Stephen Chow was born in Hong Kong in 1962 and grew up in Shanghai, along with three sisters. He is best known for his comic（滑稽的）film roles.

    He showed an early interest in martial arts（武术）star Bruce Lee. It is the special hobby that made him to be more and more successful all around China. After studying from high school in 1982, with the help of his friend, Chow could take night courses in an acting school in Hong Kong. The school was run（经营）by TVB, a local television station. He graduated in 1983 and was hired（被雇用）as a host of a children's television program called 430 Space Shuttle. He was not very much fond of children.

    Later, he had a chance to play in the film Final Justice. In 1988, Stephen Chow won Best Supporting Actor for it at the 25th Annual（年度的）Taiwanese Film Awards.

    This led to a series of mostly comic film and television roles. In 1992, he won Best Actor of Asia Pacific Film Festival for the film Justice My Foot. He is famous for his comic and humorous actions and words in film and they always make people laugh.

    A Chinese Odyssey, Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu are the best among his films.

    Do you know the man  （call）Nick Vuijicic, a 30-year-old Australian?

    Nick was born  limbs（四肢）, so life was not easy for him. At school many students played jokes on him  .he looked different from everyone else. He was refused to be their friends, so he always felt  （lone）. However, he faced that  （brave）. He learnt to type and write with two toes at the age of six, and he could even surf and play golf. In college, he was one of the best  （student）in the studies. And he decided on what to do later in his life-to encourage others  （work）hard for their dreams.

    Now, Nick is one of the  （popular）speakers in the world. He always says, "Living life happily is about looking at what you have, not what you don't have." His story  （encourage）millions of people. "I tell people to keep on  （get）up when they fall and to always love themselves, "he said.

    The class teachers thought that hobbies were important to children. So she encouraged all her students to have one, and sometimes she arranged hobby shows for their parents to see.

    One morning, the teacher told the class to have a holiday and get their hobby things to school before 5 pm. A hobby show would be held the following afternoon.

    So in the afternoon, the students with nothing to show did their lessons at school as usual, while the lucky ones had a holiday to go home for their hobby works.

    When the afternoon lessons began, the teacher was surprised to see that Tommy was not there. "I don't believe Tommy has a hobby, "she thought. However, at a quarter to five, Tommy arrived with a beautiful collection of butterflies（蝴蝶）in glass cases. The teacher liked the samples（标本）very much and put them on a desk in the classroom. But, to her surprise, Tommy picked them up again and began to leave.

    "What are you doing, Tommy?" she asked. "Those things must stay here until tomorrow afternoon. That's when the parents are coming to see them. "

    "I know that, "answered Tommy, "and I will bring them back tomorrow, but my big brother doesn't want them to be out of our house at night. ""

    But, aren't the butterflies yours?" asked the teacher.

    "No, "answered Tommy." They are my brother's."

    "But Tommy, you should show your own hobby here, not somebody else's!"

    "I know that, "answered Tommy. What surprises her most was the answer. "My hobby is watching my brother collecting butterflies."

    A man came out of the airport. A lot of taxis were there. He asked the name of every taxi-driver. Then he took the 3rd one. It costs 5 dollars from the airport to the hotel. "How much does it cost for the whole day?" the man asked. "One hundred dollars, "said the taxi-driver. This was very expensive, but the man said it was OK.

    The driver took the man everywhere. He showed him all the parks and museums in the city. In the evening, they went back to the hotel. The man gave the driver100dollars and said, "What about tomorrow?" The taxi-driver looked at the man and said, "Tomorrow? It's another 100 dollars. "But the man said, "That's OK!

    See you tomorrow. "The driver was very pleased.

    The next day the driver took the man everywhere again. They visited all the parks and museums again. And in the evening they went back to the hotel. The man gave the driver 100 dollars again and was going home tomorrow. The driver was unhappy because he liked the man and above all, 100 dollars a day was a lot of money. "So you're going home. Where do you come from?" he asked. "I come from New York. ""New York!" said the driver. "I have a sister in New York. Her name is Lucy. Do you know her? ""Of course I know her. She gave me 200 dollars for you!"