（寫滿100篇會怎樣？）
（原文）Up, down and round
So started ping-pong diplomacy. Mao saw the photos of the two of them, grinning broadly, getting off the bus together, and immediately invited the American team to China. During that visit America lifted its 20-year trade embargo, and in February 1972 Richard Nixon visited China, the first American president to do so in Communist times. To please Mao, who thought he was so good at it, Mr Zhuang continued to play the sportsman-diplomat, telling puzzled Westerners that victory and defeat always went together. Most important, everyone kept smiling. Both leaders credited ping-pong for the change, with Mao declaring that a tiny ball had moved the great ball of the Earth.
The turning of the Earth, though, also brought disgrace after Mao's death in 1976 to those, like Mr Zhuang, who had cosied up to him. Stripped of his official posts, he was made to sweep streets and spent nine years in confinement. This "self-examination" did not include table tennis, from which he was banned again. Instead, he took up calligraphy and reading until, in 1985, he was allowed back to Beijing to teach his sport to children.
It had all been very up and down, he reflected. But then China, too, had been up and down, and had come through triumphantly with thrusting new cities and soaring prosperity, taking on the world and even hosting the Olympics. Yes, he had played his part in that rise, though he was only a ping-pong player whose main skill was to keep the ball on the table. He was still glad he had trusted Mao rather than his friends; and also glad that he had been bold enough, in 1971, to talk to that long-haired fellow on the bus.
——自 《Zhuang zedong》, The Economist, Feb 23, 2013
句型提取
grinning broadly
（笑得很開心）
to give someone credit for sth
（爲某事稱讚、表揚某人，爲某事給某人記一功）
cosy up ( to sb. )
（與……交好，通常出於謀私目的）
sb. had been up and down
（某人經歷了起起伏伏）
But then China, too, had been up and down, and had come through triumphantly with thrusting new cities and soaring prosperity, taking on the world and even hosting the Olympics.
（但國家也同樣經歷了起起伏伏，成功實現了新城市猛進、經濟騰飛，與世界接軌，甚至主辦了奧運會。）
on the table
（恰好這是一個習慣用語， 意思是擺在桌面上，提交討論。例如："We did not exclude any options, this means all options are on the table." 意思是我們不排除任何可能性。）
（仿寫）Sachiko's choice
So started their 20-year marriage. Sachiko continuously played the role of servant, pleasing her husband with her obedience and meekness. Most important, she's always smiling. All the members in the big family credited Sachiko's sacrifice for the long marriage.
The sudden collapse of Sachiko's health brought a sharp turning in her 45 years old. Stripped of professional position, she was made to stay at home. This "vacation" was not easy.
It had all been very up and down, she reflected. But at the end, their marriage had come through triumphantly with all those laughs and tears. She had played her part in that rise, though she was only a common wife whose main skill was to keep the marriage on the table. She was still glad she had said yes to this man 20 years ago.