Are you familiar with pop star Jay Chou’s Blue &White Porcelain? Its original lines, just     1     the composer Fang Wenshan described, were inspired by Ru porcelain (汝瓷).

Ranked best among famous kinds during the Song Dynasty (960-1279), Ru porcelain is known for its unique pale blue glaze (釉). Oceans     2     Ru porcelain flooded onto the market around the year of 1100, but the     3     (exist) of Ru ware now is actually rare. Thanks to the efforts of Ru porcelain inheritors, people can now appreciate it     4     (close) at hand than before.

Born in Ruzhou, Henan province, Li Chao has spent a decade     5     (better) crafting skills. Ru porcelain goes through 72 steps, the    6     (one) of which is knead (揉) mud. Any small errors could lead to disaster, said the 41-year-old inheritor. He then stressed that a Ru porcelain inheritor must be patient enough. Every item of artwork     7     (full) deserves our admiration.

Techniques of making Ru porcelain will     8     (lose) with senior inheritors gradually passing away. So,     9     Li spares no effort in doing is introducing it to wider masses.     10     (achieve) this goal, he creatively uses Ru porcelain in making daily ware popular among young people. Now he’s aiming to expand the market by introducing it to the whole world.

Norwegian playwright and author Jon Fosse     1     (award) the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature in the previous month for his “innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable”.

The Swedish Academy credits Fosse     2     “one of the most widely performed playwrights in the world”, although the 64-year-old originally made his name as a novelist,     3     (begin) with The Red and the Black in 1983. He has since written many works of prose and poetry.

Growing up in a small coastal village, Fosse was immersed in the beauty of nature and the vastness of the sea. He draws     4     (inspire) from his rural living environment and personal struggles, which have deeply influenced his distinctive writing style. Fosse’s writing discussed themes of loneliness, longing, and the search for meaning in life.     5     (addition), his battles with depression have enabled     6     (he) to explore the depths of human emotions and existential despair.

“He touches you so deeply when you read his works,” said Anders Olsson, Chairman of the Noble Prize Committee. “    7     is special about him is the closeness in his writing. It touches your     8     (deep) feelings — anxieties, insecurities, questions of life and death,     9     are things that every human being actually face s from the very beginning. In that sense I think he reaches very far and there is     10     universal impact of everything that he writes — it has appeal to this basic humanity.”

Escape from the British Museum

A video series named Escape from the British Museum     1    (release) on Wednesday with its trailer (预告片)     2    (spark) a lot of discussion in China’s social media.

    3    (direct) by two Chinese vloggers, the three episode series tells the story of     4     a Chinese cultural relic escapes from the British Museum and finds     5    (it) way back to China.

In the video series, a female vlogger plays the role of an ancient Chinese jade teapot     6     her male partner is a journalist who helps the artifact return to China. They went to the UK in June and spent three months     7    (shoot) the video. They said the story is based on historic facts and aims to draw attention to the Chinese cultural relics held abroad.

Currently, the museum has a total of 23,000 Chinese relics, while about 2,000 Chinese relics are     8     long-term display. The Chinese objects,     9    (stretch) from the Neolithic age to the present, include paintings, prints, jade and ceramics.

“Eventually, there will be a day     10     the items come home in a dignified way,” a user commented on Weibo. The series release has come as the British Museum faces intense pressure over the thefts.

The growing popularity of precooked food in China - also known as the ready-meals industry - has made    1    a capital darling. In the world’s second-largest economy, the market for pre-prepared dishes has been mainly driven by caterers. But a shift from restaurants to family dining tables in the past two years,     2    (bring) pre-made food to the mass consumer market rapidly,

“Pre-prepared dishes meet the     3     (prefer) of anew generation of consumers for healthier and more distinctive meals.” According to a report, China’s pre-prepared dishes market generated about 550billion yuan in 2021, with an    4    (expect) compound annual growth rate of 13 per cent over the next 5years.

As a new capital darling the pre-cooking industry is attracting cross-sector investment from companies outside the food industry. In mid-July,     5    founder of a financial technology company called Qudian,LuoMin, ranked atop the e-commerce sales board by selling pre-made dishes on TikTok China, known as Douyin,     6    (use) his personal account. It generated 252 million yuan worth of sales in a single session, more than     7    it was last year.

However, the quality of pre-made dishes in the market remains    8    (even),with problem related to the lack of detailed labeling on such products, as well as difficulties in logistics and distribution.

    9    advance notice, the use of pre-prepared dishes by restaurants    10    (replace) those prepared on-site by a chef was harmful to consumers’ rights to information and choice. With the rapid development of the pre-cooking market, relevant regulations are needed to promote industry standardization

The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2023 was held from March 28 to 31 in Boao, Hainan province,    1    highlight of which was zero-carbon.

China’s first zero-carbon demonstration zone was launched in Boao in 2022. By 2023, a total of 16 projects at the zone    2    (finish). The remaining projects are expected to be completed before the BFA 2024. The zone will achieve zero-carbon    3    (operate) in all aspects.

The construction of the demonstration zone maximizes the use of local wind, light, and heat resources,    4    (let) nature do the work. Photovoltaic (光伏的) power generation systems have been installed on buildings, parking lots, and landscape    5     (facility). According to recent estimates, the    6     (complete)16 projects, along with offset (抵消) measures, can reduce carbon emissions by 9,055.8 tons per year and provide 15.1 million kilowatt hours of clean electricity    7     (annual).

Also    8    primary note is the fact that the construction of the demonstration zone mainly relies on independent research. “We don’t have relevant experience    9    (refer) to, so we have to build the zone    10     doing our research and exploration,” Liu Ye, a professor at Tsinghua University, said to Xinhua.

    1     internet technology expanding every day, it is hard to keep up with the innovative software that keeps popping up on a regular basis.     2     Bitcoin was first introduced in 2009, it is still a relatively new player in the online payment system. What makes this internet payment network so special is its     3     (unique). It makes it possible to transfer Bitcoin currency from one peer to another quickly and effectively. The processing fees are very low and you can make worldwide payments in minutes.

Bitcoin is a digital currency that is bought, sold and transferred between fellow     4     (use) of the same payment network. The process begins when the prospective member downloads the software to their computer or phone. Once you     5     (complete) this process you will receive a Bitcoin address. The address is used to send you payments for goods or services rendered. This currency can also     6     (buy) on a market exchange. You can sell your bitcoins at this exchange as well. The unique thing about this payment network is that the currency is decentralized. It is not owned or controlled by any bank or     7     (finance) institution. It is not insured by the FDIC. It is open to anyone that wants to become a member. More and more merchants     8     (accept) this digital currency for their goods or services. There is no risk and the encryption process is very effective.

The following shows how the bitcoin works. You install a wallet on your computer or phone. You receive your new IP address. Then you begin accumulating bitcoins through purchase or transactions. All transactions on the payment network are stored in a Block Chain, which is nothing more than a     9     (share) public ledger. Bitcoins are transferred instantly and is verified mathematically by the network. Currency is transferred from one wallet to another quickly, safely, and securely. The Bitcoin mining process is     10     the transactions are constantly stored in the block chain and then verified by the computer.