Nowadays, phone calls and messages help us get in touch with others. It means that we seldom write letters now. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a TV show, Letters Alive(《见字如面》), is bringing back this old habit.

    Letters Alive invites famous actors and actresses, but there are no funny jokes or {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (compete). It's just one person {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (walk) up to a microphone and reading a letter. The letters were written by people from {#blank#}4{#/blank#} times in history. For example, in one period, they read a letter written by a famous {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (write) Xiao Hong to her younger brother in 1941. The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.

    "Every letter opens another world for us," according to Guan Zhangwen, the director of the TVshow. "We can also touch the heart of the writers. " Since its {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (one) period on Dec. 5th, Letters Alive {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (be) widely praised. Many audiences(观众) said that it had provided a breath of fresh air for today's TV shows

    Beside Letters Alive, some other cultural TV shows have also been well {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (receive) by Chinese audiences. Chinese Poetry Conference is a traditional Chinese poetry competition. And The Readers invites people {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (read) poems and articles they like or wrote. It suggests {#blank#}10{#/blank#} cultural values and true feelings are becoming our interest.

    Green sea turtles are reptiles (爬行动物). They are {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (find) throughout the world's seas. They are probably the oldest animals {#blank#}2{#/blank#}the Earth. Their ancestors(祖先) used to walk on land, and then went back {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the sea many million years ago. They watched dinosaurs go missing. Although they are endangered animals, the number of them is{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(rise). Green sea turtles are cold-blooded and they breathe air. They each have a hard shell like nearly all turtles. Many land turtles are able to take their heads back into their shells for {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(protect). Green sea turtles cannot do this, and their heads will be out at all times. Their shells are {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(light) in weight than those which live on land. When green sea turtles swim, they will come out of the sea every few {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (minute) to take a breath.{#blank#}8{#/blank#} when they sleep, they can remain in water for two hours without taking a breath. Green sea turtles seem to grow very {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (slow). Adult green sea turtles can weigh about 500 pounds. Green sea turtles live in the ocean {#blank#}10{#/blank#} most of their adult lives.