Thousands of people were attracted to a 2-meter-wide lane in Tongcheng, Anhui province this spring festival. Although {#blank#}1{#/blank#}was impossible to count the exact number, at least 5,000 people visited it each day.

    This narrow lane,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (call)Liuchi Lane in Chinese, won greater popularity after the story behind it was broadcast on a CCTV show. At first glance it may seem unimportant, but to those{#blank#}3{#/blank#}know its history, Liuchi Lane means much more than its {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (appear). In the early Qing Dynasty it served{#blank#}5{#/blank#}the boundary between Zhang family and Wu family. They quarreled{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(fierce)over which family had the right to build a wall on the dividing line. After {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(fail) to make a compromise, the Zhangs turned to Zhang Ying, a family member of Zhangs and also a top official in the emperor's court. To {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(they)surprise, Zhang Ying did not provide the support they needed. He called for his family to step back I meter from the boundary. Seeing that, the Wus {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (agree)to move back another meter, thus Liuchi lane was born.

    In reality, the story of Liuchi Lane is not only about how to get along with others, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}also a guideline for all the officials in China.

    There is a good new for astrophiles. The last full moon of 2017 is going to appear a little bigger and brighter than most.

    Dec. 3 will bring a supermoon,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (mean) a full moon that happens at perigee—the same time that the moon is closest to the earth.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} this particular occasion, the moon will appear 7 percent larger and 16 percent brighter than usual. Not only will this be the only full supermoon of 2017,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} it's also going to kick off a series of three full supermoons in a row. The full moons on Jan. 2 and Jan. 31 will be super {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (one) and even they'll be blue super moons,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} means the second full moon in a single month.

    While some moonwatchers might be getting excited, some people think the hype（炒作）around supermoons isn't all it{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (regard) as being. A scientist slammed（抨击）the term last year as something made up {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (complete) and a waste of everyone's time. He acknowledged that supermoons would appear bigger and brighter, but that actually an amateur {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (observe) wouldn't notice the difference. Another scientist {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (make) a similar{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (argue) back in 2012.

    If the supermoon makes you want to go out and appreciate the sky's beauty, we say “Go for it.”

    New research says nuts could be a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (value), tasty and nutritious slimming aid. Researchers from Harvard University recommended that people replace a daily unhealthy snack with a small handful of nuts {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (slow) down weight gain. This is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (especial) helpful for people as they get older. The researchers found that people who ate just 14g of nuts every day gained less weight {#blank#}4{#/blank#}those who ate another snack. The people who ate the nuts were less likely to become obese (肥胖的). However, the benefits to our weight could be quite small. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (eat) nuts instead of chocolate and cakes could help prevent a weight gain of just 0.4 to 0.7kg over four years.

    The researchers conducted a long-term study in which they looked at {#blank#}6{#/blank#}lifestyle of nearly 190,000 people for over two {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (decade). The participants in the research {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (divide) into three groups. They included more than 51,000 male health professionals aged 40 to 75, 121,700 nurses aged 35 to 55 and 16,686 nurses aged 24 to 44. Researchers asked the participants questions every four years about {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (they) weight, how often they ate nuts, and how often they exercised. A researcher said replacing less healthy foods with nuts might help reduce the weight gain {#blank#}10{#/blank#} is common as we age, and might lower the chances of becoming obese.