【推荐1】When other students are busy in the classroom with their homework, Eric Zhu, a 16-year-old boy from Indiana, US, is making money in his school bathroom.

Eric is the co-founder and CEO of Aviato, a platform (平台) to help with start-up funding (启动资金). He has managed to go to class and run a business at the same time while at school. He often needs to take a break from his class only to reach the toilet and start a meeting. Up to now, Eric’s company has already gotten $1 million.

To create Aviato, Eric spent a lot of time learning coding (编程). In an interview, Zhu said he took coding classes for two years. But it was only after he began teaching coding for free that he got to understand it better. Though difficult, he never thought of giving up. This helps him a lot in starting his business. Of course, he is a boy with a great business mind, but this is not his only talent. He is so good at managing his time and does well in playing different roles. As a result, he always keeps a good balance between his study and work.

Eric’s mother is a doctor and his father is a scientist. They hope that their child will become a doctor one day. However, Eric has already shown his talent for business and is ready to shine in this field in the future.

【推荐1】Last Saturday,I   took a trip to Yangshuo-an old town in the southeast of Guilin.

After getting to Yangshuo by bus, I first went to the famous place-Butterfly Spring (蝴蝶泉). Butterfly Spring is the best traveling place of Moon Hill Scenic Area. It is named after a butterfly-like stalactite (钟乳石) in the beautiful park. At the entrance (入口) of the park is a large butterfly model. It looks very beautiful. He Jingzhi, a famous writer in China, visited here and was so surprised to see such a large beautiful butterfly model that he wrote “the NO.1 Butterfly under the Heaven” to praise (赞美) it.

At lunchtime, I went to a small restaurant that had a friendly and quick service. I ordered two dishes which were really delicious. But they were a little expensive.

Then I went to the famous street-the West Street. The West Street is the oldest street in the center of Yangshuo County with a history of more than 1,400 years. There is a saying about the West Street-One half is the village while the other half is stores.

It was a wonderful day Just at that time, I finally understood the saying “Guilin’s mountains and waters rank (排名) first in China and Yangshuo’s are the best in Guilin”.

【推荐2】John and Bobby joined the same company together the same year. Both of them worked very hard. Several years later, however, the boss made Bobby manager but John was still a worker. John could not stand it, so he handed a letter to the boss. He said he decided to give up his job because his boss didn’t value his hard work at all.

The boss knew that John had worked very hard for the years. He thought a moment and said, “Thank you for what you said, but I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave.” John agreed. The boss asked him to go and find anyone selling watermelons in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found a man selling watermelons. The boss asked how much they cost every kilogram. John shook his head and went back to the seller to ask and returned to tell the boss $1.2 every kilogram.

The boss told John to wait a second, then he called Bobby to come to his office. He asked Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelons in the market. Bobby went and returned, saying, “Boss, only one person is selling watermelons. $1.2 every kilogram, and $10 for 10 kilograms. The seller has 340 melons. Every watermelon weighs about 2 kilograms. They were brought from the South two days ago, pretty fresh and sweet.”

Hearing what Bobby said, John realized the difference between himself and Bobby.

He decided to stay and learn from Bobby.

【推荐3】A little boy went into a store and asked to use the phone. The storeowner handed him a phone and let him dial a number. He pretended not to listen, but actually paid close attention to the boy’s conversation.

The boy said, “Hello ma’am. Would you like me to cut your lawn (草坪)?”

The woman on the other end of the line replied, “I already have someone to cut my lawn.”

The boy continued, “Ma’am, I will cut your lawn for half the money that you’re paying this other person.”

“I’ m very satisfied with the person who cuts my lawn now.” the woman said.

The boy added, “Ma’am, I’ll even clean your house for free.”

“No, thank you,” the woman replied firmly (坚定地).

Geeing that the boy was thirsty for a job, the storeowner said, “Son, I like your attitude. I’d like to offer you a job.”

Surprisingly, the boy refused and said, “No, thanks.”

“But you were begging for one just minutes ago!” the storeowner said.

“Not exactly. I was just checking my own performance. You see, I’m the one who cuts that woman’s lawn,” the boy said.