Xu Yuanchong dedicated his career to building     1     (bridge) among the world’s Chinese, English and French speaking people. He devoted     2     (he) to literary translation for more than 60 years, primarily     3     (focus) on English translations of ancient Chinese poetry. Xu was awarded the “Aurora Borealis” Prize     4     September 10th in 2014 for Outstanding Translation of Fiction Literature, one of the highest honors that celebrate excellence in international translators.

Emojis are small symbols     1     (represent) ideas, emotions or feelings. They come in different     2     (category), such as faces and people, plants and animals, and food and drink. When first introduced in Japan in 1999, emojis     3     (limit) to 176 simple designs. Now there are more than 3, 000 emojis that expand upon the way in which we communicate. Due to their popularity, the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year in 2015 was, for the first time ever, a pictograph instead of a     4     (tradition) word.

It's very common that, when students don't know which major to choose in college, they choose English for     1    (they); when they want a better job, they pick up English, and when they want to master a foreign language, it is English. There is a view that English is the path    2    a better life.But the law of supply and demand tells that if everyone supplies the same service, the value of that service declines. So those    3    have taken a less travelled road may have the last laugh.

The faces some people show to the world might be completely different to their real personalities. Most comedians have sweet smiles on their faces and always sound cheerful because that’s the nature of their work. Judging     1     the faces, we are not likely to know what their true feelings are. They might be crying on the inside     2     they might be laughing on the outside. How others are feeling is not something that we should make assumptions about, because it’s not always obvious who is     3     (true) happy.