Everyone _______ (be) good at something, but some people are ______ (true) talented. It’s always interesting _______ (watch) other people show _______ (they) talents. Talent shows are getting more and more popular. First, there were shows like ________ (America) Idol and America’s Got Talent. Now, there are similar shows around the world, such _______ China’s Got Talent.

All these shows have one thing ______ common: They try to look for the best _______ (sing), the most talented dancers, the most exciting magicians, the funniest ________ (act) and so on. All kinds of people join these shows. But who can play the piano the best ______ sing the most _______ (beautiful)? That’s up to you to decide. When people watch the show, they usually play a role in ________ (decide) the winner. And the ________ (win) always gets a very good prize.

_______ , not everybody enjoys watching these shows. Some think that the lives of the _______ (perform) are made up. ______ example, some people say they are poor _______ (farm), but ______ fact they are just actors. However, if you don’t take these shows too _______ (serious), they are fun to watch. And one great thing about them is that they give people a way to make _______ (they) dreams come true.

2 . Many people think that TV programs have little or no educational value. It is true that lots of programs are meaningless. However, some programs are good and we can learn many things from them. Here are a few of my favorite programs.

3 . Have we ever thought what we read for, information or skills? How do we feel when we read, excited or upset? We read word by word aloud and think about them. Is that enough? I think reading is more than pronouncing or thinking about words.

Recently Readers, a very popular TV program, is staged in the form of reading. Dong Qing works as both a hostess and a producer. Readers hopes to tell us what the world is and it takes us to see the beautiful world by reading. The show has invited some influential guests who have rich experiences and touching stories, like Ni Ping, Wang Yuan from TFBOYS and Yao Chen.

“Reading touches people’s hearts” is the slogan (口号) of Readers. What it wants to show isn’t reading skills but real feelings. They are what touch the audience most. “Readers has become a turning point in my career in hosting and the program has brought me quite a huge challenge.” said Dong Qing.

Readers is of great importance to the audience and Chinese culture. It also tells us if we keep our mind on what we are reading, we’ll know what reading is and we’ll become better readers.

With the development of science and technology, communications are becoming easier and quicker now — people can use telephones, cellphones, fax machines and the Internet. It means that we seldom write letters now. But a TV show, Letters Alive (《见字如面》), is bringing back this old habit.

Letters Alive invites famous actors and actresses, but there are no funny jokes or different competitions. Instead, only one person walks up to a microphone and reads a letter. The letters were written by people from different times in history. For example, in one episode(集), they read a letter written by the famous writer Xiao Hong to her younger brother in 1941. The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.

“Every letter opens another world for us,” said Guan Zhangwen, the director of the TV show. “It seems that we can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers”. Since its first episode was on, Letters Alive has been widely praised. Many audiences(观众) say that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today’s TV shows.

Besides Letters Alive, some other cultural TV shows have also attracted Chinese audiences. They include the Chinese Poetry Conference, a traditional Chinese poetry competition and Readers, a program that invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote. It suggests that cultural values and true feelings are becoming our interest.

9 . More than 95 percent of people in the world have phones today, according to the United Nations. People use phones to make phone calls and send messages to communicate with others. Now we hardly write letters. But a TV show, Letters Alive (《见字如面》), is _________ back this old habit.

Letters Alive gets its idea from a UK program with a similar name. They have something in common. The shows both invite famous actors and actresses, _________ there are no funny jokes or different competitions. Instead, it is just one person reading a letter. Since it has been on in December, Letters Alive has been _________ praised.

The letters were written by people from different times in history. For example, once they read a letter written by famous writer Xiao Hong to her brother who is younger than her in 1941. The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.

“Every letter opens _________ world for us” said Guan Zhengwen, the director of the TV show.

It seems that we can _________ the real lives and feelings of the writers. _________, many people said that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today’s TV.

Apart from Alive Letters, some other _________ TV shows have also been accepted by Chinese audiences. They _________ Chinese Poetry Conference, a classical Chinese poetry competition, and Readers, a program that _________ people to read poems and articles they like or wrote. “This means that our audiences not only look for entertainment like gossip(八卦), but also look for eye-catching games,” reported China Daily. Cultural __________ and true feelings are the keys to winning praise.

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