During the summer holidays, I just couldn’t help spending hours on Douyin at home every day. “    1     But it seemed that I nearly lost control of myself.” Wu Tongyu, an eighth-grader from a middle school in Hangzhou, heard this from one of her schoolmates.

    2     They wanted to know what problems teenagers have with short-form video apps. After the study, they wrote a proposal (提案) to the China Youth Model Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (全国青少年模拟政协活动). It became one of the top 32 proposals in the middle school group.

“We interviewed 100 students in our school,” said Hong Xinyuan from this team. “    3     On holidays, some spent more than two hours a day on them.”

Diao Zhangyuxuan, another team member, said some students even tried to learn dangerous things from videos, like making popcorn on a light. “    4    ” said Diao.

The team suggested that video apps should use facial recognition (人脸识别) technology to tell users’ age. Then the apps can avoid showing teenagers videos that are not good for them. The team also called for parents to spend more time with their children on outdoor activities and reading. Schools should also organize more activities for students to develop their skills and make friends.     5     “We feel proud that we are not just bookworms but care about real-life problems,” said Wu. “We hope our ideas can lead to good changes!”

You know, now it is easy to make a short video. Today, almost all smartphones have a camera. And with free apps like TikTok (or Douyin), you can easily share your videos or broadcast live (直播).     1    

One popular online broadcaster (主播) was recently taken away by the police. Why? During one of her broadcasts, she made fun of a national song.     2     However, she broke the law (法律).

    3     It’s difficult to stop using it. However, when we are on the Internet, we may sometimes forget what we post (发布) can also have bad effects. Posting fake (假的) news or something bad is against the law.     4     So think twice before you click the “share” or “broadcast” button (按钮).

    5     You should use the Internet properly!

Hello, I am Li Xin. Do you know which social app is popular with Chinese young people now? I think “Short videos” are certainly the most popular. A large number of young people use Tik Tok（抖音）and Kuaishou. They think it is fun to share their lives by short videos, while others have other purposes as well.

A 12-year-old user named Elsa has about 2.7 million fans on Tik Tok. The girl has shared her dancing studies on Tik Tok for two years. One of the videos won her about one million fans. “I feel really glad to share some happy things with people by short videos,” aid Elsa.

To some other young people, they use short videos to have a quick look at the hot programs. “Because I don’t like to spend many hours watching a whole program, I hate waiting for a program to end, and I prefer to watch short videos of wonderful parts of hot programs,” said Wang Zhihao.

However, some young people feel bored with short videos. “Killing time is the main reason for me to watch short videos, and many short videos are almost the same, so I think they are not so useful or interesting. What’s more, I really don’t like the videos about strange and dangerous things,” said Wen Nan, another college student.

Recently, something else has appeared. Some videos are telling people what commodities（商品）are worth buying. Some short videos even sell bad commodities, and it’s hard for customers to get their money back. So I think we should choose them carefully before we want to buy the commodities by short videos.

5 . Do you know which social app is popular with Chinese young people now? “Short videos” are certainly the most popular. A large number of young people use Tik Tok(抖音) and Kuaishou. They think it is fun to share their lives by short videos, while others have other purposes as well.

A 12-year-old user named Elsa has about 2.7 million fans on Tik Tok. The girl has shared her dancing studies on Tik Tok since last July. One of the videos won her about one million fans. “I feel really glad to share happiness with people by short videos,” said Elsa.

To some other young people, they use short videos to have a quick look at the hot programs. “Because I don’t like to spend many hours watching a whole program, I hate waiting for a program to end, and I prefer to watch short videos of wonderful parts of hot programs,” said Wang Zhihao.

However, some young people feel bored with short videos. “Killing time is the main reason for me to watch short videos, and many short videos are almost the same, so I think they are not so useful or interesting. What’s more, I really don’t like the videos about strange and dangerous things,” said Wen Nan, another college student.

Recently, something else has appeared. Some videos are telling people what commodities are worth buying. Some short videos even sell bad commodities, and it’s hard for customers to get their money back. So we should think twice before we want to buy the commodities by short videos.

6 . What do you usually do in your free time? Do you watch short videos on some apps? According to the China Internet Network Information Center, the number of short video users reached 773 million (百万) in March, 2020. That is, about 86% of all Chinese Internet users are watching or making short videos, or both! If you say short videos are only popular in China, you are wrong. TikTok has more than 800 million users around the world.

Many users like short videos. They say the videos not only make them relax, but also teach them useful skills (技能). “I love watching Lao Qiao’s short videos on my phone,” Francis, one of the short   video users, says. “Lao Qiao is a famous cook and his videos are my favorite ones. From his videos, people can learn how to make Shanxi noodles in no time at all.”However, quite a few people think short videos are not that good. “There are many other ways to relax, like watching movies, reading books and playing sports,” they say. “All of them are more meaningful to people.”                                                                        

What’s more, if people start watching the short videos, they can hardly stop. There are always new ones waiting for them, so they always spend hours on them. Some educators say people should not spend much time on short videos. “Most of them are just for fun,” they say. “They don’t teach people to think or to improve themselves. It’s not good for the people, and not good for society (社会), either.”

A video showing a 12-year-old boy from Moche, Peru, doing his homework on the sidewalk, under a streetlight, has been watched several million times on Facebook after being _________ by the local police.

Staff at the Moche police station first _________ Victor Martin late last month, while checking security cameras（监控摄像）. They found a young boy siting on the sidewalk by _________ at night. At first, they thought he was doing something bad, but later they realized he was _________ writing something in his notebook, taking advantage of the streetlight overhead. Moved by the boy’s _________, the police shared the video on Facebook.

At the time of this writing, Victor’s heart-warming and _________ heart-breaking story has spread all around the world. The local TV station _________ to find the boy and sat down with his mother to learn why he was doing his homework on the street instead of at home.

It turns out that the 12-year-old’s family is so _________ that they couldn’t pay for electricity, so they just depended on a _________ during the night. Unluckily, Victor Marin could __________ finish his homework before the sun went down, and recently he couldn’t __________ the weak candlelight any more.

“One day, my son said ‘ __________ I continue with the candle, I will be crazy! I’d better go outside to finish my homework’. ” Rosa Angulo Cordoba told Panamericana TV. She __________ that Victor’s neck would often become hard to move because of tilting（倾斜）is head to let the candlelight through.

Victor’s mother has said that although he __________ housework and takes care of the family sheep every day, the sixth grader takes __________ very seriously and gets good grades.