Chinese oracle bone inscriptions（甲骨文）are now being widely used as emojis by young WeChat users, thanks to a person who made them 【小题1】（close）to people’s life than before.

“The ancient characters are not as distant 【小题2】 they are supposed to be,” said the 【小题3】（create）Chen Nan. “In fact, they could totally serve our needs for online expression.” The 46-year-old professor of fine art at Tsinghua University has been working to make oracle bone inscriptions 【小题4】 emojis. For example, the character for “zui”, 【小题5】 means “drunk” in English, was created 【小题6】（look）like a stumbling figure. And he has also combined the ancient Chinese characters with cartoon figures.

Chen 【小题7】（work） on the road of innovation 19 years ago. In 2016，the ancient typeface 【小题8】（include）into the font library under his efforts to let the ancient words walk into people’s life. Now the library has as many as 3,500 characters, 【小题9】 Chen’s research on the project still continues, as he plans to extend the library to 7,000 characters. In 【小题10】 future, he will apply the ancient characters to education and the development of games and apps.

The 【小题1】 world is a big part of my life. I 【小题2】 (use) the computer since I was a kid. I do a wide range of things online. Besides 【小题3】 (do) all my school work, I do various things for pleasure. It’s so 【小题4】 (convenience) to buy things online. My parents are 【小题5】 (worry) that I may become an “Internet addict”. According to them, there is a 【小题6】 (dangerous) that I may not be able to tell the good from the bad. 【小题7】 (actual), I’m a go-getter. At the 【小题8】 (begin) of the term, I set a goal for every subject, I am attentive in all classes. I like reading books of all 【小题9】 (kind). I always make every minute 【小题10】 (count) and get ahead.

Traveling to foreign countries is considered exciting and educational. Not only can new languages【小题1】 (pick ) up, but you can get to admire some of the world’s most 【小题2】 ( beauty) art and architecture and have a taste of local cuisine.

Since the coronavirus pandemic went viral, traveling has become 【小题3】(real) difficult. Very early in the first lockdown, many 【小题4】(museum) , theatres, and zoos started hosting virtual tours, 【小题5】( bring) the exhibits and performances into people’s living rooms through their high-speed internet connections.   

According to Forbes, Google searches for the term virtual tour 【小题6】(reach) 1, 300 in February 2020. In March that year when 【小题7】 first lockdown began, the number increased to approximately 10, 000. And it kept rising as people continued to stay at home.

Currently, the pandemic 【小题8】 prevents people from going abroad is still prevailing throughout the world. So if your heart wants to enjoy the live concert 【小题9】 Sydney, wander through the crowded alleys in Beijing, or check out the magnificent fountains in Rome, you can take a virtual city tour【小题10】 (explore) to your heart’s content.