Learning how to choose a career is important not only to adults but also to students at college. People decide to have their careers    1    (change) simply because they dislike the job they     2    (current) have. They take on the jobs not because they like them but because they need to make a living. In this case,     3    (get) career guidance is very important. The first step in choosing a career     4    (be) understanding yourself. This will help you realize what you enjoy doing. 

The best way to do this is take a personality test,     5     it is available on the Internet for free. It is also important to understand your values and know what you are willing to do. Next, visit career guidance centers or career     6    (website). If possible, apply for a volunteer that benefits you. You can get professional help and decide whether the career path is     7    (suit) for you or not. Finally, you should learn universal (广泛适用的) skills,     8     will help you get opportunities to change your career in the future. All in all, choosing a career is important because most of the time in our lives     9    (spend) on work.  

Therefore, putting interests and hobbies into careers can always lead    10     the best jobs.

Not only did Michelle Yeoh claim her first Oscar win for the hit film Everything Everywhere All At Once, but she did it while making history as the first Asian woman     1     (win) Best Actress.

    2     , her road is paved with obstacles (阻碍) . And she is not hesitant in raising awareness about prejudice (偏见) she     3     (encounter) throughout her career. She has been an actor for nearly 40 years, but it's taken the huge success of Everything Everywhere All At Once to elevate her to a new height of fame and recognition. Her excellent performance as Evelyn,     4     Asian-American immigrant (移民) mother struggling to make ends meet finally     5     (reveal) her personal appeal and exceptional talent to the rest of the world.

Yeoh took the stage to deliver a     6     (touch) speech with advice to never give up on your dreams. She dedicated her win     7     “the Asian community and anyone     8     has ever been identified (认定) as a     9     (minor) ”. For all the little boys and girls who look like me     10     (watch) tonight, this is a beacon (灯塔) of hope and possibilities. And ladies, don't let anybody tell you you're ever past your prime.

Xu Beihong (1895~1953),    1     hometown is in Jiangsu province China, returned in 1927. The painter had lived and studied art in Europe for nearly ten years, primarily in France, which has long been known as the “land of art”.

One of the earliest Chinese     2     (artist) to study fine arts in Europe, Xu was well-received in art and education communities back home. It then seemed a natural choice for him     3     (put) his time and effort into teaching at art schools     4     holding exhibitions of modern Chinese painting.

    5     (touch) by the bad situation of his country and     6     (it) people at that time, Xuspoke for the serious condition of the people through painting. The subjects in his works included those     7     (live) in mountainous Chongqing who had to go up and down to get water, boatmen working on the Yangtze River and women praying (祈祷) for the     8     (safe) of husbands who worked far away from home.

For those in the art community, Xu     9     (remember) mostly for blending (融合) Eastern and Western styles and doing a great job on the higher education of fine arts in China. While for his people,    10     artist is best known for showing the true life of those at the grassroots.

Following Zibo barbecue and ice city Harbin, Chinese social media has once again show eased its influence in highlighting the next Internet-famous city worthy    1    exploration.

This time it’s Tianshui,    2    low-key city in Northwest China’s Gansu Province that has taken the spotlight. It has attracted considerable attention online from food enthusiasts and social media influencers, celebrating the city’s famous dish of hotpot and its wealth of     3    (culture) attractions, including the Maijishan Grottoes (石窟).

Known as Tianshui Malatang,    4    literally means spicy and hot, the local dish is popular for its large portion of skewered (串) meat,    5    (vegetable), and hand-made potato noodles in a pot of boiling thick soup, and served with flavored chili oil.

On the Internet, vlogs show eager food enthusiasts    6    (line) upon the streets. Many of them traveled from cities faraway    7    (taste) the local delicious food.

Dong Liangyan, 29, from Daqing in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Province,    8    (locate) more than 2, 000km away fromTianshui, said that she was    9    (absolute) delighted to enjoy the local delicacy.

In mid-March, the average daily passenger flow at railway stations in Tianshui    10    (increase) by some 40 percent in a week compared to the same period last year.

Learning languages has many advantages: feeling confident when travelling abroad, making friends     1     (international), being able to read books in the original, and a lot more, like studying and working in other     2     (country). Most people live under the stereotype (刻板印象) that they lose their learning abilities with age. However, if faced     3     a challenge when there is no other way except to learn the new foreign language, adult people can show great results. Before     4     (decide) how to learn a new language, the first thing is to decide in which situation the language is to be used.

If the target is, for example,     5     (travel) or find new business at some international events, a course focusing on speaking practices is recommended. The basic vocabulary and     6     (conversation) structures (结构), studied and practised heavily during a short period of time, may lead to the needed result, which might be the ability to communicate on the streets or support     7     small business talk. Usually the two or three months of study     8     (be) enough to start communicating. However, if brought back shortly to the usual environment, the person might lose the majority of knowledge if there would not be any supporting practice afterwards. Unfortunately, without practical usage     9     further development, the language abilities may go away as easily as they came. The language cannot     10     (learn) once and forever.

Northwest China’s Tianshui spicy hot pot goes viral on social media

Tianshui malatang, a version of a spicy hot pot in northwest China’s Gansu Province, has recently gone viral on Chinese media,     1     (attract) many tourists from all over the country to taste the dish.

Malatang,     2     means “numbingly (使麻木地) spicy soup”, is a one-pot vegetables with hot pot flavor. It is a tongue-numbing spicy dish loved for its     3     (satisfy) flavor and the richness of colors. Different     4     Sichuan cuisine, which is famous for its hot pot, the secrets for tickling the taste buds come from local specialty ingredients in Tianshui－Maiji peppercorns (胡椒)     5     Gangu chili peppers.

According to the China News Agency, а restaurant owner in Tianshui said he had been serving more than 400 customers a day, as people from other cities and     6     (province) drive to the city to try the malatang.

“There is a long queue outside my restaurant recently,” one shop owner said. One customer posted on Chinese social media that she had queued for six hours     7     (get) the dish. Many malatang shops in Tianshui have even extended     8     (they) business hours to satisfy the increasing number of customers from all over the country.

Nowadays, a Tianshui spicy hot pot restaurant is     9     must-go visit in the city. So far, the local authority     10     (provide) special bus lines for tourists to help them to experience the charm of local culture.