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Jiang Shumei, born in 1937, spent most of her time working in a factory. In 1996, she learned her ___1___ (one) Chinese character (汉字). Sixteen years later, she started to write down some of her own ___2___ (story). It was not easy. Sometimes, completing a single sentence could take a day. She ___3 __ (usual) started at 3 or 4 a.m., and revised (修改) the pieces several times until she was ___4___ (satisfy).
In 2013, her book, Time of Trouble, Time of Poverty, was published and proved to be ___5___ success. The book earned Jiang a lot of fans and sympathy (同情). “Don’t feel sorry for me,” she says to her fans, “The hardships mentioned in the book are now in the past. ___6 ___ them, I could never have finished this book.”
So far, the elderly woman ___7___ (publish) six books, totaling more than 600,000 characters in length. “It’s never too late. I enjoy ___8___ (I) when writing,“ Jiang says. She lives a healthy life, exercising every day ___9___ eating a balanced diet. “If I could live as long as 130, would you still say that it is too late for me ___10___ (start) after 60?” she says jokingly.