One day, I was so angry with my parents that I left home. I said that I would ________ return. I was upset because my parents refused to buy me a ________.

But in my anger, I didn’t even realize that I had taken my father’s shoes and his wallet. As I ________ my way to the bus station, I felt some pain in my ________. I noticed that the shoe had a hole in it.

There ________ no buses around at that time. Not knowing ________ to do, I looked in my dad’s wallet. I was ________shocked. There wasn’t much money inside. I also found a note ________ was from his manager. He told my father to wear nicer-looking shoes to the office.

I remembered my mother asking him ________ a pair of new shoes, but he said that his current (现在的) pair of shoes should last ________another six months.

I started to walk home. All of a sudden, I remembered something. ________ I left home, my dad’s motorbike wasn’t there. Maybe he had sold it. I felt ashamed(羞愧). I started feeling ________ in my legs and wanted to cry. I ran home as fast as I ________.

When I got home, my dad ________ for me there. I hugged him tightly(紧紧地) and said, “Sorry, Dad. I don’t need a bike.”

I understood ________ pain and hardship(苦难) our parents go through sometimes, and how great their love for us is. Everyone should do a good job of remembering this from time to time.

A few days ago, a friend gave me a restaurant gift card, and I picked a sunny Sunday afternoon to use it. It felt good taking my family to a nice restaurant. The meal was delicious, and we all had a good time together. The gift card covered almost all of the check(账单). I reached into my wallet to get enough cash(现金) to cover the rest. I saw two bills(钞票) inside, a smaller one and a larger one. The smaller one would only cover the rest of the check. The larger would also cover a nice tip(小费) for the waitress. I decided to pick the smaller one.

At that time, my mind went back to 30 years ago. I was working as a cleaner in a restaurant much like this one. It was long hours of hard work for low pay. I always worried about how I could pay the rent(房租).

I blinked(眨眼睛) and was back in the present again, with my fingers touching the smaller bill in my wallet. I smiled, put it back and picked out the larger bill. I handed the gift card and the larger one to the waitress. “You keep the change(零钱),” I said with a smile and a happy heart.

We are all one family in this world. Do your best to be kind. Do your best to be a good person.

“Every day, we see the sunrise 16 times. Do you know why? Well we circle the Earth every 90 minutes!”     56     On June 20, 2013, Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping gave a science lesson in space. Sixty million schoolchildren and teachers across China listened to it.     57    

On October 16, 2021, she and two other Chinese astronauts set off for the Tiangong space station. Wang became the first-ever woman to work in Tiangong.     58    That made millions of people very excited.

Wang’s space dream began when Yang Liwei became China’s first man in space in 2003. “    59    ” she thought to herself. Wang was then a fighter(战斗机) pilot. Because of her excellent performance, in 2010, she was chosen to train as an astronaut.     60     And she became the first Chinese woman to ever complete a spacewalk on November 8, 2021.

This time, Wang and her team stayed in space for 183 days. We also heard the first-ever Chinese New Year’s greetings coming from space.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar(阴历) divides the year into 24 solar terms(节气). Lichun, the first of the 24 solar terms, lifts the curtain(窗帘) of spring. After that everything turns green and is filled with energy. People clearly see that the daytime is becoming longer and the weather is becoming warmer. Here are some things you might not know about Lichun.

As a solar term, Lichun entered people’s lives in the Spring and Autumn period. At that time, there were eight solar terms. According to some experts, the 24 solar terms were used for the first time in books during the Western Han Dynasty, when people set Lichun as the Spring Festival.

Wearing fabric swallows(织成的燕子) is a custom in some areas in Shaanxi. Every Lichun, people like to wear a swallow made of colorful silk on their chests(胸部). The swallow is a sign of spring and a symbol of success, wealth and happiness.

In China, it is said that the egg can be set upright on the first day of Lichun. It is believed that if someone can make the egg stand on the first day of Lichun, he will have good luck in the future.

In many parts of China, people follow the custom of “biting the spring” on the first day of Lichun. They eat spring pancakes, spring rolls(春卷) and so on.