Brandon Collins-Green is a man from Canada. He is interested ________ Chinese poems. He spends nearly ten hours a day translating Chinese poems into English. He ________ more than 1, 000 Chinese poems since six years ago.

After translating a Chinese poem into ________ English one. Collins-Green often writes it down on a piece of paper with a brush pen. He also draws a picture beside the Chinese poem to help show ________. He connects Chinese and foreign cultures with his paintings, and writes the poems in English, so his readers can have a better understanding about Chinese ________, even Chinese history and culture.

Brandon Collins-Green is studying for ________ doctor’s degree (博士学位) in China now. He wants ________ another foreign language if his Chinese is good enough, but that day hasn’t arrived yet. He knows there ________ always new knowledge to learn in Chinese.

Collins-Green has a small workshop (工作坊) near his university. The place is small, but he likes it very much ________ he can pay attention to his translation work in his workshop.

His pictures with poems are becoming more and more popular in foreign countries. Collins-Green hopes that his works can help ________ western people know China than before, and come to see how fast it is changing and enjoy the beauty of its culture by themselves.

An old woman lost her sight (视力) and asked a doctor for help. She said, “If you heal (治愈) me, I will give you a lot of ________.” And she said this in front of many people.

The doctor agreed, and he came every day to put medicine in her eyes. ________ each time he came, he stole something from her house. Finally, he stole all of her ________ things. Then he gave her new medicine and healed her. When he finished, he asked the old woman to give him the money.

The woman saw that her things were gone, so she said no to the doctor. The doctor was ________ and brought a judge (法官) to the woman’s house. He thought, “I will certainly ________ such a simple case (案件) .”

The judge asked the woman, “Did you ________ to give him money?’ The doctor said, “She did. Many people heard.” The woman said ________. “It is true.” But then she said, “Before I lost my sight, I saw many expensive things in my house. Many people also saw them. But now I don’t see them, so the doctor doesn’t really heal my ________.”

The doctor was amazed. He opened his mouth but couldn’t say ________. Then the judge decided that the woman was right so she didn’t need to ________ the money.

School is a good place for us to study. Yet sometimes, it’s easy for us to have accidents there. Experts (专家) suggest that right safety training could avoid 80% of these accidents. Here are parts of safety rules in some countries.

We have always been interested in the moon. 2, 000 years ago, people already knew it moves around the earth and where it would be in the sky at different times of the year. At that time, everything about the moon was learned by watching it carefully in the sky.

When scientists could use telescopes to study the moon more closely, their ideas began to change. They could see the moon was made of rocks. Most scientists thought moon rocks would be different from those on the earth. This was because they believed the moon had once been a planet that had been caught in the earth’s gravity (重力) millions of years earlier.

In 1969, moon rocks were finally brought to the earth and studied. Much to their surprise, scientists found that, except for water, the moon and the earth were made of the same things. Once again new ideas were needed for this new information.

After years of study, most scientists now think that the moon was once part of the earth. They believe very early in its history, maybe 4 billion years ago, something about the size of Mars hit the earth. This sent billions of rocks into space around our planet. These rocks slowly joined together and after many years became the moon.

In the future, though our ideas about the moon may change again, we will still be interested in it.

If you feel sad or upset, remember not to watch a happy movie. A sad movie may be more suitable for you. Some scientists at Ohio State University have found that sad movies can make people happier.

Scientists asked 361 college students to watch a sad movie called Aronement. The movie tells a story of two lovers who were separated (分开). They died during World War II at the end of the movie. The 361 college students answered questions from the scientists before, after and three times during the movie to find out their different feelings, including sadness.

According to the result, scientists found out that people felt better after watching the sad movie. Scientists believed this was because the movie made them think about their own lives and relationships. Compared to those of the unlucky lovers in the movie, their lives were full of hope.

“I want to live my life to the fullest, and this movie has made me think a lot,” one student wrote.

Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, the leader of the study, explained that bad moods would make people more thoughtful. “Good moods are generally a sign that everything is fine. You don’t have to worry, and you don’t have to think about problems in your life,” she said. “But bad emotions, like sadness, make you feel terrible about your situation. Therefore, seeing a sad movie will cause you to think more about your own close relationships and value them more.”

Lots of people find it hard to get up in the morning. Actually, the key to easy morning wake-up lies in setting your body clock. A better plan for sleep can help.     31    

Find the right motivation (动机). Do you want to get up in time to have breakfast with your family, get in some exercise, or just be better prepared for your day? If you are clear about your reason,     32    

Rethink mornings. Now that you know why you want to wake up,     33    . If you want time to have breakfast with your family, save some time the night before by setting out clothes, shoes, and bags.

    34    . If you’re tired out by Friday night, sleeping in on Saturday could sound wonderful. But in this way, you may break your body clock. And you may feel sleepy in the following days. So stick to (坚持) your bedtime and wake-up time.

Keep a record and evaluate (评估) it weekly. Record your efforts and write down how you feel. After you’ve tried a new method for a week, take a look at your record. If the steps you take are working, keep it up. If not,     35    .