2 . Language is part of our daily lives, no matter where we live in the world. Similarly, music is a part of many people’s lives.     1     Here are some of their similarities.

Both language and music have a writing system

    2     Similarly, we use notes to keep a record of music. Just as you are reading this collection of letters on the paper and find meaning in it, musicians read notes and create meaning in the form of music which we can hear. By reading pieces of text or music, we are able to share experiences through time. For example, we can read the ideas or hear the composition of someone who lived hundreds of years ago, which is really quite exciting.

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You can make a good guess at where someone is from by listening to the language they use. In the same way, we know that styles of music are different around the world, which gives us the opportunity to explore many different cultures through their music and providing us with music for every situation.

Both share emotion

How do you know that I am angry? Of course, you may be able to see it in my face, but you will know for sure through my words.     4     Music can show you exactly how the composer was or is feeling, and allows us to share that emotion. When you feel happy, you might want to sing and dance to a happy song.     5    

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

7 . Oxford English Dictionary（OED） announced on November 23 for the first time that it has chosen not to name one single word of the year, but many words for the “special” year 2020. Describing 2020 as “a year which cannot be neatly summarized in one single word”. OED said on Monday that there were too many words to sum up the events of 2020. From more than 11 billion words found in web-based news, blogs and other text sources, its lexicographers(词典编纂者)revealed what the dictionary described as “great shifts in language data and frequency rises in new words” over the past 12 months.

Most words of the year are coronavirus-related, including coronavirus, lockdown, circuit-breaker, keyworkers and face masks. The report said the word "coronavirus" dates back to the 1960s and was previously "mainly used by scientific and medical specialists". But by April this year it had become one of the most frequently used nouns in the English language, beyond even the usage of the word "time". It said use of the word “pandemic” has increased by more than 57,000 percent this year.

The revolution in working habits during the pandemic has also affected language, with both “remote” and “remotely” seeing more than 300 percent growth in use since March. “On mute(静音)”and “unmute” have seen 500 percent rises since March, while the words “workation” and “staycation” also increased drastically.

Casper Grathwohl, the president of Oxford Dictionaries, said. “I've never witnessed a year in language like the one we've just had. The Oxford team was identifying hundreds of significant new words and usages as the year unfolded.” “2020 has been filled with new words unlike any other,” Grathwohl added.

The OED's announcement mirrored the huge influence of the COVID-19 on the people from all walks of life. To bring life back to normal, countries such as Britain, China, Germany, Russia and the United States are racing against time to develop coronavirus vaccines.

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2.活动时间：2017年7月1日-31日；

3.投稿邮箱：CTCcompetition@perfectenglish.com。

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Yours,

Li Hua

A smiling face with tears, or “Tears of joy”, was chosen as the most popular emoji globally in 2016, according to a report    1    （publish）by Chinese tech startup Kika.

In 2015,emoji was the country’s fastest-growing language in the UK and “Tears of joy”also became the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year,    2    （make）it popular on social media worldwide.

As a language expert pointed out, the reasons    3    this are as follows. For one thing, with the development of the Internet, especially the     4    （popular）of smartphones, English alone is proving not enough to meet the needs of 21st-century digital communication. For    5    , emojis can offer greater freedom than verbal language. Meanwhile, compared with text messages, they are often more intuitive（直观的）and     6    （simple）,which is also the reason why more and more People choose    7    （express）their emotions and ideas by using emojis.

Even if you don’t send emojis yourself, you will    8    （probable）receive them.

However, nobody can definitely-tell     9    emojis will finally come to look something more like traditional language that we understand and use daily some day or they are just in fashion for    10    while like many things. “After all, it’s an addition to language rather than a language itself,”Dr Drummond says.

It is a great honor to share with you my experience in making English speeches.

To tell a truth, my spoken English used to be a big headache for me. Due to my terrible pronunciation, I often got misunderstood or even laughed by others. I never succeed in speech competitions. Therefore, I refused to give up. Every day I spent two hours listen to English programs to improve my oral skills. To my joy, my effort was finally paid off. I made steadily progress and managed to win prizes in some speech competition.

So problems can help us grow if we deal with it bravely and properly. This is which I’ve learned from my experience.