Although most of us are now stuck at home due to the virus outbreak, there are still many people trying to do some creative things not only to kill time , but also to help themselves and others stay positive during this difficult period. In their own ways , they are showing others that they won’t let the virus get them down . Take a look at some of the interesting things they’re doing with their spare time .

Matthew Lee is a 16-year-old Chinese-American who is now living in Los Angeles, US.When he learned that most Chinese are unable to leave their houses , he and Jojo decided to encourage them to work out at home by making a dance video with their friends . They were very excited about the opportunity to lift Chinese people’s spirits . In the cool-down part of the dance , Lee chose to dance to the song We Are The World. Lee said , “I believe that with sweat and smiles , together , we will make a better day .”

“I close my eyes and pray(祈祷) hoping everything will be okay/the one who can save you is not God/but an ordinary man in flesh and blood(血肉之躯).”

These are a few lines from a rap song written by Liu Yixin and Li Yusheng who are Senior 3 students in Beijing . Titled An Empty City <空城>, the song became a bit as soon as it was released because of its thought-provoking(引人深思)lyrics and deep emotion(感情). People have not only been amazed by the talent of these young teenagers, but also touched by their strong sense of social responsibility.

Du Yiran is a Junior 2 student from Baoding , Hebei. While stuck at home during the outbreak , Du and her classmates wrote several acrostic poems(藏头诗) in English to help cheer people up. She said : “I found it quite interesting , as you can hide a message in the first letters of each line and surprise your readers as they read downwards. As teenagers , we can’t go to the front line to save people’s lives , but we should learn to care about others and do something meaningful during this time.”

Do you know which social app is popular with Chinese young people now? “Short videos” are certainly the most popular. A large number of young people use Tik Tok and Kuaishou. They think it is fun to share their lives by short videos, while others have other purposes as well A 12-year-old user named Elsa has about 2.7 million fans on Tik Tok. The girl has shared her dancing studies on TikTok since last July. One of the videos won her about one million fans. “1 feel really glad to share happiness with people by short videos,” said Elsa.

To some other young people, they use short videos to have a quick look at the hot programs. “Because I don’t like to spend many hours watching a whole program, I hate waiting for a program to end, and I prefer to watch short videos of wonderful parts of hot. programs, said Wang Zhihao.

However, some young people feel bored with short videos. “Killing time is the main reason for me to watch short videos, and many short videos are almost the same, so I think they are not so useful or interesting. What’s more, I really don’t like the videos about strange and dangerous things,” said Wen Nan, another college student.

Recently, something else has appeared. Some videos are telling people what commodities are wort buying. Some short videos even sell bad commodities, and it’s hard for customers to get their money back. So we should think twice before we want to buy the commodities by short videos.

2020 is an unusual year for the Chinese people. We are suffering a lot because of the novel coronavirus pneumonia (新型冠状病毒肺炎). But luckily, many heroes appeared (出现) to help us. 【小题1】. He is a doctor in Guangdong who saved many people’s lives in 2003.

In 2003, SARS broke out in Guangdong. Later, it spread (传播) across China and other parts of the world. Patients coughed a lot and got fevers. Hundreds of patients even died from the disease. Many doctors and nurses also got SARS when they treated patients. 【小题2】. But Zhong was brave enough to fight the disease. Zhong spent days and nights trying to find the cause of the disease. And with his way of treatment, many patients began to get better.

【小题3】. It spread quickly. Thousands of Chinese people were infected (感染). Zhong led his team to Wuhan to fight the illness. Zhong’s team took many measures to cure the patients. He advises people to wear masks, wash hands frequently (频繁地), stay at home and not to go to crowded places.

【小题4】, but he looks really young because of his love for sports. When he was 67, he could still play basketball. As one of the oldest doctors, Zhong still treats patients in the hospital and teaches 10 young doctors. “I am just a doctor,” Zhong says. But we think he is a hero and a fighter.