Have you ever watched the dragon dance? How much do you know about the dragon dance? Today we will say something about it. Dragons 【小题1】 (be) a symbol of China and the dragon dance is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture. In the dance, a team of people carry the dragon and perform wonderful dances. Like the lion dance, this traditional dance 【小题2】 (spread) all over China and to the whole world.

Traditionally, dragons 【小题3】 ( make) of wood, bamboo and a special kind of cloth. So they are always quite heavy. However, in modern times, dragons are much lighter because they are made of much lighter material. A dragon can be of different lengths. People believe that the longer the dragon is, the more luck it 【小题4】 (bring). A small group 【小题5】 (not control) a very long dragon, because it requires great strength and special skills.

The dragon dance itself 【小题6】 (begin) during the Han Dynasty and it was started by the Chinese who had great respect(尊重) for the dragon. The dragon dance was already a popular e-vent by the Song Dynasty. At that time, people enjoyed 【小题7】 (see) it during important festivals. In the Qing Dynasty, the Dragon Dance Team of Fuzhou was invited to give a performance in Beijing. And the emperor spoke highly of it!

An all-girl lion dance team breaks a “men only” tradition 女醒狮队横空出世，打破偏见

The lion dance 【小题1】 (hold) a special place in the hearts of people in Guangdong province. 【小题2】 history, it was a men’s art only. But the Nanxing Hexingtang Women’s Lion Dance Team from Renhe town, Guangzhou, broke the tradition with 【小题3】 all-girl team.

Coach Zhang Zheliang saw the number of young lion dancers going down and started 【小题4】 (train) girls in 2018. But 【小题5】 (village) didn’t like this. Girl dancers couldn’t even perform because some villagers took away their dance props (道具) or drove 【小题6】 (they) off.

【小题7】, Zhang and his coach, Yu Weizhao, didn’t give upon their idea to set up an all-girl lion dance team. They 【小题8】 (final) found girl dancers and trained them hard.

Their hard work paid off when the girls won their 【小题9】 (one) big award (奖) over the men’s teams in 2021. They had more wins and this made them respected (受人尊重的) in the lion dance community. Today. the team has over 20 girls aged 7 to 19.

The team’s 【小题10】 (successful) isn’t just about winning awards; it’s about 【小题11】 (break) bias (偏见). More girls start to learn lion dance because of them.

Music has been an important part in people’s life for a long time. Everyone 【小题1】 (like) some or the other type of music because it has a psychological（心理上的）effort on their minds. It is seen to give 【小题2】 enjoyable experience to the listener.

   Music has a calming effect on mind, too. If we are stressed out, 【小题3】 (listen) to music can help us feel better. And people often relax after a long day by listening to their favorite music.

   Music is also 【小题4】 (know) to help people learn faster. This is why music is so popular in school. Children can remember things 【小题5】 (easy) in the form of songs. Even older students make their own little songs 【小题6】 (remember) difficult things for their exams.

   Music is 【小题7】 (use) to help improve language skill of autistic（自闭症）children, as well as help them express 【小题8】 (they).

   The words 【小题9】 a song and the tune（曲调）often bring back memory. Playing the same songs again and again 【小题10】 (bring) back certain memories to persons with Alzheimer’s（老年痴呆症）.