The Readers is a popular TV show. It invites different people to read aloud on the stage. The ________ also tells the moving stories behind those people! They can read everything ________ poems, books, and letters: By reading aloud, the words on the paper come to ________.

Many people are fans of the show. They begin to ________ reading aloud at home. Now, the show gives people a ________ place to read across China. It is a reading pavilion (朗读亭). They are in many cities, including Shanghai, Hangzhou and Xi'an.

The pavilion is very ________. Only one person can come into it each time. There is a microphone in it and it ________ people’s voices.

Everyone can read for three minutes in the pavilion. They can read ________ they like. The show will pick some of the readers and invite them to read on TV.

People of all ________ read in the pavilion. “Reading should be just like singing and talking,” said Dong Qing, the producer (制作人) of the show. “We can express our true ________ by reading aloud.”

Most children like to watch TV. They can watch talk shows, talent shows, news, game shows, sports shows and soon. They are very interesting. By watching TV they can see and learn a lot and know many things about their country and the world. Of course, they can also learn on the radio. But they can learn __________ and more easily with TV. Why? Because they can hear and watch at the same time. But they can’t see __________ over the radio.

TV helps to open children’s eyes. TV helps to open their __________, too. They learn better ways to do things. They __________ find the world now is smaller than before.

Many children watch TV only on Saturday or Sunday evening. They are always busy with their lessons on weekdays. But __________ children watch TV every night. They go to bed very late. They can’t have a good rest. How about you, my young friend?

Perhaps you’ve already watched or heard about Readers. It was a _________ TV show in China. After it came out, many people enjoyed watching it. It invited different people to _________ on stage, as well as telling the touching stories about them. They could read everything, such as poems, novels and letters.

Many people were _________ of the show and began to enjoy reading aloud at home. The show gave people a special _________ to read across China. Reading Pavilions (亭子) are now in cities.

The pavilion is quite _________. Only one person can come into it each time. There is a microphone in it and it records the person’s _________. People can read anything they like for three minutes in the pavilion. People of all ages have read in the pavilion. “Reading should be just like singing and talking,” said Dong Qing, the hostess of the show. “We can actually express our deep feelings _________ reading aloud.”

“Both the TV show and the pavilions are _________ people to read a lot,” reported China Youth Daily. Quite a lot of people are more and more _________ reading. In fact, this is also __________ our country is trying to do now.