Who is the most famous fairy tale writer? Many of you may say Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. There is a big award that takes his name: the Hans Christian Andersen Award(国际安徒生奖). It is the highest award for children’s stories. A writer can only get it once in a lifetime.

On April 4, Cao Wenxuan won the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Award. He is the first Chinese writer to ever win this important award for children’s literature.

Cao Wenxuan was born in 1954 in a small village in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. Some of his stories are set there. He is now a professor at Peking University. He started to publish children’s fiction in 1979. Many of his novels have been translated into English, French, Japanese and Korean.

If you read Cao’s stories, you will find beautiful and poetic descriptions of scenery. For example, in The Grass House (1997), Cao writes, “The grass grows toughly. When the sun shines, the grass shines like copper wire (铜线). When the wind blows from the sea, the grass makes surprisingly metal-like sounds. ”

Cao also uses love as a theme in his stories, and he describes it with great beauty. You can find this theme in Bronze and Sunflower (《青铜葵花》) (2005). The ending of the story is sad, but it helps make the story more realistic. “Sadness is a beautiful emotion. It helps kids understand the real world when it is expressed properly,” Cao once said.

When Cao creates a story, he does not write specifically for someone. Adults can find beauty in his stories, and the plots he invents tend to impress children. “I tell real Chinese stories, but my stories relate to (关联) humans. This might be a key reason why I won this award,” he said.

1.What is the Hans Christian Andersen Award?

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2.When was Cao Wenxuan born?

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3.How many languages have his books been translated into?

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4.In Cao’s opinion, why could he win the award?

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5.What can you find if you read Cao’s stories?

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To: Aggie@ yahoo. com From: Joe@ heinfo. net

Subject: Help! Date: 21/05/2012 10:02 A. M.

Dear Aunt Aggie,

I'm having a problem with my classmate, Rena, at school. The other day I wrote an e-mail to another classmate, Beth, in which I said some things about Rena that perhaps weren't very nice. Unluckily, when Beth was writing hack to me, she accidentally forwarded (无意间转发) the message to Rena! Now Rena is really angry with me and won't talk to me, and Beth is unhappy as well. She's said sorry to me a hundred times already, but the harm is done. I feel had, because I never would have said those things to Rena's face, but how do I get her to forgive(谅解) me? What should I do?

Joe

To: Joe@ heinfo. net From: Aggie@ yahoo. com

Subject: Some advice Date:22/05/2012 10:45 AM

Dear Joe,

This problem is more common than you might think! E-mail is very useful, but also very dangerous, as you don't know where your message might end up! First of all, you should say sorry right away to Rena. Explain that it was a mistake, and that you didn't mean to hurt her feelings. It may take time for her to be able to forgive you, but that's up to her. Then you might want to do something nice for her. Perhaps send her some flowers to show that you're truly sorry. Also, you should remember that old saying: "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. " And good luck!

Aggie

1.From the two e-mails, we can know Aggie is Joe's _________.

2.After Rena saw the message accidentally forwarded by Beth, she was very _________ Joe.

3.Aggie thinks e-mail is _________ but

4.Aggie advises Joe to _________right away to Rena.

5."If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. " is an _________.

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