Paper-cutting is a Chinese folk art {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a long history. It {#blank#}2{#/blank#} back to the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasty. By the Southern Song Dynasty, paper-cutting had become an important part of everyday life.

    There are three {#blank#}3{#/blank#} of paper cuts which people still make today. Paper cuts used for {#blank#}4{#/blank#} are often seen on windows and gates. They are usually {#blank#}5{#/blank#} up during holidays to bring good luck. They are also used on presents A present for parents whose child has {#blank#}6{#/blank#} been born might show a paper cut of children, for example. Paper cuts which show the Chinese character for double {#blank#}7{#/blank#} are often used to celebrate weddings.

    Paper cuts used for religious purposes are often found in temples. They are also used {#blank#}8{#/blank#} offerings to the dead People to whom the dead person was {#blank#}9{#/blank#} would make these offerings on special days and during festivals.

    The third kind of paper cuts are those used to make {#blank#}10{#/blank#} on clothing.

Measles (麻疹) breaks out in the Northwest

    The U.S. is experiencing outbreaks of measles, a disease it had declared eliminated years ago, largely due to a drop in vaccination (接种疫苗) rates in some communities.

    An outbreak in Washington state has sickened 23 people this month, mostly children under 10. Local health officials in Clark County, declared a public-health {#blank#}1{#/blank#} on Friday. They also urged residents to track {#blank#}2{#/blank#} symptoms and call ahead before heading to medical centers.

    State officials announced the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} of measles from the U.S. in 2000, thanks to a widespread vaccination program. But travelers entering the country with measles, as well as dropping vaccination rates in some states in recent years, has led to a rise in infection. Last year, there were a total of 17 outbreaks, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} as three or more cases linked together, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New York and New Jersey {#blank#}5{#/blank#} for roughly half of the 2018 cases. The Clark County outbreak began early last week with three confirmed cases and has since grown to 23 confirmed and two more {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. Of those cases, 20 were unvaccinated and the others are unconfirmed.

    Measles is highly {#blank#}7{#/blank#}; the virus spreads through the air by coughing or sneezing, the CDC says. Early {#blank#}8{#/blank#} include a high fever, cough, runny nose and red, watery eyes, followed by tiny, white spots inside the mouth and the red, bumpy rash (疹子) that people {#blank#}9{#/blank#} associate with the infection. Children younger than 5 or adults older than 20 are more likely to suffer from complications, according to the CDC.

    In order to prevent the further spread of the outbreak, local health officials are posting times and places where residents may have been exposed. They are urging residents who haven't been vaccinated to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} whether they have been exposed and to take appropriate action.

Celebrity (名人) has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption on the interest of celebrity {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almost abandoned the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} of putting models on the cover because they don't sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a result, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, moving from advertising for others' products to developing their own.

Celebrity clothing lines aren't a completely new phenomenon, but in the past, they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and limited to a few TV actresses. Today they're started by first-class stars whose products enjoy {#blank#}4{#/blank#}fame with some world top brands. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they try to {#blank#}5{#/blank#}their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life.

However, for every success story, there's a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. No matter how famous the product's origin is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities, it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty returning to tried-and-true labels.

Today, celebrities face even more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misstep is likely to {#blank#}8{#/blank#}to reduce a celebrity's shelf life, and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. Still, the ego's (自我的) potential for expansion is {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. Having already achieved great wealth and public {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time, but fashion—like celebrity—has always been temporary.