s a living water-ink picture.

Step into a tea house to take a rest. A piece of classical music, played by guqin, fills up the house and floats into your hearts, as if you hear birds singing, pines（松）whistling and rivers flowing. You will be lost in a world, full of peace and pleasure. Holding the tea cup, some lines of poems on its out layer（层）will come into your sight:

No dust is rising on the road, wet with morning rain,

The willows by the hotel look so fresh and green.

Walk out of the tea house, and go to the open-air theatre. The actors with coloured make-ups（脸绘）are performing on the stage in special clothes. It’s a local opera called Huangmei Opera and different from others, such as Kun Opera, Beijing Opera and Yue Opera. Also, you can enjoy a feast of varieties of quyi: crosstalk, kouji and pingshu.

If you want to feel more about the unique charm of Hongcun, plan a visit to it right now.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. This is the lesson we learn from Xu Yuanchong, the famous translator     31     celebrated his 100^th birthday this April. Xu’s mother was interested in literature and     32    . Encouraged by her, Xu began to translate Chinese poetry into both English and French when he was still a teenager. He soon learned the     33     between Chinese and European languages. Only about half of the words in     34     could be translated word-for-word. That is why translators have to be     35    . As a great translator, Xu still works for long hours every day and tries to improve his translations to make sure they are correct and beautiful.

In some ways, Professor Xu is     36     the sportsman Liu Xiang. For example, Liu was never satisfied with     37     the fastest 110-meter hurdler in the world. He always trained hard and tried to become faster. Even injuries did not weaken his desire.

Both Xu and Liu     38     to be the best, but that hasn’t stopped them from always trying to become better. They are great role models for all of us. Most of you are good at English or some other     39    . A few of you are even the best in your class. But all of you know that you can be better and that, the     40     you learn and the harder you study, the better you will become. There is always room for improvement!

Have you heard of the word “hygge? It’s a Danish（丹麦的）word as well as a Danish lifestyle. There is no English word for the exact meaning of “hygge”, according to Oxford Dictionaries. It might be translated to coziness（惬意）in English, but it is more than that.

Enjoying beautiful music or having a movie night is hygge Lighting candles or making real tea in china cups—that’s hygge too. There’s nothing more hygge than sitting around a table with your family or friends, discussing the big and small things in life. (A)This lifestyle focuses on the idea of making simple daily activities special or meaningful.

(B)is, winter, a, Danish, for, people, hygge, the, fighting, way, of, cold. But it doesn’t have to be the only thing to do in the cold season. In Denmark, there can be up to 17 hours of darkness per day in winter, and the average temperature is around 0℃. As a result, people spend plenty of time indoors and focus on home entertaining.

Now the idea of hygee is travelling abroad and becoming a trend in some parts of the world too. In the UK and the US, there are more and more hygge-themed cookbooks and lifestyle guides, as well as Danish restaurants, cafes and bars. “The rest of the world seems to be slowly waking up to what Danes have been wise to for ages.” Helen Russell, author of The Year of Living Danishly, said.

51. 毕业是结束，是开始，是机遇，亦是希望，回首三年初中生活，你有怎样的收获？展望即将到来的高中生涯，你又有怎样的期待？请结合提示谈谈你的感悟。

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