“Can I have a glass of hot water?” This is a very common question for Chinese customers in a restaurant. But {#blank#}1{#/blank#} you go abroad, you may find that meals in the West tend to come with tall glasses of ice water.

    For most Chinese people,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (drink) hot water is part of everyday life. It is believed that water of a warm temperature (25-30 C) is good for people's health,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (especial) for the stomach.

    But for many Western people, they drink cold water even in winter. One possible reason is {#blank#}4{#/blank#} in Western countries people can drink water directly from the tap, rather than having to boil {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. And it's also normal to jump into a cold shower after exercise,{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (bring) the heart rate down.

    However, there is one common thing {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(encourage) in both the East and the West: One {#blank#}8{#/blank#} cool down by drinking a hot drink in summer. Because sweating is a good way to cool off in summer, hot drinks make you hotter and you begin to sweat.

    Of course, it doesn't matter if you drink hot {#blank#}9{#/blank#} cold water. The more comfortable your body feels, the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(good) it is.

    Few people would even think of beginning a new job at the age of 76, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} one of America's most famous artists did just that. Anna Mary Robertson, better known as "Grandma Moses"（摩西奶奶）, turned to painting {#blank#}2{#/blank#}she was too old to work on her farm. Grandma Moses was crazy about {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （paint） soon after she picked it up and worked hard at it. She painted {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(care) and her work were nice. She first painted only to please {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（her）, and then began to sell her works {#blank#}6{#/blank#} little money. In 1993, a collector（收藏家）,Louis  Caldor happened to see several of Grandma Moses' works hanging in a shop.

    He liked them, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(buy) them at once, and set out to look for {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（many）.

    Caldor held a show to introduce the works of Grandma Moses to other {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（artist）. Grandma Moses who was world-famous, died {#blank#}10{#/blank#}December 13, 1961, at the age of 101.

    I have even wondered if money buys happiness. It seems that money will allow me to buy the things {#blank#}1{#/blank#}make me happy. But one day I sat down and made a list of the things I wanted{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(do) in my life. I realized I'd never put much thought into it. I'd written down these things —like taking a photo on the mountain and staying at a hotel in Dubai, but I didn't really plan to do it, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (simple) because I didn't have the time.

    My life consisted {#blank#}4{#/blank#} heading to the office, running on the road, working some more …It didn't matter if my salary doubled; the life would stay {#blank#}5{#/blank#}same. Sure I'd probably drive a {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (nice) car, move into a bigger place, and have a bigger TV than my friends, but that wasn't helping me realize any of my goals. Six months after{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (create) that list, my belief has changed. I'd keep working on my list, for {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (experience) were much more important than any of the material items. It's not hard to create opportunity for {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (you). All it {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (take) is a little creative thinking.

    A material can be really special when it was named after the place where it {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (create) originally. That certainly the case {#blank#}2{#/blank#} “china”. And of all types of china, white porcelain(瓷)is among the most famous.

    Nowadays, the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (tradition)material has taken on a modern look in the  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(hand)of four Chinese artists in the Modern White Porcelain Exhibition. And the key word here is “modern”. One of the works {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) a porcelain boat. But look {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (attentive) and you'll see that the boat {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (build) with porcelain looks like a takeout box. Inside the boat is a statue of a baby. The baby stands for humans and the boat is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} supports life. It suggests we may have done some damage to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} environment and that we're treating life like fast food.

    All the four artists gave white porcelain a modem style, each in {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (they)own way. And this is what the exhibition's theme comes from. It's a dialogue between the past and the present.