He Wei: This is Fun Times Park, the biggest amusement park in our city!

Alice: I'm {#blank#}1{#/blank#}to try the rides!

He Wei: What should we start with? There's space World, Water World, Animal World...

Alice: Before we decide, could you {#blank#}2{#/blank#}tell me where the restrooms are?

He Wei: Pardon? Restroom? You want to rest? But we haven't even {#blank#}3{#/blank#}yet!

Alice:Oh no, I don't mean that. I mean...you know, a washroom or bathroom.

He Wei: Hmm... so you mean... the toilet?

Alice: Yes! Sorry, maybe people in China don't often use the word "restroom"{#blank#}4{#/blank#} they speak English.

He Wei: That's right. In China, we normally say "toilet" or "washroom" in English. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, they're over there.

Alice: OK. I'll be quick!

He Wei: No problem. You don't need to rush!

    Can you write down Chinese characters(汉字) that are read to you? It can be {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, especially when the Chinese characters are not included in most dictionaries.

    Lu Jialei, a student from Hangzhou Foreign Language School, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the Chinese Character dictation(听写)Competition on Oct. 18, 2013.

    During the competition, the host read Chinese characters to the student, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}their meanings and gave example sentences. The student was required to write down the Chinese characters.

    Winning the competition was a(n) {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to Lu. "I am not the smartest one," she said. "But I pay attention to details(细节)."

    To prepare for the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, Lu and her teammates studied the Modern Chinese for 10days. She {#blank#}6{#/blank#} had a secret wepon(武器).She studied how Chinese characters were formed.

    In the final round of the competiton, the host read wanluan to Lu and said it {#blank#}7{#/blank#} graceful(优雅的). "I had never heard that before!" said Lu. But she made a good guess. "Chinese characters meaning graceful often have '女' in {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, while many Chinese characters pronouncing luan have '亦'. So I wrote it down: '婉娈'."

    Lu has good reading habits. "When others pay attention to the main idea of a(n) {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, she looks at how the author uses words and sentences to express himself or herself," said Su Yunsheng, Lu's Chinese teacher.

    Su is happy to see {#blank#}10{#/blank#} like Lu find the beauty of Chinese language. "Learning to write Chinese characters is an important part of inheriting(继承)culture," said Su.

    Tang Jun is chatting with his e friend David on QQ.

(D-David; T-Tang Jun)

D: Hi, how is it {#blank#}1{#/blank#}?

T: Pretty good! We {#blank#}2{#/blank#} our Dragon Boat Festival last week.

D: The Dragon Boat Festival? What do you celebrate it for?

T: To commemorate(纪念) an ancient Chinese poet(诗人).

D: How do you usually celebrate it?

T: We usually eat rice dumplings on that day. But this year, we did something more {#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

D: What did you do?

T: Our school had a dragon boat race.

D: Sounds interesting! Who {#blank#}4{#/blank#}the race?

T: Our class.

D: You're great!

T: Thanks a lot. I hope you can come to China some day.

D: I hope so, I'm interested in Chinese {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Tell me more about them next time.

T: OK, I will.