Regular physical activity is one of the most     1     (importance) things you can do for your health. Everyone can experience some good     2     (point) of physical activity-age, ability, shape and size do not matter.

Being physically active can help manage weight. Both eating     3     physical habits play a key role     4     weight management. You gain weight when you consume (消耗) more calories through eating and drinking than the amount of calories you burn,     5     (include) those burned during physical activity.

    6     (keep) your weight, work your way up to 150 minutes a week of physical activities,     7     could contain (包含) dancing or yard work. You could achieve the goal of 150 minutes a week with 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week.

People differ     8     (great) in how much physical activity they need for weight management. You may need to be more active than others to reach or keep a healthy weight.

To lose weight and keep     9     off, you will need a high amount of physical activity unless you also change your eating patterns and reduce the amount of calories you’re eating and drinking. So getting to a healthy weight     10     (require) regular physical activity and healthy eating at the same time.

The centuries-old traditional Chinese medicine scraping (刮) massage, gua sha, has become a fashion among young people on the mainland! who show off the bruises (淤青) it creates.

    1     the youth lifestyle social media platform, a young woman using the account name @hua posted pictures of herself wearing a T-shirt, in which she showed her bruises and described them as “cool”. She is one of many who regard gua sha as an efficient way to ease muscle pains and    2     (tired).

Many shared     3     (they) gua sha experiences and tips, such as using homemade scraping tools and different meridians (经脉) on the body to relax.

The meridians     4     (translate) from jing mai in Chinese, refer to paths through which the life energy     5     (flow) in the body and to organs.

The practice, also known as scraping and coining, is     6     exceptional form of traditional Chinese massage (按摩) that uses a small and flat tool to scrape the surface of skin along the meridians,     7     (leave) red bruising as a sign of released toxins.

The folk-treatment     8     originated in ancient China has enjoyed huge popularity among the older generation. The treatment is used for     9     (condition) considered not serious enough to go to hospital, according to an article in the magazine Sanlian Life Lab.

Some describe gua sha as “the Chinese way to cure the stress from the workplace” saying the pain and stress that     10     (bring) by a session bear more pleasure than parties or a weekend at the seaside.

The Qinling-Huaihe Line marks the boundary (分界) between northern     1     southern China. Chinese traditions and cultural identity differ somewhat     2     (depend) on whether one is in the north or the south.

People in the north tend to eat foods     3     (make) of wheat , while people in the south tend to eat rice and rice products.

Northern and southern architectural styles are different in many ways. One difference is the building materials     4     are used, with bricks and stone being popular in the north and wood popular in the south.

The north/south divide can also     5     (see) in Chinese art, with different     6     (type) of opera, painting, and dance.

Regional linguistic (语言的) differences also exist. People in the north speak Mandarin with the addition of many “r” sounds, a phenomenon known as 儿化 (érhuà). Those in the south are likely     7     (speak) Mandarin without these additional “r” sounds and with an accent that can     8     (easy) be identified as southern. These regional accents are influenced     9     the presence of many local varieties of Mandarin in the south.

Now that movement between regions has become     10     (convenient) than before and most people receive the same level education, the historical differences between the two regions are starting to get smaller, but some still remain.