Every year, the Touching China Award recognizes people who have made significant contributions to society through their work and actions. This year, a group of retired professionals in China won the award for their efforts in     1    （share） knowledge through short videos.

There     2     former teachers, scientists and engineers in the group. They created videos on a range of topics, such as literature and science.

Wu Yuren, for example, is a retired     3     /'fiziks/teacher. She became known as “Grandma Wu” on social media f    4     her humorous and easy-to-understand experiments. “I made these videos to arouse young people’s curiosity about daily life     5     use everyday tools to experience the wonder of science, ” Wu told People’s Daily. Wu is in her     6    （ seventy） but still writes her scripts and looks for help from other teachers.

    7     /ə'nʌðə/ award winner is Wang Pinxian. He is an 87-year-old marine geologist（海洋地质学家）and teacher at Tongji University’s School of Ocean and Earth Science. Over the past two years, Wang has used his videos to share his knowledge of the ocean     8     viewers. He looks at things like the secrets of the Bermuda Triangle（百慕大三角）and whether sea monsters really exist.

The popularity of these videos has been well-tested. Thousands of viewers have watched and shared the group’s content. Many followers expressed their thanks for the opportunity to l     9     new things and stay in touch with the world around them.

According to CCTV, their     10     are like “classrooms without walls and universities without barriers（障碍）”. In the words of the Touching China Award jury, “The popularity created by gray—haired people has created real energy.”

【推荐2】During the Jin Dynasty (265-420), there     1     (be) a child named Che Yin. He was smart and loved to read. He grew up in a poor family and couldn’t afford lamp oil(灯油) to study at night.

One night, he saw fireflies(萤火虫) outside his house and came up with     2     idea. He caught some fireflies in a cloth bag. He hung the bag up as a lamp. It was said that he spent all of his summer nights     3     (read) like this. He later became a     4     (success) government official and people were touched by his hardworking spirit.

A Film for Mothers

“The reason why I chose to be a director was not for making films but for Li Huanying,” Jia Ling said.

Li Huanying, Jia’s mother, passed a    1     when Jia was 19 years old. To express her sadness and regret, Jia d    2     to make a film called Hi, Mom.

Based on her personal experiences, the film describes Jia travelling back to the year 1981, when she meets her mother at a young age and becomes c    3     friends with her mom.

The 39-year-old d    4    , Jia Ling, never imagined that her film would make history. It has taken in 5 billion yuan, according to professional box office（票房）tracker Dengta. “Hi, Mom is a big s    5     in the film industry, as the work is special. Jia Ling not o    6     puts her love and memories of her decreased mother into the film but also lets the viewers feel her sincerity （真诚）, “said Shi Chuan, Chairman of the Shanghai Film Association.

Hi, Mom has received many positive（积极的）reviews as well. Many people couldn’t stop crying b    7     the film describes true love between a daughter and a mother. In fact, the film is f    8     of sincerity and touching moments. A large n    9     of Internet users showed their love on Weibo with a hashtag（标签）”photo of my mother when she was young”.

Jia Ling spent a lot of time and effort m    10     the film Hi, Mom. Now she is already considered as China’s most commercially successful female director, “The Hollywood Reporter noted.