Actor Chadwick Boseman has died at 43. He brought the movie Black Panther to life with his extraordinary charm and     1     (perform).

In 2016, Boseman     2     (make) his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut (首秀)as Black Panther in Captain American: Civil War. With his role     3     King T' Challa in the film Black Panther, he became an inspiring idol     4     (global). That role was the honor of Boseman's career. Black Panther then got his own stand-alone movie in 2018,     5     (break) box office records.

Martin Luther King III said, “Boseman brought history to life with his     6     (role). As Black Panther, he was considered     7     (be) a superhero in the eyes of many people. And despite four years of fighting against cancer, he kept fighting and inspiring. He will     8    (miss).”

Actor Mark Ruffalo,     9     starred as Hulk in the Marvel movies, said, “What a man, and what a talent. Brother, you were one of the     10     (great) people in history and your greatness was only beginning. Please rest in power, King.”

It was my first day of senior high school. Looking at everything that I had prepared for the new school year, I was excited as well as anxious.

I couldn’t wait     1    (look) around as soon as I got to school. I felt curious     2     everything, the new dining hall, the new library, the new labs, the new classrooms, etc. it would be     3     new start for me. And I was looking forward to     4    (see) my new teachers and classmates. But I wondered     5     my new classmates would like to make friends with me. Would the     6    (teacher) be strict with us students?

I felt relaxed when my English teacher asked me, “What else can I do to help you, Li Le?” I found all the teachers kind and     7    (help). While I was thinking about how to get on well with my classmates, three boys came and asked me to play basketball with them in the P.E. class. We enjoyed     8    (we) that morning and soon became good friends.

Anxiety had gone, and I knew I would have a happy school life here.

It is the first time that Lunyu, or the Analects of Confucius, a collection of ideas and sayings from the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius (551-479 BC),     1    (translate) into Maltese(马耳他语). Salvatore Giuffre, Maltese Sinologist and translator of the book speaks fluent Chinese and worked     2     the Marrese director of Confucius Institute at the University of Malta. Covering teachings on     3     rulers should do to govern a country, the book counts among the most valuable literary and philosophical works worldwide.

The idea of translating the book came about when China’s Shandong Friendship Publishing House invited Malta’s SKS Publishers to attend a seminar on Confucius in 2017 in East China’s Shandong province,     4     birthplace of Confucius. The event featured various publications of the book in different languages, and SKS Publishers was asked to     5    (rich) the collection with a Maltese version.

Giuffre spent around two years making the book     6    (access) to Maltese readers, especially to young students. He occasionally consulted versions of the book     7    (write) in modern Chinese to clarify certain ambiguous terms. He also added comments and explanations to make the text easier     8    (understand). “I tried to keep my Maltese version as understandable as possible to enable a     9    (large) circle of readers to benefit from it,” Giuffre says.

    10    (look) forward, he says he hopes that China and Malta can strengthen cooperation in the field of publishing and create opportunities for more translation projects of literary works.

Build Bridges of Friendship

When we refer to cultural differences, negative ideas like “conflicts” or “divides” may come to our minds.     1    , the Beijing Winter Olympics showed us that cultural diversity (多样性) could be     2     (benefit) to people from different countries. As the most active force in the world, the young generation is taking the lead in bridging the gap to promote global     3     (communicate).

Trying a different country’s cuisine (美食) is     4     challenge for some people. But many international athletes in the Games chose     5     (accept) the differences. Malta’s snowboarder Jenise Spiteri is an example. The 29-year-old even got a name “Doubao Sister” because she took a big bite of Doubao while     6     (wait) for her score.

The Games also saw young people help and appreciate others,     7     their cultural background is. Alexandra Pozhidaeva, a Russian performer in the opening ceremony, said what impressed her most is the     8     (friendly) from the Chinese people. So did many other athletes from all over the world.

“The cultural     9    (different) should not be reasons for conflicts but sources for peoples to learn from each other for the common good of humanity,”     10     (note) China Daily.

The Ontario Convention Center was filled with     1     (excite)on Saturday as hundreds of players competed in the 2023 US Open Table Tennis Championships. The tournament attracted players from around the world, among     2     were Wu Bohan and Zhang Yuwen. Representing Peking University,     3     Chinese pair will participate in a series of events to celebrate the 52nd anniversary of Ping-Pong Diplomacy.

When Dell Sweeris, now a 78-year-old, watched the intense action at the championship, fond memories     4     (come) flooding back. With a smile playing on his lips (嘴角), he reflected on how a simple game of ping-pong had once bridged political chasms (鸿沟)    5     brought nations closer together.

“I was so fortunate     6     (be) on the US national team in 1972 when the Chinese team came here,” Sweeris recalled. “They sent legends (传奇人物) here and I luckily traveled with them.”

While     7     (meet) some legendary players of the Ping-Pong Diplomacy era, Sweeris became friends with Liu Wei, a former world champion and now a professor at Peking University.

    8     the coach of the Peking University table tennis team, Liu said his team was on a mission to spread the spirit of Ping-Pong Diplomacy. “It is about the continuity of friendship,”she said. “It will     9    (pass) on to the next generation through the medium of table tennis. One of the driving forces behind this continuity is the     10     (share) love for this sport by the people of both China and the United States.”