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Tips for Living in China

    ⒈ Dinners

    When you are invited to dinner, you don't have to eat everything. First, try a little of every dish by putting some on your plate or in a rice bowl. You don't have to eat it. But as a foreign guest, your're supposed to be served first. If you don't try something, your host will be embarrassed-and will put it on your plate for you.

    ⒉ Chopsticks

    The main difference on the Chinese dinner table is that people use chopsticks instead of knife and fork. Remember don't point at others with chopsticks or wave them around when you talk at dinner. Never stick them upright in your rice bowl-that's how the Chinese honor the dead at graves（坟墓）. Instead, you should put chopsticks beside the plate.

    ⒊ Bargaining

    When you go to open-air markets or private stores, you need to bargain with the shop assistants. Remember to establish a friendly relationship first. You are creating a relationship with the sellers, not a price war. Think of it this way: Shouting, arguing, and pointing are not good. Instead, you should smile, be friendly and offer to buy more for a better price. And don't be afraid to ask, "Can you offer me a better price?”

    Pablo Casals was a great cello（大提琴） player and music writer. He was born in Catalonia, Spain. He first heard the cello played when he was 11.Generally, he felling love with the instrument. So, he went to school at the Escuela Municipal de Musica. He focused on his studies and got high grades. When he finished school, he played the cello in the queen's palace. He became more and more famous. Soon, he began to play for audiences worldwide.

    After the events of the Spanish Civil War, Casals left Spain. He refused to go back. He went to live in Puerto Roco. He continued his work as a teacher. Healso recorded many albums（相册）. At the age of 80 he married his third and final wife, Marta Montanez.

    Casals died in 1973.The king of Spain had enjoyed Casals' music very much. He ordered a postage stamp to be made. It showed a picture of the cellist.

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    For Pineda, it was a long way to succeed.

    His story began in El Salvador, where he was born with something wrong with his mouth. He had great1in speaking. At age 2, his family's house burned down. Pineda was hurt2, and his legs needed to be cut. His mother died when he was 8, and he3years on the streets before he was taken in by an orphanage.

    Finally, at the orphanage, Pineda began to receive support and encouragement. He taught himself to play the guitar. He began his4with other musicians. Then the group went to Chicago, where Pineda, then 18, 5the attention of many people, who wondered what they could do to help him.

    A hospital offered him free medical care. A rich man agreed to6for Pineda's tickets to and from El Salvador.

    When he was in the hospital, Pineda began7 music, and wondered if he might be able to record his own album (音乐专辑) . Soon with the help of a musician, The Sound of Gratitude (感激) was born. On October 15th, Pineda went to a Chicago club to8his new songs to strangers, and to the friends who had helped him come so far.

    It was9that Pineda had come into such good luck, after having so many years of hardship (艰难). "We have a 10 in El Salvador, 'Suffer (受难) first, then enjoy.' I guess that's what's happening," he said.