Have you ever visited Longmen Grottoes（石窟）or Yungang Grottoes? Around 1, 800 years ago, Chinese artists made statues in mountains. Over the years, these statues have gone through earthquakes, floods and wars. Now in the 21st century, however, they are facing an even bigger problem: tourism. Too many tourists go to visit those grottoes every year and this certainly does harm to the grotto statues. How?
Over many centuries, these grotto statues slowly corrode（侵蚀）because of the acidic content （酸性物含量）of air, water and so on. But when they are open to the public, the corrosion process speeds up.
According to a study, the carbon dioxide that visitors breathe out has made the air more acidic. Also, visitors bring in microorganisms（微生物）. Even their body heat can increase the grottoes’ temperature.
Bad behaviour can cause harm to the grotto statues as well. Too many visitors touch the grotto statues and cause their surfaces to change colour.
When we visit the grottoes, we can often see a sign saying, “No Flash!”or “No Photos!” This is because the strong light can be bad for the statues, especially those with colour. The light can easily make them lose colour.
To protect those ancient cultural treasures, recently China has asked the workers who take care of those grottoes not to allow too many visitors to come every day. And to keep a balance between protecting relies and educating the public, some grotto sites have also created their own digital（数字的）museums.
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| Problems | The grottoes corrode →The carbon dioxide that visitors breathe out, the microorganisms visitors bring in and visitors’ body heat make the grotto environment more acidic. →Tourists behave badly. ●They touch the grotto statues with their hands. ●The strong light of cameras makes the grotto statues lose colour easily. |
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Teenagers, however, have many more opportunities to get stressed than people in any other age group. Being a teenager is hard. You are not a child any more, but you are not an adult, even though you have to deal with some very grown-up problems and decisions. Families can be one of the biggest causes of stress, such as problems with parents arguing at home, or problems with brothers and sisters. Teenagers also have a lot of stress from school, either from their teachers or from their friends. Some teenagers also feel stressed about choosing their education after high school. Getting a place at university can be very difficult and some cannot afford to go to university. The stress about getting a job when finishing school is hard for some teenagers. There are so many young people finishing school and not enough jobs for them.
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根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. Why is being a teenager often difficult?
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Liu Juan said, “Something is wrong with my front teeth, I don’t like to open my mouth. My classmates say my teeth look like an old woman’s, I’m sad to hear that. And I can’t speak clearly now.”
Do you have good teeth, my friends? If you want to take care of your teeth, please do these:
◆Brush your teeth at least twice a day. If you can, brush them after every meal.
◆Brush all your teeth, do not just brush the front ones.
◆Brush your teeth slowly and carefully. Spend three minutes or more each time.
◆Do not use your teeth as tools to open bottles. It’s very easy to hurt your teeth to do such jobs.
◆Use soft toothbrushes（牙刷）. Get a new toothbrush every three months.
◆Eating and drinking is also important to your teeth. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables and drink water. Try not drink Coke or other drinks. They’re bad for your teeth.
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Museums in China keep up with young people with fresh experience
For Liu Ziqi, an eight-year-old museum lover in Beijing, this winter vacation has proved a rather busy one, as she made a to-go list for newly opened exhibitions in the Chinese capital. During the seven day Spring Festival holiday starting from Jan. 21, museums in Beijing received 1. 01 million visits, up 34 percent year on year, according to Beijing Municipal Cultural Heritage Bureau. Like Liu, more and more young people, some not necessarily big fans of museums, choose to spend some of their spare time in a museum.
COLLABORATIONS（合作）
Collaborations between museums and arts organizations help the young people get closer to the relics（文物）by telling the stories behind them.
“Harmonious Co-existence,” the first exhibition held jointly by the two museums in recent years is a great example. Including over 400 exhibits, from picture scrolls depicting ancient Chinese legends to copies of philosophical, classics, it elaborates on the historical origins of the concepts of “harmony” and “unity” which are rooted in the Chinese culture.
COMMUNICATION
“More and more visitors began asking questions,” Bai Xuesong, a professional museum guide at Xi’an Beilin Museum said, adding that this shows a change in the relationship between guides and visitors-from “teaching” to communication and learning.
New technologies including AI and VR also enabled museums in China to make a change from simply showing artifacts to actively engaging with visitors.
“I saw the roof decorations for the Tang Dynasty palace,” said Liu. “It feels like traveling back to the Tang Dynasty. Now I feel closer to history. ”
INTEGRATIONS（整合）
“For young people, intellectual and cultural activities are becoming an important part of their lives,” said Jin Jiangbo, vice president of the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, explaining reasons behind people’s growing interest in museums.
Such integrations are changing museums from simply places of public cultural education to public service centers, meeting the needs of the young people who want to know more about different kinds of culture.
The museums are changing their forms to attract more people. Now matter how they change, there’s one thing that won’t change: Behind the popularity is people’s positive attitude toward the country’s development and their understanding of and growing confidence in national culture.
Museums in China keep up with young people with fresh experience | ||
| Introduction | *The number of visits to museums in Beijing has *One of the most popular for young people is to visit exhibitions in museums when they have spare time. | |
| Ways | Collaborations | *With the help of collaborations, young people have a *“Harmonious Co-existence” exhibition explains how the concepts “harmony” and “unity” in the Chinese culture. |
| Communication | *Visitors may have questions in mind so they would like to *Thanks to the technologies, museums are | |
| Integrations | *Nowadays it is for young people to separate their lives from intellectual and cultural activities. *Museums are turning themselves into, centers providing cultural education and for young people. | |
| Conclusion | *Museums are on the way to look for new *China’s enjoying all-round development because all Chinese are | |
