Wang Tao, founder and CEO of TAORAY WANG believes that beyond beauty, fashion is about absorbing and using social energy.   As one of     1     most accomplished designers in China, she brought this vision into contemporary fashion with her collection, taoray taoray.

The taoray taoray Spring Summer 2020     2     (show) for the first time on the world stage of New York Fashion Week     3     tradition met modernity. The     4     (inspire)came to fruition when taoray taoray’s design team was introduced to Yi embroidery (刺绣). The Yi ethnic group has thousands of years of history, and its splendid culture is valuable in Chinese society. Embroidery is a(n)     5     (remark) part of the culture, which is a symbol and treasure of Yi people's art and culture.

In order to create the collection, Wang and her team went to Chuxiong in Yunnan Province and     6     (dig) into the culture and history of Yi’s craftsmanship (技艺) to gain insight into the essence and symbolism of Yi embroidery.    7    (aim) to recall tradition, the design team applied the     8     (pattern), colors, and techniques of Yi's culture     9     their contemporary fashion design, including T-shirts, jackets, shirts and other essentials.

The taoray taoray collection     10    (be) a reflection on how the designers are preserving culture to remind people of the beauty of tradition in daily life!

A new subway station in Moscow     1     features a number of Chinese design elements will soon become another landmark for Sino-Russian friendship and     2     (cooperate). The station as well as the other two on the southwestern section of the Moscow Metro     3     (stand) on the third transfer line of the city’s subway system.

    4     (show) respect for the Chinese constructors and friendship between China and Russia, Chinese-style designs have been adopted for the platform at the new station. The lamps     5     (decorate) with auspicious clouds, while the ceiling is in the form of a Chinese checkerboard.

According to Chen Zhuang, one of the designers, the style     6     (adopt) for the new station is “unique and consistent”, while the overall concept is modern, with geometric patterns and lines forming the main section. Design and aesthetic standards in China and Russia differ greatly, as Russia has     7     (large) inherited those of the former Soviet Union, but China’s design philosophy is based more on traditional elements. Combining the different standards of the two countries is one of the toughest     8     (task). “The Chinese-style platform is just     9     small part of the design, and we have to do more work and communicate     10     (far) on the subway structure, and other functions in underground construction,” he said.

Prioritizing Safety at Winter Games

The countdown to the opening of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has already kicked off. Besides Beijing’s promise of hosting a “fantastic, extraordinary and excellent” Winter Olympic Games, “safe” is also     1     keyword with the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.

    2     (base) on the latest scientific advice and key learning from other events, the first editions of the Beijing 2022 Playbooks     3     (publish) on Oct 25, 2021. They had been developed     4     (joint) by Beijing Organizing Committee, the IOC and the IPC. The playbooks cover the whole journey of all Games participants,     5     (detail) the requirements for entry and the measures that will be     6     place within the closed-loop management system. The two playbooks, one for athletes and team officials, and one for media and technical officials, provide comprehensive COVID-19     7     (guideline). They will help participants prepare for their arrival in China, fulfilling their roles at the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and their     8     (depart) from Beijing.

Compared to Tokyo’s, the prevention measures in Beijing 2022 could be stricter. Beijing Organizing Committee has highlighted the importance of full vaccination (接种),     9     was not stressed by the Tokyo 2020 organizers. Overall, these playbooks are the basis of the game plan     10     (ensure) that all Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games participants and the people of China stay safe and healthy for the Games.

Some inventors have developed a face mask with a remote-controlled mouth. Many people, who thought it can effectively protect them    1    viruses, say someone    2    (wear) the mask could eat food without taking it off. And they say the mask could make a visit to a restaurant    3    many customers have dinners less risky. Users can pull something and create an opening in the front of the mask so that food can pass through. Last week, one company interested in the product    4    (plan) to start producing the mask in the next few    5    (month).

The new masks would    6    (probable) sell from $0.85 to $2.85, more than the price of the simple, blue medical masks. A 32-year-old graduate student    7    (name) Hameiri said the thought the mask would enable him    8    (eat) while he is still wearing it, so he thought it was a must-have for him.    9    , 29-year-old musician Ron Silberstein said he didn’t think the mask would be    10    (rely) especially with foods that melt easily, such as ice cream.

A new study found that    1    (own) a pet— particularly a dog—is good for the owner’s heart health.

The study looked at 1,768 people from Czech Republic and assessed (评估) them on seven kinds of health    2     (behave). Researchers then    3     (compare) the heart health scores of pet owners with those who didn’t own pets.

“In general, people       4     owned any pet were more likely to do more physical activities, better diet and blood sugar at an ideal (理想的) level,” researcher Andrea Maugeri said.“People who owned a dog can get the greatest     5     (beneficial) from having a pet.”

“Keeping a pet could be a    6     (hope) way of improving heart health,” Maugeri added, “because it would make you have a more    7     (physical) active lifestyle.”

In fact, the study is not the first to suggest that dogs can do good    8     our hearts. In 2013, the AHA said that dog owners have a    9     (low) risk of heart disease than people who don’t keep dogs because people with dogs    10     (be) more physically active.

A giant panda-themed museum offering visitors a     1     (true) interactive experience opened to the public in Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province on March 3rd, 2021.

    2     (surround) by huge touch screens and well-designed setting, the Chengdu Giant Panda Museum provides an immersive experience. Meanwhile, it     3     (present) various interesting facts about the precious species of giant pandas. Those include their history, habits, and the measures China has taken to protect     4     (they).

The museum covers     5     area of 7,179 square meters with seven exhibit sections.

It is several years since the museum     6     (build). Visitors can access various information about giant pandas by     7     (press) on the screen and being guided by an animated panda. Scenarios (情境) reproducing pre-historic environments explain the reasons     8     giant pandas first emerged in the place.

The museum aims to increase the general public’s understanding of giant pandas     9     other wild animals. Moreover, it raises public     10     (aware) of the ecological environmentanimal protection.

Meng Wanzhou arrives home

Through efforts of the Chinese government, Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer of China’s telecommunication（电信）giant（巨头）Huawei, arrived at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport on Saturday on a charter flight     1    （organize）by the Chinese government. She will soon reunite     2     her family.

Meng Wanzhou     3    （arrest逮捕）by Canadian authorities at the request of the US on December 2018. Meng reached     4     agreement with the US Justice Department（司法部门）on Friday that allows     5    （she）to return to China, according to media reports. It marks the end of Meng’s nearly three-year detention（拘留）in Canada.

On the flight     6    （head）home, Meng expressed her gratitude     7     the country.

“Without a strong nation, I would not have     8    （free）as I have today,” said Meng from the airplane,     9     is to land in China in a few hours.

“The road back home is full of twists and turns（曲折）,     10     it is the most heart-warming journey in the world,” she said.

Originally constructed around 256 BCE by the State of Qin     1     an irrigation and flood control system, Dujiangyan is a remarkable example of ancient engineering skill and is still     2     use today.

During the Warring States period, people who lived along the banks of the Min River     3     (trouble) by annual flooding. Qin governor and irrigation engineer Li Bing investigated the problem thoroughly. He led a team     4     (construct) a levee(堤坝) to redirect a part of the river’s flow. Then they cut     5     channel through Mount Yulei to let the water flow through it. After the system was finished , no more floods     6     (occur). What’s more, it made Sichuan one of the most productive agricultural     7     (region) in China because the redirected water from the Min River could be used for irrigation. If you visit Dujiangyan, you will see an     8    (usual) construction that looks like a fish’s mouth. This famous attraction, Yuzui, together with two other important parts, namely, Feishayan and Baopingkou, was     9     (scientific) designed to control the water flow throughout the year.

    10     (recognize) as a UNESCO heritage site, Dujiangyan has irrigated farms while preventing floods for over 2,000 years.

After breakfast, I pack my bag and set out again. If today is anything like yesterday, it will be full    1    sweat and hard work    2     (reach) my destination. However, I can’t complain.    3    (be) in such beautiful and wild place makes me feel blessed. What could be better?