1 . Tobias, a 35-year-old Belgian musician, has become popular on social media for his excellent grasp of the Shanghai dialect. He has been sharing his everyday experiences, which he _______ in Shanghai dialect, on video-sharing and lifestyle _______ Douyin and Xiaohongshu, winning thousands of followers and millions of _______

In the videos, he speaks_______ Shanghai dialect, which many non-locals believe is as difficult to learn and _______ as a foreign language. He talks about walking on the city’s streets, enjoying the food and music, and _______ his daily life in the city. Tobias started shooting and _______ these short videos for his own practice purposes. He didn’t expect so many people would be watching them, following him and sending him _______ and encouragement.

Tobias did not bury his nose in textbooks or _______ intensive study to learn Shanghainese. He said his learning __________ involved getting immersed (沉浸) in a language environment, having a positive attitude, and speaking __________ “without being afraid to make mistakes” . He was not thinking too much when he started learning the Shanghai dialect — it was just for __________.

Tobias said he did not expect he would __________ the promotion of the Shanghai dialect, but it would be an __________ and pleasure if his posts encouraged his followers to learn and pass on the dialect. “I believe a dialect is the heart of a local __________” said the musician.

2 . In July, a two-minute-long video began spreading on the Internet. The video featured a _________ ballet student dancing in the rain. As the rain falls, forming small _________ between the unsmooth ground on which he dances, Anthony, 11, _________ round and round.

The _________ has been seen more than 20 million times on social media platforms, which has turned a _________ on the unlikely story of a ballet school in a poor suburb of Lagos, Nigeria: The Leap of Dance Academy. Founded by Daniel in 2017, the academy has _________ the lives of its students, affording them a place to _________ and to dream.

For now, the Leap of Dance Academy is housed at the home of its _________, Daniel. Every day after school, 12 local students make their way to his apartment. He _________ his furniture for more space and __________ a thin sheet over the cement (水泥) floor for class. What is the most __________ is that the mirror was glued by dozens of broken mirrors.

“We have __________ from so many people. We appreciate their letters, in which they say they are __________ by the students and by dance,” Daniel said. “They felt our __________ and came alive. They __________ us that art is here to stay.”

Some netizens remarked: “This is a realistic portrayal from a poor boy to ballet prince. Anyone with a dream is great.”