A picture of a facial expression soon went hot on China' s social media platform during the 2016 Rio Olympics. Fu Yuanhui, a 1996-born girl ,became the second most popular word on the hot topic list because of her ecstatic(狂喜) reaction to her performance.

    In less than 24hours, Fu has been discussed thousands of times on Weibo, Wechat and other platforms. Her photos have been used as emoticons(符号表情) and in cartoons. Her fans went from 100,000 to over 2.7 million on her Weibo in just two days.

     “I did not reserve my strength. I have tried my best… I am very satisfied with the result and I have never thought about the final,” Fu said in her interview after the semi-final（半决赛）.

    Fu was quite humorous in the interview. She used a phrase called “Hong Huang Zhi Li” to describe the great efforts she had made in preparing for the match, which also became a popular word on the Internet.

     “Hong Huang Zhi Li” means “the strength which can separate the heaven from the earth in the chaotic(混沌的) world of ancient times”. While “Hong Huang” refers to “the chaotic state in the ancient times”, “Li” refers to “strength” in Chinese.

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    Something very special happened to Tamara. She never knew she had a twin (双胞胎) sister until she started university!

    Tamara was born(出生) in Mexico. Her parents could not look after her so she went to live with a family in Manhattan, New York, USA.

    When Tamara was twenty years old, she started university in Long Island. She enjoyed her university life. But one day she was walking home from class, and a student smiled at her. "Hello, Adriana!" said the student. "I'm not Adriana," said Tamara.

    This happened to Tamara again and again. Tamara didn't know why people kept calling her Adriana. One day, when a woman called her Adriana, Tamara asked, "Why do you keep calling me Adriana?"

    The woman said, "You look like my friend Adriana. You have the same face and the same hair. Is Adriana your sister?" Tamara said that she did not have any sisters. But she was interested in the girl named Adriana. At last she asked someone for Adriana's e-mail address (地址).

    When Tamara wrote to Adriana, she found out that they both had the same birthday, they looked the same and both of them were from Mexico. When Tamara went to live with the family in Manhattan, Adriana moved to Long Island to live with a family there. It had to be true! Adriana and Tamara were twin sisters!

Han Qian, 35, is now responsible for recruitment（招募）at the Volunteer Department of the Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee. Thirteen years ago, he was a volunteer at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. 

"I'm honored to take part in two Olympics," said Han. "Being a volunteer is different from organizing them, though both are great experiences. Passion is necessary for being a volunteer, which requires volunteers to be in high spirits and warm-hearted. But being an organizer, they may face many new challenges because more thinking and planning are needed in organizing volunteers."

Because of COVID-19, volunteers need to be quarantined（隔离）after the test events as well as after the Winter Olympics and Paralympics（残奥会）. This means they have to give up more time for this job. As around 90 percent of the volunteers are university students, according to Han, this could affect their schoolwork. So Han's team has helped schools to support the students as much as they can. 

Han's team worked with schools to recruit students. "For example, volunteers from Tsinghua University are responsible for the National Stadium, while those from Peking University take care of the National Aquatics Center, Han said. The cold weather is another challenge, as some games will be held outdoors. The outdoor volunteers need to have physical training, like 15-kilometer walks, to prepare for their work. The organizing committee also provides hats, warmer pads and more frequent shifts for them. 

"Many volunteers have developed interest in winter sports because of this experience," Han said. "I've seen them post pictures of themselves skiing and skating. I'm happy that the volunteering experience is meaningful for them."

24-year-old Liu Wenyue is a young hanfu designer (设计师) . And she has her own clothes business in Zhejiang. Do you know {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Liu started the clothes business?

 Liu liked drawing at a young age and practiced drawing hard. When she was in college, Liu got interested {#blank#}2{#/blank#} hanfu. She thought the traditional Chinese clothing was {#blank#}3{#/blank#}( pretty) than others. However, Liu didn't have enough money to buy hanfu., {#blank#}4{#/blank#} she decided to design one herself. After Liu completed her first design, she shared it online. To her surprise, a hanfu businessman loved her design and wanted {#blank#}5{#/blank#}( buy) it. He also provided Liu with useful advice and led her own hanfu industry(工作室). She has designed about 500 sets of hanfu. Lots of the clothes {#blank#}6{#/blank#}( make) in the factory. One of the most popular hanfu is the horse-faced skirt.{#blank#}7{#/blank#}( it) Chinese name is Mamianqun. Many young people love it.

 Liu also learns from some traditional Chinese {#blank#}8{#/blank#}( painting) for her design. She thinks the flowers, birds and rocks in them look {#blank#}9{#/blank#}( live).

 Now Liu has many orders from foreign countries. She feels happy that the traditional Chinese clothing is spreading {#blank#}10{#/blank#}( wide). "Hanfu is able to fit people of all ages. I hope that more people will enjoy wearing hanfu," Liu said.

Jack is a 12-year-old boy from America. He{#blank#}1{#/blank#} in Beijing with his parents. He has many new friends and enjoys{#blank#}2{#/blank#} time in Beijing. Jack's family keep a cat and{#blank#}3{#/blank#} it Tofu, because Mapo tofu is Jack' s favourite Chinese food. And Jack helps a lot in {#blank#}4{#/blank#} after Tofu.

 One day, Jack and his parents go to a teahouse(茶馆). There{#blank#}5{#/blank#} a pet parrot named Liuye there. The parrot says"Hi" when they{#blank#}6{#/blank#} into the teahouse. Liuye can even(甚至) say Jack's name. Jack is very happy. He takes a {#blank#}7{#/blank#} of the parrot and puts it on Facebook. "Tofu loves birds! Let's get a pet parrot, so they can play {#blank#}8{#/blank#} each other at home!" Jack says to his parents. They say"Yes". Then Jack drinks tea. He also{#blank#}9{#/blank#} how to make tea and the history(历史) of Chinese tea.

 Jack loves the teahouse so much. For him, drinking tea there is a{#blank#}10{#/blank#} thing to do.

I love chocolate. So you can1 how excited I was when I discovered that a chocolate festival was coming to Bastia, my new home town in Corsica! It is one of the most popular2 in Corsica. Every year more than 50, 000 chocolate lovers come to it. 

 The chocolate festival started on 21st October and lasted for three days! I 3 a ticket for the festival online. For just€2. 50, I went into the 4 festival tent. 

 Inside the huge tent, I found there were over 125 different stalls(摊位). It was hard to know where to begin!5 , I decided to enjoy the most interesting part of the festival. It was a huge Arc de Triomphe(凯旋门) made out of 6 ! It was almost four metres high with over 900 kilos of chocolate. It took the chocolater Bruno Rouly almost 1, 500 hours to7 it. To my surprise, although it was very hot outside, the Arc de Triomphe showed no8 of melting(融化). 

 After taking a few photos in front of the Arc de Triomphe, I began to 9 my favourite chocolate. The chocolate came in many 10 shapes, sizes and tastes; I saw chocolate planes, shoes, animals. . . The one in the shape of a pencil caught my eyes. It was my favourite!