Little Women, by US writer Louisa May Alcott, tells a story of four poor sisters growing up during the United States Civil War (1861-1865). Their father is away at war,so their mother takes the 【小题1】(responsible) of caring for them.

Jo,a【小题2】（talent) writer, leaves the family circle to go to New York, 【小题3】she works as a governess(家庭教师） and meets her Mr. Right. Meg is a beautiful girl, 【小题4】 story is mostly about her marriage. Amy, the youngest, goes the 【小题5】（further). She meets Laurie in Europe. As you might have guessed, they also end 【小题6】 married.

However,Beth is 【小题7】（fortunately). While taking care of others,she comes down with a serious disease and die young. 【小题8】（get) over the tests and challenges life 【小题9】（bring), the four girls try their best. Eventually, they complete the journey from girlhood 【小题10】 being “little women".

The launch of an English translation of Confidence Comes from Effectiveness: A Foreigner's Wuhan Diary 【小题1】 (hold) last Friday. The book, first 【小题2】 (publish) in Arabic and then in Chinese, tells how the author Adham Sayed, a Lebanese exchange student in China, 【小题3】 (throw) himself into working with Chinese people during the city's lockdown last year.

In Sayed's view, China's putting the 【小题4】 (safe) and health of its people first is the reason for winning the battle. His foreign perspective, 【小题5】 (globe) vision and Western way of thinking make a consistent narration. He weaves in the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind and reveals China 【小题6】 a responsible country. It also shows the world how people in Hubei have made great sacrifices for China 【小题7】 (overcome) the pandemic.

This book, 【小题8】 original intention was to help people remember the history of the pandemic and to carry forward the spirit, is described as a record of 【小题9】 the author saw, heard and thought during the terrible moments of the crisis. 【小题10】 (it) English version will play a positive role in telling China's story to the world.

Poetry, 【小题1】 universal form of literature, plays an important role in ancient China. Poetry probably had its origins in traditional folk music tens of thousands of years ago. In that era, there were no TVs or films, and 【小题2】 (write) had not been invented, so people would sit around the fire at night and sing songs 【小题3】 (entertain) themselves. These songs reflected themes from the people’s daily 【小题4】 (life), such as hunting animals or sowing crops. Since nothing was set down, over the years different versions of these songs developed, and each area would have its own respective rhythm. In addition to this, people would recite stories of past heroes.

As these stories were often quite long, they often had rhyme and rhythm to help people remember them more 【小题5】 (easy). While in the beginning such songs and stories had a very simple format, over time they became more complicated and 【小题6】 (pretty). These were no longer the works of amateurs sitting around a fire, 【小题7】 works of true poets who cared about their art and who sometimes made a living from it.

Poetry plays with sounds, words, and grammar, 【小题8】 makes poetry difficult to write but very interesting to read. Poetry uses colors, feelings, experiences, and images to paint a picture in your mind. Today, many Chinese people 【小题9】 (become) more interested in reading poems, no matter 【小题10】 what language they are written. Translation is good, but being able to read in what language is best.