Colorful lanterns are lighting up China's night sky, as activities begin across the country to celebrate Lantern Festival today.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (date) back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), the Lantern Festival is held on the 15th day of the first lunar month {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(mark) the first full moon of the lunar new year.

    You Guoqing, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} folk custom expert in Tianjin, said the Lantern Festival was about going out for a colorful celebration rather than a family get-together. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}watching lanterns, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} is also a day to appreciate the full moon, solve lantern riddles, watch art {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(performance) and eat tang yuan.

    The festival was once also a time for romantic encounters. In feudal times, young women were not allowed to go out {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(free), but Lantern Festival was an exception, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} young men and women could meet up.

    Some aspects of the festival, such as its romantic atmosphere, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (fade), but people {#blank#}10{#/blank#} see the Lantern Festival as a day to rejoice and a chance to wish for happiness.

Over the past years, Starbucks coffee {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(become) a coffee chain store. The cafes don't sell coffee; they sell {#blank#}2{#/blank#}very atmosphere. They offer customers the perfect atmosphere{#blank#}3{#/blank#}which they can take time out and relax. Every single store throughout the world is furnished in a romantic style and {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(special)meant to be cozy, private and quiet: earth-toned(褐色调)space, fancy wall paper, lovely paintings,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (amaze)background and irresistible coffee smell. The most fantastic decoration style about Starbucks {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(design)with oversized chairs and tables outside the store. When {#blank#}7{#/blank#}comes to a sunny afternoon, I love to take a seat outside,{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (bathe) in the afternoon sunshine, and listening to the lovely music {#blank#}9{#/blank#}tasting the most terrific Cappuccino. This is exactly what I love in here—the Starbucks! This is the café I love not merely because of the café itself, but also because of the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(feel)it brings me.

    Recently, an Internet slang word Foxi- or "Buddhist"- is becoming increasingly popular as it encourages people, especially {#blank#}1{#/blank#} young to remain calm and peaceful and avoid conflicts as much as possible- in other words, to live like a Buddha.

    The phrase {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (create) for the first time in 2014 in Japan to describe young men who no longer bother to start relationships with women or follow someone else's life path. They prefer to stay in their own peaceful world without {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (disturb) and care little about passion and success.

    In this fast-changing and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (compete) world, many people are {#blank#}5{#/blank#} heavy pressure. It's only natural that people are seeking for a spiritual bay. However, some would compare "foxi" with "demotivational (无动力的) culture"- a phrase {#blank#}6{#/blank#}describes young people who feel aimless and powerless. They say that foxi actually reflects the reality {#blank#}7{#/blank#} young people are losing their will to fight. They are pretending {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (keep) a healthy and wise attitude towards failure simply because they are incapable(无能力的) of succeeding.

    All in all, there is one thing that "Buddhist Youngsters" should {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (basic) keep in mind: You may want to keep a calm mindset, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} you should never stop fighting for yourselves!

    Students at Shady Side are exposed to a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} curriculum in a safe and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} environment; the joy of learning becomes their bridge to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} lifelong learners.

    In the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} of this journey they are provided an experience in Kindergarten {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Twelfth Grade, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} enables them to mature academically, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, emotionally and socially. As they walk down the halls during their years together at Shady Side, our boys and girls—so soon to become men and women—are learning to think, to work, to question, to be {#blank#}8{#/blank#} and responsible, to relate with others, to laugh {#blank#}9{#/blank#} their mistakes and to act graciously when success {#blank#}10{#/blank#} their way.

In China, the history of people planting and using bamboo can date back to as far as 7,000 years. The {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (apply) of bamboo in science and technology is thrilling. In 251 BC, Li Bing, in Sichuan, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (lead) the local people in building the Dujiang Weirs, in which bamboo played an important role. During the Han Dynasty, the people in Sichuan {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (success) sank a 1,600­-metre-­deep well with thick bamboo ropes. This technology did not spread to Europe until the 19th century, and it was by using the technology {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the Americans drilled(钻) the first oil well in Pennsylvania in 1859.

Bamboo culture contributes to encouraging people to hold on when {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(face) tough situations.