I want you, my dear readers, to live a life like a dog. Am I crazy? No. What I tell you is really useful.

Be yourself. When we adopted Rocky, I almost forgot to ask his name. The clerk said, “It’s Rocky, but IM change it to Pierre, if I 【小题1】 (be) you.” We soon learned this black boy was anything but a Pierre. He’s athletic, funny,【小题2】 (society), and free. The name Rocky suits him well. No matter 【小题3】 others think you should be like, it’s always best to be your true self.

Master the basics. Eat, sleep, exercise, and connect with your family. Rocky is never too busy to eat, too distracted to sleep, or too tired for a walk,【小题4】 does he ever turn down an opportunity to connect. His wagging-tail greetings, kisses, and ability 【小题5】 (land) directly in the middle of the sitting room 【小题6】 (be) all powerful statements of just how basic the need to connect really is. And yet, in today’s world,【小题7】 is often easy to forget that family and friends are 【小题8】 (actual) basics.

Explore, explore, explore. Curious and smart, Rocky always seems ready to explore new territory. He’ll happily learn a new “trick”, climb new hills, or try new toys. In life, the 【小题9】 (choose) is yours: play it safe and keep staying,【小题10】 face the unknown and continue to grow.

The plan will extend protection to a significant number of areas that 【小题1】 (be)previously unprotected, bringing many of the existing protected areas for giant pandas under one authority 【小题2】 (increase)effectiveness and reduce inconsistencies in management.

After a three-year pilot period, the GPNP will be officially set up next year. The GPNP 【小题3】 (design)to reflect the guiding principle of “protecting the authenticity and integrity (完整性) of natural ecosystems, preserving biological diversity, protecting ecological buffer zones, leaving behind precious natural assets(资产)for future generations”.

In southwestern China’s Yunnan province, mushrooms mean money. In May, when the first monsoon (季风) rains sweep across the mountainous province of Yunnan, mushroom collectors rush to damp forests 【小题1】(hunt) for wild mushrooms. 【小题2】(join) them at the first sunlight are local chefs, village children and 【小题3】(they) parents, and some migrant workers who have returned from coastal factories especially for the hunt.

Thousands of Yunnanese families earn much of their living from the wild fungi (野生菌) season, 【小题4】 runs until October. The 160,000 tonnes they collect 【小题5】(annual) bring an income of about 10 bn yuan ($1.4 bn). The most valuable ones end up on dinner 【小题6】(plate) abroad, from porcini — beloved one of Europeans — to meaty matsutake, prized by South Koreans and Japanese. Trains get the mushrooms from basket to banquet in under 30 hours. A rail service 【小题7】(launch) last year has been called the “high-speed matsutake express”. Whatever is not sold fresh is air-dried or frozen for later sale.

“Yunnan accounts 【小题8】 just 4% of China’s land area, yet is home to more than 800 of the country’s 1,000 known edible varieties of mushrooms, and about one third of the world’s. Dozens more 【小题9】(discover) in Yunnan every year,” says Yang Zhuliang, 【小题10】 researcher of the Kunming Institute of Botany.