Many people would like to watch sport matches. First, you need to know about audience manners.

Most sporting arenas(竞技场) have rules for audience written on the back of the tickets. Read your ticket carefully before you arrive. Try to reach your seat half an hour before the start of the event and don’t leave when a game is in progress. When you leave, remember to take away your soft drink bottles and other rubbish.

During exciting games, try to control yourself. Don’t criticize(批评) the performance of players and coaches. Be careful with your words, since some may cause anger among other people in the audience.

Clapping is a special form of body language you can use to communicate with players, but you should do it properly. When players first appear, clap your hands together to welcome them, but don’t go on for too long. After an excellent performance, clap warmly. If someone fails, your clapping will help encourage them.

Clapping is not welcome, however, while players need to keep their attention. Various sports have various rules for the audience.

Enjoying artistic gymnastics(艺术体操) silence. But lots of cheering can really help basketball and football players. When you watch snooker(斯诺克) and table tennis matches, flash photography is not allowed. Mobile phones are not allowed in shooting centers.

To be a good audience, you should take time to learn the game—particular rules and related culture of each event.

In western countries, you may often hear “drop in any time” or “come to see me soon”, but you can’t really do that. People just say those things to make you feel welcome. It is better to telephone before visiting someone at home. If you receive a written invitation to an event that says “RSVP”, you should reply to let the person who sent the invitation know whether or not you plan to go.

You should never accept an invitation unless you really plan to go. You may refuse by saying “Thank you for inviting me, but I will not be able to come.” If, after accepting, you are unable to go, be sure to tell those who are expecting you as soon as possible that you will not be there. Although it is not expected that you give a gift to the host, it is polite to do so if you are invited for a meal. Common gifts are flowers. Chocolate is another choice as a gift. A thank-you note or a telephone call after the visit is also considered polite to express your thanks for the invitation.

Chinese elements (元素) stand for different traditional Chinese culture. Chinese people always remember the performance shown at the opening ceremony (仪式) of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. The exciting counting down phase (阶段) of it used traditional 24 solar terms (节气), starting from the last to the first, known as Lichun. This term (A) stands for the start of springtime in the traditional Chinese culture.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar (阴历) divides the year into 24 solar terms. Lichun, the first of the 24 solar terms, lifts the curtain (窗帘) of spring. After that everything turns green and is filled (B) ________ energy. People clearly see that the daytime is becoming longer and the weather is becoming warmer. Here are some things you might not know about Lichun.

As a solar term, Lichun entered people’s lives in the Spring and Autumn period. At that time, there were eight solar terms. According to some experts, the 24 solar terms were used for the first time in books during the Western Han Dynasty, when people set Lichun as the Spring Festival.

Wearing fabric swallows (织成的燕子) is a custom in some areas in Shanxi. Every Lichun, people like to wear a swallow made (C) ________ colorful silk on their chests (胸部). The swallow is a sign of spring and a symbol of success, wealth and happiness.

In China, it is said that the egg can be set upright on the first day of Lichun. It is believed that if someone can make the egg stand on the first day of Lichun, he will have good luck in the future.

(D) In many parts of China, people follow the custom of “biting the spring” on the first day of Lichun. They eat spring pancakes, spring rolls (春卷) and so on.