【推荐1】Once upon a time, there was a man-eating animal called “Nian”. It would come to a village to eat people on the last day of the Lunar Year. It was so strong that no villagers could beat it _________ they had tried hard for many years. On New Year’s eve, the villagers went deep into the mountains _________ the animal.

One year on that night, an old man who just came to the village said he could stay by _________ and drive Nian away. The villagers didn’t believe _________ he said, but they couldn’t change his mind.

That evening, Nian ran out with _________ to find something to eat as usual, but it found that only a house had light in it. As Nian came close to the house, it heard loud noises of explosion (爆炸声). Nian was afraid of _________ sudden noise and bright light so it ran into the house. However, he couldn’t stop _________ because it found that on the windows were bright lanterns (灯笼) and that the house was covered _________ red paper. Shouting with fear, Nian ran away from the red house as _________ as it could.

From then on, the villagers lit red lanterns around their houses, put up red paper on their walls and doors, wore red clothes and danced to loud music when New Year came. Nian never returned to the village. Since then, these activities __________ the traditions to celebrate Chinese New Year.

【推荐3】A 63-year-old Chinese grandpa’s traditional skills are delighting tens of millions of viewers online as he creates woodwork without glue (胶水), screws or nails (钉子).

The Chinese master carpenter (木匠), Wang Dewen, known as “Grandpa Amu” on YouTube, has been called as the modern-day Lu Ban, thanks to his rich carpentry knowledge. His most popular video, _______ shows him making a fantastic wooden arch bridge, went hot on the platform, getting more than 42 million views.

Grandpa Amu follows an ancient Chinese mortise and tenon (榫卯) technique, which means no nails or glue _______ in the whole process of building the arch bridge.

Grandpa Amu has also made several wooden toys _______ his grandson using the same technique. He created ______ folding stool (折凳), that looked like the China pavilion from the 2010 Shanghai Expo. “A block of wood changes into a stool. Genius,” a viewer said under the video.

_______ all the items, a walking Peppa Pig and a bubble blowing toy are _______ grandson’s favorites.

The master carpenter has so far attracted over 1.18 million fans on YouTube. Grandpa Amu insists that he is not an Internet celebrity (网红) _______ just an ordinary farmer.

_______ Chinese Internet celebrity, Li Ziqi, who lives in a village of Sichuan Province, _______ a name for herself by making all kinds of Chinese dishes on YouTube since 2016.

In her videos, she gently works as a farmer, impressing viewers with her understanding of food, nature and Chinese culture ________ showing the charm (魅力) of Chinese culture in every detail of daily life.

Her traditional food preparation craft (工艺) ________ Chinese countryside lifestyle have attracted 11.1 million subscribers. Just like Li Ziqi, Grandpa Amu is also trying to spread special Chinese techniques to the world.

Grandpa Amu’s son and daughter-in-law now work full time on his videos, ________ that the channel’s popularity would help local villagers sell their farm produce ________ .

“We came up with the idea of making the videos ________ we wanted to bring our countryside culture to others and let people learn about ________ ancient Chinese techniques,” said Grandpa Amu’s daughter-in-law.