Plays are an important part of British culture. People in the cities like plays very much. You can find professional(专业的)_________ in every city. For example, the West End in London is the best place to watch a professional play. The same thing also _________ in every school and village hall across the country.

There are over 2, 500 non-professional drama clubs in the UK today and they are an active part of community life. Many people join the clubs. They do it for fun, for the love of acting and _________ a way to meet new people.

Not everyone in a drama club is a talented actor, but they consider enthusiasm(热情)to be even _________ talent. Friends, family members and neighbors enjoy _________ getting together to watch the final performance and telling the people they know to “break a leg(走运)”. It’s a great way of _________ people in the neighborhood together. Also, in many rural parts of Britain, non-professional theatre is the only chance people have to see plays for miles around.

Many people get a taste for acting at school. Every school puts on a play at least once per year, usually at Christmas, and parents love coming to watch their children perform. Ask any _________ and they’re sure to have happy memories of being in their school’s Christmas play, _________ they didn’t play any important role in the play.

_________ Christmas theatre tradition is the pantomime(圣诞童话剧). Pantomimes are a type of __________ comedy(喜剧)for families. The audience is encouraged to take part in the performance—singing along with the music and shouting to the actors. Pantomimes are really fun to watch. If you have the chance, go and see a play in the UK.

Famous Modern Chinese Buildings

Beijing International Airport

The first place most visitors see when they arrive in China is Beijing International Airport. The airport was built in the 1950s. It has an indoor garden, a children’s playground, and over 70 food businesses in Terminal 3 alone.

Shanghai World Financial Center

Since its completion in 2008, SWFC has won countless architectural（建筑的）awards（奖项）. Tourists are welcome at SWFC’s viewing platform, which at 474 meters above ground is the world’s highest closed viewing platform.

The Water Cube

It was built for use during the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. Now visitors can express surprise at the architecture of the building. They can enjoy the indoor atmosphere as well.

Among the offerings of the Water Cube are a restaurant and bar, a shopping area, and Water World, a family water park.

The Bird’s Nest, Beijing

It was designed（设计）mainly for the 2008 Summer Olympics. It can hold up to 80, 000 people and has been used as a sports stadium and for some big events. Nowadays, its main income（收入）is as a tourist traction. Once it drew more than 20, 000 tourists every day.

National Center for the Performing Arts

It was completed in 2007 at the cost of 3 billion yuan. It’s 212.20 meters long, and 46.285 meters high. The building is surrounded（包围）by a man-made lake, requiring guests to enter via an underground hallway with many fun facilities like opera house, musical hall, and gallery, etc.

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①You must have read the article called Peach Blossom Shangri-la（《桃花源记》）. But do you really understand the meanings between the lines?

②When Erer Suansuan（not her real name）, who is interested in learning and creating, first read in her Chinese textbook, she didn’t think too much about it. “At that time, I was so tired of schoolwork that I didn’t have much time and interest in finding out more about the beauty of literature（文学）.” However, she suddenly came across it again one day in college. After furthering her studies, she realized that there is more than she first saw to the 320-word text. ③For example, Suansuan found that three key images（形象）stand out. One is the peach blossom Shangri-la, which not only appears in Tao Yuanming’s books, but also in many other poems, paintings and plays. Second goes to the fisherman in the text who doesn’t have a name, as he is a symbol of a special group of people—the hermits（隐土）. Suansuan also compares the “cave heaven（洞天）” in Taoism（道教）with the “Allegory of the Cave（洞穴隐喻）” by ancient Greek philosopher（哲学家）Plato（柏拉图）.

④“People become more serious when growing older, and they are able to better understand what they read.” Suansuan explained. She could now read the simple article in a new way. The simple text became much more fun and interesting to her. She wants to share her thoughts with more people—by making videos. Before that, Suansuan would extensively read materials related to the articles. To better show her ideas, she paints in her videos. For a video under 10 minutes in length, she may draw up to 80 drafts（画稿）.

⑤Starting in May 2019, she has made more than 50 videos. Seven are about the hidden stories behind some texts in Chinese texts. The rest are about learning methods and other works of literature. They have earned her more than 1.6 million fans on Bilibili, many of whom are teenagers. They have left messages of thanks. They said she has made their school life more interesting.

About Suansuan

Age：Post-1995

Hometown：Henan

Schools：Beijing Jiaotong University, Peking University（Now）

Bilibili account：二二酸酸