Mo Yan, a well-known Chinese writer, won the Nobel Prize for literature (文学) in 2012. 【小题1】When he was interviewed, he said he was only a normal person who could tell stories.【小题2】 He thought his mother had a strong influence on him.

Mo Yan was born in a poor family in China’s rural area. When he was young, he was a little bit shy because he thought he wasn’t good-looking. 【小题3】That made him very upset. His mother encouraged him to face the fact bravely. She told him not to look down on (看不起) himself. She said it didn’t matter if a person didn’t have a good look and it was important to work hard and never give up.【小题4】

Mo Yan didn’t let her mother down. He worked hard at writing. He wrote many famous novels, such as Hong Gao Liang (《红高粱》) and Wa (《娃》).【小题5】Hold on to your dream and your dream will come true in the end.