Hangzhouhua (杭州话)：use it or lose it
   There are about 6.000 languages in the world and some experts say that as many as half of these languages will disappear(消失) in the next one hundred years. Will Hangzhouhua be one of {#blank#}1{#/blank#} ? It's a {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  that more people are asking.
   In China, Putonghua is the official language. That {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  it's the language of government, business and the media (媒体). And it's also the language that is{#blank#}4{#/blank#}  in schools.
   Hangzhou is a special city. It used to be the capital of Wu and Yue States in the 10th century during the Five Dynasties period. Now it is modern, fashionable and also beautiful. And Hangzhouhua shows that by being modern, fashionable and beautiful.
   Young people still speak Hangzhouhua but not as {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  as their parents and grandparents. They are under more and more pressure to speak Putonghua. So the language is being used{#blank#}6{#/blank#}  often in everyday life. Some people want to keep the language from disappearing completely {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  building museums and having cultural festivals to save it. But a language isn't a painting {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a book. It's a living thing and you {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  use it or lose it.
   If people {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  using it in their daily lives, a museum or a festival will not help. It will be lost forever, like the Yangtze River dolphin.

    Malala Yousafzai, 19, is a Pakistani youth activist. She is the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（young）person in the world ever to be named United Nations（U.N.）Messenger（信使）of Peace. The United Nations is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} international organization, which is meant to encourage {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（country）to work together on different opinions without the use of war. Yousafzai has {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(glad) accepted the role of working for girls'education. Usually, a messenger {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(stay) in the position（职位）for three years. “If {#blank#}6{#/blank#} want to see your future bright, you have to start working now and not wait {#blank#}7{#/blank#} anyone else,” she said at the acceptance meeting in New York. In 2012, Yousafzai was nearly killed by the Taliban because she worked hard {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(get) the same education for young girls in Pakistan. But later her condition improved. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a brave girl! Since then Yousafzai {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(become) a symbol for peace and girls' right to receive an education.

    Some people like shopping online. They{#blank#}1{#/blank#} clothes, books or computers on it. Like many other clever Chinese, Wu Songzhi is shopping online, too. "My family and I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to eat tomatoes, broccoli, lettuce and{#blank#}3{#/blank#} so I want to buy organic (有机的) ones. Said Wu. “They are{#blank#}4{#/blank#}and I don't have to wash them so many times. Every month, Wu {#blank#}5{#/blank#} about 600 Yuan on organic vegetables and meat on online organic shop. There are many people in Beijing{#blank#}6{#/blank#}like Wu. They are eating and buying organic food. People buy organic food because they want to be more{#blank#}7{#/blank#}. They also want to know about their food.