Taking good care of elderly residents has long been     1     top priority for workers in the Mudan Community in the city of Shenyang, northeast China’s Liaoning Province.

With a history of nearly 40 years, the community is home to more than 3,000 households and over 10,000 residents, about 40 percent of     2     are over 60 years old.

A care center     3    (establish) in the community to meet the needs of elderly people so far. It offers various services, from health check-ups     4     housecleaning.

“The government has provided the venue free of charge and offered construction subsidies     5    (build) the center,” says Wang Hui, director of the Mudan Community. “It includes at-home services, day care and long-term care,     6    (meet) the various needs of the senior residents,” Wang adds.

In Mudan, 43 elderly people have been provided with smart bracelets, which monitor     7    (they) heart rate, blood pressure, the number of     8    (step), etc. In case of emergencies, they can call medical services with just one click.

The community has opened a canteen (食堂) where elderly people can enjoy     9    (afford) meals. The canteen also     10    (offer) delivery services during bad weather, or for those with limited mobility.

Primary and middle schools, as well as universities across China, have introduced herb-planting courses on their campuses as part of a campaign     1     (promote) traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). An herb farm has just been opened at Chaotiangong Minzu Primary School in Nanjing, Jiangsu. More than 30 species have been planted on campus, including Chinese ground orchid and rosemary. Students are guided     2     pharmacists (药剂师) from a     3     (province) TCM hospital. Students learn to recognize different herbs, learn about their medicinal value and plant sprouts (苗) in the garden. The hospital donated over 100 cartoon books     4     (relate) to TCM to help the children develop a stronger interest in herbal medicine.

Also in Shanghai, Tongji University has created     5     opportunity for overseas students to plant various species’ of herbs including Chinese angelica, wolfberry, fish mint and dangshen,     6     are all widely used. in Chinese cuisine. By taking care of the plants     7     (regular), overseas students can gain first-hand experience of making herbal medicine from start to finish, and spread TCM culture to their own countries.

March 17     8     (mark) Chinese Medicine Day, in commemoration (纪念) of this time-honored way of caring for people’s health. Introducing herb-planting courses at schools not only brings students up close and personal with Chinese herbs but also helps pass on these ancient treatment     9     (tradition) to younger generations while     10     (spread) TCM around the world

Young poet Amanda Gorman is keen on helping kids see that they can change the world with their     1     (word) and actions. Her book, Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem, celebrates this idea. You may have seen Amanda recite her poems on TV. Her     2     (perform) was amazing. But what is even more amazing is the story of how Amanda arrived     3     this moment and the lessons     4     she offers other kids around the world.

When Amanda was young, she enjoyed reading and writing and     5     (encourage) by her mother, who was a teacher. Her passion for poetry     6     (start) when she was about 8 years old. But despite her interests and talents, she had some obstacles (障碍). Gorman struggled with speech problems while     7     (grow) up. She used writing as away to express herself. In high school, she decided that to     8     (full) share her poems, she would need to perform them, so she worked     9     (overcome) her challenge. In 2017, when she was 19, Gorman became     10     first U. S. National Youth Poet Laureate.

Eric Gale’s tips for guitarists

“Good things are happening in life for me now,” says Eric Gale, a famous American guitarist, “and when you allow yourself     1    (receive) those good things, the sky is the limit(极限).” He also said, “Even if I could go back to the start, I still wouldn’t change the way I play     2     guitar. I’m playing the way that it came to me, and it turned out     3     (exact) how it was supposed to. I picked the guitar up that way. I’d already learnt a tune     4     two, and when I tried to change, my brother was like, ‘No, man, this is the way you’ve learnt to play — so     5     are you trying to change it?’ I don’t feel like I’m playing the ‘wrong’ way, because it’s so natural to me. Anyway, who’s to say it’s not everybody else that’s playing it wrong?”

“All of the guitar     6     (performance) on my new record are special to me. As to every last one of them, I think all of them     7     (record) on the first take. I just turned it on and pressed record. It was more of a live approach (方式), you know, which I’m very     8     (satisfy) with. I don’t like to do a lot of     9    (think). I just like to go for it. It’s a whole lot better that way. All we were trying to do on this album was just be     10    (we),” said Eric.