East Buy, a subsidiary of Chinese private tutoring giant New Oriental, announced the     1    (remove) of Sun Dongxu from the positions of Executive Director and CEO on Saturday following a dispute involving popular live-streamer Dong Yuhui intensified this week,     2     has resulted in a significant drop in the company’s stock price.

New Oriental Chairman Yu Minhong will concurrently assume     3     position of CEO at East Buy. It represents a crucial step in New Oriental’s transformation into a live- streaming e-commerce company; however, during the past week, the dispute surrounding the company     4     (continue) to escalate (加剧).

It originated from East Buy staff     5     (respond) on social media, stating that the scripts used for live-broadcasts are collaboratively created by the hosts, copywriting team, filming team and editing team.

The reply has sparked discontent among the fans of the platform’s top-performing host Dong.

The former CEO’s subsequent response and apology not only failed to calm the storm     6     stirred up more frustration among netizens. In his response, Sun mentioned that Dong’s annual salary is more than     7     (ten) of millions of yuan and expressed a firm stance against the so-called “fan culture”.

The term “fan culture”     8     (rough) refers to an organized and spontaneous community of fans who support or promote their idols. Subsequently, Yu also publicly responded, acknowledging significant flaws in the company’s management and stating that the disclosure of Dong’s salary was     9     (appropriate). He also extended an apology to Dong for the situation.

On Saturday evening, Dong appeared in live-streaming together with Yu and confirmed his commitment     10     (stay) with East Buy. Yu announced that the company would soon initiate a major adjustment about the incomes of hosts, including Dong.

5 . Every summer vacation, I work as an assistant to my dad in his plumbing (管道) business. My job often causes physical and mental ________ and it demands an attitude of toughness that I frequently ________ to adopt. Nevertheless, I choose to go on.

Each morning, I started the day by ________ a pair of old jeans that most teenagers of my age would ________ to wear in public. During my work, I ________ jump over a jungle of tools and extension cords (线). There are pipe paint ________ on my pants. As I observe the chaos around me, a sense of ________ sweeps over me. Nothing I see is beautiful or tidy. I feel ________.

From time to time, I cannot help ________ why I have to bear the dust and sweat when I could be in my air-conditioned house. I could even find another job, a(n) ________ one that more closely resembles the work of my peers.

Yet, I hate myself for being so easily ________ by things as small as the mess of plumbing. ________, the world is built by people willing to get their hands dirty. ________ the uncertainties of my teenage brain are far more complex than any extension cord, I keep trying hard to sort them out.

Life is a process of accepting the messes and cleaning them up, and plumbing work is quite ________. Each time when customers express ________ for our work, I understand that the unpleasant feelings caused by plumbing are worth it.

6 . Activities for National Manufacturing Day

The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Careers Coalition (职业联盟) offers students and families new STEM resources to explore the world of modern manufacturing. With over 4 million manufacturing roles predicted to be available in the next ten years, the new resources from the coalition connect today’s students to the manufacturing careers of tomorrow.

National Manufacturing Day occurs on annually the first Friday of October to motivate today’s students to become the next generation of innovators leading the manufacturing industry. In order to support this celebration, the coalition offers three different collections to all students, educators, and families on modern manufacturing that support learning wherever it takes place. The following resources ate available to all at no cost：

Explore the profiles of manufacturing professionals using the skills they learned at school to become the kind of problem solvers that make a difference. Make the connection from the classroom to careers and find out how all students can make it in manufacturing.

From innovating food packaging to discovering the principles of accurate design to exploring water sustainability, at-home, hands-on learning activities help students take STEM skills from theory to practice.

Access the no-cost, standard classroom activities to support future career success for all students. Each, activity features important STEM skills and a step-by-step guide for promoting activities into classroom.

Each virtual experience features accompanying educator resources and student activities that make it easy for teachers to put these manufacturing events into the learning experiences they design and deliver daily.

All resources are available at no cost at stemcareerscoalition. org.

7 . Have you ever gone to a museum or a show and been completely blown away by a piece? If you haven’t, go out and get cultured. I’m a student at the College of Visual and Performing Arts where we create all kinds of art every day.     1     But I don’t think those people truly know the difficulties and struggles in the process of making art.

First of all, we need to be inspired. You may think that’s easy. In fact, anything can serve as a concept of a work of art.     2     Sometimes we will need people, volunteers, bodies to do so and finding willing people to work is hard. Other times we have a clear idea of what we want but we don’t know how to make other people fully understand what we’re trying to get at.

    3     We need a space to be able to be creative and that can be tricky to acquire. Sometimes we need art supplies or certain equipment and costumes and that can cost money. Even if we do acquire what we need, visions change and mistakes happen so we might not end up using the resources.

The process can take weeks, months, and even years to be fully realized. Once completed, we need to share it and find an audience and provide an environment to display our work.     4     What if nobody likes what we created? What if our vision isn’t what we thought though completed?

Creating art is an art in itself. It is really not as easy as many people think.     5     It’s how we express ourselves and how we communicate with the rest of the world.

10 . This summer, you are offered a perfect opportunity to upgrade the resume (简历) for your future, but which summer jobs should you go after? From traditional to out-of-the-box summer job opportunities, you are bound to find a good fit with one of these ideas:

Travel Blogger

Those who have a taste for adventure can share their travel experiences down to the minute on social platforms. Typically, the hourly wage is $24; however, this number varies depending on the blogger’s ability to make extra earnings from advertising.

Lifeguard

Community and neighborhood pools are usually in need of lifeguards in summer, so ask around to, see what is available. Not only will you be keeping people safe, but you will also be enjoying the sun and maintaining your fitness at the same time. The average pay is $12 an hour.

Tutor

For academically-minded ones, tutoring services are available online. This means you are no longer limited by your location. If you have the patience, skills, and ability to teach others, this position offers an average hourly wage of $19.

Freelance (自由职业的) Designer

If you have a good understanding of computers, web design, and/or enjoy coding, then becoming a freelance designer over the summer may be ideal. Rather than working regular 9-5 hours at a company, you have the flexibility of working from home. $26.99 is the average hourly rate for this position.

For more summer job ideas, check out INDEED to see what opportunities are best suited for you! And don’t forget the fun doesn’t stop when summer is over, check out our post about the Best Jobs on Campus.