【推荐2】Edward is a 14-year-old boy. He comes from the UK, but he _______ Beijing with his parents. Before Edward came to China, he didn’t know _______ about Beijing Opera. Like most teens, Edward liked pop music. When he first listened to Beijing Opera, he didn’t like it and thought it was too slow and _______.

One week later after that. Edward started _______ in a middle school in Beijing. He had music lessons twice a week. He started to learn Beijing Opera in the music class. His school asked some great Beijing Opera singers to _______ them. Edward couldn’t understand it well, _______ it sounded a little more interesting than before and he _______ interested in it. Now Edward loves Beijing Opera very much.

“I really love Beijing Opera and I want to be a _______ when I grow up,” Edward said. I hope more people can hear my voice and love it. Everyone _______ is learning Beijing Opera should try hard and ________ give up!

Maybe one day we will see a foreign young man standing on the stage as a great Beijing Opera performer.

【推荐3】When people say “culture”, we think of art and history. But one very famous symbol in _______ culture is a cartoon. We all know and love the black mouse with two large round ears—Mickey Mouse. Over 80 years ago, he first _______ in the cartoon Steamboat Willie.When this cartoon came out in New York in November, 1928, it was the first cartoon with sound and music. The _______ behind Mickey was Walt Disney. He became very rich and successful. In the 1930s, he _______ 87 cartoons with Mickey.

Some people might ask how this cartoon animal became so _______. One of the main reasons is that Mickey was like a common man, but he always tried to face any danger. In his early films, Mickey was _______ and had many problems such as losing his house or girlfriend, Minnie. However, he was always ready to try his best. People went to the _______ to see the “little man” win. Most of them wanted to be like Mickey.

In November, 1978, Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Today’s cartoons are usually not so simple as little Mickey Mouse,_______ everyone still knows and loves him. Who has a pair of ears more famous than Mickey’s?