Cai Zongqi is a teacher from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Having lived in the United States for nearly 40 years, he has spent around 30 years sharing his understanding of Chinese literature (文学) _______ his students.

In 2007, his book How to Read Chinese Poetry came out. _______ book includes 143 famous Chinese poems. Cai said he couldn’t find good teaching materials to perfectly explain _______ Chinese poems meant. With the help of the book, American students can understand Chinese poetry _______ than before.

The book _______ is so popular has been reprinted (再次印刷) time and again. Encouraged by this, Cai went on to write some more _______ including How to Read Chinese Prose (散文) .

Cai believes that reading Chinese poetry may help readers to look at _______ life from a new point of view and live a better life. Cai started the How to Read Chinese Poetry podcast (播客) in 2022 _______ the beauty of Chinese poetry and literature to more people around the world. In the podcast, poems _______ aloud in English and Chinese with classical Chinese music in the background.

“I hope that more people ________ my podcast and I will also make the best use of my specialty (专长) in Chinese literature and poetry to share Chinese culture with the world.” said Cai.

Making friends needs skills. Before you make friends, you have to decide whom you want to be your friends. Most people like to have friends who like to do the _______ kind of things as they do.

The quickest way to make friends is to _______. When you smile, people think you are _______ to them and easy to talk to. It’s not be easy at first to smile, but remember, most people will _______ from an angry-looking face.

To learn to talk with others is a good way to make friends. One easy way to start a _______ with someone is to say something nice about him. Think about how great you feel when someone says something nice to you. It must make you want to _______ talking to that person?

Ask your new friend some _______ about themselves. Who is their _______ singer? Where do they live? What do they do after school? They’re all good questions to start a talk.

_______ you have something to add (增加) to the talk, too. When someone asks you a question, have a(an) ________ for it. It will stop a talk quickly if you shrug (耸肩) for an answer.