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2 . I wanted to learn skills I had never picked up before, so I took up skating. Over the past two weeks, I had done better and better in skating. And I would like to share the sport with my kid. But my daughter became interested in skating herself before I had the chance to ask her to enjoy the sport with me.

This isn’t my first day as a parent, and I know she always cares about what her friends think. She talked about her desired skates (滑冰鞋) a few times before. But every time she tried on a pair of her friend’s skates, her friends would laugh, so she gave up.

My daughter’s school would hold a skating competition. It was a perfect motivation for us. So I bought her a pair and we went to the park to practice. At first she was afraid, holding my hand as she went on. Every 15 minutes or so, she’d rest, and I’d let go of her hand to skate around, practicing my own moves. “You are really good, Mum,” she said.

After more practice, we were in the skating field with all her friends. She was not afraid any more and excited to skate, while I was free to move around at high speed among the other slow-moving kids and parents.

Skating with my kid took my mind off my work. In this way, I not only made better use of my time but also had a wonderful family time with my daughter. I’ll keep up with it.

3 . Everyone wants to reach success in their life, don’t they? Even as a teenager, you can be successful in your life; it really isn’t that hard. Here are some steps that help you.

*    1     Try your best for excellence at school: listen to the teachers and follow their advice to get good grades. Doing so will help you get into a better university.     2    

* Volunteering can improve your experience.     3     Find volunteer chances that interest you. For example, if you love animals, volunteer at an animal centre. If you love helping the environment, plant trees or pick up litter.     4    

* Love your parents and learn how to get on well with your parents. They’re there to help you be the best that you can be.     5     Share your happiness and value your parents’ opinions. Keep in mind that they do the things because they care about you.

5 . Jim and Jack came from a small town. They were ceramic (陶瓷) artists and good at making pots (罐子).

They heard city people liked pots, so they decided to sell their pots to a big city. Through more than ten years of hard work, they made the best pots in the town. They hired a ship to take all the pots to the city.

Unluckily, the ship met a strong storm on the way. After the storm, the ship landed. All the pots were broken into pieces. The two men’s dream of becoming rich was broken along with the pots.

Jim suggested that they should stay in a hotel for the night and walk around the city to enjoy the sights the next day. Jack looked at Jim in pain and asked, “You still want to go around the city? Don’t you show any care to these pots? We worked so hard to make them!” “We are unlucky enough to lose the pots. We will be more unlucky if we lose happiness,” Jim said calmly.

Jack thought for a while and nodded. The next day, he followed Jim around the city and had a good time for a few days. During their stay in the city, they found by accident that people there decorated their walls with things that looked like what they used to make pots. So Jim and Jack used the broken pots to make mosaic tiles (马赛克瓷砖) and sold them to the city people. In this way, they made much money and returned home happily.

7 . Do you like animals? And do you know that many animals are becoming fewer and fewer in number now. These animals might disappear from the earth very soon. Take a look at the following animals. They’re all in danger of extinction.

9 . Lao She finished writing Teahouse in 1957. The play shows the lives of common people in China between 1898 and 1945. It takes place in a teahouse in old Beijing and it tells us the story of Wang Lifa and his customers.

The story starts in 1898 during the Qing Dynasty. It continues in 1916 and finally it brings the audience to the end of the Anti Japanese War (抗日战争) in 1945. After the war, Wang loses the teahouse and dies.

Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His parents sent him to the Normal School in Beijing and he learned to teach. From 1924 to 1929 he taught Chinese to the English in London. He wrote many plays, novels and short stories. He was named “the People’s Artist” and “the Great Master of Language”. He was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20th century.

In Lao She Teahouse today, waiters bring tea to the customers and sell them delicious Chinese food. If you like the Beijing Opera, folk (民间的) music, acrobatics (杂技) or magic shows, you can enjoy them in the teahouse. Lao She Teahouse gives a wonderful welcome to everyone from China and from all over the world.

10 . Wang Fa is from Yunnan Province. In late August, 2022, the 14-year-old boy won the men’s singles under 14 years old at a tennis junior tour in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.

According to him, tennis has changed his life. Wang was among the first group of kids learning to play tennis in Cangyuan. When he was eight, his coach Zhang Xiaohong chose him.

At that time, he didn’t know what tennis was. His parents didn’t want him to learn tennis at first because they couldn’t pay for it. Zhang offered to teach him for free because he thought it would be a waste (浪费) not to train such a talent.

The first time Wang and his friends left the mountains, they were thrilled. However, several days later, some of them wanted to return home. To comfort (安慰) them, Zhang offered them delicious food and toys.

Every day, the children got up at 6:30 am, practiced all day and took classes at night. The team traveled to cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu for competitions. Wang’s first competition was in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.

“I was nervous, because the outside world was so different from my home,” he said. “But tennis helped me make more friends and get a better education.”

On camera, Wang looked confident. He said he wanted to be a professional (专业的) tennis player.