Paper-cutting was recognized as a national cultural heritage(遗产)in 2006. According to experts, paper-cutting conveys the culture shared between China {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the West to wish for family reunions and maintain links with loved ones, alive or dead.

    In the movie Coco, for instance, the 12-year-old Miguel and his family dance and sing to celebrate the Day of the Dead, a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (tradition)festival in Mexico, when colorful paper-cuts are hung on the street. Chinese people also cut images of small figures {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (call) back the spirits of the dead. The difference is that most Chinese paper-cuts are red, while those in other countries {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) often made in many other colors.

    Fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen liked to cut {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (character), such as princesses and angels, out of paper while {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (tell) stories to children. In China, female friends and family members used to chat and make paper-cuts together.

    “{#blank#}7{#/blank#}the patterns and colors may be different, paper-cuts share the same function of maintaining emotional ties among people, "says Yang Huizi, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} art teacher at Beijing Union.

    Yang {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (study) and performed the art for over a decade. Besides routine university courses, she also organizes nonprofit paper-cutting activities {#blank#}10{#/blank#}are open to the public in Beijing to promote basic knowledge of paper-cutting.

    People with colour blindness can't see colours in a normal way. Colour blindness{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(affect) approximately 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women in the world.

There are various causes of colour blindness. For the majority of colour-blind people, the condition is something they have from {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(bear), although some people get it later in life because of diseases.

    Most colour-blind people can see things as clearly as other people, but {#blank#}3{#/blank#} are unable to fully "see" red, green or blue light. There are different types of colour blindness and there are extremely rare cases {#blank#}4{#/blank#} people are unable to see any colour at all. The {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(common) form of colour blindness is red/green colour blindness. Although {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (know) as red/green colour blindness, the form of colour blindness doesn't mean sufferers {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (mere) mix up red and green. It means they mix up all {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (colour) that have some red or green as part of the whole colour.

    The effects{#blank#}9{#/blank#}colour blindness can be mild, moderate (中等的) or severe. Approximately 40% of colour blind people are even unaware that they're colour blind. Statistically{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(speak), most people with a moderate form of red/green colour blindness can only identify 5 coloured pencils from a standard box of 24 pencil crayons.

    With a timid voice, the little boy greeted his father as he returned from work, "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"

    Greatly {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (surprise), the father said, "Look, son, not even your mother knows that. Don't bother me now, I'm tired."

    "But Daddy, just tell me please! How much do you make an hour," the boy insisted.

    The father, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (final) giving up, replied, "Twenty dollars per hour."

    "Okay, Daddy? Could you loan me ten dollars?" the boy asked.

    Showing his restlessness, the father yelled, "So that was the reason {#blank#}3{#/blank#} you asked how much I earn, right? Go to sleep and don't bother me any longer!"

    It was already dark and the father was thinking about what he {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (say) and was feeling guilty. Maybe he thought his son wanted to buy something. Finally, trying to ease {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (he) mind, the father went to his son's room.

    "Are you {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (sleep), son?" asked the father.

    "No, Daddy. Why?" replied the boy.

    "Here's the money you asked for {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (early)," the father said.

    "Thanks, Daddy!" replied the son happily, putting his hand under his pillow and removing some money. "Now I have enough! Now I have twenty dollars!" the boy said to his father, who was gazing at his son, confused {#blank#}8{#/blank#} what his son had just said.

    "Daddy, could you sell me one hour of your time?"

    Time is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} precious to spend it all on work! Appreciate your loved {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (one) and don't take them for granted.