Drink of choice? Ceremonial drink? Green tea is both of the above, and the Chinese drink it morning, noon, and night, almost every day in their life.

To the beginner, green tea is just green tea; but to the expert, which is any Chinese person, green tea is different in many ways. There is this year’s crop, last year’s crop, the spring crop, the autumn crop, north tea, south tea. To understand those differences, you just have to be born into that knowledge.

________. You just put a few leaves into a cup and pour in hot water—the hotter, the better. The key is in drinking it—drinking that hot tea without getting your teeth full of leaves. The only other secret is to keep adding hot water every time the guest takes a sip. In Chinese culture, the poor host is one who lets the tea get cold. As a native born U. S. southerner, I found this especially interesting. The Chinese, world—class experts on the subject find the whole idea of iced tea to be unthinkable.

Some drink their tea cup by cup. Some make tea in a bottle every morning and carry it with them all day, just adding hot water sometimes. Whatever the style is, they drink their tea. It’s more than a part of their diet. It’s a part of their lifestyle.

They claim great value in this drink. It calms them down, controls the heartbeat, heals sore throats, and clears the mind. All this may or may not be true, but the real value of green tea is ceremonial. Chinese society and business develops around the cup of tea.

【推荐1】Shanghai is home to a population of nearly 25 million, 47,500   tall buildings and more than 6 million vehicles. If a visitor to the Nanjing Building in downtown Shanghai opens a window and reaches out to take a photo of the area, safety worker Fan Tianyu will receive an immediate alarm on a smart bracelet. He then will rush to the scene of the incident in the seven-storey structure. Fan will tell the visitor to stop taking photos and close the window.

At the start of this year, Shanghai became the first city in China to sign a document covering the development of its digital transformation. The bracelet is part of a smart system being used in the building to sense safety risks that could fall on crowds of passers-by below. For example, when the flow of passers-by on Nanjing Road reaches a risk level, the district urban operation management center lets out a “large passenger flow warning” to shops. And the building’s smart system sends a notice to the safety manager.

The system uses a range of advanced technologies, including big data, artificial intelligence, 5G, and internet of things sensing abilities. It judges the building for visitor flow, fire prevention, noise levels, and use of elevator. The system produces reports that are like health checkups for the building 24 hours.

Xu Huili, director of the center said, “The city, which is a window for the world to see China, is a pioneer in bringing forward the urban digital transformation of the city. It is also trying to use digital urban management, which helps improve governance capability in big cities and finally benefits local people.”

The Shanghai government has announced the use of smart systems will help urban management in office buildings, large supermarkets and so on. The smart system, along with technological support from Huawei, now plays a big role in such work.

A．he or she will be honored	B．he or she will get a beautiful view
C．he or she will be praised	D．he or she will be warned not to do so

【推荐1】When you think of Chinese kung fu, what first comes to your mind? Maybe tai chi or Shaolin kung fu. But have you ever heard of Wing Chun (咏春拳)?

Wing Chun is a traditional fist style that started in the late Ming dynasty in South China. This kung fu style calls for quick arm movements and strong legs. To build up speed, people usually practice with a stand—in opponent a dummy made of wood. Besides, Wing Chun also needs people to be flexible (灵活的) and soft while building up strength to fight back. Just like the flexible nature of bamboo!

Wing Chun is one of the martial arts (武术) inherited (传承) from Shaolin. The name Wing Chun is in memory of Yim Wing Chun, the founder of Wing Chun. IP Man (叶问) is the third generation (代) of Wing Chun. He opened a martial arts academy and began teaching Wing Chun in Hong Kong in 1949. Bruce Lee is his famous student. IP Man promoted (推广) Wing Chun to the country. Today, Wing Chun is the second most popular martial art after Tai Chi started by Zhang sanfeng. All this is because of IP Man.

In 2014, Wing Chun was added to the national intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) list. It has also become popular worldwide through action films.

Wing Chun has also made its way into cinema. Here’s a checklist of Wing Chun films. First, IP Man, it tells the story of the legendary IP Man, the first Wing Chun master to teach the art to the large public. The fight scenes are the most attractive. Second, The Grandmaster, it’s another one of the famous Hong Kong movies. By following the story of IP Man, the film shows a bigger picture of kung fu in the 1930s.