It may soon be easier for shoppers to find beauty products     1     toxic chemicals. The Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit organization, launched a new label this month     2    (call) EWG Verified, which certifies personal care products as free from chemicals of concern.

The programme is an extension of the group’s work with the Skin Deep database, which for more than a decade now     3    (give) tens of millions of visitors’ information on the chemical contents and relative safety of their favourite cosmetics and shampoos.

Before now, the personal care industry has mostly shied away from eco-labels,     4    rising interest in non-toxic beauty products from consumers and the     5    (increase) popularity of eco-labels for other types of consumer products.

    6    number of eco-labels on consumer products across industries has grown from a few dozen in the 1990s to more than 400 today. The labels have helped some companies justify price premiums, but have also served to confuse consumers in industries like food where a large number of labels with varying degrees of credibility — ranging from baseless “all natural” claims to more rigorous organic certifications — can make it difficult for shoppers to separate the green from the greenwashed.

On-package labelling could become a common practice    7    retailers like Walmart and Target roll out programmes vetting the chemical ingredients in personal care products.

“Eco-labelling is a critical step in the regulation of the private sector, and third party labels are generally more trustworthy than the industry’s self-certified labels,” says Xinghua Li, a professor of media studies at Babson College,     8    researches green advertising. “The cosmetic industry needs it just as urgently as the food industry: the products we put on our skin are just as important as the food we put into our mouths.”

    9    (qualify) for the EWG Verified seal, a product must not contain any of the ingredients on EWG’s lists of restricted and unacceptable ingredients. The EWG    10    (hold) a meeting on whether companies fully disclose all ingredients on the label (and not use any catch-all terms like “fragrance”, for example) this time next Saturday.

A shop sells games and gadgets （小玩意）to members of the older population with a sense of fun, Yang Yang reports.

Being of an old age, when bus passengers may give up their seats for you, does have     1     (it) benefits. But one thing not     2     (normal) associated with the loss or graying of hair is toys. That is changing. Despite the fact     3     China now has about 254 million people aged 60 or above, it is not until recently that arguably the first toy shop     4     (target) at this population group was opened.

The shop, located at a corner in Beijing's Tongzhou District,     5     ( name) Lao You Suo Wan Toy Shop for Elders.

As usual, the     6     ( found) , 42-year-old Song Delong, opens the door of the 180-square-me-ter shop at 9 a. m. on a Friday.     7     ( enter) the door, one will see two rows of green plants on the right hand. Caged birds sing at the back of the shop.

Following the idea to build     8     typical traditional Chinese study, Song furnishes the space with traditional Chinese-style wooden     9     ( shelf) , on which he displays more than 400 kinds of toys that are divided     10     four major categories ——classic, nostalgic (怀旧的)，educational, and exercising, in addition to 16 other categories such as digital and novel ones, says Song.

Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics,     1     (win) hearts of millions since the Winter Olympics opened on Friday.     2     (dress) in a full-body icy “shell”, Bing Dwen Dwen appeared all over the Olympic venues. It became a favorite of international athletes, media and members of the public. Goods     3     (feature) the mascot, such as key chains and dolls, have already been sold out at     4     (official) licensed online retailers and many physical shops. “Bing Dwen Dwen sold out” has become a hot topic on Sina Weibo,     5     many netizens expressing     6     (they) wish to own at least one. Zhao Weidong, spokesman for the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, said at the news conference on Sunday the     7     (short) of supply was partly     8     many workers and factories were on the Chinese New Year holiday and could not cope with the sudden burst of demand. “We’re contacting relevant departments     9     (increase) the supply of Bing Dwen Dwen,” he said, adding it also reflected     10     great attention the ongoing Games are attracting.

Two days after the opening of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Bing DwenDwen, the Games’ official mascot (吉祥物), is as appealing to people     1     athletes’ performances, as models of the mascot     2     (be) sold out of stores all over China. Bing Dwer Dwen’s appeal is not only restricted to Chinese people. In a video circulating online, Prince Albert II of Monaco received a dough statuette (面团雕像) of Bing Dwen Dwen at Bejing’s Great Hall of the People, asking for a     3     (two) one because he has twins.

Bing Dwen Dwen is a panda inside an ice shell stylized as a sports helmet,     4     (make) the animal appear more athletic. A series of colored floating lines around     5     (it) head resemble tracks on an ice area, a reference to the National Speed Skating Oval,     6     (know) as the “Ice Ribbon”. The colorful lines are also a nod to the operation of 5G technology. Resembling     7     astronaut in a space suit, Bing Dwen Dwen     8     (design) to be a winter sports expert coming from the future, representing a perfect combination of winter sports    9     modern technology. The ice shell also leaves space for various future designs.

Insiders believe the Beijing 2022 mascot is a great mixture of Chinese culture and the Olympic spirit. “    10     (hopeful), Bing Dwen Dwen can become a classic and leave lasting memories in Olympic history,” said Cao Xue, head of the Beijing 2022 mascot design team.