Several years ago, when I was working in a school, a thin boy showed up in my office. It was David. His head teacher had referred him to me. “This boy has lost his family,“ he wrote. “He is very sad and r    1     to talk to others, and I'm very w    2     about him. Can you help?”

Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen openly and patiently.

The first two times we met, David didn't say a word. He sat there, only looking up to look at the children's drawings on the wall behind me. I suggested we play a game of chess. He n    3    . After that, he played chess with me every Wednesday afternoon—in complete s    4    , without a word.

Usually, he arrived earlier than agreed, took the chess b    5    and pieces from the shelf and began setting them up before I even got a chance to sit down. It seemed as if he e    6     my company. But why did he never look at me?

"Perhaps he simply needs someone to s    7     his pain with, "I thought. Perhaps he sensed that I respect his suffering." Some months later, when we were playing chess, he looked up at me suddenly.

"It's your t    8    ,” he said.

After that day, David started talking. He got friends in school and joined a bicycle club. Now he has really started to live his own life.

Maybe I gave David something. But I also learned that one, w    9     any words, can reach out to another person. All it takes is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, and an ear for the w    10     heart.

5 . For thousands of years, poetry (诗) has been the favorite type of literature (文学) in China. There were many famous poets from different periods of time in Chinese     1    , and most of their poems     2     still read and appreciated today.

To remind people     3     those classic Chinese poems, CCTV has produced a TV     4     called Chinese Poetry Competition. The final of the show’s second season was shown in February. A girl     5     Wu Yishu who studies at the High School Affiliated to Fudan University, came out to be the winner of the     6    . She recited lines from the Classic of Poetry (《诗经》): “In July, the crickets (蟋蟀) are in the field; In    7    , they are in the yard; In September, they are at the door; In October, the crickets enter and crawl under our beds.” “I really admire     8     knowledge of poems. The first time I saw her       9     traditional Han clothing on TV, I was very impressed by her classical looks. She always keeps so calm through the show, which is very     10     for her age.” said Huang Zijin after watching the final show.

Mr. Huang also said we would find Chinese cultured and taste the beauty of life by enjoying poems.