What if you go to watch the latest movie and there is no sound？Believe it or not, there was a time when movies had no sound at all. These movies were called 1 films. And there was a master 2 was one of the most famous movie stars in history, Charlie Chaplin. 
    His first show actually happened 3 his mom. She was in the middle of a show when she lost her voice, so Charlie went out to take her place. The crowd loved and 4 him!Then he became an actor. After that, he 5 in different groups of live shows with singing and dancing soon. Although he liked per- forming, sometimes he didn' t make enough money to support 6 . So he did lots of different jobs!  
​​​​​​​    Soon a movie 7 discovered Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin got his first film part in the States. 
​​​​​​​    As early as his second film, Chaplin had developed his own style of acting. He 8 a small black hat, very wide trousers and a moustache（小胡子） and carried a stick. He wanted people to remember him, so he played this character in many different movies. By the time he was 26 years old, he had become 9  . People all like him very much both in the past and at present. By the end of his life, he had acted in 80 films 10 and won many awards. Of course he is known by people all over the world. 

    Wang Wei's parents were waiting for him when he got home. His dad handed him a letter. It was from the university. His hands were shaking as he took the letter—his 1 was inside.

    Ever since Wang Wei was little, he wanted to be an 2. He often took his toys apart and put them back together. One day, his mom was 3 to see that Wang Wei had taken apart the television! His dad told her to have faith(信心) in Wang Wei, and sure enough he put the television back together 4.

    Wang Wei's teachers all noticed his talent. They told his 5 Wang Wei should go to university. Wang Wei was very excited about this. No one in Wang Wei's family had ever gone to university before. His mom was not sure if it was a good idea. 6 his dad said, "Have faith in Wang Wei and his dream." Wang Wei knew his family couldn't 7 university. So he studied harder and applied for the scholarships(奖学金).

    Now Wang Wei had the letter in his hand that would tell him if he could go to the university. He took a deep breath and opened the envelope. It says, "Congratulations. You have been accepted to the university on a full scholarship! "His mom 8 him with tears in her eyes. "I am so proud of you!" she said.

    His dad patted his back. "I've always had faith in Wang Wei and his dream," he said.

    When I was 12 years old, my mother sent me to a Chinese school in California. I 1 spending my Saturdays in a three-hour Chinese class. I thought it was difficult and boring.

    However, my mum thought that I should develop and improve(提高) my Chinese 2 skills. I seemed to know it would do me good in future, but at that time I couldn't realize the3of learning a second language.

    Many years later, I had a4to work in Asia. I chose China mainly because I learned Chinese when I was5.However, I still wondered if I could6street signs, buy food and talk to people there.

    Shortly after I arrived in China, my Chinese language7came back soon and improved8. A long time ago, I wanted to give up9Chinese. Luckily, my mum encouraged me and stopped that from happening. I'm10that the Chinese language has helped me a lot in different ways. My life is getting more and more colourful.