Travel is useful to us in at least three ways.

First, by t    35     we can enjoy the beautiful scenery of different places. We can see many things which can be read about in books with our eyes and visit some famous cities and i    36     places.

S    37    , we will meet people with different interests and s    38     strange and special things when we travel. We can get ideas about the living conditions and customs of o    39     people and taste different foods and local desserts if we like. I    40     this way, we can understand how differently other people live.

Third, travel will help us gain(获得) k    41     of geography and history. Travel will also help us keep h    42     and strong. W    43     all these advantages(优势) of travel, it is no wonder that travel has now become more p    44     than before in China.

More than 95 percent of the people in the world have phones today, according to the United Nations. Phone calls and messages help us easily keep in touch with others. It means that we seldom write letters now. But a TV show, Letters Alive(《见字如面》), is bringing back this old habit.

Letters Alive got its idea from a UK programme with a similar name. Both shows invite famous actors and actresses, but there are no funny jokes or different competitions. Instead, it’s just one person walking up to a microphone end reading a letter.

The letters were written by people from different times in history. For example, in one episode(集) someone read a letter written by famous writer Xiao Hong to her younger brother in 1941. The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.

“Every letter opens up another world for us,” according to Guan Zhengwen, the director of the TV show. “It seems that we can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers.”

Since its first episode on Dec. 5, Letters Alive has been widely praised. Many audience(观众) said that it has provided a breath of fresh air for today’s TV shows.

Apart from(除了) Letters Alive, some other cultural TV shows have also been well received by Chinese audience. They include Chinese Poetry(《中国诗词大会》) — a classical Chinese poetry competition, and Readers(《朗读者》), a programme that invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote.

“This means that our audience are not only looking for entertainment like gossip(八卦) and eye-catching games,” reported China Youth Daily. “Cultural values and true feelings are the keys to winning praise.”