【推荐1】We are in a world full of competition. Our parents compete with others in their offices, our brothers and sisters compete with others in their colleges.     1     Many of us give up in the face of competition and will never be successful.     2     One important reason is that we have no self-confidence.

In fact,     3     You can do what others do. Although your classmates may be better than you in some ways, you may be better than them in other subjects. So everyone has his or her own advantages (优势).     4     Try to discover your own advantages, and believe that you can do better than others in those ways.

Competition is not so terrible. Don’t be afraid of it. And don’t be afraid of those classmates who are better than you.     5     Believe in yourselves, and you will be successful one day.

Health is important for everyone. Parents, doctors, teachers and others want children to stay healthy.     1           2     Wash hands before eating and after playing outside. It’s best to wash hands with clean running water.

Eat different food, it’s better to eat more fruits and vegetables. Fruits like apples, pears and oranges; vegetables like cabbages, potatoes and carrots are healthy.     3     They are not healthy food.

Drink water.     4     Children can take water bottles (瓶子) with them when they go to school.

    5     Not getting enough (足够的) sleep is a big problem for children of any age. Children need good sleep.

All in all, it’s important to eat well, sleep well and have healthy habits.

【推荐1】Making mistakes is unavoidable, but you will not be forgiven if some mistakes happen. Careless mistakes can make you feel worse than big mistakes.     1     And that’s very common. However, there are some ways to get yourself back on track after you make mistakes.

    2     Usually, someone will do the following after making mistakes — considering what happened and why or shutting down the brain and noticing the inactive feedback, and then avoiding thinking about it completely. Smart people are good at finding out what caused these careless mistakes. Ask yourself why you have made a certain type of mistakes.     3     Allow more time to do that, start that earlier, and stay more focused on what you are doing, etc.

Next, stick to a regular sleeping and eating time. It’s amazing how fast lack of sleep can make people forgetful and cause them to feel stressed, which easily leads to careless mistakes.     4     last but not least, tell yourself you will do better next time. Don’t let a mistake wear you down. Everyone makes mistakes.     5     But don’t make excuses for your mistakes. It’s how you deal with mistakes that is important. Simply think about how you can solve the problem and move on.

A man has two children，a boy and a girl.The boy is goodlooking，but the girl is not.Today they find a mirror and for the first time they see what they look like.The boy is very happy and says to his sister，“How handsome I am！I look much nicer than you！” The girl doesn't like what her brother says and gives him a hard push．“Go away！” she says.Their father sees what is happening.He goes up to them and says to the boy，“You must always be good as well as look good.” Then to the girl，he says，“My dear，if you help everyone and do your best to please (使……高兴)everyone，everyone will love you.It will not matter that you are not as goodlooking as your brother.It is better(更好的)to be good than to be goodlooking.”

Once, two birds named Cici and Nick lived in a nest (巢).     1     They always found excuses for not doing any work.

On a cold winter day, a strong wind was blowing.     2     By chance (偶然), a hole was made in their nest. The cold wind blew in through the hole and got away the warmth from the nest. The birds started feeling cold. Nick thought, “I wonder why Cici is so lazy? Why is she not repairing the hole?”

On the other hand, Cici thought that Nick would fill the hole. They were depending on each other.     3     Soon snow started to fall and the wind nearly blew off the last warm air from the inside of their nest. The snowflakes (雪花) entered the nest through the hole. The lazy birds started shivering (颤) with cold.     4     In the morning, the birds were dead in their nest. They had shivered to death but because of laziness they had not got up to repair the hole. Life is the same. Some people never get success.     5     Do you think so?

Yours,

Sun Yan

【推荐1】Usama Kalim, a 27-year-old university student from Pakistan（巴基斯坦）, always wanted to live in a big city until he experienced country life in China. While in China, Kalim joined the Looking China Youth Film Project and made a short documentary about a young Chinese man named Lang Xiaoyong who gave up his job in the big city and chose to start a business near his hometown in the countryside. The project is to show Chinese culture to the world through the lens（镜头）of young foreign filmmakers.

Lang was born in Shiping village, Chongqing Southwest China. In 2015, he went back to his hometown to follow his dream.Kalim learned from Lang that tourism provided villagers with more job chances. “I am so moved by his story. He came from a poor family, but he didn't let that hold him back,” says Kalim. “Lang was always one of the top students in the class and got a well-paid job in the city. He could have continued his city life, but he chose to come back and do something for his hometown.” he adds.

Over the past ten years, a total of 610 young foreigners have visited China through the program, producing 609 short documentaries. Joseph Dwyer, an American director, has joined the program twice to record the development of transportation in China.

Six years ago, curious about how people moved around in big cities, Dwyer visited North China and made a documentary called Through Tianjin. Last year, he was invited to China again and made a short video on Jingzhang Railway that connects the cities of Beijing and Zhangjiakou.

“Right now the world is very tense（紧张）, and relationships between countries are not at their best, but I think through the exchange of ideas and culture through programs like Looking China, we can work together to get a better understanding between different cultures and create a more positive world.” says Dwyer.

【推荐2】Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don't have enough time with their family. They can’t take care of things at home. They don’t have time to relax.

Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1,646 hours a year on work. In Japan, however, people work about 2,159 hours a year. That means a Japanese employee works 513 more hours a year than a French employee. That is more than 12weeks, or three months, of extra work!

Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don't pay overtime. Their employees don't get extra pay for extra (额外的)work. These people work extra hours because they think it's their duty. Some people are afraid they will lose their jobs if they don't work extra hours.

Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation. In Germany, they get six weeks. In the United States, two weeks of vacations is the average. Many people don’t even use all of their vacation days. In a study in Great Britain, fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. "If that is true, there will be a lot of dull people in the world.