People Who Moved China—Deng Xiaolan

Deng Xiaolan volunteered to teach music in a village in Hebei province for 18 years. Because of her teaching, the kids from villages could get different     1    （能力）and sing the Olympic anthem at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on     2    （周一）, February 4th.

As she     3    （影响）by her parents, she learned the violin and singing when she was young. After entering Tsinghua University, she decided     4    （参加）the school band.

In 2003, Deng Xiaolan met a group of     5     （当地的）kids. She wanted to sing a song together with the kids, but     6     （没有一个）of them knew the well-known songs she named. “Music would make kids happier and     7     （活跃的）. ” Deng said. “So I thought if I had the chance, I must teach them to sing.”

Deng has travelled between Beijing and the village since 2004 to teach the kids music. She prepared many instruments for the kids,     8     （包括）a violin and some keyboards. She also rebuilt the school houses by     9     （筹集）money. In 2006, she set up the Malan Band.     10     （最终）, they got the chance to perform on the stage of Beijing Winter Olympics.

I can’t remember when I started collecting litter. But it was when I got tired of     1     (see) litter nearby and realized that no one else was going to pick it up.

I live near a forest     2     Ohio, America. I can walk there in three minutes. I used to love going there to play with my dog. But one day there was     3     much litter that I became very unhappy. I     4     (decide) I had to clean up the forest. I wanted to be happy going there again.

I made my     5     (one) trip to clean the forest that afternoon. I took a big black rubbish bag with me. Ten minutes     6     starting to pick up litter, my bag was full. It had cans, bottles, broken glass and     7     (newspaper) in it.

From then on, I went to the forest four     8     (time) a year to pick up litter. I’m often there for three hours. It makes me feel great to do something for the environment.

After each trip, I look at all the litter that I’ve found.     9     it is recyclable, I will keep it. I can’t understand why people drop litter. But I will keep picking it up until they stop     10    (drop) it. I know I am only doing a small bit to help the Earth, but I still think it is important.

【推荐3】Here is a story about a bookshop. The bookshop was very large and it included many different books. A poor student found a very helpful book in the shop, but it was too e    1     for him to buy. He couldn’t get it from the library, either. So he went to the shop to read a little a time everyday. The bookshop was open for 24 hours so he could go there a    2    . He usually took a notebook with him and c    3     down some useful information from the book. One day, h    4    , he couldn’t find the book from its usual place.” Maybe the bookstore s    5     it this morning to others, ”the student thought and was leaving when he saw an assistant smiling at him. To his surprise, the assistant pointed to the book in a corner.” I put the book there so that you can find it easily.

People have been celebrating Christmas for years. However, only a small number of people knew it at the     1     (begin) of the 19th century. Thanks to Charles Dickens and his great work – Christmas Carol, Christmas became one of the most popular     2     (festival) around the world.

At the age of 31, Charles was a well-known writer with 4 children. But life wasn't easy for him. His last novel didn't seem     3     (sell) well. What was worse, his friends kept borrowing money    4    him and his wife was going to give birth to their fifth baby... He wondered     5    he could afford it or not. On an October evening, he walked along the Thames (泰晤士河), lonely and     6     (happy), hoping to find inspirations for his next book. The moment he saw the terrible living conditions of homeless people, he came up with     7    idea. Why not write a story to encourage people in need before Christmas?

    8     (lucky), this book became a great success. Up to now it     9     (spread) to non-English speaking countries. People all like his books     10    the spirit of his stories is always truth, goodness and beauty in humans.

Last month, I had an exciting camping trip. The weather     1     fine, so we had a good start. We had one big canoe (独木舟) and one small canoe. I chose the small one with my friend, but we found     2     was wrong. In order to keep up with the big canoe, we had to paddle (划桨) hard. Our arms quickly became sore (酸痛的). To forget tiredness, we played “20 questions” while paddling. We had a good time there!

At night, we sat around the fire, singing songs     3     telling stories. Some people put their wet shoes and socks by the fire to dry. However, because     4     the wind, one pair of the socks almost caught on fire. One person got so scared     5     he fell out of his chair. It was very funny!

Time flies. It was time to go back. We didn’t want to leave and hoped that we would meet again.