Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai is the youngest ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She has become the voice of girls throughout the world.

Born in Swat Valley in Pakistan in 1997, Malala lived a quiet life until 2009, when the Taliban(塔利班), an Islamic organization of violence(暴力) took control of her village.   ①   . They believed educating girls was against Islam. But Malala didn't agree. She wouldn't give up her education and kept going to school.   ②    "What is wrong with us girl students? We want all girls to get their schools back," she wrote. Her hard work encouraged many young girls in Swat Valley.

      ③    On Oct.9, 2012, when Malala was taking a bus home, a Taliban man got on the bus with a gun in his hand. A bullet immediately hit her in the face. Luckily, the shot didn't kill her. She was taken to a hospital in the UK. The shot didn't kill her courage, either.   ④    Her courage made her famous.

    She has spoken at the United Nations, met world leaders and written a book named I Am Malala.

    OnOct.10, 2013, the EP awarded Malala the top human rights prize. They said," She is an icon(符号) of courage for all teenagers who dare to follow their aspirations(愿望)."

    After the 12-year old boy from Yukon, Oklahoma, handwrote letters to executives of 32 NFL teams, he was shocked and (unhappy) to receive a personal response from the owner of the Carolina Panthers.

    When Heather Pope's son Cade was homesick from school the week before Christmas, he was "kind of bored" and " needed something

    (take) up his time", so he asked his parents he could write to every professional football team. On December 26, Cade sent 16 letters to the NFC teams. January 5, Cade sent 16 letters to the AFC teams. Cade (write), "My family and I love football. We play football and watch NFL games every weekend. My parents are St. Louis Rams' (fan). My brother is a fan too." His mother Pope said, "With Christmas and different (activity) it took him about three weeks to handwrite all of those letters. "He didn't (real) have one team that he wanted to hear from," she said. "He just wanted to see what kind of response he'd get." Last Thursday, his mother a box from the Panthers. Cade was still at school, but she sent him a photo.

    When Cade came home, he opened the package to find a handwritten note Richardson. Pope said Cade was "overjoyed that he got that kind of response".

— It's not easy, but I won't __________. I want to be a good swimmer.

— Yes, I had a lot of friends ______________and we always played together.

    Dear friend, do you know the boy in the picture? He is Wang Yuan, a member of the Chinese boy band, TFBOYS. Do you want to know more about him? Follow me, please.

    Wang Yuan was born November 8th, 2000 in Chongqing. His English name is Roy. He is good at singing, dancing and playing the piano. He can also write songs alone. He and two other boys formed the boy band TFBOYS in 2013. They are very popular with the young girls and boys in China now.

    In January, 2017,Wang Yuan made a speech on good quality education (优质教育) in English at the United Nations in front of 500 people from, around the world. It's great. As for middle school students, we should learn from Wang Yuan, and put our hearts into what we are doing to make a difference in our daily lives.

(Jack and Tom are talking at break.)

Jack: Hi, Tom.

Tom: Hi, Jack.

Jack: I'm reading an article about Kobe Bryant. You know he has left NBA because of age and injuries.

Tom:

His leaving made all his fans sad, including me. He is one of the greatest players in NBA.

Jack: That's true. He has won five NBA championships and two Olympic gold medals.

Tom: He is a real basketball hero.

Jack: Yes. He often started to practise as early as 5 am.

Tom: He has a real love for basketball. We should do things like him.

Jack: Nobody can succeed easily unless he works hard.

Tom: Bryant can have some time to relax now.

Jack: You're right. Oh, it's time for class. Bye.

Tom: Me too. Bye.

    Do you know "One Belt, One Road"? We also call it the Modern Silk Road. And Zhang Qian was an early traveller of the Ancient Silk Road. He was probably the first1to bring back good information about the central Asian lands to China.

    In 139 BC, Han Wudi sent Zhang Qian to the Yue-zhi people to ask for their2against the Xiongnu people who often infringed(侵犯) them.3, on the way to the Western Regions, he was caught by the Xiongnu people. Zhang had to stay with them4about 10 years before he got away. When Zhang finally5the Yue -zhi people in the North India, he was6to find that they didn't want to fight against the Xiongnu people.

    On7return journey, Zhang Qian and his men were8again. It was not until 125 BC that they returned to China.9Zhang didn't finish his job, he learned a lot about the places, people, customs and cultures of the 36 kingdoms(王国) in the Western Regions.

    Later Han Wudi sent Zhang to West again. Zhang's journey to the West helped10international trade, especially in silk, between China and the West, That's the Ancient Silk Road.