In my opinion, we should try 【小题1】 (we) best to reach our goals even though there is little hope. The efforts seem to be the lights in the darkness, 【小题2】 lead the way to hope and success.

I used to be 【小题3】 shy girl in my primary school. I was weak in English at that time, especially 【小题4】 (speak) English. So I was afraid to answer the teacher’s questions during English classes. After I entered my dream middle school, something 【小题5】 (change). I started to read many interesting English stories and my English teacher helped me a lot 【小题6】 patience. I studied hard in class and practised by 【小题7】 (watch) English films and listening to English songs in my free time. As time went by, it became more and more enjoyable for me 【小题8】 (learn) English. I could even talk with my classmates 【小题9】 (fluent) in English and I was not shy any more. At last, I got high grades in English and I had 【小题10】 (confident) to do it better in the future.

Today, four Sinologists and translators share their experience of Chinese literature with us.

When Petko was a boy, The Shaolin Temple gave him so many reasons to fall in love with China. He was 【小题1】 (amaze) by Chinese kung fu, and he also thought the Chinese language sounded so beautiful. He particularly likes classical Chinese literature, 【小题2】 (especial) works from the Ming and Qing dynasties. He was determined 【小题3】 (translate) it into Bulgarian once he read Dream of the Red Chamber.

When Annelous started high school, she began reading books about Chinese history and culture, 【小题4】 inspired her to choose Chinese Studies as her academic major at university. She's so far translated the writings of Han Han, and she is now working 【小题5】 those of Xu Zechen. She says that each year sees more works by Chinese writers 【小题6】 (publish) in the Netherlands, and they are well­received.

When Joachim was 15 years old, his mother bought him a copy of the classic Shi Ji. After 【小题7】 (read) it, he realised the true genius of China's “Grand Historian”, Sima Qian. He has translated several short stories by Mo Yan. He says literature has a lot of 【小题8】 (significant) to the French, and Chinese literary works tend to be highly thought of.

Mai gradually fell in love with Chinese literature 【小题9】 she started working as a translator. In her eyes, reading Chinese literature was a stimulating and 【小题10】 (inspire) experience. She thinks Chinese literary works really strike a chord in the hearts of Egyptian readers.

It is interesting to visit another country, but there are sometimes problems if we don’t know the language very well. It may be difficult to talk with the people there. We may not know how to use the telephone in the country【小题1】 we   are visiting.

In 【小题2】 strange country we might not know where to eat or what to order in a restaurant. When we need help, we might not know how 【小题3】(ask) for help. It is 【小题4】(happy) to have an experience like that.

Mr. Day was a teacher at a school in a big city in the north of England. He usually 【小题5】(go)to France or Germany for a few weeks during his summer holidays, and he spoke French and German quite well.

One year Mr. Day said to one of his friends, “I’m going to have my holiday in Athens. 【小题6】 I don’t speak Greek（希腊语）, so I’ll go to evening classes to have Greek 【小题7】(lesson) for a month before I go.” He studied very hard for a month, and then his holidays began and he went to Greece（希腊）.

When he came back a few weeks 【小题8】(late), his friend said to him, “Did you have trouble【小题9】your Greek when 【小题10】 were in Athens, Dick?” “No, I didn’t have any trouble,” answered Mr. Day. “But the Greeks did!”