We all like watching cartoons about Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. They are very interesting. Do you know who ________ the cartoons first? It was Walt Disney. Here I’ll tell you something about him.

Walt loved to draw pictures when he was young. But his father often ________ him from drawing because his father had much work to do and Walt had to ________ him with it. When he ________, he began to make cartoon films. But he didn’t have much ________ and always lived a poor life.

Walt was a very clever and kind boy. Once, he caught a mouse and kept it as his   ________. A few years later, Walt ________ make a cartoon about his pet. Walt Disney named the mouse Mickey Mouse. This lovely animal ________ people around the world. Mickey made Walt Disney ________ soon. Then Walt made Donald Duck and others for television.

In 1956, he opened a wonderful land in California. There were real boats, castles, trains, rivers and all kinds of birds in one beautiful park. Many people went there. Disney died in 1966, ________ the world will never forget him.

Rob Frenette has been bullied (欺辱) at school for eleven years. When he was fifteen, however, he decided to do something about his problems. He walked into a newspaper office and told them about the bullying. His story went into the newspaper and soon all the TV stations in Canada wanted to talk to him about his experiences. They also wanted to hear his ideas of stopping bullying.

After that, Rob continued his studies at school, but in his free time he helped other people with bullying problems. With a friend Katie, he made a website called www.bullyingcanada.ca. Visitors to the website can find advice and stories about bullying, in both English and French. When people are upset, they can talk on the phone or online to Rob and his team. Rob also speaks to children, teachers and members of the government around the country about bullying.

Rob’s most important message is: “When bullying happens, it isn’t your fault. And you should believe in yourself. And remember that people care about your problems. You just have to find those people.”

One of Rob’s ideas is “Blue Day”, a special day for stopping bullying in schools. Students have to wear blue clothes and in class they learn how to stop bullying. More than 150 Canadian schools now celebrate Blue Day, but Rob won’t stop until there’s a Blue Day in every school in Canada.

Last year, I went to Italy as an exchange student. Before leaving, I asked my mother what gifts I should take to the teachers and the students there. Mom said that the Chinese fan was a good choice, for China is praised as “the Fan Kingdom”. I couldn’t agree more, because it is more than a tool for cooling. It’s also an important part of Chinese culture.

I went shopping and bought three kinds of Chinese fans. The first kind was the feather(羽毛) fan for the teachers, which was made of bird feathers. It was the symbol of Zhuge Liang, a very smart man in ancient China. The fans I bought for the girls were silk fans. They were also called “round silk fans”. Fans of this kind were made of silk with paintings of beautiful women, birds or flowers. They were very popular with women of all ages. As for the boys, I picked the folding fans from Rongchang, a place in the west of Chongqing. The folding fans were made of paper and bamboo and there were great paintings and calligraphy(书法)on them.

At the welcome party in Italy, my new teachers and classmates were all excited to get the wonderful fans. And they were even more excited after learning about the stories and culture behind them.

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We are always using body language in our daily lives. When we have a conversation with someone, we may use more body language than words. However, the same body language may mean different things in different countries. That’s why people sometimes cannot understand each other.

Though the meaning of body language is different, there are some expressions having the same meaning throughout the world, such as smiling and crying.