It’s common to see a barista (咖啡师) create coffee art, but it’s a whole different ball game doing the same thing with tea. Han Zheming, 【小题1】 80-year-old Shanghai resident, has managed 【小题2】 (perfect) the skill, creating tea art in cups, or dian cha (点茶) in Chinese, which used to be a routine during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). Over the past decades, he 【小题3】 (use) tea and spoons to create nearly 200 patterns 【小题4】 (base) on ancient paintings.

It’s also his intention to bring the old ritual back to modern life and have more people appreciate 【小题5】 (it) charm. Dian cha in modern brewing enhances the taste of tea, Han says. ‘‘It is similar 【小题6】 the foam on top of a cup of coffee, except that it is made of tea rather than milk.”

Chinese tea culture started to enjoy 【小题7】 (popular) during the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and flourished throughout the Song Dynasty, 【小题8】 tea had become a necessity for almost everyone, from nobles and scholars to common people, just like other important items, such as rice, oil and salt, as suggested by Song politician and thinker Wang Anshi.

【小题9】 (total) different from the method of brewing tea during the Tang period, in the Song Dynasty, the popular way of having tea was through dian cha. The action of pouring hot water over fine powdered tea is called dian, hence the name dian cha, which 【小题10】 (list) as an intangible cultural heritage of Runzhou district, Zhenjiang city, Jiangsu province, in 2019.

Studying abroad seems to be a global trend these days. A study suggests that more than two thirds of the students studying abroad 【小题1】 (influence) by movies in choosing their universities since the past decade. American movies such as A Beautiful Mind set in Princeton, The Social Network in Harvard, and The Graduate in Berkeley, California are playing 【小题2】 important part in attracting foreign students to America. The global 【小题3】 (succeed) of the Harry Potter films is considered as a factor in 【小题4】 (encourage) overseas students to come to England. Universities in New Zealand have benefited from The Lord of the Rings’ effect since it was first released.

Films can also be 【小题5】 (help) to get through difficult situations.   In 2009 there was a sharp decline in Indian students choosing Australian universities 【小题6】 some reasons. So Prateek Chakravorty, a Bollywood director, 【小题7】 graduated from University of Technology Sydney, made From Sydney With Love about two Indian students falling in love with some of the 【小题8】 (building) of Sydney University. By 2014, the number of Indian students in Australia was rising again.

When universities are competing 【小题9】 (fierce) for the attention of overseas students, the cinema screen can be a recognized way 【小题10】 ( attract ) overseas students. Will you choose universities because of movies?

It was my first time spending Spring Festival with my host family. Spring Festival is highly 【小题1】(value) by every Chinese family. The house was cleaned from top to 【小题2】 to sweep away the 【小题3】(dirty) of the past year and get ready 【小题4】 the new year.

The greatest 【小题5】(excite) began the night before Spring Festival. The night sky was lighted up by fireworks, 【小题6】 was to scare away the monster Nian. Every year, I start planning my trip home to Shanxi weeks 【小题7】 Spring Festival.

We usually have hotpot—it’s so 【小题8】(taste)! Coming home and 【小题9】(be) with my entire family is the most important part of Spring Festival. Besides, jiaozi are a sign of our wishes for health and happiness in the 【小题10】(come) year.