Confucius once said: “Studying and guiding my students will never tire me.” He would be more than glad to know that 2,500 years later his ideas     1    (spread) worldwide and even been translated into other languages.

Ben Giaimo,     2     is an international student from Chicago, is now pursuing a master’s degree at Shaanxi Normal University. Majoring in ancient Chinese philosophy and literature, he     3    (attract) by ancient Chinese culture, especially Lunyu, a book by Confucius,     4     ancient Chinese educator and philosopher.

While     5    (read) the book Lunyu, Ben found that Confucius is like one of his old friends, Santa Claus.

“Confucius brings wisdom, and he brings wisdom to everyone who is a     6    (true) good person. And Santa brings presents to everyone who is nice and respectful,” Ben explained.

“So I took this whole book     7     translated all of it into English, into words that people can understand,” he said. From time to time, Ben would turn to his Chinese roommate to discuss whether he had made a proper     8    (translate).

“America and China are two big     9    (power) in the world now. They need to work together and better understand each other     10    (benefit) from each other,” said Ben. “It’ll be a really big impact on the whole world.”