“Xixi Tonight”, a reimagined performance at Hangzhou’s Xixi Wetland Park,     1    (return) with a fresh, multi-sensory experience recently.     2    (base) on Song Dynasty(960-1279)and local Hangzhou culture, the show tells the tale of the Hong family during the Southern Song era,     3    (highlight) Hong Hao’s diplomatic missions and his wife’s     4    (devote) to their children’s education. The show used the natural scenery of the park as a backdrop     5     modern technologies to emphasize     6    (it) unique beauty, applying digital technology, indoor-outdoor performances and     7    (engage) audio-visual effects. In the viewing area, visitors could feel the fresh air     8     watching the show. This innovative combination of art and nature     9    (perfect) creates an exceptional tourism attraction, which offers visitors a unique encounter     10     the beauty of both culture and wetland ecology.

Square dancing is a well-known recreational group activity in China. It     1     (start) to gain popularity in the mid-1990s when groups gathered at squares, parks, and other open spaces     2     (dance) in the mornings and evenings. Most of these     3     (individual) are senior citizens in search of new friends and activities to keep themselves     4     (occupy). It's about more than just dancing; it's a way about meeting new friends and sharing their life stories,     5     benefits them both mentally and physically.

Ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, when authorities launched the     6     (promote) of national fitness activities, square dancing became     7     (popular) than before. According to official statistics, there are presently over 120 million Chinese who regularly take part     8     this activity across the nation's squares. And most participants are happy with their current living conditions.

    9    , loud music played during square dancing was considered as terrible noises. In recent years, national standards and regulations     10     (introduce) to make the exercising more public-friendly and further ensure its sound development.

I find that it's always worth checking out the parks when you visit a foreign city. Besides providing a welcome break, they can contain some interesting surprises. Last week,     1     (exhaust) from visiting two museums and too tired even to think about shopping anymore, my friend and I took     2     walk in Kensington Gardens. I was so glad we did, because otherwise we could     3     (miss) Anish Kapoors mirror sculptures.

There are four of them,and rather than looking out of place as so many modern sculptures can, these really complemented their surroundings. Sky Mirror,     4     its name suggests, is placed at an angle to reflect the changing sky. Another，Red Mirror, is also directed at the sky but has a red tint (色彩).The one I liked     5     (well) was the C-Curve, a convex mirror that makes you see everything upside     6    . It was so funny to watch dogs and children approach it, trying to figure out what they were looking at.

The secret of this exhibition's success is that it     7     (make) you appreciate what is already a lovely park even more. It will be     8     display until March 30th. I'd     9     (definite) recommend     10     (take) the time to go and see it for yourself if you're in London. What's more, it’s free!

Chinese people have spent     1     (much)time on leisure activities this year compared with the period before the novel coronavirus hit, according     2     a recent report by the China Tourism Academy.

The academy said urban residents' leisure time is     3     (close) related to their work. They have spent more time on leisure     4     (activity) on weekends this year, about 4.4 hours a day compared with     5     average of 3.82 hours a day on work days. It said urban residents' leisure time has increased both on weekends     6     during holidays this year when compared with 2019.

The time     7     people in rural areas spend enjoying leisure activities has risen nearly 39% compared with 2019,     8     (increase) to 4.36 hours a day from 3.14 hours before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Shopping at physical stores    9     (remain) the most popular leisure activity for both urban residents and people in the countryside,     10     (follow)by activities like facial treatments, hairdressing and manicures(修甲).

Do you know what “noodling” is? It has nothing to do with the noodles that you like to eat. In the    1     (south) United States, noodling is a kind of fishing where you just use your hands. Most of the fish     2     (catch) by noodlers are catfish, which like to hide under overhanging banks. They think their     3     (enemy) can’t see them, so they’re safe. But they’re not! Noodlers feel around under the stream bank, size resting catfish,     4     pull them out of the water.

I learned about noodling when I lived     5     the State of Ohio. Later I moved to Colorado,    6    trout (鳟鱼) swim in mountain streams. I wondered     7     noodling would work on trout, but my friends told me they were too smart and too fast.

Well, I thought it would be worth     8    (try). In the fall, big, beautiful brown trout move into the shallow parts of the Cache la Poudre River. I found a place and, luckily, there were two big trout. When I tried to get close to them, they     9     (hide) themselves under the overhanging bank. I went over and “snacked” my hands under the bank. I felt one! And it didn’t   move.         10       (care), I slid both hands the fish, and then quickly lifted it out of the water onto the bank. Success! I could really noodle trout.