【推荐1】“There are two kinds of people in the world—people who love Peking Opera and people who don’t know they love Peking Opera yet,” said Wang Peiyu in the opening section of her latest 12-episode(集) online _________ “My job is to let the _________ know about Peking Opera and then fall in love with it.”

The weekly talk show sees Wang, who is one of the _________ Peking Opera artists in China, explain the traditional art form and _________ its appeal.

With a(n) _________ of various art forms, including singing, dancing, and martial arts(武术), Peking Opera has a long history _________ back to the 19th century. In 2010, UNESCO _________ it an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity(非物质文化遗产).

Like many traditional art forms, it is challenged by popular entertainment and is losing its audience, especially among the younger generation.

Wang is trying to change the _________. She has about 1.6 million followers on micro-blogging platform Sina Weibo and has built up a large fan base among young people with her _________ techniques and charm.

Each episode, about 30 minutes long, ____________Wang introduce her unique knowledge about Peking Opera with a particular ____________ such as the making of a Peking Opera star, the ____________ of preparing for a performance, and amusing stories about the age-old art. She uses____________, direct and humorous language to____________ the audience.

One fan commented: “All I knew about Peking Opera was the painted ____________, but thanks to Wang’s show, I now know more about the art form and I look forward to watching a live performance in the theatre.”

【推荐2】When Mt. Vesuvius (维苏威火山)erupted in 79A.D.，it _______ the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

The first _______were the people of Pompeii, who, returning of their city when the eruption had eased, dug down through the_______ of their buried homes and salvaged what they could of their furniture and belongings. The _______ they drove through the solidified ash can still be seen in places. But a time came _______ Pompeii and Herculaneum were forgotten. Throughout the Middle Ages these two buried cities were not disturbed, and it was not until 1709 _______ an Austrian prince sank a shaft at Herculaneum and then, by _______ of underground tunnels, robbed the city of its treasures.

In 1729, systematic excavation began on the _______ site, but King Charles Ⅲ of Naples merely excavated the site to _______ archaeological specimens (考古标本) for his collection. A few years later, an accidental find at Pompeii led to excavations there; at first by tunneling, but afterwards by the actual uncovering of the city.

From the end of the ________ century to the present day, digging has gone on ________ continuously, though slowly, and often with ________ resources. Perhaps this slowness has not been entirely a(n) ________，since it has resulted in large, untouched sections of both cities being left ________ for modern, scientific excavation. ________ techniques have improved so much in the last fifty years that a site can now reveal far more archaeological ________ than before.

Today most of ________ and a substantial section of Herculaneum have been cleared. They are the best known archaeological sites ________， and the most wonderful. For here, and nowhere else on earth, are ancient cities in which life did not die out but was suddenly ________.

“Behind these walls,” as one writer has said, “lies an ________ Italian town, stilled in a moment of time. To enter the gates of this city is to walk 2, 000 years into the past.”

【推荐1】Dressed in a flowing long robe decorated with beaded floral embroidery from a bygone era, stylist Xiao Hang looks like she surfaced from a time machine as she strides across the bustling Beijing metro, attracting curious glances and inquisitive questions.

China was ______ Western fashion and futuristic technology as its economy boomed in recent decades, but a growing number of young people like Xiao are looking to the ______ for their sartorial choices and wearing traditional “hanfu”, or “Han clothing.”

These historic costumes of the Han ethnic majority are ______ a renaissance（复兴）in part because the government is promoting traditional culture in a bid to boost patriotism and national ______.

Period dramas have also contributed to the ______ in interest for traditional Chinese clothing -- The Story of Minglan, a TV series set in the song Dynasty   ______ more than 400 million views in three days when it debuted earlier this year.

There is no ______ definition of what counts as hanfu since each Han-dominated dynasty had its own style, but the outfits are ______ by loose, flowing robes that drape around the body, with sleeves that hang down to the knees.

“When we were little, we would also drape sheets and duvets around ourselves to ______ we were wearing beautiful clothes,” Xiao told AFP.

Xiao, who used to work at a state - owned machine manufacturing company, now runs her own hanfu business, where she dresses customers for photo shoots and even plans hanfu - style weddings.

Yang Jiaming, a high school student in Beijing, wears his outfit under his school uniform.

“Two-thirds of my wardrobe is hanfu,” he said, decked out in a Tang-style beige gown and black boots at a hanfu gathering, ______ that his classmates and teachers have been supportive of his style.

A government supported ______ in Chinese culture has given the hanfu community a boost: Since he entered office in 2012. President Xi has supported the idea of promoting a Han - centric version of heritage.

In April, the Communist Youth League of China ______ a two - day conference for traditional Chinese garb, including hanfu.

A live broadcast of the event drew some 20 million viewers, alongside a heartfelt outpouring of emotions.

“Chinese people have ______ their own culture and chosen Western culture. The red marriage gown has now become a wedding dress,” wrote on user on Bilibili, a video - streaming platform popular among young anime, comic and gaming fans in China.

Clothes are the “______ of culture,” said Jiang Xue, a member of Beijing - based hanfu club Mowutianxia, which has received funding from the Communist Youth League.

“If we as a(n) ______ and as a country do not even understand our traditional clothing or don’t wear them, how can we talk about other essential parts of our culture?” she said.

【推荐2】In Europe, men do not usually wear skirts. But the Scottish national costume for men is a kind of skirt. It is called a kilt. The Scottish like to be _________. They are proud of their country and its _________ as it is part of the history. That’s why the men still wear kilts at old-style dances and on national holidays. They believe they are wearing the same clothes as Scottish men always used to wear.

That’s what they believe. _________, kilts are not really so old. Before 1730, Scottish men wore a long shirt and a _________ around their shoulders. These clothes got _________ the way when the men started to work in _________. So, in 1730 a factory owner changed the blanket into a skirt: the kilt. That’s how the first kilt was made.

Then, in the late 1700s Scottish soldiers in the _________ Army began to wear kilts to be different from the English soldiers. The Scottish soldiers _________ very hard and became famous. The kilt was part of that fame, and in the early 1800s men all round Scotland began to wear kilts.

These kilts had colorful and _________ stripes (条纹) going up and down and across. In the 1700s and early1800s, the colour of the stripes had no __________ meaning. But later the colours became important to the Scottish families. Most families had their own colours for their kilts. __________, each family just chose the __________ they liked best.

This is not the __________ you will hear today if you are in Scotland. Most Scottish people still __________ that kilts are as old as Scotland and that the colours are also as old as the Scottish families. Sometimes feelings are stronger than __________!

【推荐3】Every month, Zhang Lingling holds a party with her friends in a KTV room. At the party, all the people wear hanfu — a _______ type of dress worn by the Han people — and sing songs that are _______ by ancient poems. “I’m _______ by the clothes, songs and games based on the culture. I’m not buying the items just because they are Chinese — they just _______ my aesthetic (审美的) needs.” She _______ China Daily.

Like Zhang, there are many young people who have a _______ for traditional Chinese culture. _______ the reason behind this fascination with traditional culture, Ji Fangfang, a professor with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said it’s _______ traditional culture is the best way for young people to _______ their national identity (身份).

________ some prefer inheriting (继承) traditional Chinese culture, others are creating on it to be more ________ to the young generation. Pop culture ________ Yu Yang is one of them. When he made a(an) ________ of products featuring the ancient God of Fortune, the god wore ________ shoes and a cap, and had a microphone in his hand. “Pop culture is a universal language. I hoped more people would accept and love my work and ________ Chinese culture through my art pieces,” he said in an interview with China Daily.

【推荐1】Few people knew about online food delivery apps ten years ago, but today, many would find it hard to live without them. In China alone, over 400 million people use such apps. ________ online food delivery services have changed the way we eat, and they are also having a huge impact on our society.

These services have ________ brought us many benefits. They provide jobs for millions of people and help restaurants find more customers. Since the apps are very convenient, they also benefit consumers: we can now have meals delivered at any time of a day, ________ bad weather or busy schedules. This is especially true for people who work long hours, since they might not have time to cook. Not only do these apps _________ time, they also provide us with a wide variety of restaurants to choose from. They have proved to be useful for retired people as well: ________ who live far away from restaurants and supermarkets can now get hold of meals and groceries more easily.

However, we must not forget the ________ of online food delivery services. For one thing, they make it even easier to order unhealthy food, ________ in sugar, fat and salt. Food safety is another problem: it can be hard to ________ where the food actually comes from, and whether the owner is legally permitted to run a restaurant. As couriers (外卖员) need to deliver the orders as quickly as possible, some ________ traffic rules. In recent years, there have been a number of terrible traffic accidents because of this. ________, the industry is creating unbelievable amounts of packaging waste: over a million tonnes of online food delivery boxes are thrown away every year. Experts assume that this number will continue to ________ in the future, and this will have an increasingly negative impact on the environment.

There are many advantages of these services, but we need to make sure that we make the right choices ________. We should do our best to limit waste, especially when it comes to ________, so as to contribute to sustainable development. We also need to think about what we eat and the impact on our health. Next time you are thinking about ________, you should ask yourself whether you really need to. In most cases, it's better to walk over to the supermarket, buy the ________ you need, and then cook them yourself.

【推荐3】One of the strangest experiences of my life is taking a memory test while lying inside an MRI scanner( 核磁共振扫描仪). It was part of an experiment by University College London, to see whether the brains of memory champions like me were ______anyone else's.

When the test ______were published, the findings were very ______. Expert memorizers didn't   have any physical differences between our ______. Instead, what set us apart was what we did when   we were learning — in particular, the way we used pictures.

Any information can be ______into pictures — immediately switching on parts of the brain that create ______and impressive memories.

______it yourself. Here's a list of words. But don't just read the words. Picture them, as ______as   you can.

MOUNTAIN, RAINBOW, PEA, SOFA, SHEEP, SNOWMAN, WINDMILL,NEWSPAPER, PIANO, UMBRELLA.

______your visual (视觉的) memory. Notice the relative sizes of the items on the list. Look out for any similarities or differences in ______or colors. After a few minutes, cover the page and see how many words you ______. Then, start attaching images to ______you want to remember: shopping lists, addresses, brilliant ideas. By doing so, you'll find that you soon become more observant(善于观察的), better with ______, and more confident about recalling (记起) the things that   ______.

So learn from the ______, and use pictures to help you to set some new “personal bests” for your own memory power!