Peter was the richest in town. He had earned himself a bad name because he was too proud of his money. One day, Peter became blind. Only by doing a cornea transplant surgery（角膜移植手术）could he see again, but there was no donor（捐献者）. Peter had to wait in the hospital sadly.

One afternoon, Peter wanted to sit in the sun, so he felt his way for the little square before the hospital. He raised his head to enjoy the sunshine. However, he saw nothing but the whole darkness.

Just as Peter felt hopeless, someone hit him hard all of a sudden. That angered Peter, so he shouted loudly, “Don’t you have eyes? Don’t you see who you hit! I’m Peter!”

The answer was from a little boy, “I’m sorry, sir. I didn’t notice, please forgive me!”

Peter changed his mind and ordered, “I can forgive you, but you must talk with me!”

The boy began. “How beautiful! The grass is green, the sky is blue, the flowers are coming out everywhere, and the little trees are also very lovely. The clouds are floating…”

As he was listening, Peter began to envy（嫉妒）that boy. Suddenly, he shouted, “Oh, my God, the little boy is so poor, nothing but a pair of eyes! Why do you give him light?”

“You are wrong!” came the voice of a lady, “My son is too poor to have eyes. What he just described is what I told him!” Peter sat on the square silently, tears coming up in his eyes.

Since then, the city charity（慈善机构）would receive a great deal of money every year from the richest person, Peter.

A man in black clothes jumps high into the air. Sometimes, he carries a red fan（扇子）. Sometimes, he spreads his arms like wings. When he lands, the crowd cheers loudly. His dance is eye-catching, and many people watch.

He is Chinese dancer Ma Jiaolong. Since 2020, he’s made short videos of himself dancing in London. He has performed at the city’s parks and landmarks like Tower Bridge. The 35-year-old has nearly 5 million followers on Douyin.

Classical Chinese dance mixes martial（武侠）arts movements with those of traditional Chinese opera. Ma was interested in the movements of classical Chinese dance and started to learn it at 12. Later, Ma studied at the Beijing Dance Academy. Since 2019, he has been teaching classical Chinese dance at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Two years ago, Ma had to give online classes due to COVID-19. In his small home, he could only make small moves. One day, he took his wife’s suggestion and danced at Greenwich Park, a popular place for tourists. She took videos of Ma. He then edited（剪辑）the video, added music and sent it to friends, who loved it and inspired him to share it online. From then on, Ma made more short videos. As his videos went popular, he received messages from people around the world.

“Now, making and sharing short videos has become a part of my life, and, most importantly, a great way to introduce traditional Chinese dance to more people, especially those in foreign countries,” said Ma.

In Britain, Boxing Day is usually celebrated on December 26th.     66     This means it’s not a working day in the whole of Britain. When Boxing Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday is the public holiday.

    67     One of the thoughts is that during the Middle Ages, when great sailing ships were setting off to discover new land, a Christmas Box was placed by a priest(神父) on each ship. Those sailors who wanted a safe return would drop money into the box.    68    

One more thought is about the “Alms Box” placed in every church on Christmas Day. Worshippers (做礼拜的人)put gifts for the poor into it. These boxes were always opened the day after Christmas.     69    

Today, many businesses, organizations and families try to keep the traditional spirit of Boxing Day alive by giving away money to Food Banks, providing gifts for the poor, or helping families in need.     70    

John     71     (study) at the town’s school now. He     72     (be) there since last year. He isn’t interested in     73     (study). He prefer     74     (make) friends and spend a lot of time outside. He also likes playing computer games with his friends. So of course, when the exam was taken last week, he didn’t get a good result and     75     (fail) again.

He thought, “If my father     76     (know) all about it, he     77     (become) angry and give me a good lesson.” So he     78     (send) a note to his brother and asked his brother to get his father ready for the bad news. The next morning, he received the following answer, “Father is ready. You’d better     79     (be) yourself.”

John knew what would happen. He was sad and didn’t know what     80     (do).

Nowadays transportation is getting more and more important in our daily life. In the past, people had to spend a long time in making a long journey. They also had to move heavy things by hard work. Today, it is very easy for us to go anywhere we choose. We can go by ship, by plane or by car. If we have a lot of heavy things, we can take them to any place where we would like to go in trucks.

But modern transportation has also brought some problems. Every day we can see a lot of traffic accidents on the road. Our air has become dirtier because of the air pollution. So much noise has made us feel so worried. So I hope to have some transportation with no traffic accidents, no air pollution and no noise in the future.