China’s top online sales host Li Jiaqi     1     (apologize) on Monday after he blamed viewers who found the price of an eyebrow pen expensive     2     not working hard enough to make more money during a live-streaming session.

Li,     3     has about 75.76 million followers on Taobao Live, Alibaba’s live-streaming platform, was promoting an eyebrow pen on Saturday evening. He then read out a comment from   a viewer     4     (say) the product priced at 79 yuan ($10.8) has become     5     (expensive) than before.

“The product is expensive? Sometimes people need to find the reasons why they haven’t received a pay rise after working so many years. Have they worked hard enough?” he said.

Many people then said Li’s comments were   inappropriate and had made them     6     (annoy). His comment became one of the most discussed     7     (topic) on social media on Sunday.

“The consumers have the right     8     (question) the price of a product, but Li shouldn’t judge the consumers by people’s spending power.     9     he said was shocking,” a Sina Weibo user said on Sunday.

Around 1 am on Monday, Li published a statement on   social media apologizing for his comments and making people disappointed.

He added that he started his career as     10     cosmetic sales assistant, so he understands people’s struggles. He also promised to learn to better control his emotions in the future.

In recent years, reports of dogs biting people     1     (be) common in China. According to data released by the NHC, by the end of 2021 China had the largest number of dogs in the world, with over 12 million people     2     (bite) each year.

The authorities in Xiamen, East China’s Fujian Province, announced on Tuesday the launch of a rectification (矫正) campaign against     3     (legal) dogs until December 30. The campaign will focus on dog-raising     4     (behave) like failure to register the dog or walking dogs     5     a leash (狗链). Pet owners are required to obtain a dog license,     6     includes registration information such as the owner’s information and dog breed.

Chinese authorities have been     7     (active) making efforts on management of pet dogs in urban area. Some cities also have height requirements for adult dogs. In Beijing, it     8     (forbid) to keep adult dogs with a height exceeding 35 centimeters in the restricted areas.

keeping dogs in a civilized manner is a slogan that everybody knows. The important thing is     9     there are accompanying measures to put this slogan into practice, Prevention is always better than cure; don’t wait until the dog shows a tendency     10     (attack) people before seeking a solution.

“If the world ends one day, these collections will bring hope of a new beginning to life on the earth,”s aid Li Pei, a staff member at the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species(GBOWS), in Yunnan Province.

    1    (found)in 2007, GBOWS is a research and preservation facility for rare and endangered plants and animals.

How does the bank work? Scientists collect endangered and     2    (use)wild species and send them to the seed bank. For future study, collectors have to record     3    (detail)of the plant, including     4     it was found, its size and the number of individual plants in the habitat.

Once the seeds arrive, they’re handled     5    (proper)by scientists. Then, X-rays confirm that the seeds are in good state. Then the seeds     6    (freeze), stored in glass bottles and placed in huge freezers at—20 ℃. Each container has     7     bar code for scanning to enable scientists to view seeds’ information.

GBOWS in Yunnan,     8     works with international partners, holds 2,176 sets of seeds from 45 countries and regions, with each set     9    (contain)thousands of individual seeds.

“As China has rich and unique biological resources, we aim to further enhance(增加)our collections and conduct     10    (deep)research,” Li Pei said.

The National Day holiday is fast approaching, and those     1    are planning last-minute trips are busy securing train tickets and quickly vanishing hotel accommodations.

Media reports indicate some luxury hotels in Sanya and Xishuangbann     2    (see) their holiday prices nearly triple in the past few weeks     3    that economy hotel rates have also doubled across the board.

    4    (addition), provinces like Anhui and Shanxi, and cities such as Qingdao and Fuzhou, have issued guidelines to regulate holiday pricing, emphasizing responsible pricing practices for     5    (operator).

To satisfy the high demand, some citizens are posting holiday-week apartment rentals(租金), as many hotels are fully booked. In contrast(对比) to hotels and homestays(民宿),     6    (rent) the residential properties usually doesn’t involve deposits(押金), cleaning fees, agreements or guest registration. Besides, many homeowners don’t provide standard hotel necessities     7     shower shampoo, bath towels or slippers. Furthermore,     8    (establish) a hotel, one must obtain a business license from the market authority before opening for business.

Zhang Jian,     9     lawyer at Fuzhou Law Firm, said that as there is no written agreement between homeowners and renters,     10     would be very difficult for the owners to ensure their rights. He advised homeowners to be aware of the rules before renting out their apartments.

Gather together a couple of good friends and take a leisurely walk through the streets—this is     1     many youngsters in China enjoy doing when they visit a new city.

To them, Citywalk means roaming (漫步) around the city on foot. It can be a special     2     (guide) trip for a small group of people,     3     simply a leisurely walk for one or two to explore new areas, sticking to the key point: avoiding famous scenic spots and big crowds to gain     4     more inclusive experience of the places they visit.

Citywalk not only offers a way for young people to interact with a city but also     5     (provide) them with a new social scene. Xiao Yiyi, a Citywalk     6     (enthusiastic), launched her Changsha route on her social media account, including more offbeat sights like historical sites and even a stop-off     7     (sample) the local cuisine. Many tour guides also try to expand their influence online,     8     (share) their experiences to attract potential customers.

Citywalk is offering a positive change to urban travelers as they can     9     (well) choose the experiences that fit in with their interests and needs. At the same time, Citywalk represents an opportunity for tour guides and travel service providers to offer a more tailored,     10     (profession) service to meet ever-changing market demands.

In recent years, shared vegetable plots (地块) have been appearing in Shanghai’s suburban districts as more white-collar workers turn to farming to relax and escape the pressures of city life.

Among these individuals     1    (be) Yang Rui, who, on weekends, drives his family from their home in downtown to the All-Happy City,     2     shared ecological farm in Minhang, where he has rented a 20-square-meter vegetable plot for 1,600 yuan per year. The family tends carrots, lettuce and other vegetables they have planted. When they aren’t around during the week,     3    (professional) take over the work and perform whatever chores     4    (need).

This farm has about 200 members, some of     5     even raise chickens and ducks that wander in the fields.

    6    (found) by Chen Yougui in October, the shared farm has an area of 13.33 hectares     7     comes with shared vegetable plots and leisure areas. According to Chen, the monitoring system     8    (cover) the entire farmland allows members to view their vegetables and fields remotely through their phones. The farm also uses technology to ensure that the chickens and ducks raised     9     customers don’t go missing or end up in someone else’s plot — each animal comes with its own QR code.

Chen notes that many of his customers are parents who rent plots     10    (primary) to teach their kids about science and nature and how farming works.

The term “car boot sale” refers to the selling of items from a car’s trunk (后备箱). Most of the goods on sale are used personal items with only a few of professional traders     1     (sell) goods. However, in a growing trend (趋势), all-year hard-standing outdoor boot sales, are now appearing everywhere, especially in China,     2     (know) as the trunk fairs. It is very welcoming to those     3     want to run their own business at a low cost. Items for sale are extremely varied, including snacks and soft drinks. The youth in China are exploring a new lifestyle through the trunk fairs.

Open mainstream Chinese social media and you might get the impression that poetry is making     1     comeback among the country’s young generation. Lifestyle-sharing platform Xiaohongshu has organized online activities such as “poems battle”and “poetry Renaissance”. Poetry-related postings on the platform have over 3 million views and likes. Poetry societies     2     (establish) accounts on the video-sharing website Bilibili so far, gaining over 132, 000 followers. “Now I’m happy to see poetry making a rebound,     3     shows that poetry never dies as it always finds a way to keep its heart beating,”said Zhou Yuchen, a postgraduate at King’s College London.

Before we abandoned the ship, Shackleton calmly called us together and told us to rescue our    1    (essential) supplies — the small boats, our food, the cook stove, candles, clothes and blankets. We were not allowed to take most of our personal belongings, and Shackleton    2    (he) threw away all his gold.    3    (surprising), he allowed Hussey to keep his banjo in order to keep our spirits up. Soon    4    we arrived at Elephant Island, Shackleton selected a boat party and set off for South Georgia Island to get help. We    5    (struggle) for months since their departure, but things on Elephant Island are going    6    bad to worse. Thanks to Frank and Ernest, were it not for their genuine concern for others, their    7    (persevere) and their resolve, we would all be dead by now.

Ever since February, the public concern over the giant panda Ya Ya in the US has grown into a “campaign” among Chinese people all around the world to check how our cute and     1     (innocence) pandas are surviving in overseas zoos.

Enthusiastic Chinese netizens (网民) around the world     2     (respective) visited nearby zoos and posted on Chinese social media platforms videos that showed pandas’ living conditions.

In a video, a panda was showed     3     (eat) bamboos in the yard of the Beauval Zoo in France while another panda was sleeping on the grass and a third one climbing a tree.

Among all the overseas zoos “surprisingly     4     (inspect)”, Moscow Zoo and the Panda World of Everland Resort in South Korea gained Chinese netizens’     5     (recognize). They stood out as Chinese netizens     6    (praise) their efforts in taking good care of two lovely pandas,     7     names are Ding Ding and Ru Yi.

“They are real kungfu pandas.” Chinese commented     8     the videos of Ding Ding and Ru Yi.

The life of these energetic     9     lovely pandas revealed a sharp contrast to that of Ya Ya at the Memphis Zoo. We hope the issue of Ya Ya could raise public attention on the living conditions of pandas, animals that     10    (refer) to as “living fossils”.