Using some ways to record a moment in time isn’t just about securing a memory—it can help us to be grateful to our life more every day.

As a student, my school has been my whole world. While it may ________ limiting, studying with the same classmates and the same teachers in the same classroom every day has given me many opportunities to make great ________. I love the jokes ________ by my teachers in class, the songs my roommates and I sing together and cheerleaders’ loud cries at basketball games. Even the light of the sunset with the mix of purple and red ________ the playground is attracting.

And that is ________ I began to record my school life, and I’ve kept this habit for three years. The first try, in the form of a diary, fell through as soon as my actual experiences became ________ more exciting than my words. So I bought a camera, with which I recorded every fascinating moment in my school life. Every weekend I ________ those photos to my phone and posted them on my social media. ________ fail, I would find how joyful my school life was and how much progress I made, which in turn put in more passion and purpose into the coming weeks.

As I entered senior high school, that camera ________ to a camcorder (便携式摄像机). More and more videos drove me to learn video editing. Those videos witnessed (见证) me ________ the school choir, training for sports meets, complaining about the burden of studying and having fun in the dormitory. They ________ a labor of love and naturally my source of happiness.

When I look ________ on my diaries, photos and videos during this winter vacation, those happy memories came flooding back. Recording my school life lets me not only record every valuable moment of my growth ________ gives me the ability to see and appreciate my surroundings and create joy in my life. It creates a positive influence on my friends, showing ________ how wonderful life is. So imagine how ________ I was when people said they felt youth and power through my work!

In 2021, China has just set a new Spring Festival record by accumulating a box office total of around 6 billion yuan during the holiday, comparing with the year of 2020, according to the live movie information tracing app Beacon.

	Detective Chinatown 3, the third series of the title franchise, which is about a couple of amateur detectives’ adventures in solving mysteries, has got this festival’s box-office champion by bringing in around 3 billion yuan.
	Hi, Mom, widely regarded as the top dark horse thanks to its tear-jerking description of mother-daughter affection, has earned 1.7 billion yuan in rising to the second seat. The film is the first directorial works of comedy actress-turned-filmmaker Jia Ling.
	Director Lu Yang’s A Writer’s Odyssey, a boldly imaginative visualization (形象化) of a horrible fantasy world, has taken the third seat with 410 million yuan.

Stinky Luosifen, or river snail rice noodles, became the most popular Chinese New Year’s snack this year, as Chinese people prepare for a stay-at-home holiday due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Traditionally, dried fruits, sweets, and pastries are a must-buy “three-piece set” snacks for the Chinese New Year. But this year, new competitors are taking over.

According to data from Tmall and Taobao, both e-commerce platforms under Alibaba, the turnover of Luosifen, or river snail rice noodles, on the first day of the online festival was 15 times bigger than last year, with the number of buyers growing nine times year on year. Self-heating hot pots rank only second to Luosifen. The largest group of buyers was the post-90s generation.

Do you know the most famous food bloggers called Li Ziqi, who has 11. 4 million subscribers on YouTube. Her video of how to make Luosifen has gained more than 42 million views on the website. Also some food bloggers from other countries love Luosifen and describe the taste similar to a pork or chicken with other thing, which some of them suppose to be the snail. The soup is special, too. It tastes spicy, pungent, earthy, sour, and funky.

If you haven’t eaten this popular food, next time you are in Guang Xi, you’d definitely order the unique flavor food Luosifen.

New Year’s Eve is filled with possibility and expectation. What will be the surprising experiences and delightful successes in the coming year? But also, what disappointments are waiting for us in the next twelve months?

In many ways, New Year’s Eve and the days that surround it are a line between past and future. That line is made up of a series of moments of transition (过渡) that take us out of the old and into the new. Transition can be challenging for many of us. It’s about letting go of the familiar and diving fast into the unfamiliar.

To look back upon what I have been through, I regard New Year’s Eve as an ending and also a beginning. New Year’s Eve brings a stop to the endless promises that fill our daily lives and a chance to think carefully and deeply.

Ten years ago, colored lights danced around the living room on New Year’s Eve and happy music was played. Upstairs, the children were asleep. But I wasn’t feeling happy. In mid-December, my husband and I had been told that he had cancer and that he was going to die. He had less than a year left, the doctors said.

Just as, back then, I had to face letting go of the life I had led with my beloved husband and stepping into a new world as a widowed (丧偶的) mom. I find that each year I have to step out of the version of me that suited the year that is ending and ease into the version of me who will rise to the goals I am holding for myself for the year ahead.

Last year at this time, I sat in a chair in southern France and drank in the quiet and beauty of the countryside around me. The three children and I had brought into this world talked and laughed around the table beside me as we enjoyed a lunch of bread and cheese. I was joyful and I had a bright heart with hope. It was another ending and another beginning.

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Earlier last month, my parents and I had a free day. We decided to cook together in the kitchen. For our weekend menu, we decided to make smoked pork. I found this recipe online.     46    , so we decided to make it for dinner one weekend together.

First, according to the recipe,     47    . The process would take a long time, so mom started working on it early the night before. Mom first thawed (解冻) the pork and then spread salt, sugar and pepper on its surface. After that,     48     and refrigerated it for two days. Two days later, the pork was ready for the next steps. To make smoked dishes indoors, we needed to use aluminum foil (铝箔). After that,     49    , and mother was responsible for preparing the ingredients. I was responsible for spreading the black tea and sugar on the slices and aluminum foil and then a layer of baking paper. Finally,     50    . After more than ten minutes of smoking and a few minutes of frying, the smoked pork was complete.

The pork was very juicy. With an apple vinegar sauce, the meat was even more delicious.

After working together, the relationship between our family members has become more harmonious. I feel happy to have cooked with my parents. I hope we will cook more delicious meals together in the future,