Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people's daily life.1.________these proverbs there are often interesting stories.For example,the proverb,"plucking up a crop 2.________

(help) it grow",is based on the following story.

     It is said that a shorttempered man in the Song Dynasty (960－1279) was very anxious to help

3.________ rice crop grow up quickly.He was thinking about 4.________ day and night.But the crop

was growing much slower than he expected.

     One day,he came up with an idea 5.________ he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches.He did

so the next day.

     He was very tired 6.________ doing this for a whole day,7.________ he felt very happy since the

crop did "grow" 8.________ (high)．

     His son heard about this and went to see the crop.Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.

This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their 9.________(nature) course.Being too anxious to

help an event develop often 10.________(result) in the contrary to our intention.