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A: Excuse me. I'm a reporter from CCTV.

Can I ask you some questions about Yang Lei?

B: Sure, please.

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B: She said that they were hard 一 working and she loved them very much.

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B: She said the school was 2,000 metres above sea level, and at first the thin air made her feel sick.

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B: She said most of their families were poor and they didn't have enough money for education.

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B: She said she couldn't do anything about that, but she could open their eyes to the outside world and give them a good start in life.

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B: Yes, she liked them very much.

    Mo Yan, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (诺贝尔文学奖) in 2012, was born in the small town of Gaomi in Shandong Province. His parents were farmers. And as a young boy Mo took care of the family's goats (山羊). Each day he took the goats outside and watched over them when they ate grass.

    It was a lonely job, but Mo was a smart boy. He enjoyed the green, open land of Shandong. He enjoyed looking up at the blue sky and the white clouds. To pass the time he talked to the goats. He told them his thoughts and some stories. It was the beginning of his life as a storyteller.

    During the Cultural Revolution (文化大革命), Mo had to leave school and work for a company. This was difficult for Mo. because he loved books and he loved reading, Luckily, he found a friend who would lend him books. Later. Mo became a soldier and continued his education. In the end he graduated from Beijing Normal University (北师大). This was where he began to write. Although Mo had left Gaomi, Gaomi never left him. Many of his books talked about rural life and the people of Gaomi. For Mo, all human nature can be seen in the village life of Gaomi. Mo is famous now, but he remains a true son of soil (土地).

    Beethoven, a famous musician in the world, was born in Germany in 1770.

    His father was a singer. When he was only four, his father began to force him to practise hour after hour on different musical instruments. If he did not put his heart into it, his father would beat him or make it hard on him.

    Beethoven loved music and he learned so fast that he was able to go around to give concerts when he was only a boy of eleven. At the age of seventeen, he won high praise from Mozart, the great musician at that time.

    After one illness, he suddenly found himself deaf. At that time he was only in his twenties. It was a blow to him indeed. To people's surprise, some of his best pieces were written after he lost his hearing.

    In 1827, leaving hundreds of pieces, the great musician died.

    My parents always told me that I couldn't dance, because it was a girl's sport. But I never gave up my dream of becoming a dancing star. I practised secretly, learning from books, films and shows. However, without my parents' support. That1seemed all but impossible to reach.

    One summer, my little sister Maggie was going to dance lessons. I immediately asked2parents for permission (允许) to take her to the lessons. What a3chance to learn dancing! One afternoon, I was practising a new dance in my room, when Maggie walked4.

    "What's the matter, Maggie?" I stopped5.

    "Denis, you are a great dancer! Can you help me?"

    "What is it?" I wondered.

    "There'll be a dancing performance in my school,6the boys think I'm slow, and none of them wants to be my partner. 7 you dance with me for it?" she looked at me anxiously.

    "You can be a good dancer!" I encouraged her. "Let's show those people that they have been8all along."

    In the following months, we9every evening, hiding from my parents. I was having a fantastic time and10Maggie improved a lot.

    Finally came the big day. I became nervous when I heard my parents would come to watch the performance. As the11began, I took a deep breath and tried to calm down. We moved perfectly, shining with pride. From the cheering of the crowd, I was sure we had succeeded.

    My heart was beating wildly when I saw my12coming towards me. He put his hand on my shoulder. "Well done, Son, Though it is hard for me to admit it, you really looked like you belonged to this stage. Go for it and make us proud."

    I'd been waiting for this moment for so long. I knew that the road ahead wasn't going to be easy, but I wouldn't give up. I wanted nothing more in life than a dance.