Colorful lanterns are lighting up China's night sky, as activities begin across the country to celebrate Lantern Festival today.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (date) back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), the Lantern Festival is held on the 15th day of the first lunar month {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(mark) the first full moon of the lunar new year.

    You Guoqing, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} folk custom expert in Tianjin, said the Lantern Festival was about going out for a colorful celebration rather than a family get-together. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}watching lanterns, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} is also a day to appreciate the full moon, solve lantern riddles, watch art {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(performance) and eat tang yuan.

    The festival was once also a time for romantic encounters. In feudal times, young women were not allowed to go out {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(free), but Lantern Festival was an exception, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} young men and women could meet up.

    Some aspects of the festival, such as its romantic atmosphere, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (fade), but people {#blank#}10{#/blank#} see the Lantern Festival as a day to rejoice and a chance to wish for happiness.

    There was once a guy who suffered from a cancer, one that can't be cured. He was 18 years old and he could die anytime. All his life, he{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(stick) in his house taken care of by his mother.  He never went outside but he was tired{#blank#}2{#/blank#}staying at home and wanted to go out for once. So he asked his mother and she gave him{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(permit)

    He walked down his block and{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(find) a lot of stores. He passed a CD store and looked through{#blank#}5{#/blank#}front door for a second. He stopped and saw a beautiful girl about his age. He opened the door and walked in, not looking at anything else but her.

    He walked{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(close) until he was finally at the front desk{#blank#}7{#/blank#}she sat. She looked up and smiled, “Can I help you?” He said, “I would like to buy a CD.” He picked one out and gave her the money for it. “Would you like me to wrap it for you?” She asked{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(smile) again. He nodded and she went to the back. She came back with the wrapped CD and gave it to him. After that, he often bought a CD there. One day, he went there buying a CD{#blank#}9{#/blank#}he did every day, and once again she went to the back of the store came back with it{#blank#}10{#/blank#}wrap). He took it and when she wasn't looking, he left his phone number on the desk and ran out…

    In recent years, Internet voting has become {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（increase）popular in China. People not only cast on-line votes {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(them), but also urge others to vote for{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(compete) like the "Most Beautiful Teacher" and the " Cutest Baby".

    Lin Yue, a high school student, is invited to vote in the "Best Police Officer ", {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(organize) by the local government to let the public have{#blank#}5{#/blank#}better understanding of police officers' daily work. Lin Yue visits the website and reads all the stories. He is deeply moved by {#blank#}6{#/blank#}glorious deeds. He is already thinking of becoming a policeman himself in the future.

    Wu Hua is invited by his uncle to vote for his cousin in the "Future Singer". He {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(receive)three similar invitations so far. His uncle tells him {#blank#}8{#/blank#}his cousin wins it, the family will win an overseas tour{#blank#}9{#/blank#}free. Wu Hua likes his cousin very much, but he finds other singers perform much{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(well). To vote, or not to vote? This is a question that troubles him very much.

    Daisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife. One day she made a dream that she {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(take) to a distant land in Tibet by a flying carpet .There, the antelope told her they were killed for the wool beneath their {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(stomach). Then the carpet flew her to Zimbabwe {#blank#}3{#/blank#} she met an elephant. The elephant said they used to be {#blank#}4{#/blank#} endangered species because local farmers hunted them without mercy. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(fortunate), their number was now increasing {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the help of the government. So when learning that more attention was paid to{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(protect) wildlife, Daisy felt happy. Her final stop was a thick rainforest. A monkey was seen rubbing a millipede insect over {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(it) body.  Daisy was{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(amaze) and asked the monkey what the millipede contained. Knowing it contained a powerful drug, Daisy could hardly wait {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(share) the good news with WWF.