A few days ago, the Palace Museum and the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe signed a cooperation agreement on promotion of the Kunqu Opera. The cooperation has created effective way to promote traditional culture

The Palace Museum is one of the (large) museums of ancient Chinese culture and art in China. It used to be the Forbidden City, the emperors of China's Ming and Qing dynasties lived and conducted state (affair), and was turned into a museum later.

The Kunqu Opera is one of the oldest types of opera in China. (feature) mild and emotional melodies, poetic lines and graceful gestures, it can best represent the traditional Chinese arts. The Kunqu Opera (be) under state protection since the PRC was founded.

The cooperation the Palace Museum and the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe is a good attempt to preserve this opera, which is (real) worth encouraging.

According to the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe, this cooperative project is "a dream coming true after three years. We aim to bring to life the opera relics (house) in the Palace Museum."

Some traditional plays recorded and kept in the Palace Museum will be selected and put on show. In addition, the Troupe will also recover a series of plays and perform (they).

Mandarin (普通话) is the official language of China and one of the official languages of Singapore. It is (general) referred to as "Chinese".

But in fact, it is just one of many Chinese languages. China is old and vast country and the mountain ranges, rivers, and deserts create (region) borders. Till now, each region (develop) its own spoken language. Different spoken languages include Wu, Xiang, Hakka, Cantonese, Min and many other dialects (方言).

(classify) these Chinese languages as dialects or languages is a controversial (有争议的) topic. Often they are classified as dialects, but they have their own vocabulary and grammar systems. A Cantonese (speak) and a person speaking Min will not be able to communicate each other. Similarly, a person speaking Hakka will not be able to understand Xiang. Given these major (difference), they could be regarded as languages. They all share a common writing system—Chinese characters.

Even though characters can (pronounce) in completely different ways depending on what language or dialect one speaks, the written language is understandable across all regions. we learn above supports the argument that they are dialects of the official Chinese language Mandarin.

The most important rule of the road concerns which side to drive on. A large number of accidents in the world happen for this reason, with more and more people  （choose）car hire as the way to drive in a foreign country. Famous actor Matthew Broderick  （catch）up in a bad collision（碰撞）when he rented  vehicle in Ireland because he forgot that they drive on the opposite side of the road.

Most areas of the world which  （previous）were British colonies（殖民地）still drive on the left hand side of the road, Australia, India, and South Africa  （include）. Most European countries drive on the right hand side apart  Cyprus, Ireland, Malta and the United Kingdom. Guyana is the only country in South America  drives on the left.

Generally speaking, about two thirds of the countries in the world drive on the right such as, the USA, China and Russia. Canada used to drive on the left but changed to the right to make border crossings with the USA much  （easy）.

The  （explain）for driving on different sides of the road is historical. British horse riders used to ride on the left hand side of the road, thus keeping their right arm free to offer greetings to  （passer-by）. But in the USA teamsters（卡车驾驶员）decided to start driving on the right so that they could see the passing wheels of other wagons.

Israeli singer-songwriter Gilad Segev has devoted himselfa big project to present different views of China through music, because of his love for the country. In June 2020, he launched Project 34, throughhe will display a song for each of the 34 provincial-level regions in China every month. （combine）Chinese music and global folk music, he（post）17 videos on social media platforms so far, gaining millions of views.

"My（inspire）for the project was the great beauty I discovered in China's culture. landscapes（地貌）, and more importantly, the hearts of Chinese people. " says Segev. He calls（he）a "passer-by" a traveling artist who tells stories from his encounters with people from various cultures, through music.

Over the past decade, the award-winning musician has travelled to most of the 34 provincial-level regions, and plans to go to rest when travel is not restricted（限制）by the COVID-19 pandemic.

For each music video, he cooperates（active）with a Chinese singer or musician to include characteristics from their own home region. He and his team have listened extensively to various types of Chinese music（figure）out what suitable elements（元素）can be used in his works. "I believe when all of our voices（hear）together, true harmony can happen, " Segev says.

Located in Changping District, Beijing, Juyongguan is of great military imnportance since ancient times. The two strategic  (pass) in the south and north are respectively named "South Pass" and "Juyongguan". Grand mountains surround Juyongguan ; an 18km long valley, commonly known as"Guangou",  (stretch) right across the middle. In Juyongguan, clear streams belt, green mountains overlap, flowers and trees bloom, and birds sing. Owing to the beautiful scenery, Juyongguan has been honored  "Juyong Diecui" and one of the "Eight Great Sights of Beijing". 

In the center of stylobate（柱座），there arranges the doorway through  people, carriages and horses can all pass. Cloud Terrace at Juyongguan is a large-scale fine work of stone carving,  (construct) in Yuan Dynasty.  (initial), there were 3 white pagodas（宝塔）. Unfortunately, they  (destroy) at the turning of Yuan and Ming Dynasty. Subsequently, "Tai'an Temple" was constructed on the stylobate. However, in the 41^st year of Kangxi Reign in Qing Dynasty (1702), the temple suffered from fire,  (leave) Cloud Terrace alone. 

An overall repair was conducted to architectures in Juyongguan in 1992, restoring  (it) former grandness. The  (nature) landscape of Juyongguan surroundings is very attractive. Ever since Mingchang Year of Jin Dynasty, "Juyong Diecui" has been listed into "Eight Great Sights of Beijing". 

Since the Beijing Winter Olympics kicked off  Feb. 4th, the adorable Games mascot—a panda enveloped in an ice crystal shell— (become) a favorite among competitors, sports fans and the media. 

Enthusiasm for the mascot purchase has led to a  (short) of products, with many netizens complaining that it's too difficult to acquire  Bing Dwen Dwen doll. 

Zhang Zhicheng, a spokesman for the National Intellectual Property Administration, said, "the difficulty buyers face  (get) merchandise (指定商品) demonstrates the country's stronger and  (comprehensive) protection of Olympics symbols. " People were told  they could do and couldn't do well before the Games. They knew they would have to go to licensed (获许的) online or physical shops  (buy) Games-related merchandise. 

"Not just does the mascot have Olympics symbol protection, it also receives patent, trademark and copyright protection, " Zhang said at a news conference  (organize) by the 2022 Beijing Media Center, " Comprehensive intellectual property protection guarantees the rights and interests of IPR owners and promotes the spread of Olympics culture, " he said. 

The strong protection of Olympic  (symbol) and countermeasures against IPR violators have also shown that China is on its way to being an IPR power, which will help us build a good global reputation and encourage innovators. 

Hey, everyone!It's Kai again. I'm back with another （amaze） episode of NatGeo kids. And this week we're talking all about robots. Okay so I bet you're wondering exactly is a robot. Good question. （basic）, a robot is a machine （create） to perform a series of actions. These actions could be as simple as rolling around the house vacuuming out dirty floors. Other robots perform more complicated tasks such as traveling to and （explore） different planets like NASA's Mars exploration Rovers which were built （study） the surface of Mars. And did you know that humans have been building robots for （century）? In fact many believe the first robot was created over 2, 000 years ago. A man called Artistas in ancient Greece （build）a bird-like self-propelling machine that could fly up to a distance of 200 meters that's like two football fields. Today robots come all shapes and sizes. Some are small even microscopic while others are large in some cases as big as a car or even a truck.

There are flying robots, robots that can drive and robots that can swim, robots that can do a lot of things. Who knows, maybe one day robots will be able to do just about everything humans can do.

Anyone familiar with the works of Shakespeare will be acquainted with characters such as Juliet and Lady Macbeth, some of are the most memorable female characters. Yet when they were first brought to life in the theatres, they had to be played by men. For a respectable woman, to work outside the home was frowned upon. It was not until the 1660s that women were allowed （act） professionally in England. As time passed, women in theatre began to portray male characters. One of the most famous examples of a woman （portray） a man is Sarah Bernhardt's 1899 performance as Hamlet. By the turn of the 20th century, it （become） increasingly common for women to portray men.

Poems and songs have a lot in common. They both use word pictures （create） by imagery and figures of speech to help the listener visualise a thing, place or person. They also use rhyme and rhythm to make the poem/song memorable. In days gone by, the bard was the person in the Village who （sing） songs to the villagers as entertainment. By now, the role of the bard （replace） by the modern-day pop singer or the poet.

AIDS was first identified as a new disease in 1981. Ever since, doctors, scientists and researchers （show） commitment to understanding and fighting it, and have been slowly winning the battle this deadly disease. They soon figured out human immunodeficiency virus （HIV） is the primary cause. was initially adopted for treatment was a single drug, azidothymidine. It was not effective for long. The endless efforts of researchers finally led to a great leap in the mid-1990s, when the combination therapy was developed.