Chinese Online Literature Gains in Popularity Overseas

Thanks to our country’s push to help Chinese culture go overseas, many Chinese online literature companies have been gaining influence overseas in recent years through the     1    (establish) of online platforms. According to a recent report, the number of overseas readers of Chinese online literary works     2    (rise) to more than 31.9 million.

Many overseas readers even write online novels by imitating Chinese online literary works. Logan,     3     young man living in Texas of the United States, is a big fan of China’s online literature.     4    (inspire) by Chinese online literary works, he began to write his own online novels. “I draw inspiration from Chinese online novels. Classic Chinese literary works,     5    (particular) Journey to the West, are also the inspiration for some of the characters in my novels,” he said.

“Human beings love stories, and some values of heroes in stories     6    (share) by people around the world,” an employee of China Literature said, adding that heart-warming stories with ambitious characters and traditional Chinese culture elements are     7    (attract) to overseas readers.

    8     translation of mainstream Chinese books may be struggling, English language readers of popular online writings are funding their own translations. For some Western readers,     9    (check) whether or not the latest chapter of their favorite online serial has been translated from Chinese     10     English is the first thing they do in the morning.

We know that smartphone addiction can affect lives in negative ways. A 2017 University of Texas study claimed that merely    1    (place) a smartphone in someone’s line of sight slowed down their productivity and reduced their grades. An earlier study from London found students who didn’t use smart phones saw their test scores increase     2    6.4 percent.

It is     3    (extreme) difficult to break away from smartphone addition. Some people have event red punishing     4    (they) for using their devices. Now, an APP is being released(发行) in the UK that rewards people for staying away from their smart phones. The APP, called Hold,    5    (create) by three Norwegian university students, who found that positive rewarding was the most     6    (effect) way of conquering smartphone addiction. Hold allows students to collect points for staying away from their devices between the hours of 7 a.m.    7    11 p.m.; they get 10 points for every 20 minutes. The points    8    (collect) can be used for discounts on everything from cinema tickets to food and drinks. A cinema ticket, for example, costs 60 points, or 2 hours away form a phone.

Over 120, 000 people in Norway, of    9    40% are college students, use the app. It’s now available    10    students from over 170 universities in the UK.

Although sometimes it may seem impossible     1     (get)along as family, you can take action to improve the situation. The key to     2     (keep)the peace is regular and honest communication. When you have     3     (argue)with your parents, take a minute to calm     4     and try to understand the situation from their point of view. Perhaps they have experienced something similar and do not want you to go through     5     same pain. After you have thought it through, explain your actions and feelings     6     (calm), listen carefully, and address their concerns. Through this kind of healthy discussion, you will-learn when to back down and when to ask your parents to relax their control.

Just remember that it is completely normal to struggle     7     the stress that parent-child tensions create, and     8     you and your parents can work together to improve your relationship. The good news is that this     9     (storm)period will not last. Everything     10     (tun out) all right in the end, and the changes and challenges of your teenage years will prepare you for adulthood.

Nowadays, the life of many people in the world     1     (affect) by global warming. For example, greenhouse gas has a bad effect     2    both people and environment. The earth’s surface temperature     3     (go) up by about 1 degrees centigrade in the past 100 years. As a matter of fact, we may feel that we can hardly put up with the extremely hot summer and we can’t get     4     (accustom) to warm winter. The rise of the earth’s surface temperature has affected human health, the existence of creatures     5    the balance of ecosystems. There is no doubt     6     it is human activities that result in the bad environment. As a     7    (consequent), conditions permitting, all countries in the world should spare no effort     8    (improve) our environment. Even if our effort is limited, it will     9     (eventual) make a great difference if we keep on     10     (work) together to deal with global warming. Without all people’s joint efforts, what would our future be like?

At the International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Wang Ge,    1     paper-cutting artist, runs a market stand where impressive examples of her work are on display in the popular tourist destination.

Growing up in the region and influenced by diverse ethnic cultures, she is committed to     2    (tell)Xinjiang stories through her paper cutting while protecting and promoting the traditional folk art. “Paper cutting is a     3     (combine) of folk art and daily life,” said Wang, who graduated     4    the art department of Xinjiang Normal University.

During her decades of paper cutting she     5    (inspire) by real-life experiences, especially those relating to ethnic culture in the region. She often travels to Kashgar, Hotan and Aksu in southern Xinjiang to explore     6    local ethnic people live. One of her works features 20 people     7     (dress) in traditional costumes with musical    8    (instrument) in hand, singing and dancing in a grape garden. Wang saw the lively scene when she was traveling in Aksu.

After the COVID-19 outbreak, Wang gave online lectures on paper cutting, attracting 100, 000 viewers and teaching students     9     (able) to attend school how to cut the images of medical workers from paper. Wang said she was pleased     10    (see)pupils who lacked colored paper painting the white paper red and green as an exchange art form.

Once I went to a German city for vacation. The trip left a     1     (deep) impression on me than before. It was already dark outside when I arrived at the airport at 6 p.m. The first thing was to find a place to stay. I decided     2     (call) the youth hotel. But to use the phone I    3     (need) some coins. I asked a lady for help. To my surprise, she gave me three     4     (coin) to use. But all the phones there needed phone cards which could only be bought at post-offices during the daytime. I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to call the hotel.     5     old gentleman helped me. He couldn’t speak English     6     understand that I needed to make a phone call. He showed me to the phone and inserted（插入）his phone card. I called the hotel and found a place to stay that night. The     7     (kind) of German people made me feel at home.

Wherever I went, I asked people for directions. It surprised me that almost every young German could speak English     8     ( fluent). Older Germans couldn’t speak English very well, but they would try to help me whenever they could. One middle-aged man even drove me to the place I was looking for. My experience in Germany completely changed     9     (I) impression of Germans.

I thought Germans were not     10     (friend) to foreigners before, but things have changed since then. The people in Germany couldn’t be more friendly.