A． translated B． writing C． stick to D． achievements E． give up F． successful

Besides his（1）　　in poems， Yu was also a（2）　　translator（翻译家）， essay writer and critic．

He once（3）　　English poet Siegfried Sassoon's poem in Me， Past， Present， Future Meet into Chinese． It is regarded as a perfect and powerful translation， in which the most famous line is"心有猛虎，细嗅蔷薇" for" In me the tiger sniffs the rose"．

Yu spent his whole life（4）　　． In a 2015 interview with People's Daily， he said， "The reason why I（5）　　 writing till today is my passion （热爱）for the Chinese language． "He then added that his love for his mother and his motherland made this passion stronger．