As the pandemic（疫情） seemed to get worse, I couldn’t stop worrying what the following weeks and months might be like. I sometimes looked _______ the window of our neighbor’s house. Our kitchen was always lit up（点亮）, but our neighbor hardly _______ the light.

I wanted to be a good neighbor. I thought good relationships could make us _______. So I thought of the idea of “love the neighbor” and my family were very serious about _______. We made a sign reading “Have a nice day!” and _______ it on our kitchen window. A while later, a sign appeared on our neighbor’s window with a _______ for us, “Thank you. You too!”

We _______ like this for several days and I expected this would be a nice story communicating by signs and becoming good friends. On Day 5, I _______ a line of a poem（诗歌） by Mary Oliver. _______, that was the end of our unspoken conversation（对话）. Maybe he thought I was showing off（炫耀）, and then I stopped making ________. However, a week later, I saw my neighbor in the yard. “Sorry, I couldn’t ________ a good poem,” he ________ quietly, “I tried.” “That’s okay.” I said, and we had a happy conversation about ________ else. After the talk, I went back inside happily.

Love can always connect our hearts. And ________ lucky it was to be a good neighbor without enough face-to-face talks. I have decided that ________ the pandemic is all over, I will invite all my neighbors over for dinner and make ourselves really good neighbors.

For fans of traditional culture, the film I Am What I Am, which was first shown in the cinema on December 17, can be a good choice.

Set in Guangdong Province, the film is about the growth of a left-behind teenager named A Juan. He met a girl who had the same name. Encouraged by her, A Juan made up his mind to make a lion dance team with his two close friends A Mao and A Gou. After being trained by a master, the three took part in a lion dance competition in Guangzhou, the capital city of the province. Although later A Juan had to work to support his family, he still bravely followed his dream—becoming the best lion dance performer.

Unlike most Chinese animated(动画的) films today, which have to do with myths(神话) or fairy tales, I Am What I Am sets eyes on reality(现实). This is not very common in the animation field in China. “I’ve always wanted to make an animated film about our real life. And I remember the lion dance performances at festivals. They were so beautiful, colorful, and folk. That inspired me to make a film about lion dance,” said the director of the film.

The 104-minute film has connected the lion dance culture with a teenager’s pursuit(追求) of his dream. The story not only reflects the beauty of Chinese, but also shows the spirit of the nation. “It opens a new world for China’s animated films,” said an animator.

①The 24th Winter Olympic Games were just hosted in Beijing, but the city was no stranger to competitive (竞技性的) sports on snow and ice.

②Actually competitive winter sports were already popular in China a thousand years ago in the form of bingxi (playing on ice). Bingxi began in the Song Dynasty and became really popular during the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Qianlong hosted bingxi nearly every year. He had the first one in 1742, almost two hundred years before the first Winter Olympic Games.

③Events of bingxi were recorded by many ancient palace painters. A bingxi painting just shows scenes of bingxi during the Qing Dynasty.

④In bingxi, three types of ice skating are performed. The first one is the speed race which is similar to modern speed skating. Participants (参赛者) skated to the emperor’s ice bed, from two to three kilometers away. In the painting, the emperor is seated inside his ice bed. Whoever reaches the emperor first wins first prize. The second is figure skating. Jumps, spins (旋转) and pair work moves in modern figure skating can all be found in the painting. The third is soccer on ice. Participants in two teams skate, kick and try to score goals. If the “tool” for scoring goals is changed from legs to sticks, it is similar to today’s ice hockey (冰球).

⑤The love of winter sports has never diminished in China. Since Beijing hosted the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, more and more people have taken part in winter sports.

Coming back to work after vacation can be difficult. How do you get your groove(最佳状态) back? Here is some good advice.

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Faced with so many tasks, most people will feel lots of pressure as the vacation is over. What can we do to deal with this? Come back a day earlier. By doing so, you will be able to get prepared for everything that’s to come.

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A clean and comfortable workplace is very important. Why? On the one hand, it will make you have a good mood(心情) and make you relaxed. On the other hand, you can get to work faster as you get organized.

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It’s not easy for you to catch up with all the work you left behind. So don’t push yourself so hard and allow yourself to work a bit more slowly at first. This will give your body time to settle in(适应).

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One of the best ways to get back to work after vacation is to create a plan. Through the plan, you can know what should be done first and what can be finished later. This will help you get things done in an orderly(有条理的) manner.

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Throwing yourself into work as soon as you’re back will make you more painful. Take a break, listen to music or go out for coffee with your coworkers. Do anything to make you feel comfortable! Then you can start working happily.