Sugar painting, one symbol of traditional Chinese art, uses hot liquid sugar to create objects on a marble (大理石) or metal surface. As     1     unique art form in China, it is said to go back around 600 years ago to the Ming Dynasty. Over time, its charm is gaining more     2     (recognize) and attention.

    3     is so breathtaking about sugar painting is its production process. With hot sugar poured from a small in spoon onto a flat surface, the outline of the figure     4     (draw) with a thick stream of sugar. Then     5     (relative) thinner sugar is added to support the outline and fill in the figure of the body in     6     (combine) patterns, supported by a wooden stick. The painter has to work quickly,     7     (make) sure he gets every shape just right before the sugar cools down.

Today the chance to appreciate this classic art form is much     8     (small) than it once was, but it still has the power to amaze     9     (tourist) who come across talented street artists who make these amazing creations. Hopefully, sugar painting, whether it serves as a delicacy     10     an artistic treasure, will continue to last for generations.

These days, doctors are using a new approach to healing, which is called tapping. This approach combines     1     (wise) from Chinese medicine with talk therapy (治疗).

By simply tapping points along the body while     2     (confirm) your emotional state, you can release cellular energy. By feeling those emotions, you process and clear them through     3     power of love and forgiveness. Tapping provides a healthy way to process difficult emotions, even from experiences that     4     (happen) in the distant past. The practice draws from acupuncture (针灸), a healing method from     5     (tradition) Chinese medicine that dates from thousands of years ago.

Acupuncture opens energy highways in the body by sticking thin needles into the skin. Tapping takes a similar approach, but uses touch instead of needles     6     (promote) the flow of energy throughout the body. It may sound strange or impossible     7     first glance. But scientists believe that the method works because it excites the central nervous system,     8     causes the body to release helpful chemicals.

Everyone may have experienced some sorts of emotional discomfort in their lives. Although painful, it’s important to develop healthy ways to process their     9     (experience). Healing practices like tapping help release these emotions,     10     (active), so you can process and heal from difficult emotions.

Most of us think that the world’s oldest color is black or dark gray. However, scientists have discovered that bright pink is the oldest     1    (know) color. They looked at the 1.1 billion-year-old rock deep beneath the Sahara Desert.     2    (make) powder from the rock, then they found the bright pink color. Dr. Nur Gueneli     3     comes from the Australian National University led the research. She said it     4    (produce) by ancient organisms that lived in old oceans. At that time, tiny organisms were     5     most common life forms on Earth.

Dr. Gueneli said her first     6    (react) was complete amazement. She said her team thought the rock powder might turn black in their experiments. However, it turned pink. Another researcher said, “Dr. Gueneli came into my office and     7    (show) me this bright pink material, saying,'Look at this. It turned out to be a real color, 1.1 billion years old.'” The rock could contain other colors, from blood red to deep purple. Gueneli accounted     8     the importance of her findings. She said, “Imagine you could find a piece of fossilized (石化的) dinosaur skin that still remains     9    (it) original color---green or blue. That is     10    (actual) the type of discovery that we’ve made.”