I'm Leo. There is an artist in my family. She is Lisa. Lisa likes drawing a lot. Here are her three drawings (图画).

    There is an animal in the first drawing. It has two big eyes, a big mouth and two small ears. It has long arms and long legs. It is black and white. There are some apples in its hands. It looks very happy. What is it? I don't know, but Lisa says it is a panda.

    There is a woman in the second drawing. She is thin. She has straight blonde hair, a small mouth, a big nose and two big eyes. She looks angry (生气的). Who is she? Lisa says she is our mom. But Mom has curly blonde hair, small eyes and a small nose.

    There is an animal in the third drawing, too. Its head is an apple. Its hair and tail (尾巴) are leaves (树叶). It has a long mouth, and it is a banana. Its four legs are carrots. What is it? Lisa says it i s a horse (马), but it doesn't look like a horse.

    Lisa is really a great artist, isn't she?

    Billy's favorite color is orange. But he can't see what orange looks like. Billy is blind.

    A month after he was born, his mother noticed that his eyes weren't quite as big as a normal baby's. “Billy would never be able to see.” the doctor told his mother. After that Billy's mother began talking to him, describing things she saw outside the window. She described everything to him.

    Billy does not only depend on his mother's descriptions to learn about the world around him. He sees with his cars and his hands, too. He has perfect hearing. When people make phone calls, he can tell the numbers they dial(拨).

    Billy loves computer science. He began teaching himself computer programming when he was just seven years old. His dream school would be Stanford University. He gets top grades in his classes, making that a real possibility.

    “You can't let excuses get in the way of your dreams, and if you do that you can't move forward and reach your goals, “said Billy.

Cai Zongqi is a teacher from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Having lived in the United States for nearly 40 years, he has spent around 30 years sharing his understanding of Chinese literature (文学) 1 his students.

In 2007, his book How to Read Chinese Poetrycame out. 2 book includes 143 famous Chinese poems. Cai said he couldn't find good teaching materials to perfectly explain 3 Chinese poems meant. With the help of the book, American students can understand Chinese poetry 4 than before.

The book 5 is so popular has been reprinted (再次印刷) time and again. Encouraged by this, Cai went on to write some more 6 including How to Read Chinese Prose (散文) .

Cai believes that reading Chinese poetry may help readers to look at 7 life from a new point of view and live a better life. Cai started the How to Read Chinese Poetry podcast (播客) in 2022 8 the beauty of Chinese poetry and literature to more people around the world. In the podcast, poems 9 aloud in English and Chinese with classical Chinese music in the background.

"I hope that more people 10 my podcast and I will also make the best use of my specialty (专长) in Chinese literature and poetry to share Chinese culture with the world." said Cai.

Among all the poets (诗人) in history, who is called "the immortal poet (诗仙)"? Yes, he is Li Bai. Many people think he is romantic and free. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, in the Chinese cartoon movie 30, 000 Miles in Chang'an (《长安三万里》), we see a different Li Bai. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} July 8, the movie got the high points of 8.1 on Douban, being one of the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (good) movies of the summer season.

In the movie, Li dreams about becoming {#blank#}4{#/blank#} officer. But he faces so many{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (difficulty). He can't take keju because of his family. Later, he makes a mistake and is sent (被派往) to the northwestern China. He has problems just like every one of us. But his poems give us different {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (idea).

Li Bai may not be as fantastic as we think. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} it doesn't really matter. As long as his poems are here with{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (we), he is always the immortal in our hearts.

The director hopes we can know about these poets and classic works by {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (watch) this movie. He hopes that {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (many) foreigners than before will care about Chinese poets such as Li Bai and Du Fu.

 Using plants to dye(给······染色) cloth is nothing new to us all. It has a history of over 1,000 years in China. In recent years, more and more people have begun to improve 1 traditional way of dyeing.

 Chen Yongmei, a young girl from Hunan, is one of 2 . She helped bring plant dyeing to a whole new level 3 making good use of waste products of vine tea(藤茶).

 Chen grew up helping her family dye cloth. One day, she accidentally found that old vine tea 4 from her hometown made a good dye. Then she 5 her own business of vine tea dyeing.

"Compared with chemical(化学的) dyeing, vine tea dyeing is more environmentally friendly,6 it doesn't cause any water pollution. Besides, only water and tea 7 during the dyeing process. For this reason, vine tea dyeing isn't 8 for human health," Chen said.

 She is also going to build an education center 9 people the art of plant dyeing. "Plant dyeing is a traditional skill in China, and it should be 10 used. I'm glad to play my part in helping it develop," said Chen.