Chinese TV drama Awakening Age (觉醒年代), which tells the story of how the Communist Party of China (CPC) (中国共产党) was founded in 1921, ended several months ago, but it remains a hot topic on social media, where the discussion shows that it has played a positive role in educating young people about China’s revolutionary (革命的) history.

The TV series celebrating this year’s 100th anniversary (周年) of the founding of the CPC has won high praise online. The stories of the young people in the drama—who devoted (贡献) everything, even their lives, to the revolution—have touched a large number of people. The storytelling in the show has also been praised for successfully showing the depth of the CPC’s history and spirit, as well as the warmth of China and every family in the country.

Many people who have seen the TV series thought the story was so moving that they began to find background information about it and said that this was their first time to learn the history about the founding of the Party and the country.

“I read many of Lu Xun’s novels such as A Madman’s Diary for the first time when I was in primary school, but I couldn’t understand why he wrote them or the angry feelings hiding in the characters. After watching the drama, I read them again and found that I could understand what they wanted to tell the readers,” said Li Lin, an 18-year-old student.

《觉醒年代》塑造了一批具有“正能量”的青年形象，他们在战火纷飞的年代克服重重困难，为国家的发展贡献力量。你身边也有 “正能量” 的人吗? 是疫情中一线的医护人员，还是自然灾害中负责救护的消防员、解放军、警察，抑或是身边敢于面对困难、笑对生活的同窗好友。学校现在举行以“正能量”为主题的演讲比赛，请你写一篇演讲稿。

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It’s my honor to be here to share my speech. In our lives, there are always some people with positive energy (正能量). Today I would like to introduce _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Here is a charity sale (义卖) for the poor kids in the mountain area. We’ll give away the money we raise in the charity sale to help those kids with their education, so it’s very meaningful. Come and see some of our things.

上文中提到义卖品，对于它们的主人来说，承载了许多特殊的意义。那么在你的生命中，又有什么东西对你来说具有特殊意义呢？请写一篇英语短文，向大家介绍一件你最喜欢的东西。

I’m Li Ming, and I would like to share my story today._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________