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When Mrs. March came home and heard the story, she said to Amy, “How could you do that? Those were stories Jo hoped to get printed in the newspaper.” Amy began to realize what a terrible thing she had done and started to cry. Later, she asked Jo to forgive (原谅) her. But Jo answered, “I’ll never forgive you!”

The next day, Jo went out to skate with Laurie. Meg told Amy to follow Jo and do something nice while she was glad. So Amy went to the river and started skating, too. Jo turned away when she saw her.

“The ice in the middle isn’t safe!” Called Laurie. “Stay away from the center.”

Jo heard the warning, but Amy didn’t. She skated to the middle of the river. Suddenly, the ice cracked. Amy fell through the ice with a loud cry. Jo and Laurie pulled Amy out and quickly took the scared girl home.

Mother covered Amy with quilts. She soon fell asleep. Then Jo asked her mother, “Are you sure she’ll be okay?” “Yes, it’s a good thing you got her home so quickly.”

“Thanks to Laurie. Oh, it’s my fault! I became angry so easily. Why can’t I be more like you?” “I get angry every day,” said Mrs. March. “But I’ve learned to hide it. I don’t allow all of those angry words to leave my mouth. You’ll learn to do the same one day.”

Jo began to cry. This made Amy open her eyes and smile. Her smile hit Jo straight in the heart. They hugged each another. _______.

Do you know sugar painting? It is a kind of snack and also one of the traditional Chinese art forms. Sugar painting started from the Ming dynasty and became _______ in the Qing dynasty. At that time, many people made a living through sugar painting, setting up stalls (货摊) in _______ streets or public places. Now people can still see it in many areas of China.

The sugar painters usually sit before a wooden table. On the side, there is a wooden plate with a revolvable arrow (可旋转箭头) on it. The plate is painted with different _______ such as a horse, a bird, a flower and so on. After paying, the customers (顾客) turn the arrow and wait till it _______. The picture pointed by the arrow is the one that the painters will make.

Sugar painting is _______ from usual painting. The sugar painters use syrup (糖浆) as the “_______”, a spoon as the “paintbrush”, and a smooth slab (板) as the “paper”. To make the syrup, the painters have to make sugar hot before _______. Since the syrup may become solid (固体的) if it cools, the painters have to work very _______. They move the spoon full of the syrup up and down, left and right. Soon a sugar painting of an animal, a flower or a bike is _______.   

The number of sugar painters is getting ________. However, some of them still keep doing this art. They try their best to hold different activities such as offering classes and giving speeches.

After a whole day’s work in my office, I walked home. On the busy street, I saw a young man selling some small toys sround the corner. Usually, I would hurry past such sellers and never buy anything, But when I noticed he was blind, I decided to stand there for some time. I wanted to see how he sold his toys.

Soon, a little girl came with her mother and wanted a toy. The toy was 18 yuan. The mother took out a 20-yuan note. She told the young man how much she was giving him and wanted the change（零钱） back. I was wondering what he was·going to do next. He told the mother to put the money in his bag and get the change herself. Then she did so.

What the young man did shocked me. He chose to trust people even if he couldn’t see. I was so touched that I made a decision to buy a toy although I didn’t need it at all. He said it cost 18 yuan and I told him that I had only one 20-yuan note. Again he told me to do the same thing as the mother. I put my 20 yuan in his bag, but I didn’t take any change.

As I walked down the street, I saw a little boy with his father and I gave him the toy I bought. I was happy to see the smile on his face.

The young man was a good example to us all. On my way home, I kept thinking the world would be a better place if we all could learn to trust other people more, just like the young blind street seller.

THE 16-YEAR-OLD confidently walked to the edge of the diving platform (跳台) and turned around. Seconds later, she jumped from the water after a flawless (没有瑕疵的) 407C—the dive she is good at. Because of her excellent performance, all seven judges awarded her a perfect score of 10 points. China’s Olympic champion Quan Hongchan won the women’s 10m platform gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games.

Nine years ago, the young girl was playing hopscotch (跳房子) with her classmates on the playground when a coach, Chen Huaming, noticed her. He found her talent on jump and thought that she could jump higher and further. His judgment turned out to be correct. Before the Hangzhou Asian Games, Quan was already an Olympic champion.

In some ways, Quan is like any normal teenager. She loves snacks, amusement parks and grabbing dolls from claw machines (抓娃娃机) like most girls her age. Her favorite doll is a blue one-the color of a swimming pool—her elder brother gave her as a gift. She keeps it on her bed, a quiet friend that is always there to relieve her stress.

Unlike her peers (同龄人), the young diver needs to train extremely hard and has to improve her family’s living conditions. Her family live in Maihe Village of Zhanjiang, and her parents have five children to feed with the little money from an orchard (果园). To make matters worse, her mother was disabled in a traffic accident in 2017.

As a result, Quan has grown up to be brave and hardworking. She couldn’t even swim before she went to the sports school, but she was the first among all the new students to step onto the 3m springboard and the 10m platform. When asked if she was scared at the time, she answered, “I didn’t think about it that much. I just closed my eyes and jumped.” Soon, she fell in love with diving. Quan shot to fame after winning the gold medal in the women’s 10m platform at the Tokyo Olympic Games.