Coco{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(become) a hit since it was released on Nov. 24, 2017 in China. The story takes place during the Day of the Dead, when the border controls between life and death, and the dead{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(allow) temporary passage to the land of the living according to Mexican tradition. A young boy{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(name) Miguel sticks to his musical dream and accidentally makes the trip to a fantastic world of ghosts and skeletons. Although there is{#blank#}4{#/blank#}murder and a fatal church-bell-related accident, the afterlife in Coco is a warm and exciting place, more funny{#blank#}5{#/blank#}sad, Coco is also one of those Pixar movies that{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(attempt) a conceptual breakthrough, an application of the bright colors and open emotionalism of modern, mainstream animation to an unlikely zone of experience. It{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(success) makes a family-friendly cartoon about death. The{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(important) of family is both specific and universal{#blank#}9{#/blank#}explains the particular beats of Miguel's story and connects him to viewers regardless of background. Last but not least, the touching music adds to great fun and tenderness. So personally speaking, Coco is really a great animation movie-well worth{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(see).

    A smiling face with tears, or “Tears of joy”, was chosen as the most popular emoji globally in 2016, according to a report{#blank#}1{#/blank#}（publish）by Chinese tech startup Kika.

    In 2015,emoji was the country's fastest-growing language in the UK and “Tears of joy”also became the Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}（make）it popular on social media worldwide.

    As a language expert pointed out, the reasons{#blank#}3{#/blank#}this are as follows. For one thing, with the development of the Internet, especially the {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（popular）of smartphones, English alone is proving not enough to meet the needs of 21st-century digital communication. For{#blank#}5{#/blank#}emojis can offer greater freedom than verbal language. Meanwhile, compared with text messages, they are often more intuitive（直观的）and{#blank#}6{#/blank#}（simple）,which is also the reason why more and more People choose{#blank#}7{#/blank#}（express）their emotions and ideas by using emojis.

    Even if you don't send emojis yourself, you will{#blank#}8{#/blank#}（probable）receive them.

    However, nobody can definitely-tell {#blank#}9{#/blank#}emojis will finally come to look something more like traditional language that we understand and use daily some day or they are just in fashion for{#blank#}10{#/blank#}while like many things. “After all, it's an addition to language rather than a language itself,”Dr Drummond says.

    UN Chinese Language Day {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (celebrate) yearly on April 20. This year, Doreen Hynd was among those invitees, who are either experts on the Chinese culture {#blank#}2{#/blank#} have a special skill related to it.

    Hynd astonished all those present while performing Tai Chi, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Chinese martial (武术的) art form, at an event held by the UN Tai Chi Club. The audience could hardly believe she was a 93-year-old grandma. It was definitely amazing that she could bend her body and raise her leg so {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (easy) and keep herself still standing on one leg.

    Hynd owes (归功于) all this to her continuous practice of Tai Chi.

    Born in Australia in 1925, Hynd began Tai Chi training in her 50s and then moved to the US, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} she later became an instructor herself.

    When {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (ask) about the greatest benefit she gained from Tai Chi, Hynd said, “balance.” Hynd has been teaching people of all ages and different {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (culture) backgrounds how to practice Tai Chi. They have benefited greatly from their association with the Chinese culture. They've developed a balanced state of mind and improved their health after {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（month）of practice. Tai Chi allows these people {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（understand）that, from the perspective（视角）of yin and yang, all things are closely connected with each other. This might be where the attraction of Tai Chi {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（lie）. Hynd enjoys sharing this great gift from China with her students.

    Confucius（孔子） is honored {#blank#}1{#/blank#} setting the tone for much traditional Chinese music for thousands of years. He{#blank#}2{#/blank#}（think） to be a music teacher and a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （talent） musician who was able to play several instruments expertly. Perhaps for other people around the world, music was meant mainly for amusement. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} during the time of the Zhou Dynasty about 500BC, music had an important role in making society stable.

    How music was used and performed is expressed in several main Confucian books. Confucius taught that {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（educate） somebody, you should start with poems, emphasize ceremonies, and finish with music.

    Musical knowledge was {#blank#}6{#/blank#} matter of higher learning. It is said that he thought of the six most important {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（subject） to study, ranking music higher than the other five necessary subjects like writing and mathematics.

    Music was so important because the ideal society was to be governed by ritual （礼制） functions, but not by law. In a culture {#blank#}8{#/blank#} people function according to ritual, music is used to help govern them. So music wasn't really {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（entertain）, but a means for musicians to accomplish political and social goals. Music is {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（eventual） a means for social happiness.

Meet Alexa, Your Digital Roommate

    Who is Alexa? She is a digital assistant that is part of the voice-activated Echo Dot "smart speaker" produced by Amazon. This year Saint Louis University in Missouri has placed one of the speakers in every dorm room {#blank#}1{#/blank#} its campus. Students can ask the virtual assistant anything from "When are the football teams playing?" to "What's the square root of 1440?"

    SLU student Brendan McGuire said: "Instead of searching on the Internet while I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (tap) away at my computer, I can just ask Alexa: Hey Alexa, ask SLU what's the molecular(分子的)weight of water? And I can have the answer without {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(interrupt) my process." That's exactly {#blank#}4{#/blank#} school officials had in mind when they decided to provide the smart speakers free of charge for students.

    "The students we attract {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (drive) to achieve success in and out of the classroom," David Hakanson, SLU's vice president, said. "Every minute we can save our students from having to search for the information online is another minute {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (commit) to their education."

    Saint Louis University is the first in the U.S. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (include) an Echo Dot smart speaker in every campus living space. Other colleges have also found ways to offer the technology to students. This year Northeastern University in Boston installed 60 speakers in public places {#blank#}8{#/blank#} students could get answers to common questions.

    At Arizona State University, engineering students living in the brand-new residence hall have the option of adding an Amazon Echo Dot to their rooms. "Our focus is putting this technology into the hands of our students in a way{#blank#}9{#/blank#} will build an ecosystem. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} supports voice technologies throughout the ASU campus," said Heredia, a director at ASU.