It’s Global Youth Service Day, the largest youth service and citizen movement in the world and the only one that celebrates the contributions     1     (make) by all youth aging from 5 to 25 through service.

The Youth Engagement Team of United Way of Central Indiana is taking     2     (act) to advance the common benefits. When members found out that a small, rural town about 30 minutes northwest of Indianapolis, had the     3     (high) percentage of financially stressed households in the area, they decided to do something about it. Since the town doesn’t have a public library, the team built a Little Free Library, and prepared 100 snack bags with notes of encouragement words inside for kids     4     (involve) in the We All Matter after-school pro-gram. The     5     (child) will receive not only food for their bodies, but food for their minds as well, as the team is also donating books     6     (get) the library up and running.

Serving     7     a young age promotes healthy lifestyles and choices, teaches life skills,     8     (improve) the community and encourages lifelong moral rules of giving. Are you ready? to join youth like these in making     9     difference? Youth Service America offers excellent resources and your local United Way can point youth to the people and places     10     need your support.

【推荐2】Festivals     1     (celebrate) all around the world. Of all the     2     (tradition) festivals, the harvest festival can be found in almost every culture. This important agricultural festival takes place after all the     3     (crop) have been gathered in. People celebrate     4     (show) that they are grateful for the year’s supply of food. Customs play     5     significant role in festivals, but sometimes they can change over time. With the development of modern society and the spread of new ideas, some traditions may fade     6     and others may be established. Festivals are becoming more and more commercial, with businesses     7     (take) advantage of the celebrations. Online shopping websites and social media apps have made     8     much easier for the public to spend more on gifts for their loved ones. Festivals are an important part of society. They reflect people’s wishes, beliefs, faiths and attitudes towards life. They are occasions     9     allow us to relax and enjoy life, and forget about our work for a little while. They help us understand where we came from, who we are, and what     10     (appreciate).

Also known as Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras in New Orleans is a     1     (culture) scene like the USA version of Carnival. But there is some debate over whether it was NOLA or Mobile, Alabama that had the first Mardi Gras back in     2    1700s. Regardless     3     who did it first, few would argue that the New Orleans festival is the best. It     4     (begin) with social events in November. Some private balls     5     (hold) on Thanksgiving Day and New Year's Eve, with parades and more private balls throughout January and early February.     6    (get) invites to the private events isn't easy. If you love music, check out the     7     (annually) Galactic concert at the world-famous Tipitina’s on Lundi Gras (the day before Mardi Gras). When the big day arrives, it’s best to plan     8     you want to see. Longtime     9    (local) love the Krewe of Muses Parade, the Rex & Zulu Parade, and the Krewe of St. Anne and Krewe of Julu Parades. But, for our money,     10     doesn't get any better than watching the Mardi Gras Indians Parade in Treme.

As we know, Start of Summer is the seventh of the 24 solar terms(农历节气)in the     1    (tradition) Chinese lunar calendar,     2    (mark) the beginning of summer. When it arrives, heat increases across the country as the days become longer, and rain becomes more frequent. The temperature will rise     3    (obvious) during this period, yet in Northern China weather remains mild, not too hot. Here is a variety of food Chinese people often eat to greet the Start of Summer.

In ancient China, people     4    (believe) eating eggs on the first day of summer would help bring good health and a round egg is a symbol of happy life. They put leftover tea into boiled water, together with eggs,       5    are called “tea eggs”. Later people improved cooking methods and added spices to the eggs     6    (make) them taste even more delicious.

Many Chinese     7    (family) prepare specially-cooked rice for the first day of summer. One popular folk saying holds that in ancient times, children would ask       8    (they) neighbors for a bowl of rice, and then cook the rice together       9     some other food such as peas. People believed that eating such rice would keep children from heatstroke.

The first day of summer is also     10    good time to try some seasonal vegetables, fruit and fish such as cucumber, cherry and balloon fish.

Over 400 pieces or sets of Dehua white porcelain (德化白瓷) are on display in the National Museum of China in Beijing, with the exhibition     1     (run) from Aug 26 for three months.

Dehua white porcelain is famous for its pure white color. According to Chen Chao,     2     artist dedicated to porcelain research, Dehua porcelain is     3     (extraordinary) pure and white because the kaolin (高岭土) in Dehua county in Fujian has a low percentage of iron,     4     (make) the porcelain stainless (无瑕的) like white jade.

Sitting in Quanzhou city,     5     the ancient Maritime Silk Road started, Dehua white porcelain       6     (sell) well at home and abroad since the Song Dynasty (960-1279). In 2006, Dehua white porcelain was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage.

    7     the past glories, Dehua craftsmen (工匠) never stop refining (精进) their skills. One     8     (impress) skill is “the eggshell technique” (薄胎技艺). Chen said that it is just one of the     9     (achievement) that Chinese porcelain craftsmen have made on the long path of innovation.

“Combining traditional Chinese artistic skills with modern disciplines (学科), we will create even more outstanding works     10     (increase) the cultural confidence of the Chinese people.” said Chen.