A zipper runs along a 40-centimeter-tall porcelain vase, with its top slightly open.The art piece, not     1     (original) designed that way, has been repaired by Nie Chao.     2     repaired vase won Nie the new talent award at the Baihe Cup, an art and craft design and imovation competition, where more than 3,000 pieces or sets of work were shown.The competition    3     (hold) during the second edition of the China Arts and Crafts Expo in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, in September 2021.

As the     4     (five) generation inheritor of his family's ceramic-repair skills, Nie has devoted himself to better preserving them, as well as     5     (bring) traditional Chinese engraving skills and modern art designs to the mix. Nie's father and grandfather were focused on fixing porcelain items to restore their functionality. Nie has taken it a step further as he tries to make the repaired items look even    6     (good). For example, when mending the    7     (break) cover of a teacup, Nie could have just added a couple of metal staples(订书机) to reconnect the broken parts,     8       he decided to create a bamboo pattern on it.

Nie says handmade things have one advantage    9    mass-produced items, in that each is unique. Mending ceramics not only restores the     10     (appear) and functionality of a ware but also preserves its historical and cultural value.

We all know the characteristic     1     (feature) of a giraffe : long neck, hornlike head protuberances, spotted coat. Well, not always. A giraffe     2     (miss) spots was recently photographed     3     the first time in the wild. The unprecedented sighting, at a private game reserve in Namibia,     4     (occur) just weeks after another animal with similar coloring was born at a Tennessee zoo. No data suggest that a solid-brown coat is appearing more     5     (frequent) than in the past, but it's a surprising coincidence, says Sara Ferguson, a wildlife veterinarian and     6     (conserve) health coordinator at the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. The last     7     (report) all -brown giraffe sighting was in 1972, at a Tokyo zoo.

Genetic mutations are the likely cause,     8     the animals don't seem to be at a disadvantage, says Derek Lee,     9     biologist at Penn State University who co-authored a 2018 study     10     found some aspects of giraffe markings are passed down from mother to calf. Are the all - brown giraffes truly spotless ? Technically, Lee says, they're " one-spot- all - over giraffes."

On Jan 10, YOLO (You Only Live Once) officially announced     1    (it) with a poster. YOLO is directed by Jia Ling, and was premiered on the first day of the lunar new year,     2     fell on Feb 10 this year. Jia Ling stars in the movie     3     Lei Jiayin and Zhang Xiaofei among others.   

The big story behind this movie is that Jia Ling stepped away from the public eye while     4    (film) it, and recently, a screenshot started spreading on Weibo, along with the gossip     5     the 41-year-old actress had lost 110 pounds. On Jan 10, Jia Ling shared a personal message on Weibo. “My dear friends,” she began. “Haven’t seen you in more than a year. Miss you guys much. In the year I’ve disappeared, I’ve made a movie     6    (call) YOLO. I shot this movie for an entire year, covering all four seasons. I also     7    (success) lost 110 pounds, and trained to look like a boxer.     8    (look) back, I felt like a warrior holding her trophy!” She went on to explain, “This movie has nothing to do with weight loss, or even boxing. It is     9     movie about how kind people find themselves, and learn to love themselves. There is a past me and a new me in the movie. I hope you like them both. Lastly, I’ve been really hungry and     10    (tire) this past year, and it’s felt like a lifetime.”