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—I can speak French. 

Do you know Yueju opera? It is one of the five major Chinese operas and the (two) largest type nationally, known as "Chinese drama" abroad. Yueju opera is skillful in telling stories and emotion and its performance is full of beautiful singing with (art) moods. It has least 13 schools (流派) with major topics and was popular in Shanghai, Fujian, Jiangxi and Anhui provinces, as well as cities in northern China.

Yueju opera started first in the late 19th century in East China, Zhejiang province as form of public entertainment. Most librettos (歌词) (collect) from conversations between farmers at work. Audience loved these librettos they described their daily life. In the mid 19th century, people there suffered a disaster and some farmers and craftsmen created the popular tunes (earn) income by singing in the village in springtime.

Over the years, these librettos (develop) into the basic source materials for Yueju opera. Artists also began to mix simple acting and use instruments in their performances. Yueju opera became (increasing) famous. In 1955, the Shanghai Yueju Opera theatre was set up, bringing together many (talent) in related fields such as scriptwriters, directors and actors. In recent years, Yueju Opera has gained attention from younger generations.

When I was about 12, I went to a restaurant for dinner with my family at night one day. When my mom and I walked to the restaurant from our car, a girl about the same age as me and her mother came up to us. They asked if we had any spare change (多余的零钱). My mom immediately asked where they kept their things.

After giving them a few dollars, we said goodbye. My mom said she had something to do. Then, she sent me inside the restaurant with my dad. But she didn't come. She said she had gone home and brought some food and clothes to the girl. I asked her why she helped those people. She told me that we were lucky and that the girl's family wasn't. I remembered that girl. I dressed in almost new clothes but her clothes were so old. And I had my bedroom but she had to stay in an old car with 5 other people. "My mom really did the right thing," I thought to myself.

Until now, I still remember that night.

A. They were really thankful to us.

B. About one hour later, my mom came.

C. It was a cold day, and the wind was blowing hard.

D. She was the same age as me, but we looked so different.

E. "In that old car across the street!" said the girl. "Six of my family live in it."

F. On that night, my mom taught me one of the best lessons I had ever learned.

Wildlife conservationists (环保主义者) in Switzerland, Germany, France, and other countries have taken Eurasian lynx from elsewhere in their areas and introduced them again to protected forests, allowing their populations to grow. Now they're hoping to do the same thing in Scotland. Returning the cats would do more than just improve the numbers of this once-endangered animal. A win for the lynx is a win for the forest and the planet.

When the Eurasian lynx disappeared, so did the Scottish landscape. Without these cats and other animals hunting them, deer populations increased a lot. Those animals lived on the leaves of trees and bushes for food, and soon large areas of the Scottish forest disappeared since it couldn't grow fast enough to keep up with the deer's wish for food. Birds and rodents (啮齿动物) that depended on shelter (庇护所) in the lower level of forest plants became food for foxes, which lynx also hunt.

Experts trying to restore the forests have to put up fences to keep deer from eating leaves of young trees. But with lynx hanging out in the woods, experts think these cats would keep the deer from harming the young trees, helping the forests make a comeback.

And that would have even bigger influences. The Earth is losing woodlands as people cut down trees to make room for farming, and to sell the wood for products like furniture and toilet paper. In 2020 alone, the Earth lost as many trees as would cover an area larger than Michigan.

So restoring forests in places like Scotland can help provide more space for wildlife and even fight climate change. That's because trees take in carbon dioxide, which takes in the sun's heat and warms our planet.

I didn't know whether it was because I had grown up or because my dad was getting old. He always put his opinions on me. We were just like two people in two different worlds. It felt like there was an iron door between us that could never be opened.

My heart was frozen (冰冷的) on this hot summer night. As I walked on, there were fewer and fewer people on the streets. When I finally reached my house, I saw that the light was still on.

"Perhaps my dad is throwing away some of his old stamps," I thought. "Perhaps he thinks they are useless." I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps. All the lights were off except my father's.

Dad was always like this. Maybe he didn't know how to express himself. After shouting at me, he never showed any moments of regret (懊悔). This was how he always was. He had been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do had become his second nature.

The light was still on. With the key in hand, I opened the door nervously. When I opened the door, tears ran down my face. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist (存在) at all. Love—it's second to none.