A handsome man can earn a fifth       1     (much) than a plainer colleague but a beautiful woman is not paid a penny more than her average-looking colleague, new research has shown.

The study by senior economists(经济学家) found that     2     (be) good-looking meant male workers could earn 22 percent more than average-looking colleagues. Researchers said good looks did not give women a similar advantage.

Andrew Leigh, an economics professor who co-authored the report, said: “Beauty can be a double-edged sword for women.” “Some people still believe good looks and intelligence are incompatible(不一致)in women     3     a good-looking woman can’t be very productive (富有成效的), but     4     doesn’t affect men’s pay.” He said that     5     he believed good-looking women may also earn more, the research did not support his theory.

The research found that handsome men in all jobs, from manual labour to highly-paid     6    (profession) careers, can earn 22 percent more than their colleagues doing     7     same work. Men with below-average looks face a battle in the office, with ugliness reducing a man’s earnings by 26 percent compared     8     an average-looking worker.

The study, named Unpacking the Beauty Premium, was the     9    (large) exercise of its kind and repeated a survey from 1984 to see if the beauty premium (额外费用) had changed. Leigh said the research showed people in the workplace were “lookist (以貌取人的) “ and he hoped the     10    (find) would encourage employers to remove their prejudice (偏见).

The Peppa Pig cartoon follows the life of a pig, Peppa, and her family as they go about    1     (they) day-to-day life in a fictional U. K. town made up of various animal families. Since the show first aired, there have been    2    total of 241 episodes (集) created as the show enjoyed     3     (increase) popularity.

Peppa’s very British accent is now apparently having a strong    4    (affect )on children from all over the world. Parents in the US are claiming that recently the popular children’s TV show Peppa Pig    5     (cause) their kids to start speaking in a British accent.

According to experts, though, American kids may have picked up a Britishism or two, but the claim that they’re developing a whole accent    6    (base) on a cartoon, is not entirely true. Typically, children develop the accent of the community around them.    7    , it’s possible that kids learn to mimic(模仿) individual words from the show, especially in cases    8    the child doesn’t know the word.

So while some American kids    9    (say) a few words or phrases in British English now, it’s quite    10    (likely) that they would be acquiring an entire second dialect from just watching a TV show.

As of June, China had about 285 million Internet users living in rural areas,     1     (account) for over 30 percent of the country’s total, according to a recent report on China’s Internet development. The number of rural Internet users in China     2     (grow) by over 30 million in the last few months.

The report said the Internet is playing a     3     (great) role than ever in the country’s poverty reduction efforts, with the public’s participation     4     recognition of relevant campaigns on the rise. It said as of June, online promotions of     5     (agriculture) products from remote areas had reached more than half of the Chinese Internet users, and that more than one third     6     netizens had bought such products via online platforms.

Meanwhile, the report shows that e-commerce livestreaming (直播) grew increasingly active in the first half of the year. China saw over 10 million livestreaming marketing     7     (activity) during this period. The report said the Internet can contribute     8     (significant) to China’s anti-poverty goal by providing jobs, social security and medical service information for     9     poor and allowing children in poverty-stricken areas     10     (access) better education.

Li Ziqi, a short video blogger specializing in traditional Chinese cooking and handicrafts,     1    (gain) worldwide popularity so far.

It is the spirit of craftsmanship behind her works     2     makes Li’s video clips attractive. She strictly follows the authentic traditional steps and procedures in making traditional Chinese food and handicrafts. Sometimes she spends several months producing one of her videos. Li has been inheriting(继承) traditional Chinese culture     3     a rather creative way. A closer look at her     4    (video) will show that they are never with any “analysis” that makes people feel bored.