We go to school every day to become a better
person. So how can we become powerful and start
changes in our own life? Perhaps we can get tips from the US
First Lady Michelle Obama. During her 'visit to China, from March 20-26, Mrs. Obama shared her views on education and youth empowerment with students.
The first lady encouraged Chinese students to aim high and get a good education* In Chengdu No. 7 High School, she told students that having humble (贫寒的) roots doesn't matter as long as you have perseverance（毅力）
Mrs. Obama said her family was not rich. Like many Chinese students, her parents had big dreams for her. She felt the weight of her parents' sacrifices（牺牲） on her shoulders and worked hard to make them proud. Persevering was not easy, though. Sometimes she had to wake up at 4:30 am and study late into the night. "But whenever I got tired or discouraged(气馁 WJ)... I would remember something my mother. always told me. She said: 'A good education is something that no one cart take away from you.''
Mrs. Obama also encourages Chinese students to study abroad to broaden their horizons（开阔眼界） in her speech at Peking University. "As the Chinese saying goes: It is better to travel 10,000 miles than to read 10,000 books," she said. It's not enough to get good grades in school. It's also important to have real experience with languages, cultures and societies different from your own, she noted.
Studying overseas could also benefit future international relations. It could help young people from different countries work together to deal with shared problems such as climate change, Mrs. Obama said.

【小题1】From the first paragraph , what kind of views did Mrs. Obama share with the students ?

Forests help to keep water from running away，so drought（干旱）doesn’t often happen．Chinese people have built a“Great Wall”of trees，millions of trees across the northern part of the country．

    The Great Green Wall 1 ________ （be）7,000 kilometres long，and it will stop the wind from 2 ________（blow）the earth away．It 3 ________already ________（save）a lot of land．

    Wang Feng is a worker at Yulin in Shanxi Province．He 4 ________ （work）on the Great Green Wall with many other people．We 5 ________ （visit）him at his workplace and when we saw him he 6 ________ （work）among the trees．He told us something about his work“We must 7 ________ （plant）many thousands of trees every year，”he said“You see all those small trees over there on that hill? That was sand five years ago．Now it's a young forest! In a few years’ time，we 8 ________（cover）those mountains with trees，too!”He pointed to the high mountains far away．

    Was it difficult 9 ________ （work）on the Great Green Wall?

    Yes，It’s hard work．but it's very important．The only problem is we have to 10 ________（grow）our own food．But thanks to the Great Green Wall，the land produces more crops．So the more trees there are，the better harvest we have．”