Navigating human emotions can sometimes feel like walking through minefields(布雷区), especially when these emotions are negative.

Envy is one of such emotions with certain negativity when it     1     (direct) at our loved ones. However, just like all other emotions, envy is human and normal and its morality depends on     2     we do with the way we feel. It only becomes negative when it is handled     3     a weapon or an excuse for bad behaviour.

Envy could cause serious damage to relationships if     4     (leave) to worsen, because people dislike to admit they feel that way towards someone they love, which tends to get worse and transforms into     5     (hate) when you silently think over it.

It’s impractical to completely prevent envy, but it is possible to refine the way we process it. Envy is not something to hide away. Being honest with ourselves about the way we feel     6     (help) us better understand what exactly were envious of and makes communicating with our partners     7     (easy).

We have all     8     (collective) got better at processing our emotions but there’s still a lot of work to be done. The goal is to get to a point     9     discussing envy becomes as casual as discussing excitement and can serve as     10     motivator in our life.

A new competition has been added to the calendar of world sports events—the Balloon World Cup. We are all familiar     1     the “sport” of keeping balloon up. Most of us have joined in the decades—old pastime of     2     (keep) a balloon up in the air without letting it touch the floor. Spanish soccer star Gerard Pique loved this so much     3     he developed it into an international event. The first Balloon World Cup     4     (hold) in Spain on Thursday. Peru's Francesco de la Cruz was the very first man     5    (win) world champion. He defeated Germany's Jan Spiess in the final with a 6-2 victory.

Mr. Pique got his     6     (inspire) for the tournament from Tik Tok videos that went popular. He loved watching clips of the game     7     (play) by an American family during the COVID-19 lockdown. It then developed from the family's living room into a “Keep-Up Balloon League”. Pique then made the game global. The contests took place on an 8m x 8m court,       8     contained living room furniture as     9     (obstacle). Teams from 32 countries participated. Pique said, “It's something     10     (total) different. Sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zone and try new things.” There are hopes that it could become an Olympics event.

With International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach’s applause and the cheering of flag-waving audience, China’s 18-year-old freestyle skier Gu Ailing, also known as Eileen Gu, with hands on her head and a look of     1    (excite), was crowned as the champion of Women’s Freeski Big Air final at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

The precious gold not only brings Team China to the top of the current Olympic medal table, with three gold medals, it is also a     2     (history) achievement as it is China’s first women’s Olympic gold medal ever on snow sports.

“This is the best moment in my life, moment like this makes everything so worthy, ” Gu said in a post-game interview and     3     (thank) the home audience for their support.

Gu finished fifth in the preliminary round on Monday to advance to the final. Some sports commentators played down expectations by     4     (say) the Freeski Big Air is not Gu’s strongest hand.

Gu’s performance was steady and     5     (fault) in the first two runs, giving her a good score for a podium finish.

On her final run,     6     has made Chinese spectators breathless, Gu nailed a double cork 1620, with unprecedented difficulty, to take over the first spot,     7     (surpass) the Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland who finished third and Tess Ledeux of France who got the Silver.

Besides the fierce competition, the adorable post-game moment touched many people’s hearts. Gu and Gremaud were consoling Tess Ledeux. “Such class, compassion and camaraderie amongst these athletes… You love to see it,” said Associate Editor of The Athletic Lukas Weese on Twitter.

Gu’s gold medal also inspired Chinese netizens on Sina Weibo, in which discussions about Gu exploded     8     over 220 million reads and millions of comments soon after her historic victory.

“Congratulations! No one can stop a genius who tries her best to challenge     9     (she),” said a Weibo user.

“Every time I see her on TV, she’s smiling and confident and optimistic, which is really inspiring to us,” said another.

Gu is also favored     10     (win) gold medals in the upcoming Women’s Freeski Slopestyle and Women’s Freeski Halfpipe skiing events at Beijing 2022.

A yellow teddy bear, found in a dustbin half a century ago,    1    (become) a star exhibit of the Benaki Museum of Toys in Athens since the museum opened in 2017. The adventurous bear,    2     important collection item in Europe associated with childhood, has also reached China through a children's book written by Greek     3    (educate) and author Eleni Geroulanou. In her fairy tale Once upon a time, a bear,    4     has been translated into Chinese and published by China's Hebei Children's Publishing House, the teddy bear wanders around the city     5     search of his home. He     6    (eventual) finds a new home and family in the embrace of Maria Argyriadis, a Greek researcher of toys who picks up the bear from the dustbin.

Along with the museum opening its doors in 2017, people were delighted to see the book    7    (print) in Greek. In 2019 at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy, a Greek publisher showed the book to a Chinese publisher, who     8    (touch) by the story and decided to publish it in China. Due to the pandemic, Geroulanou has not been able to visit China yet, but she is looking forward to, when things get better,    9    (meet) with Chinese readers of her book. She says that both Greece and China have rich cultures and traditions dating back to ancient times, and     10     there is so much to learn from each other.

All around the world, families celebrate special days together. Traditions for these days     1    (be) very different. Some of them may surprise you.

Families in most countries have a special day to celebrate mothers. In Serbia, this day is on     2     second Sunday before Christmas. On that day, children sneak（溜）into their     3    (mother) bedroom and tie her feet with ribbon（丝带）so that she can’t get out of bed. Then they shout, “Mother’s Day, Mother’s Day! What will you pay     4    (get) away?” Then the mother gives them small     5    (treat) and presents as payment so that the kids “free” her.

In China, they say that babies are one year old when they are born. After that, all children celebrate their birthday on New Year’s Day because that’s when they grow a year     6    (old). Actual birthdays     7    (celebrate) with a big family meal. The tradition is that the “birthday boy” or “birthday girl” should fill their mouth     8     as many long noodles as they can     9     then eat them. This is     10     in Chinese culture, long noodles are a symbol that people will live long.

Countries receiving Chinese vaccines

China is providing vaccine aid to 53 developing countries     1    (include) Pakistan, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Monday. China has exported or is in     2    process of exporting vaccines to 22 countries, the spokesperson told a routine press briefing.

China has taken concrete steps     3    (honor)its pledge to make vaccines global public goods, once available, with greater affordability and     4     (accessible) in developing countries, Wang said. China     5    (join) COVAX up to now and decided to offer 10 million vaccines to the    6    (internation) sharing scheme,     7    (main) to help meet the needs of developing countries, he     8    (add).

"China will continue its vaccine cooperation with relevant     9    (country), offer support within its capability and make concrete contributions to securing a victory    10    the pandemic as soon as possible and to building a global community of health for all," Wang said.

For many people in the world, food waste has become a habit: buying more food than we need at markets,     1     (let) fruit and vegetables spoil at home or taking more than we can eat.

These habits put extra pressure     2     our natural resources and damage our environment. When we waste food, we waste so much labour, effort,     3     (invest) and the precious resources that go into producing it, not to mention the resources in transporting and processing it. In short, wasting food increases greenhouse gas emissions and     4     (contribute) to climate change.

It's     5     urgent issue. In fact, tons of food is lost or wasted     6     (global) every day. The part of food that is lost from harvest up to, but not including, the retail level is called food loss. The part wasted at the consumer or retail level     7     (refer) to as food waste. We make this distinction to address those root     8     (cause) of this problem, a problem that everyone from farmers and producers to customers can help end.

Reducing food loss and waste is essential in a world     9     millions of people go hungry every day. When we reduce waste, we respect that food is not a given. It's up to us     10    (change) our habits to make not wasting food a way of life!