A beautiful red-haired girl is shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. It was _________ outside. We all stood there under the _________, just outside the door.

Her voice was _________ sweet that it broke the silence around. “Mom, let’s run through the rain.” she said.

“What?” Mom asked. “Let’s run through the rain!” She said _________.

“No, Honey. We’ll wait _________ it slows down a bit.” Mom answered.

This young child waited about another minute and said, “Mom, let’s run through the rain.” “We’ll get _________ if we do.” Mom said.

“No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning.” the young girl said as she _________ her Mom’s arm.

“This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”

“Don’t you remember? _________ you were talking to Daddy about his serious illness, you said, ‘If God can get us through this, he can get us through _________!’”

People near them became __________. They could hear nothing but the rain. No one came or left in the next few __________. Mom thought for a moment about what she would say. “Honey, you are right. Let’s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we’ll __________ need to get a wash.” Mom said.

Then they ran off. People all stood watching and smiling as they rushed past the cars and through the puddles (水坑). They held their shopping bags __________ their heads. They got wet through. But a few people __________ them like children all the way to their cars.

You may lose your money and health one day, but no one can ever __________ your memories. So don’t forget to make time to make memories every day.

Last year, some groups of students in their community（社区）made a survey about “How do people spend their free time?” The following diagrams show some results of it.

Diagram (1): Hours for people of different ages who surf the Internet in a week.

Diagram (2): Different days people go to the library. (library attendance)

Diagram (3): Different programs people like.

Once upon a time, a hippo （河马）lived in a river next to a big tree.

One day, a bird came and nested（筑巢） in the tree. The songs of the bird filled the hippo with so much envy that he couldn’t think of anything else. Every day, he would think why he wasn’t born to be a bird even though the bird told him many times he was lucky to be such a good swimmer.

Finally, the hippo made up his mind that he would come out of the river, climb the tree and start singing. However, when he tried to climb the tree, it was very clear that the hippo didn’t have wings, nor claws to climb with.

Realizing that he would never climb up the tree, he angrily hit the tree until it came crashing to the ground. Then he stepped onto the leaves of the fallen tree, and began singing.

Unluckily, hippos can’t sing, either. All that came from his mouth were terrible noises, and when the other animals heard this, they all came around to make fun of the hippo.

He was so ashamed by this. He also felt bad about having knocked the tree over. He used all his strength to raise the tree back up again, and look after it until it completely recovered（康复）.

Uncle Tom sang a song about angels and Heaven with Eva in the garden.

“Uncle Tom, sometimes I see those spirits,” said Eva. “They come to me in my sleep. I’m going there.” Eva pointed her finger to the sky and said, “To the bright spirits.”

Uncle Tom’s heart almost stopped. He looked at Eva. She didn’t look well: she was often tired, her breath was short, she had a cough, and she was getting very thin.

Miss Ophelia noticed this too, and she tried to tell Eva’s father, St Clare.

“Stop that!” St Clare said. “Don’t you see that the child is only growing up? It’s what happens to children of her age.”

“But she has that cough!”

“That’s nothing. Maybe she has a little cold,” St Clare said.

Eva’s health got even worse. She became very weak and she could hardly leave the house, so St Clare sent her to the hospital.

In a week or two, it seemed that Eva’s health improved greatly. St Clare was happy and he was sure Eva would get better. But Miss Ophelia was not so sure, and neither was Eva herself. One afternoon, when St Clare called Eva to give her a present, “Papa, I am going to leave you soon.” said Eva, and she started crying.

“Oh, my dear!” said St Clare, “you’re just tired and a little weak because of the illness. You will be perfectly fine soon.”

“No, Papa,” said Eva, “I won’t get better. I am not sad. I’m sorry for you, Papa, and my friends, but I want to go!”

“Why do you want to go? Are you unhappy, Eva?”

“Oh, I feel sad for our slaves（奴隶）: they are all good and kind to me. I wish, Papa, they were all free.”

“Don’t you think we treat them well?” said St Clare.

“But what will happen to them if anything happens to you? There are very few men like you, Papa. Some people buy the husbands but not the wives, some people buy the mothers and sell the children. What terrible things people do! Papa, isn’t there any way to make all slaves free?”

“Slavery is a very bad thing, but I don’t know what to do about it.” said St Clare. “Promise me that Uncle Tom will be free as soon as I’m asleep.” said Eva.   

…….

—Taken from Uncle Tom’s Cabin

In the past summer holiday, a group of students in Wuhan were asked to record their parents’ and their own moods. Organizers started this challenge to help the students and their parents not lose temper （发火）.

News about the challenge soon spread online, and many people began to have a try. At the same time, however, the news led to a lot of discussions, not only on anger itself, but on how we should control our moods. Let’s take a look at what people say.

Some people think feeling angry is a common thing. It’s just like feeling hungry, lonely or tired. What we should do is not to avoid it, but to find out what makes us angry and what to do with it. But anger specialist Isabel Clarke said on the Internet, “You can control your anger, and you should force yourself to do so.”

So how should we teenagers solve our anger? Here is some advice.

Being a teenager is hard, especially with all the schoolwork and responsibilities（责任）. As a result, it is easier for us to get angry.

If we can take a few small steps, learning to put out that fire inside us can become a lot easier.

According to the BBC’s advice website, putting our anger into something creative is an easy way to deal with it. So, the next time you feel anger building up, you shouldn’t lock it away. Rather than lose your temper, try to express your bad moods in an active way. Paint something, write a poem, sing a song or just go for a walk.

After all, having moods is what makes us humans. And without them, even anger, the world wouldn’t be as beautiful as it is now. But we shouldn’t let them hurt ourselves or others.

How to control our moods

Riding a Mobike on the street, you might hear some people speaking Chinese aloud. Turning to the right, you might see a Sichuan-style restaurant. After walking into a store, you might see that Huawei smartphones are on sale. But you’re not in China—you’re in Manchester in Britain. In fact, you might see similar things in many other cities. Chinese products（产品）have been going all over the world.

Chinese food became popular in Western countries hundreds of years ago. To meet local people’s tastes, Chinese restaurants make some changes to the dishes. “One example is the meat.” said Yin Hang, a Chinese student who is studying in Australia. “We like to eat meat with the bone in, but people here don’t. So the local Chinese restaurants provide big pieces of meat without bones, even for fish. “

Some Chinese brands（品牌）are also becoming more popular. It is reported that in many cities in Europe, many stores sell TCL televisions, Haier fridges and Lenovo computers. More than half of US-owned drones（无人机）are Chinese models, according to China Daily. They’re not only made in China, but also designed and developed in the country.

In the past, most Western people thought Chinese products were cheap and not so good. But now, things have changed greatly. More people trust Chinese brands. “Made in China” becomes cool. “They are beautiful and offer something special that American phones don’t have,” an article on CNN once said about Chinese smartphones.

As it is said, Chinese government has been trying its best to improve its national brands of all kinds to meet the needs of modern life.

A Film for Mothers

“The reason why I chose to be a director was not for making films but for Li Huanying,” Jia Ling said.

Li Huanying, Jia’s mother, passed a    91     when Jia was 19 years old. To express her sadness and regret, Jia d    92     to make a film called Hi, Mom.

Based on her personal experiences, the film describes Jia travelling back to the year 1981, when she meets her mother at a young age and becomes c    93     friends with her mom.

The 39-year-old d    94    , Jia Ling, never imagined that her film would make history. It has taken in 5 billion yuan, according to professional box office（票房）tracker Dengta. “Hi, Mom is a big s    95     in the film industry, as the work is special. Jia Ling not o    96     puts her love and memories of her decreased mother into the film but also lets the viewers feel her sincerity （真诚）, “said Shi Chuan, Chairman of the Shanghai Film Association.

Hi, Mom has received many positive（积极的）reviews as well. Many people couldn’t stop crying b    97     the film describes true love between a daughter and a mother. In fact, the film is f    98     of sincerity and touching moments. A large n    99     of Internet users showed their love on Weibo with a hashtag（标签）”photo of my mother when she was young”.

Jia Ling spent a lot of time and effort m    100     the film Hi, Mom. Now she is already considered as China’s most commercially successful female director, “The Hollywood Reporter noted.

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How to get used to the new policy?

It is really good news that the Double Reduction Policy has been carried out. However, we have to face new challenges. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________