Liu Fang is a famous pipa soloist, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} whose music is strongly influenced by traditional singing. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (graduate) from Shanghai Conservatory of Music, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} she studied the pipa and the guzheng, she went back to work in her hometown Kunming. She then moved to Canada in 1996 and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (live) there since then. For her, the biggest challenge of playing the pipa is to respect the traditions but{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (add) her own style. In her opinion, classical Chinese music and traditional Chinese painting are quite {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(like). The former has {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (silent) that is full of music {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the latter features empty spaces which give life to the whole painting. As a soloist, she enjoys performing live, for she likes the atmosphere of a concert. Not having a concert for a long time may put her in a state of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (depress). She also enjoys the time immediately after the concert to share the feelings and ideas with the audiences, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (listen) to their opinions about the music.

    Time Activities On 15th July: Toby and his brother leave London and will take a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (fly) to Morocco. Then they are going to travel on camels {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the Sahara Desert{#blank#}3{#/blank#} they can see beautiful stars on clear nights. About a week {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (late), they are going to travel down the River Nile and go white-water rafting {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (wear) a helmet and a life jacket. After that they will go to Kenya to see wild animals. They will buy a large backpack to carry their {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (supply) of water and food. They will walk across the land, following{#blank#}7{#/blank#}tracks of big animals, and try to take some good photographs. After the Kenya trip they will go on {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (climb) Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. The activity can be very {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (tire), and many people feel sick as the air gets {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (thin). After about 15th August, they are going to the Himalayas.

    Louis Cha (Chinese: Cha Leung Yung; 10 March 1924 - 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong, was a Chinese wuxia novelist and essayist, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} co-founded the Hong Kong daily newspaper Ming Bao in 1959 and served as {#blank#}2{#/blank#} first editor-in-chief. He {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) Hong Kong's most famous writer.

    His wuxia novels have a widespread following in Chinese communities worldwide. His 15 works {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (write) between 1955 and 1972 earned him a reputation as one of the greatest and most popular wuxia writers ever. By the time of his death he was the best-selling Chinese author, and over 100 million {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (copy) of his works have been sold worldwide. According to The Oxford Guide to Contemporary World Literature, Jin Yong's Novels are {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (high) evaluated and are able to appeal to both highbrow and lowbrow tastes. His works have the unusual ability {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (go) beyond geographical and ideological barriers separating Chinese communities of the world, achieving {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (great) success than any other contemporary writer.

    His works {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (translate) into many languages including English, French, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Burmese, Malay and Indonesian. There are many fans outside of Chinese-speaking areas, as a result of the numerous adaptations of his works into films, television series, comics and video games.

    The asteroid (小行星) 10930 Jinyong (1998 CR₂) is named {#blank#}10{#/blank#} him.

    Jin Yong is named along with Gu Long and Liang Yusheng as the "Three Legs of the Tripod of Wuxia”.

    If you live in Shanghai, you might have to take a lesson in sorting garbage {#blank#}1{#/blank#}is now required that people should sort garbage into four categories recyclable, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (harm), dry and wet waste. However, if people fail to sort their garbage properly, they can {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(fine) up to 200 yuan.

    More cities are introducing similar regulations, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(follow) the practice in Shanghai. However, garbage sorting is still a big problem in China. Only 30% of the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(participant) think they are adequately sorting their trash. It's partly because many people lack their willingness to sort their own waste. "It's {#blank#}6{#/blank#} must to have a legal guarantee {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(promote) garbage sorting, said Liu Jianguo, a professor from Tsinghua University.

    Apart from China, many other foreign countries also {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(introduce)garbage-sorting regulations in the past years. In Japan, waste sorting has become a basic survival skill. There is a {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(fix) time for the disposal of each kind of garbage and littering can result {#blank#}10{#/blank#} high fines and even jail time. Over 90%o of the public believe that garbage sorting is important for the protection of the environment.