Di Di is a Chinese director and producer. Through the media company he 【小题1】 (found) a few years ago, the 29-year-old makes advertising and promotional 【小题2】 (video), including those for Tsinghua University.

With ten years of directing experience under his belt, you might think he 【小题3】 (happy) lives in the ivory tower of directing, 【小题4】 in fact, he has a very down-to-earth philosophy. “In today’s video-content-centered world, everyone has the ability to be a director and share people’s stories,” he said.

Di’s own somewhat accidental path to becoming a director serves as a perfect example. Majoring in journalism at Tsinghua, he got into 【小题5】 (make) films for a student association and then the university as a whole.

For the university’s 2020 promotional video, Di created a story of a group of students 【小题6】 aimed to launch their own satellite after facing a sudden setback before the launch date. “We have spent more than two years 【小题7】 this. Now with one month 【小题8】 (leave), no one knows how it will turn out. But before the dust settles, I want to go all out this time,” said the leader of the student team in the 8-minute-long video.

And in this attempt, Di also found 【小题9】 (inspire). “This video made me rethink my own career: Whether to continue working hard in the corporate world or stay true to 【小题10】 (me) and create more stories about Chinese young people,” he said.

Do you know Xu Xiake? He is the 【小题1】(famous) travel writer and geographer in Chinese ancient history. And his hometown Jiangyin is popular among tourists 【小题2】 home and abroad. Of course, ancient adventurer Xu Xiake remains the main reason 【小题3】 people come there. Up to now, his masterpiece, the Travel Diaries of Xu Xiake, 【小题4】(read) widely.

Xu Xiake spent over three decades travelling throughout 16 provinces, 【小题5】(describe) his explorations in his dairies in detail. His diaries belong to the category of travel literature, 【小题6】 is known not only for taking travel as its subject but also including author’s 【小题7】(experience).

Xu Xiake was born to a wealthy father, who 【小题8】(prefer) nature to power, and landscapes over official positions in particular. Xu Xiake took after his father. He enjoyed books on history, geography and adventure. He 【小题9】(especial) enjoyed reading about China’s mountains and rivers. The little child decided he would see them 【小题10】(he) one day. With this dream, he finally made it when he grew up.

Some of the most famous and successful people in history battled self-doubt. 【小题1】 fact, some held this feeling throughout their entire lives, even after their work had been held in high regard by 【小题2】 public. Here   【小题3】 (be) two famous people from history who struggled with self-doubt.

John Steinbeck

Even the Pulitzer Prize-winning American author John Steinbeck felt uncomfortable about the praise he got for his work. He wrote in his diary: “I am not a writer. I’ve been fooling   【小题4】 (I) and other people.” His famous realistic novel The Grapes of Wrath  【小题5】 (help) land him the Pulitzer Prize in 1940.

Michelangelo

World-renowned Italian Renaissance artist, 【小题6】 (sculpt) and architect Michelangelo doubted his abilities before he created his famous painting, The Last Judgement, in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

The beginning of Michelangelo’s career consisted mostly of sculptures, 【小题7】 helped spread his name throughout Italy. However, Pope Julius II asked Michelangelo 【小题8】 (paint) the wall of the Sistine Chapel. In response, Michelangelo refused at first, 【小题9】 (say) that he was not a painter.【小题10】 (final), he accepted the Pope’s request and spent four years on the painting.