In the coming era of budget cuts to education, distance learning could become the norm.

The temptation for those in charge of education budgets to trade teachers     1     technology could be so strong that they ignore the disadvantages of distance learning. School facilities are expensive     2    (build). Online classes do not require buildings and each class can host hundreds of people at the same time,     3    (result) in greater savings. But moving away from a traditional classroom     4     a living, breathing human being teaches and interacts with students daily is a disaster.     5    (physical) attending school has hidden benefits: getting up     6    (early), interacting more with peers, and building better relationships with teachers. Moreover, schools should be more than simple institutions of traditional learning. They are places where students     7    (offer) counseling(咨询) and other support.

Those policy-makers are often fascinated by the latest technology in education and its potential to transform education overnight.     8    , online education does not allow a teacher to keep a struggling student after class and offer help. Educational videos are unable to make eye contact or assess a student’s level of     9    (engage). Given these expectations, schools should not become permanently “remote”. Technology, however     10    (advance), should simply be a tool of a good teacher.

China’s Explosive Artist

Cai Guoqiang’s practice spans from, gunpowder drawings to ephemeral sculptures and monumental installations, all of     1     are rich with references to Chinese history, Taoist cosmology and current political events. Cai deals with the latter in a spectacular installation for I Want to Believe, his 2008 retrospective in New York, from the centre of the Guggenheim rotunda the artist—a     2     (train) set designer, by the way—suspended Inopportune: Stage One (2004), consisting of a series of nine cars     3     (hover) in mid air to represent in cinematic progression the effect of a car bomb.

Since the 1980s, Cai has been working on drawings realized by     4     (ignite) explosive powder on large sheets of paper. These works possess an aura     5     evokes both the vivid gestures of abstract expressionism and the quieter surfaces of Chinese traditional painting. Gunpowder is also at the centre of a series of environmental works, begun in 1989,     6     combine the tradition of Land Art with     7     of Chinese fireworks. For his explosion events, Cai stages pyrotechnical choreographies that sketch temporary drawing space.

Cai’s     8     (participate) in many international events, imposes himself as one of the strongest in the sky. These events are also meant to act as social, festive collective experiences that the artist—not without irony—believes could be perceived even from outer artists to emerge from China. At the Venice Biennale 1999 he     9     (award) the Golden Lion far Venice’s Rent Collection Courtyard (1999), a series of unfired clay sculptures     10     organized the opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Visiting a pub is one of Britain’s oldest forms of     1     (entertain). The idea for     2     first public houses     3     (bring) to Britain thousands of years ago by the conquering Roman army. The first pubs served only wine, but after the discovery of hops (啤酒节) in the fourteenth century, pubs began to serve mainly beer,     4     they do today.

Today, there are 61,000 pubs in the United Kingdom. One of the oldest, Fighting Cocks in ST. Albans, is located in a building that     5     (date) back to the 11^th century. Modern pubs are often owned by English breweries (啤酒厂) and serve only their owner’s products. British pubs are required to have a license,     6     is difficult to obtain, and operate between 11 am and 11 pm every day except Sunday, when they must close at 10:30 pm.

The     7     (drink) age in Britain is eighteen, but fourteen-year-olds may enter a pub unaccompanied if they order a meal. Children may enter a pub     8     their parents until 9 pm, which lets families enjoy     9     (reason) priced pub meals together and allows pubs to continue in their traditional roles as community     10     (center).

Fuchsia Dunlop decided to visit China after reading articles about the country for several months. The one-month backpacking trip exposed the English woman     1     a wide range of Chinese food. "The dishes and soups I had even in the cheapest and plain eateries were better than     2     I had in the U.K.,” Dunlop recalled.

The last stop of her trip was Chengdu,     3     capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province. Dunlop learned from friends that Sichuan food represents one of China's     4     (good) cuisines, and when the spicy flavor of Sichuan pepper exploded in her mouth, something inside her changed forever.

After she returned to London, Dunlop made the decision to study in China at Sichuan University. When she wrote down "studying Chinese     5     (policy) on ethnic groups" on the     6     (apply) form as the reason for a scholarship, what she really had in mind were Sichuan dishes.

Her journey eventually led her to become the most knowledgeable English person on Chinese food. She     7     (write) many books on Chinese cuisine since, including Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper, which was translated into Chinese in 2018.

According to Chen Xiaoqing,     8     (know) for directing the documentary of A Bite of China, Dunlop is the most insightful foreign writer who     9     (vivid) describes Chinese cuisine in an exciting and accurate way. What she presents to the readers is not just food, but also the profound traditions and tremendous changes     10     (occur) in the country behind the flavors.