Johnnie Martin was born in a workers’ family. His parents lived a __________ life, saving money for the day when they could send him to a good university. They had dreamed that their son could get a good __________ and live a better life. However, to Johnnie, school lessons seemed liked a wall that was impossible to go through.

One day, when he was in Grade 11, Johnnie __________ the school psychologist(心理学老师)’s office to ask for help.

“Johnnie, I’ve been studying your marks of all the tests at school. I’ve done some __________ research on them,” said the psychologist.

“I’ve been trying hard,” Johnnie was about to __________ .

The psychologist put his hand on the boy’s shoulder, “People have different kinds of __________ , Johnnie. There are painters who were __________ able to learn math, and engineers who can’t sing on key. Some day you will find __________ you are good at, and when you do it, you will make your parents and all of us __________ you.”

Johnnie didn’t go to university. He found a job working in the __________ around the town. Soon __________ amazing happened. His customers began to notice that Johnnie had what they called a “green thumb (大拇指)”. The plants he __________ grew, and the roses blossomed (开花). People started to accept his __________ for gardening, because he had an eye for color and light.

Today Johnnie is the __________ of the business in gardening. Wherever he and his men go, they __________ beauty before the eyes of people.

A long vacation is coming after the exam. What’s your plan? Studying? Relaxing? Or doing volunteer work? Here are two ads. Maybe they are useful for you.

“Let’s go wrestling, Dad!”《摔跤吧，爸爸!》 is one of the Top 10 movies recently. It tells a true story about an Indian man and his two daughters. His name’s Mahavir. In real life, he is called “the father of India women wrestling” because thousands of girls across India have been supported to take up wrestling with his efforts.

A very famous Indian actor, Aamir Khan, played the role of Mahavir in the movie. It was an unusual experience for him to play this role. Aamir Khan was very serious about his character and he tried to make this character close to the true story. In order to act well, he needed to put on weight to be very fat and then do sports to be very strong in a short time.

Aamir Khan started to eat a lot every day before making the movie. He ate at least 5 meals a day including much junk food. He became too fat to run quickly.

It is simple to be fat but difficult to be strong. Aamir Khan invited many coaches to train him to lose weight and took him a few months to be strong. He must eat less and drink more. Strength training is also important. This kind of physical training is very boring. He had to lift different weights and do it over and over again. Aamir Khan set a goal to himself day by day and the minute he made it, he fell down on the ground and could hardly stand up. In the end, he became the exact person the movie needs.

The role he played was very moving and he succeeded at last. As he says, the most important thing in life is not whether you can reach your goal but whether you have made the greatest efforts.

Peng Liyuan, First Lady of China, made a speech in English at the United Nations on September 26th. She talked about education and shared her Chinese dream with the world.

Peng began the speech with a story of her father. Her father grew up in a very small village in China. In those days, not many villagers could read, so her father opened a night school to teach them. With his help, many people learned to write their names and read newspapers for the first. And many women were able to teach their children how to read. Peng’s father’s love for education influenced her deeply. She was lucky enough to have a good education. Later she followed in her father’s footsteps and became a professor of music.

Education is important, but still, some children in China can’t go to school. Peng hopes that all children, especially girls, can have a good education, and that is her Chinese dream.

Recently, a very simple question became widely spread online: What China should be proud of?     61    

Lanlan, whose real name is Negar Kordi, is from Canada. She came to China five years ago and is a student at Ningbo University. Now she has 120,000 fans on the Internet and the number is still growing.

Lanlan loves China and Chinese.     62     And that’s why she is so well received among Chinese net friends. The following is China in her eyes.

“It is the easiest country in which to find a job. If you are not too lazy, it is really very simple to find a job in China. I believe there’re more job chances here than in any other country in the world.”

“    63     About 400 million Chinese are studying English. If they can speak good English in the future, China will have the greatest number of English speakers of any non-English speaking country.”

“The speed of Chinese trains is fast. From Ningbo to Beijing, the train runs 1,365 kilometers for seven hours and the ticket fare is only 595 yuan.”

“Its public security is great.     64     I have travelled in many countries, and I think China really is very safe.”

“There are much more things China should be proud of. Many Chinese people often criticize（批评）China. At first, I believed that they didn’t like China or that they loved western countries. But later, I realized that they just set a very high standard for China.     65     China must be much better than other countries.”

Three months has passed since the end of the 2018 Pyeongchang (平壤) Winter Olympic Games, where China won one gold, six silvers and two bronzes. One of the athletes (运动员) attracts the public’s attention.

Short track (轨道) speedskater Wu Dajing broke the men’s 500 meters world record twice and won China’s first and only gold in Pyeongchang. The world No 1 captured (夺得) the hearts of millions of fans after the competition, and since then he has focused all his energy on promoting (推广) winter sports.

“My schedule (日程) has been so busy lately,” said Wu. “But seeing the public learn more about winter sports is a great comfort. And the most important thing for me is the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.” After winning this year’s men’s 500m short track speed skating, Wu Dajing has won people’s cheers.

“I hope he can hold on and continue his great performance,” Yang, an officer in sports bureau (局) said. “I have to say that Wu’s winning will attract more children to fall in love with skating.” She also suggested the sports bureau to put more focus on speed skating and support the promotion of this sport with more investment (投资) and talents training courses. She also expressed her confidence in Chinese athletes getting better results in Beijing 2022.