“Hey, dad!”

“Yeah!”

“Well, you are probably going to get in notes sent home from school.”

“Why, what happened?”

“Well, I was standing in line to get my food in the cafeteria (餐厅) and I see a big bowl of apples, that said: “Only take one! God is watching! ” So I go further down the line and I see a bowl of cookies and I decided to write my own note and it said: “Take all you want, gods are watching the apples.”

“Hahaha.”

I have a friend. His name is Mike. Here is the day of Mike.

Mike gets up at 6:30. He has breakfast at 7 o’clock and then goes to school. He rides his bike to school. His home isn’t far from his school. It usually takes him 10 minutes to get there. He begins classes at 8 o’clock. He has four classes in the morning. He has lunch at school. The food in his school tastes very delicious. He likes eating vegetables and rice for lunch. In the afternoon, classes finish at 4:40 and Mike usually gets home at about 5:00. Sometimes he plays games with his classmates. Then he gets home at 5:40. He has dinner at about 6:30 with his father and mother. After dinner, he helps his mother with the dishes. In the evening, Mike does his homework. He goes to bed at about 9:40. His weekdays are busy, but he feels happy.

The Spring Festival of 2020 was a different festival for Chinese people. Because of the COVID-19, the government called on everyone to stay at (A) home as much as possible. Here are the stories of two teenagers during this period.

Tong Zexi, 15, is from Harbin. ① He hadn’t left house for (B) more than 20 days. Sometimes it was really boring to stay at home and he missed playing (C) _________ his friends in the park. He really wanted to run outside and breathe freely without a mask (口罩). “(D)但我需要保护自己，不添乱。During this period if one gets sick, many others will be influenced.” he said. With this in mind, he stayed at home and did his homework. ② Li Mingyu, a middle school student, (E) _________ born in Lanzhou. Li had worried about his father a lot these days. His father is a traditional Chinese medical doctor. The hospital he worked had received several COVID-19 patients. (F) Although Li’s father didn’t have to treat patients, there was still the risk of being infected (感染). ③ But his father still stayed on the job. “My father asks me to stay at home and study hard.” Li Mingyu said.

Although most Chinese had no Spring Festival parties or family meals together even hanging out with friends during this holiday, we felt the brave hearts of Chinese people.