China has splendid culture with a long history. Chinese opera is one of the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(old) dramatic art forms in the world.During the Tang Dynasty,the Emperor Xuanzong established an opera school {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the poetic name Liyuan (Pear Garden). Since the Yuan Dynasty, encouraged by court officials and emperors, it{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(become) a traditional art form. During the Qing Dynasty,{#blank#}4{#/blank#}became fashionable among ordinary people. Performances {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(watch) in tearooms, restaurants, and even on temporary stages.

    It developed from folk songs, dance, talking, antimasque(滑稽戏) and especially distinctive dialectical music. Gradually it combined music, art and literature into one performance on the stage.{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (accompany) by traditional musical instruments, actors present unique melodies which may sound strange to {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(foreign) as well as beautifully written dialogues, which are of high literary {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(valuable). These dialogues also promoted the development of distinct literary styles, such as Zaju in the Yuan Dynasty. For Chinese, especially older folks,{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (listen) to this kind of opera occasionally is {#blank#}10{#/blank#}real pleasure.

    In many countries, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is not unusual for families of different backgrounds to live together in the shared space. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, in the United States, this idea may still be considered strange.

    But this type of housing, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (call) co-housing, is getting its {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (popular) in the United States, too. Co-housing complexes (综合设施) appear across the country. For many people, this way of life is a good {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (choose) in the busy modern society. A co-housing community has {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (private) owned houses and shared land. There is often a “common house" with a kitchen and dining room, meeting room, and maybe a workshop of library or music room. About 25 co-housing communities {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (build) in recent years, and 150 more are planned.

    A co-housing complex is a place {#blank#}8{#/blank#} citizens shop, cook, and eat together. Citizens of a co-housing complex like its sense of shared community. Children have other kids to play {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, which many families like. Other citizens like the feeling of living in a “village”. Citizens also say that they can live in co-housing for {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (little) money than they would pay for nearby apartments.

    Nobody wants to be aged, but {#blank#}1{#/blank#} it comes to visiting cities, most of us want to visit the world's oldest cities. Luoyang is one of the oldest and most {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(attract) cities in the world that I'd like to recommend to you.

    Luoyang stands out {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the oldest continually inhabited city in Asia. The city is considered to be {#blank#}4{#/blank#} birthplace of Chinese culture and history as well as being one of the Seven Ancient Capitals of China. There {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) no other city in China that has seen so many {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(dynasty) like Luoyang.

    With such a long and exciting history, Luoyang has really a lot {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(offer). The Longmen Grottoes, which {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(include) in the world Heritage List since 2000, and many historic Buddhist temples {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(constant) attract tourists from all over the world. Luoyang is also famous for the White Horse Temple, the earliest Buddhist temple {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(establish) in China. Are you anxious to visit the city?

    Experts have started working on {#blank#}1{#/blank#} unbelievable project to make a robot made by NASA act like a human.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(name) Valkyrie, the robot looks like a woman and may be used to explorer Mars one day. It {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (invent) by NASA scientists to compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenges(DRC). It is 1.9 meters tall and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (weight) 125 kilograms. It comes with a series {#blank#}5{#/blank#} cameras, sonar, and other sensors spread across its body to help it move around.

    Valkyrie is powered by a battery on its back, which can keep it {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (operate) for an hour. It can walk on {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (it) own, pick up objects and control many objects and tools, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}is part of the requirements for the DARPA challenge.

    The machine can walk on two legs and perform basic{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (move) at present. However, the team from Scotland's Edinburgh University wants to give it {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (many) skills. It is hoped that the new and improved robot will work along with astronauts in space.

    Have you ever asked {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(you) why children go to school? You will probably say that they go to learn languages, arithmetic, history, science and some other {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(subject). That is quite accurate. But why do they learn these things?

    We send our children to school {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(prepare) them for the time when they will be big and will have to work for themselves. Nearly everything they study at school has some {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(practice) use in their life. But is that the only reason for {#blank#}5{#/blank#}they go to school?

    There is more in education than just {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(learn) factors. We go to school to learn how to learn, so that when we have left school, we can continue to learn. A man who really {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(know) how to learn will always be successful, because when he has to do something new, he will not only be able to do it well himself, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}be able to teach others how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person, on the other hand， is either unable to do something new, or just does it {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(bad). The purpose of schools, therefore is not to teach languages， arithmetic, history science, etc. , but to teach pupils {#blank#}10{#/blank#}way to learn.

    The way we tell stories has naturally changed since Aristotle defined the rules of tragedy about 2,500 years ago. According to him, the role of storytelling is to imitate life and make us feel emotions. And that's exactly what storytelling as we know it has done very well since then. But there is an aspect of life {#blank#}1{#/blank#} storytelling could never really reproduce. It is the notion of choices.

    Choices are a very important part of our lives. We as individuals {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (define) by the choices we make. As an interactive writer, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (fascinate) with the idea of recreating this notion of choices in fiction, I have tried to put the audience in the shoes of the main characters. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (explore) a way to achieve this is what I did in the past 20 years of my life.

    So do you have an idea of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} my work is about as an interactive writer? Where a writer needs to deal with time and space, as an interactive writer, I need to deal with time, space and possibilities. I need to think about all the possibilities {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the characters could encounter different people and different things in a given scene and try to imagine everything that {#blank#}7{#/blank#} happen.

    The interactive writer's experience is very unique, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} it is the result of the cooperation between a writer creating this narrative landscape and the player making his own decisions, telling his own story and becoming the cowriter but also the coactor and the codirector of the story. Interactive storytelling is a revolution in the way we tell stories.