Last year, I went to Italy as an exchange student. Before leaving, I asked my mother 【小题1】 I should take to the teachers and the students there. Mom said that the Chinese fan was a good choice, for Chinese is 【小题2】 as “the Fan Kingdom”. I couldn’t agree more, because it is an important part of Chinese 【小题3】.

I went shopping and bought 【小题4】 kinds of Chinese fans. The first kind was the feather (羽毛) fan for the teachers, which was 【小题5】 of bird feather. It was the symbol of wisdom (智慧). The fans I bought for the girls were silk fans. Fans of this kind were made of silk with paintings of beautiful women, birds and flowers. They were very 【小题6】   with women of all ages. As 【小题7】 the boys, I picked the folding fans which were made of paper and bamboo. There 【小题8】 great paintings and calligraphy (书法) on them. Compared to other kinds of fans, folding fans were easily folded and carried.

At the welcome party in Italy, my new teachers and 【小题9】 were all excited to get the wonderful fans. And 【小题10】 were even more excited after learning about the stories and culture behind them.

Have your mum or grandma ever made embroidered(刺绣的) clothes for you? People in the past often embroidered on handkerchiefs(手帕), bed covers and dresses. Girls would embroider on a sachet(香囊) as a gift for 【小题1】 (they) lovers.

Shu embroidery comes from Sichuan. It is the 【小题2】 (old) kind of embroidery in China. People began to make it during the Han Dynasty (206BC — 220AD). They 【小题3】 (sell) it to other countries along the South Silk Road.

Embroidery 【小题4】 (take) time. It may take as long as a whole day to finish just 10 cm. By the 1970s, Sichuan had as many as 5,000 embroiderers. But since today modern machines can make embroidery products(产品) more 【小题5】 (cheap), fewer people are buying handmade Shu embroidery products. Young people aren’t learning the 【小题6】 (skill). To protect this skill, Shu embroidery 【小题7】 (add) to China’s intangible cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产) list in 2006.

Mohamed, a college student coming from Egypt, often shares his experiences of learning Chinese culture on the 【小题1】（社会的）media platform, Facebook.

Before he came to China, Mohamed 【小题2】（总是）believed that all Chinese people could perform kungfu, jumping onto the top of houses and walking over walls. Like many people in his 【小题3】（家乡）, he thought the country was not that developed and people usually travelled in green trains which moved slowly.

Soon after he got a chance to study China in 2019, he 【小题4】（改变）his view and decided to show people what China really looks like. So far, Mohamed has posted more than 【小题5】（五十）videos about China, including taking the high-speed railway, performing Chinese kungfu, and learning Xiangsheng. What’s more, Mohamed speaks Chinese in his videos, which are welcomed 【小题6】（在……之间） his 20,000 followers.

It often takes a lot of time 【小题7】（准备）these videos, but Mohamed feels proud to find that his videos have helped people learn more about Chinese culture and become much 【小题8】（感兴趣的）in the country. The young Egyptian man said that he would continue to build more cultural 【小题9】（桥梁）between China and Egypt when reporters asked him about his plan in the future. 【小题10】（尽管）the goal may not be achieved easily, Mohamed will put in more efforts to play his part.