Spring Festival Gala sees viewership rise nearly 13% to 679m

This year’s Spring Festival Gala, a celebration     1     (annual) produced and broadcast by China Media Group (CMG), unfolded on the eve of the Chinese New Year on Friday evening. This occasion signifies a cherished time when Chinese people around the world gather with their     2     (family) to welcome the Chinese New Year, attracting 679 million viewers,     3     15.13 % increase from the previous year.

The gala was also broadcast in about 200 countries in 68 languages,     4     (receive) warm feedback.

This year, the gala, besides Beijing,     5     (have) four branch venues in Shenyang, Liaoning province, Xi’an, Shaanxi province, Changsha, Hunan province, and Kashgar in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Audience enjoyed a     6     (diverse) of local cultural elements from those places, such     7     folk musical instruments and folk dances.

    8     (support) by ultra-high-definition production, the gala was telecast on TV screens, public large screens, and mobile devices.

Since its inaugural (创始的) broadcast in 1983, the annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala     9     (become) an integral part of celebrations in the country to usher (引领) in the Chinese New Year. A major entertainment during Lunar New Year’s Eve, the gala marks the joyous moment     10     families gather together to celebrate the upcoming year.

The popularity of Chinese video-sharing social networking service TikTok continues to grow among young people in the United States, especially teens and young adults.

The service lets users create and share short videos, many of     1     are within 15 seconds. The TikTok app offers a wide choice of sounds, brief parts of songs and special effects tools    2    (produce)a video. Videos often include popular songs from famous    3    (artist) and TikTok has even helped begin the careers of new music stars.

TikTok    4    (consider) a competitor to video-sharing app Snapchat, as well as Facebook’s Instagram service. Snapchat and Instagram also mainly interest young users with photos and videos centered     5     (large) on fashion, pop culture and humor.

Last year, TikTok was the     6     (two) most downloaded app from Apple and Google stores. Only WhatsApp was downloaded more.     7     was said that people have downloaded the TikTok app 1.65billion times.

While TikTok has continued to grow, some experts and parents have expressed concerns about videos     8     (appear) on TikTok that might be    9     (harm) to young users. For this reason, they urge parents to monitor what their children watch on TikTok and suggest that only those over 16 should have access     10     the service.

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Deep in a rainforest in Hainan province, Zhang Chenliang picks up a daddy longlegs (长腿蜘蛛) and     1     (present) it to the camera, explaining its features and living habits for the benefit of viewers on a short video platform.

    2     34-year-old is an influential vlogger with expertise in animals, insects and plants, and boasts some 22 million     3     (follower). His humorous expression and distinctive accent have helped     4     (he) carve out a career as one of the most influential Chinese creators of popular science content.

Born and     5     (raise) in Beijing, Zhang has had a deep love of nature since he was a child. He loved going to his grandmother’s home in the countryside, where the fields     6     (be) bursting with vegetables and reeds (芦苇). They were also a     7     (nature) habitat for insects, which have always interested him.

After watching one of his videos, one young woman was inspired to conduct a field trip     8     her own, and afterwards, applied     9     (study) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences hoping to become a biologist.

“That makes me feel that my work is worthwhile, and that     10     I’ve been doing is having a positive impact on young people,” Zhang said.

When it seemed that social networks could no longer surprise us, China gave birth to     1     new application, Tik Tok. It is a social network in     2     you can create and share fun music videos with your friends and followers.

Tik Tok     3     (release) in September 2016 by Jinri Toutiao. With people of all ages loving it in 2019, the short-form video app is becoming     4     (rapid) popular around the country.

In order to use the application, we will need to create a user account, a process that will only take a few     5     (second). On Tik Tok the key is the music videos. When     6     (create) your music videos, you will be able to choose from hundreds of songs.     7     addition to being able to choose the most popular songs of the moment, users have a simple video editor to make their videos more     8     (surprise). Tik Tok aims to provide video editing service for mobile users, so all operations on this app are easy and clear     9     ( learn).

Creating videos with Tik Tok     10     (be) fun. Besides, we can “like” any other users’ video, leave comments, share it with friends, and so on.

The TV series, A Li felong Journey,     1     (earn) widespread applause, becoming the most-watched TV series on State broadcaster China Media Group in the past five years.

A Li felong Journey,     2     (consist) of 58 episodes, is adapted from famous writer Liang Xiaosheng’s novel of the same name which won the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize, one of the country’s top honors for local writers. Starting in     3     late 1960s, the story follows the ups and downs of three children in a working-class family in northeastern China, striking a chord (和弦) with viewers for its details     4     (vivid) bringing them back to old times. First     5     (publish) in December 2017, the novel shows a wide range of Chinese people from different     6     (walk) of life, from constructors to start-up founders, to examine the huge influence brought by the changes of Chinese society.

Tie Ning, chairwoman of the China Writers’ Association, said the great     7     (popular) of the TV series, A Li felong Journey, illustrates the “close bond”     8     literature and television. “While taking a look at history, we could see the mutual (相互的) influence of literature, film and television to boost and inspire each other,     9     has connected writers and filmmakers closely,” she added. With popular TV series or movies, the stories that have inspired such screen works will see their influence grow even     10     (far).

The Palace Museum, also known     1     the Forbidden City, is a much-visited and much-photographed tourist     2     (attract). This Chinese palace with a history of about 600 years receives millions of visits every year and lots of TV programs     3     (show) the place in recent years.

However, it still has secrets, and a new program     4     (design) to explore those unknown areas and the stories within is set to show the palace in a new light. The variety show, Shang Xin Le Gu Gong, broadcast     5     (it) first episode (一集) on Beijing TV and online streaming media site, iQiyi. com, on November 9. That first episode won wide acceptance from audience and was thought highly of on Douban.com. “It brings many elements(元素) together, and everything in the show is     6     (perfect) matched and turns out amazing.” said     7     online user. “It brings me the thrill I felt when I stepped into the Palace Museum for the first time.”

In each one-hour-long episode, the actors and actresses switch between playing guides and historical     8     (figure) like emperors and royal family members of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). They focus on the very areas     9     are still not accessible to the public and the stories     10     (surround) them. In the show, the actors and actresses are also joined by designers who will create products based on what they see. The most popular ones, based on an online vote, are to be turned into souvenirs for sale.