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Why do we celebrate festivals?

(celebrate) all around the world, festivals have a wide range of origins, such as the seasons of the year, religions, famous figures, and important events. Every festival has (it) different customs and unique charms.  different they may seem, the spirit of sharing joy, (grateful), love, or peace is common in all festivals.

all the traditional festivals, the harvest festival can be found in almost every culture. This important agricultural festival (take) place after all the crops have been gathered in. People celebrate to show that they are grateful the year's supply of food. In ancient Egypt, the harvest festival (celebrate) during the springtime, (feature) a parade and a great feast music, dancing, and sports. Today, in some European countries, people decorate churches and town halls flowers and fruit, and get together to celebrate over a meal. During the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, families gather to admire the (shine) moon and enjoy delicious mooncakes.

In her 40s, Dierdre Wolownick taught herself to swim. In her 50s, she took up running. At 66, Wolownick made a record-breaking ascent (攀登) of El Capitan, Yosemite National Park's granite monolith that has some of the longest, most challenging rock climbing routes in the world.

Wolownick had one of the most skilled rock climbers in the world guiding her: her famous son Alex Honnold, the star of the 2018 Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo. The film tells her son's breathtaking journey to becoming the first person to climb El Capitan.

Reaching the top of El Capitan in 2017, Wolownick became the oldest woman to make that ascent.  In late September, Wolownick climbed El Capitan again to celebrate her 70th birthday. On that adventure, she climbed up along an easier route that climbers typically use to descend. It took her six hours to reach the top, and after camping there overnight, she came down in 6.5 hours the next day.

Growing up in New York, Wolownick painted and played the piano in Jackson Heights, Queens. As an adult, she taught five languages and wrote books, including a 2019 memoir The Sharp End of Life: A Mother's Story, which is in part about her first El Capitan ascent. In 1990, she founded an orchestra in West Sacramento and conducted it.

"There certainly was no danger in those things.   But none of them was really physical," she said. "I never in a million years thought that I could climb El Capitan."

Confucius, a famous teacher, was a politician and philosopher who lived in the Spring and Autumn Period in China. During his lifetime, he planted the seeds for China's transformation by teaching thousands of people. Therefore, he is thought to be one of the world's greatest teachers today.

Confucius grew up in a poor family. As he grew up, Confucius worked to help his mother earn money. When he wasn't working, he would read. His favorite thing to do was to learn. His mother saw this and did her best to help him learn. One day, rich families noticed how smart he was and offered him jobs of counting their money and tending to their crops.

Confucius did this until he was 30 years old, but he always wanted to do more. He didn't like the way rulers treated their subjects. He wanted to find a way to help people who were less fortunate than he was. Later, he founded the philosophy "Confucianism". Confucianism states that by educating yourself, loving your family, and respecting tradition you could become a better person. Confucius believed a person could achieve these things by practicing self-discipline. In the majority of his life, Confucius traveled and taught the people of China about self-discipline and the importance of education. He even opened China's first school to teach both the poor and the wealthy as equals. Today, Confucius is celebrated all over the world for his philosophy of education, equality, and peace over war, money, and injustice.

Tinky, an eight-year-old girl, was studying in a primary school in a village. One day some naughty kids1 some greeting cards from a shop while its shopkeeper was busy in other2 . Tinky told her friends that stealing was a very bad thing. But her friends didn't3 the cards, instead they gave one to Tinky. She got excited with that magic greeting card and4 not to tell anybody about these stolen cards.

Next day Tinky was thinking to whom this beautiful card should be given5 she asked her sisters about it. They told her that she should give the card to her teacher and write a few6 for her.

On New Year's Day she gave the greeting card to her teacher, 7 "I love you and happy new year, dear teacher! You are so beautiful like a necklace full of diamonds!" Her teacher didn't expect it from her because children8 give greeting cards to their friends only.

So when receiving it, her teacher was9 but smiled. She started reading what was written in it. The teacher's heart was filled with10 and happiness. She hugged Tinky11 and Tinky was also full of joy. Then Tinky12 what if her teacher came to know that it was a stolen card. Finally she decided to tell the teacher the13 . Knowing what had happened, the teacher14 her for her honesty. She realized a greeting card was not costly but the15 it gave was precious.