Many Chinese consumers ( 消 费 者 ) didn't hope that they could learn English when going shopping online, but the popular live-streaming (直播) by New Oriental (新东方) made it come true (实现) . 

Dong Yuhui, one of the teachers at New Oriental became the latest star on Douyin. There were about 108, 000 people in the online studio on Friday, with sales hitting 15. 34 million yuan. For example, when Dong sold rice,he also introduced the English word "rice", and how to use "rice" in a phrase or a sentence. In this way, Dong sold more than 6700 bags of rice in just a few minutes. The way of teaching English and selling things made young people    show great interest in it. They wrote in the comment section (评论区) , saying it seemed to send them back to class at New Oriental. 

Yu Minhong, the company's leader, also showed in the studio (演播室) , selling things with the teachers or hosts. So far,the studio has had about 2.5 million followers. On the evening of December 28, 2021, Yu just had the first live streaming of agricultural products (农产品) on Douyin. But it set his studio "on fire" in less than a week. Yu talked about selling products in two languages, and he said this was a very important change for New Oriental. "They have changed from being teachers to being live-streaming hosts, who keep teaching English, because of consumers' support, "Yu said. 

Last summer I went to one of the world's most famous historical places, the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. It was the home of the emperors(皇帝) of the last two dynasties(朝代)in China, the Ming and Qing Dynasties

The Forbidden City was completed in 1420. The palace has over 10, 000 rooms. It was a place that the emperors dealt with the official business with their ministers.

In Mandarin(普通话) the Forbidden city is called the Purple Forbidden City. However, the color of the palace itself is not purple. The color purple stands for power of the great emperors of China. It was so sacred(神圣的) that the common people could not even dream of ever going in.

The emperor also had some of the largest festival celebrations at the Forbidden City. During Chinese New Year, the emperor would invite all the members of his family and his officials to a banquet. The banquet had a hundred and eight Chinese dishes. It was such an expensive banquet that it could feed a common family for three generations(三代人).

Right now the Forbidden City is known as a historical site for tourists from all over the world. Everyone can go there. It is a museum with priceless Chinese antiques(古董) and treasures in it.

I really learned a lot about the Chinese culture and its history from this trip to the Forbidden City. It was like a dream which has come true. And I was excited to go on the trip and see the things that l had always wanted to see.

Three Chinese astronauts of the Shenzhou XIII spaceship finished their six-month space station mission (空间站任务) and went back to Earth on Saturday.

When the three astronauts came out of the capsule (航天舱) , they looked well and waved (挥手) to people. "Welcome back home, "people said happily. They used their cameras to capture the important moment (时刻) .

"I am proud of China, "Zhai Zhigang said. Wang Yaping was the first woman to China's space station. She was very happy to go back and wanted to tell her 5-year-old daughter that "her star-picking mom is back". It was Ye Guangfu's dream to fly into space and he did it.

During their stay in the space station, the astronauts gave two classes on December 9 and March 23. They did many scientific experiments (科学实验). Lots of students watched the classes. "We hope you will keep learning. The future space station is waiting for you, guys, "Wang said in the second class.

China is developing (发展) fast these years. More space missions are on the way.