Taylor Swift does great donation to help victims of tornadoes

Severe storms and tornadoes have killed at least six people in Tennessee,     1    (include) a child, with homes and businesses suffering a heavy     2    (lose) and tens of thousands of people losing power.According to reports in the US, Taylor Swift,     3    was recently declared a billionaire, has donated 1million dollars     4     the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT).

Although born in Pennsylvania, Swift has a close relationship with Tennessee, having moved to Nashville with her family at the age of 14     5    (follow) her musical dream.

Her music catalogue since 2019 is worth an estimated $400m, ticket and merchandise sales from concerts have earned her 370 million dollars while streams from Spotify, YouTube and other     6    (platform) are value d at 120 million dollars.

The Eras tour alone     7    (generate)hundreds of millions of dollars so far, with another year to go until it draws to a close. The tour is the latest show of charity from the 33-year-old, who     8    (award)Time magazine’s Person of the Year last week while Forbes ranked her the world’s fifth most     9    (power)woman.

The CFMT operates a fund supporting non-profit organizations providing services in all phases of a disaster.

The National Weather Service issued multiple tornado warnings in Tennessee with reports of     10     further tornado in Kentucky.

A Chinese ink painting of a farmer leading an ox across a bridge, followed by a boy with a bamboo basket on his back made the cover of an October issue of Structure, a United States-based Cell Press journal.     1     (additional), chemical compounds and elemental structures were highlighted into the picture.

The drawing was one of many     2     (work)by Xixizhiyan, a scientific research visualization(视觉化)service provider. The team helps to turn abstract concepts into drawings     3     present scientific researchers’ findings in a straightforward way.

Since they started, the staff members     4     (come)up with more than 10, 000 visual works for academic papers. Some have made their way to the world’s top academic journals,     5     (include) Nature, Science and Cell. The papers with illustrations that make the journal covers are considered to be either the most valuable     6     the hottest in that issue of the journal. As the cover of a scientific paper, the paintings should reflect the core content and findings, thus bringing more attention to the paper     7     (it).

In 2022, Chinese scholars contributed 16. 349 papers, accounting for 30. 3 percent, exceeding the US     8     the first time. The rapidly rising number of Chinese scientific papers has resulted in increased demand from Chinese scientists who want illustrations for their work     9     (carry)distinctive Chinese elements. It’s fulfilling for the team to pull off a special piece of work that combines cutting-edge scientific findings and     10     (tradition)Chinese culture.

In a specially designed studio theater in Hangzhou, New Dragon Gate Inn, a traditional Shaoxing Opera performance    1    (bring) to life. Recreated from the 1992 film of the same name, the opera presentation shows amazing artistic performance, successfully attracting the interest of younger    2    (generation) by mixing traditional Chinese opera with modern theater models and dramatic (戏剧性的) ideas.

    3    (compare) with traditional stages, the theater is designed as an inn,     4     the audiences becoming guests. The audience sits very close to the actors and actresses, offering them     5    unique and fascinating viewing experience. Upon leaving the theater, these audience members feel a sense of satisfaction that drives them to willingly share short clips of the performance online,     6    (promote) its popularity.

As the play gains popularity in the past weeks, Chen Lijun,     7    plays the important supporting role of Jia Ting,     8    (become) a social media hit. She said this show represents one of the     9    (challenge) skills in the opera world. It tests not only the physical strengths, vocal skills, and acting abilities of actors and actresses    10    their willpower and determination.

On Tuesday in Gaomi, Shandong province, a new museum opened to visitors     1     (honor) Mo Yan’s achievements. Mo Yan,     2     was born in Gaomi in 1955, won the Nobel Literature Award in 2012, and is known     3     writing stories rooted in his home and the land.

“Most of the stories I tell are true and have happened in Gaomi,”     4     author said at the opening ceremony for the Mo Yan Literature and Art Museum,     5     (add) that he hopes the museum will become a place for international literary exchange and a     6     (culture) home for Gaomi locals.

The museum contains versions of his books in different     7     (language), as well as manuscripts, and award medals and certificates. It will host literary events and tours for students too.

Mo Yan also said that many famous writers were born in Shandong and he hopes that the museum will contribute to     8     (draw) them together. Writer Feng Jicai     9     (attend) the opening ceremony. “A big tree of literature has grown, and the earth     10     it grows helps it to develop. The museum is the earth for us to find out roots to interpret Mo Yan and learn more about him,” he said. “It also shows how people love and respect him.”

Dumpling is a Chinese cuisine. Actually, the tradition of eating dumplings during winter solstice has its     1     (originate) in early times.

It is said that dumplings were invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a     2     (fame) physician from the Eastern-Han Dynasty. He was once     3     official in Changsha.When he returned home for private life, he saw people lived an     4    (extreme) hard life and that their ears were red with cold in the snowing winter. He was sad and let his follower cook     5     (drive) out the chill with mutton, hot pepper and some medicine. Zhang let him boil them first and cut them up, then wrap them with flour. After     6     (boil) them, he gave the medicinal food to the people there on the day of the winter solstice. Zhang Zhongjing called it “cold dispelling dumpling soup”. By eating this kind of ear-like food, people’s ears     7     (cure).

Thereafter, every winter solstice Zhang Zhongjing made “cold dispelling dumpling soup” in order to prevent and cure ailments     8     (cause) by the cold. Then there became a saying that     9     you eat dumplings during the winter solstice, then you won’t freeze your ears off.

Afterwards, Zhang Zhongjing died on the day of winter solstice.     10     honor of him, every household makes dumplings every year on the day of the winter solstice.