A recent survey by China Youth Daily found that 60 percent of respondents spend a daily average of more than an hour    1     (watch) short videos, with 11 percent spending three hours or more on    2     (they). Of the 2, 017 total respondents, 74.2 percent said reasonable time    3     (manage) is necessary    4     (avoid) excessive (过多的) viewing of short videos.

Short videos can be    5     (addict) as social media platforms keep recommending relevant content once a video ends, said Yang Binyan, who is a researcher with the Institute of Journalism and Communication Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She added that short videos, often    6     (show) fragments (片段)   from day-to-day life, can induce (引诱) a feeling of social connectedness in viewers.

    7    total of 73.7 percent of those    8     (survey) said netizens should take part in more offline activities,   including outdoor    9    , to avoid overindulgence in short videos,   while 50.8%suggest such platforms set up an anti-addiction system.

The number of China's online short video users reached 873 million by the end of 2020,accounting    10    88 percent of total internet users.

TV Drama Puts Spotlight on Ancient Tea Art

A Dream of Splendor, a 40-episode TV drama     1    (broadcast) on Tencent Video platform, has become a hit recently. The series features China’s traditional tea acrobatics(技巧), which is also one of the intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产)     2    (item) in China.

Chinese tea culture has witnessed a long history     3     the Tang Dynasty (618-907). It flourished throughout the Song Dynasty,     4     the popular way of having tea became dian cha—a kind of tea art. It is     5     delicate technique that starts from pouring hot water over fine powdered tea to make it mushy(糊状的). Then more hot water is added slowly while the tea is     6    (constant) stirred by hand with a bamboo stick to create froth(泡沫), which can be used     7    (draw) patterns on the surface of it. This action of pouring hot water is called dian, giving this art the name dian cha, while the art of using water to draw on the tea is called chabaixi.

This old practice not only makes drinking tea more     8    (enjoy), but also enhances the taste of it. It’s common to see coffee art in modern society,     9     tea art is relatively little-known. This popular TV series brings this intangible cultural heritage to more audiences and     10    (spread) traditional Chinese tea culture.

A Lifelong Journey, the latest TV series adapted from writer Liang Xiaosheng’s novel has been     1     huge hit on TV and online. Some famous actors, such as Lei Jiayin, Song Jia, and Yin Tao, join in the show, which     2    (focus) on the ups and downs of Zhou’s family over five decades. It is set in the 1970s so it’s not surprising     3     the family has to deal with lots of social changes. The show explores themes of family, friendship and romance. Many viewers describe the show     4     a time machine reflecting how we get here.

    5    (paint) a picture of ordinary Chinese people living in the changing times, the novel won the writer Liang, the 10th Mao Dun Literary Award, one of China’s top literary     6    (award). So far millions of people have been touched by the family’s story, which makes readers find out     7     lies deep in their hearts.

Translating such a series of stories to the small screen had been a challenge for scriptwriter Wang Hailing. “    8    (frank) speaking, it is very difficult,” Wang said. “The lives of the three siblings are telling the story of a small family. But when we consider the         9    (big) picture, the country itself is made up of millions of such small families.” According to Cheng Wu, producer of A Lifelong Journey, a deep sense of     10       (responsible) inspired him to produce the best adaptation of the work.

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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.

Advertising has become part of modern life. From the ancient advertisements     1     (paint) on outdoor signs to the colorful, interactive ones in smartphone apps, advertising and the media have developed hand in hand. As media channels     2    (grow) in number and type, so have advertisements.

If an advertisement is placed on a popular website     3     on TV at perk times, a huge number of people will know about the product or service. A successful advertisement will also create a desire to buy, thus     4    (boost) business.

Based on the psychology     5     creating a desire to buy, advertisers have developed ways to persuade people into purchasing their products or services. A common technique is to create a     6    (memory) slogan. Another one is to link their company or product to a “brand ambassador” — a famous actor, a sports star, or even a fictional character.

Some advertisements are not so obvious: product     7    (place) is typically used in films with huge box-office success and TV shows with high ratings.

In the future, advertising will be even more about understanding individual customers and sending them advertisements that     8    (tailor) to specific needs. Not only will this make them feel more valued and enable them to see     9     they are most interested in, but it will also help companies target their customers     10    (efficient) to have a positive effect on sales.

How to make museums and their lifeless collections more attractive     1    (be) a tough question worth attaching importance to. National Treasure, a TV program     2     began to air on Dec.3, 2017, throws light on ways to inspire interest in museums and their collections.

Aiming to make ancient relics (遗迹) to come alive, the program presents treasures through different artistic methods     3    (include) lots of dramatic performances and storytelling. They explain the history behind each cultural relic     4    (complete), so that audiences can not only understand how to appreciate the     5    (beautiful) of cultural relics, but also know the civilization and the spirit of Chinese culture. In fact, such programs that promote traditional ancient relics     6    (become) popular in recent years.

For example,     7     2016 documentary (纪录片), featuring the Forbidden City’s cultural relics and their restorers strongly advised lots of college students     8    (apply) to work as volunteers there.     9     is universally accepted that National Treasure has been successful     10     encouraging more people to visit museums by touching their hearts.

Female Entertainers Fight Ageism in the Reality Show

A band of entertainment industry “has-beens” has stepped back into the spotlight in Older Sisters Riding Winds and Breaking Waves. It is a girl group knockout reality show     1     (feature) performers older than 30.

Produced by Mango TV, the reality show has made huge waves across China’s social platforms.The show consists of 30 seasoned, established female singers, actors and hosts,     2    were born before 1990.

“    3     some possibilities in life fade after you hit 30, you can still transcend time and reinvent yourself,” reads part of the show’s preamble(开场白), conveying a clear message     4     the ageism facing women.

Some contestants spoke out about their attitude towards aging and age discrimination.

Wu Xin, 37, a hostess on the popular variety show Happy Camp,     5    (voice) her opinion, believing she’s at the best age of her life. “I used to limit myself due to a narrow vision, and thus missed a lot of opportunities.     6    I get older, I’ve come to realize that I can do many things, so I decided     7    (seize) this chance to stretch myself,” she said.

While some people see the successfully staged show as a progression in challenging society’s youth-obsessed pop culture,     8     remain doubtful and critical.

Some viewers reveal that their anxiety towards aging has gotten     9     (bad) after watching the show.

“My heart quivered as I heard 50-year-old Christy Chung say she still feels as young as 20 physically and would always be 18 at heart. The show actually points out the possibility     10    a woman’s actual age is neither acceptable for the public nor for herself,” reads a Weibo post by Tang Shuang, a senior fashion editor of Vogue China.