Armenian musician Astrid Poghosyan takes great pride in the Chinese name she picked for 【小题1】(her), Ma Xingxing. “Xingxing” literally meaning stars 【小题2】(inspire) by her Armenian first name, while “Ma” is taken from Ma Chao, a famous warrior from China’s Three Kingdoms Period.

Poghosyan always puts all her energy into the projects in 【小题3】 she is involved, because she believes that every little effort will help her realize her music-related dreams. “Music knows no borders, and cultural exchanges via music are 【小题4】(extreme) important during the COVID-19,” she said.

Having worked in China for 12 years, Poghosyan has now become a real China hand, 【小题5】(experience) in the country’s language and culture. Such 【小题6】 multicultural background has greatly helped her stand out at her present job.

Her love for Chinese culture, 【小题7】(include) Jackie Chan’s movies and stories of Mulan, helped her go through the difficult language-learning process. As she gradually adapted herself 【小题8】 the Chinese language and culture, she also started to explore the colorful city life of Shanghai.

“Since I first came to Shanghai, I 【小题9】(be) impressed by the kindness and friendliness of the people here. Everyone I met gave me a big smile, whether sanitation workers(环卫工人) on the streets or cashiers in 【小题10】(convenient) stores. Their smiles have made me feel the warmth of the city,” she said.

In the 26-year-old Ge Zhichen’s livestream on Douyin, an audience of thousands tunes in to learn about Suzhou Pingtan. Originating in the Ming and early Qing dynasties, Suzhou Pingtan is a traditional music art form 【小题1】 (perform) using the Wu dialect popular in the Jiangnan region. In 2006, Suzhou Pingtan 【小题2】(list) as a national intangible culture heritage.

Although Ge was born in a family dedicated to Pingtan for decades, he first never considered becoming an inheritor. He recalled, “I had always wanted to be an actor. When I was 16, my father used a white lie to ‘trick’ me into attending a Pingtan school, 【小题3】 I became gradually fascinated by Pingtan,” he said.

Ge said that Pingtan faces 【小题4】 unique challenge: to lack of the audience. “The Wu dialect makes Pingtan stand out but also makes 【小题5】 inaccessible to a wider audience,” Ge added.

【小题6】(solve) this, Ge has used an innovative “deconstruction(解构)” approach to spread Pingtan culture on Douyin, 【小题7】(create) separate videos on each traditional element. For instance, he sings popular songs in the Wu dialect 【小题8】 even dresses in traditional robes for fashion videos. In his livestreams, he carefully explain each part, guiding people to develop an interest 【小题9】 Pintan.

This approach has worked, Compared to offline perforamces that only receive around 100 people, Ge’s livestreams have seen up to 20,000 【小题10】(view).

As Victor Hugo once said, "Laughter is the sun【小题1】drives winter from the human face.'' Till now nobody has been able to do this【小题2】(well）than Charlie Chaplin. Take The Gold Rush for example. The film is set in California in the middle of the【小题3】(nineteen） century. Chaplin and his friend have rushed there and expected to find gold, 【小题4】they have not been fortunate enough to find any. What's worse, they are caught in a snowstorm in a small wooden house with nothing to eat. They are very hungry and finally【小题5】they had to do is to boil a pair of leather shoes for dinner. Surprisingly, Chaplin acts as if it were one of the best【小题6】(meal）he has ever had!

Charlie Chaplin was gifted in【小题7】(make）terrible situations funny and managed to show the courage and 【小题8】(kind）that can be found in the most difficult situation. He is loved and remembered as 【小题9】outstanding actor who not only amazes us by his wonderful performances but【小题10】(inspire）us with great confidence.