Long, long ago there was a young man named Niulang. One day he _______ a beautiful girl, Zhinv, the Goddess’s seventh daughter. She had just run away from the heaven（天国）because she feel _______ every day. Soon Zhinv and Niulang loved each other. Niulang worked in the field and Zhinv wove（织布）at home. They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. _______, the Goddess found out the fact and ordered Zhinv to go back to heaven. After Zhinv left, Niulang was quite sad. With the help of his magic cow, Niulang flew to heaven with his _______ children to look for his wife. The Goddess knew about it and was very _______. Taking out her hairpin（发簪）, the Goddess created a wide _______. From then on, Niulang and Zhinv couldn’t stay together. They had to live on the two sides of the river.

However, their true love _______ all the magpies（喜鹊）in the world, _______ thousands of magpies would fly up to make a bridge for them once a year. At last the Goddess agreed _______ to meet each other on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. Today it is a great _______ for Chinese young people to show their love.

【推荐2】There are many differences between Chinese and Western eating habits. In the West, everyone has their own _______ of food. But in China the dishes are _______ on the table and everyone shares. If you are being treated by a Chinese host, there must be _______ food prepared for you. Chinese are very _______ of their culture and will do their best to show their hospitality（好客）.

And sometimes the Chinese host uses his/her _______ to put food in your bowl or plate. This is a sign of politeness. The proper thing to do would be to eat the whatever-it-is and say how _______ it is. If you feel uncomfortable with this, you can just say a polite “Thanks” and leave the food there. Don’t _______ your chopsticks upright into the rice bowl. Instead, lay（放置）them on your dish. The reason for this is that when somebody _______, the shrine（神祠）has a bowl of sand or rice with two chopsticks which are stuck upright in it. It is impolite to set the teapot down where the spout（壶嘴）is facing _______ somebody. The spout should always be directed to where nobody is sitting, usually just outward（向外）from the table.

Don’t hit on your bowl with your chopsticks. Beggars（乞丐）hit on their bowls, so this is not polite. Also, when the food is coming too ________ in a restaurant, people will tap their bowls. If you are in someone’s home, it is like offending the cook.

【推荐3】Xiong Chuanfa, 36, has been working with sugar figurines (糖人), a traditional Chinese folk art with a history of over 600 years, for more than 20 years.

Every morning, Xiong drives to areas near Wanshou Palace, one of the most _________ blocks in Nanchang, Jiangxi. And then he starts _________ sugar figurines.

“Many people are interested in this, _________ kids,” Xiong said. “After all, they don’t see it often. Some think that I’m doing a _________ show.”

Simon, a young man from Australia who ever studied at Nanchang Hangkong University, lost _________ in a sugar Monkey King at Xiong’s stall (摊位). It was so _________. He couldn’t help thinking what it would be like _________ he tried to make one himself. And then he did.

“It looks easy, but actually very difficult to do it on my own,” said Simon after several _________. With Xiong’s help, Simon finally _________ a horse gradually taking shape in front of his eyes.

“I can’t believe I’ve done this,” Simon said with __________.

Xiong often shows his __________ beside colleges or universities to draw the young closer to the traditional art. For this reason, he is ready to make them __________ its charm (魅力).

Xiong said that blowing sugar figurines can __________ the Ming Dynasty and that his family has been doing this for four generations (一代人). “Every traditional folk art in China should have a __________, and people like us are here to make sure of that,” he added. “They are symbols of the Chinese culture. They should be __________ around the world. I hope that one day the rest of the world can enjoy it too—a sweet taste of China.”