Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) originated in ancient China. It     1    (include) acupuncture (针灸), Chinese herbal medicine, tai chi, qigong, tuina, guasha, cupping and so on.

Acupuncture was one of the first TCM       2    (method) that were accepted by the healthcare system in the USA. It was first introduced to the USA in 1971 by a New York Times reporter, James Reston, in an article     3    (title) “Now, about my operation in Peking”.

In 1997. acupuncture was     4    (official) accepted by the National Institutes of Health of the US, and in a statement in 2002, the World Health Organization recognized acupuncture as an     5    (effect) treatment for more than 43 common ailments (小病). TCM focuses     6     not only the disease treatment, but also the disease prevention and     7    (improve) of overall health.

Today, TCM is primarily used as an alternative for people     8    (maintain) a healthy state in the US. It is widely practiced in more than 180 countries and regions around the globe; among them, 103 countries have approved     9     use of acupuncture, 29 have established some forms of laws and regulations for TCM, 18 have included acupuncture into their national health insurance systems,     10     more than 30 have colleges and universities that teach students in TCM.

We all know that a healthy life means     1     (get) both plenty of exercise and enough good-quality sleep,     2     reality often gets in the way. The new research indicates that doing enough exercise could make up     3     some of the unhealthy impacts of terrible sleep.

Cancer, for example, those at the unhealthiest end of the sleep and exercise scale had a 45 percent higher risk of dying from cancer    4     those with good sleep and doing exercise     5     (regular). However, that risk just about disappeared for those     6     didn’t have good sleep but kept regular physical activity.

The weekly amount of exercise     7     (recommend) by the World Health Organization (WHO) is 150 minutes of moderately intensive activity, or more than 75 minutes of vigorously intensive physical activity.

“Levels of physical     8     (active) at or above the lower threshold recommended by WHO appeared to cut out most of the associations of poor sleep and mortality,” write the researchers in their paper.

“Considering that physical activity     9     (be) perhaps more achievable than sleep, the study offers people more health     10     (reason) to be physically active; and provides health professionals with more reasons to recommend physical activity to patients with sleep problems.”

Consisting of a bamboo frame and a     1     (delicate) painted paper surface, Chinese oil-paper umbrellas have long been viewed as a symbol of China’s tradition of cultural craftsmanship and poetic beauty. Not just are they an instrument to keep off rain or sunlight, but also works of art     2    (possess)rich cultural significance and aesthetic(美的)value.

The first oil-paper umbrellas appeared during Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220).Later,they    3     (bring) overseas to Japan and ancient Korea during the Tang Dynasty (618-907),which is     4     they were known as “Tang umbrellas”.

It takes quite a lot of time and effort to make a traditional Chinese oil-paper umbrella     5     hand. For example,in Fenshui township in Luzhou, Sichuan Province,craftsmenmust complete more than 90 steps and use over 100 different tools    6     (create) a single handmade oil-paper umbrella.

Since the appearance of modern mechanical umbrellas, traditional oil-paper umbrellas    7     (suffer) from declining sales, while     8     number of craftsmen has been on thedecrcase. Fortunately, with the    9     (include) of Fenshui oil-paper umbrellas as one ofChina’s national intangible cultural heritages in 2008, things have been improving. These greatitems appear in many fashion shows and media publications due to the positive publicity     10     they have received.