From the beginning, I’ve been committed to     1     (create) a “brand”that never going to teach, coach, post or write about something I’ve tried or tested. I’m not going to represent people, things, ideas or     2     (product) I don’t believe in.

I’ll say what is on my mind even when it’s     3     (possible) unpopular. Whenever I do this, someone     4     (message) me, saying that “You shouldn’t say that. You’ll lose followers or won’t get clients. ”All I can say is that I didn’t start this journey to become anyone I’m not. I refuse     5     (give) in just because that’s what people are comfortable with or used to.

That commitment to remaining authentic (真实的)     6    myself is a constant struggle. It’s not easy. But it’s     7    promise I made to myself when I started, and one I intend to keep.

Whatever your dreams are, make a promise to always stay true to     8    makes you authentic. Don’t let other     9     (people) opinions water down your dreams or change your “brand”. In the end, it’s that ability to remain true to yourself that will set you apart from the pack and bring you success, even when everyone     10     (try) to convince you otherwise.

5 . Do you prefer to watch TV or listen to the radio? There was a time when some people thought moving pictures beamed live into our houses would spell the end of tuning in to the radio for entertainment and information. But radio survived and flourished. And now, despite the growth in sophisticated smartphones offering high-definition pictures, the popularity of podcasts (播客) is booming.

Perhaps the growth in podcasting is not surprising — it offers a digital audio file that can be downloaded and stored for listening at any time. It can also be streamed from the Internet and played on a computer or MP3 player. And it’s not just broadcasters, like the BBC, who are producing podcasts: now commercial broadcasters, individuals and companies with no connection to broadcasting are making them. In fact, anyone with something to say, and a few pounds to spend on the equipment, can get involved.

But where did this trend for making portable audio programmers begin? Journalist Ben Hammersley told the BBC that “two changes transformed the market — one cultural and one technical” . Apple launched the iPhone podcast app, recording and editing equipment became cheaper, and 4G mobile phone connections and Wi-Fi became widespread.

Technological development has driven many changes in our media consumption habits. But however good the tech may be, there still needs to be something worth watching or listening to. The BBC’s Jamie Robertson writes that for podcasts, Serial — a piece of non-fiction investigative journalism — captured people’s imagination. It was a piece of high-quality audio with a gripping story. To date, the first and second seasons of the show have had more than 340 million downloads. Advertisers soon realised the money-making potential of this and other successful podcasts.

Now there are podcasts about anything and everything — even the educational content that BBC Learning English offers! And these aural treats are available on a wide range of platforms. Audiences are very specific, which can help advertisers target what they want to promote.

6 . Student from Taiwan played a key role in safeguarding his community in Beijing during pandemic outbreak and is working to establish closer ties between young people across the Straits.

Chen Wencheng from Taiwan, a postdoctoral student at Peking University, had been doing volunteer work in his neighborhood since Spring Festival. This was the first Lunar New Year holiday he didn’t celebrate in his hometown of Zhanghua, Taiwan, during his nine-year stay in Beijing.

Chen, 31, from the university’s department of philosophy and religious studies, chose to stay in Beijing’s Haidian District with his pregnant wife, who gave birth to their daughter last month. After the COVID- 19 outbreak hit Beijing in late January, he soon applied to be a community volunteer to help with pandemic prevention and control.

He started work on the day he signed as a volunteer on Feb4, with his duties including such tasks as checking passes and the temperature of people entering the community or delivering food and other necessities to his neighbors in self-quarantine.

The buildings in the community have five floors with no elevators. Chen sometimes had dozens of deliveries each day, including big rice bags and barrels of cooking oil, among other daily supplies.

“Those were heavy, and that’s why the community needed us younger people to help, ”Chen says.

“The volunteer job looks like petty work, but it matters as it enhances the safety of the more than 2, 000 residents in our community, ”Chen says. “The work also allowed me to get to know more of my neighbors, which makes the whole community feel like a big family. ”

7 . Many people think that you need to travel great distances and go on expensive trips to create beautiful photos. If you consider macro photography, which is capturing (捕捉) tiny details, an entirely new world may open for you right in your own backyard. This is what I decided to do to challenge myself recently! I chose a relatively small area in my neighborhood to revisit over a couple of days, but the only rules I gave myself were not to photograph anything above the knees.

Using a 50 mm macro lens (微距镜头) on a traditional DSLR camera, I walked around looking for different opportunities. I also often use two extension (伸缩) tubes, which help me get ever closer to my subject matter and increase the magnification (放大率). In the evening light, the high contrast helps you see small things like jumping grasshoppers or other insects flying around, but during the day it can be more challenging. To find good subject matter, I like to crawl (爬) around and look at the world from a lizard or snake’s point of view. It adds significantly more drama, improves the image. It also has the power to transform a beautiful subject into a beautiful piece of art.

I really also pay attention to the background elements, not just the subject matter, especially with wildflowers. How in focus the background is, or how out of focus it is, can change an image. I like to shoot with a fully blurred (模糊的) background, called bokeh, though sometimes increasing depth of field and not having total blurriness can be beneficial to the composition, too.

You also don’t need a special camera set up to do this. Using a smartphone, you can easily use tools like portrait mode, to help blur the background. Some apps also allow for a greater level of control with depth of field and close-up photography. It’s less about the camera you use, and more all about how you use it!

There is good news for students in vocational (职业的)colleges. China is attaching high importance     1    vocational education as the country pushes forward with high-quality development.

In a recent     2    (instruct), President Xi Jinping said vocational education has a     3    (promise) future and great potential”. He called for efforts to speed up the development of the modern vocational education system in order to cultivate (培养)more skilled technical professionals.

At present, there are 11, 300 vocational schools across China with 30. 88 million students,     4    (form) the world’s largest vocational education system.

Despite the fact     5    China has millions of technical workers, there is a large shortfall in   high-level technicians. High-level technicians are     6    (urgent) needed for many companies, bur it is hard to find.

In addition to the increased investment vocational education, majors have ben adjusted     7    (base) on the requirements for workers.     8     has limited its development.

People don’t think highly of vocational education.

In the next five years, several campaigns will focus on improving vocational students’ social recognition and promoting their fair treatment. It is     9    ( believe) that the vocational education system in China will play     10    bigger role in social and economic development.