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Culture Insider: Teachers' Day in ancient China
文化内幕:中国古代的教师节
Passage 1
Today is the 40th Chinese Teachers' Day – a festival 1.__________(celebrate) the 2,300-year tradition of respecting teachers and education in China. It's similar 2.____________ the birthday of Confucius or the birthday of private school tutor in ancient China.
The history of Teachers' Day 3._______(trace) back to the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). According to record, during the Han (202 BC–AD 220) and Jin (1115-1234) dynasties, 4.______ August 27 each year, the birthday of Confucius, the emperor would go to Confucius' temple and pay tribute to the ancient philosopher 5.__________(follow) by court officials, and would also invite royal teachers to the imperial court for a banquet.
Local officials followed the court, and on this day, teachers around the nation enjoyed a day's 6.________(give) vacation and dried meat as gifts.
The capital, all states and counties would also stage sacrificial ceremonies 6._________(worship) Confucius, with local chiefs or the emperor leading rituals. Excellent-performed teachers 7.__________(choose) from academies and learning institutions nationwide, reporting to the royal court and given 500 liang (两) silver coins as 8.________(award).
Until the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the sacrificial ceremony, on August 27, was of a larger scale. The teachers' salaries in schools and academies around the nation 9.__________(raise), and well-performing teachers would be conferred official titles or promoted to 10.________(high) positions.
Passage 2
How were gifts presented to teachers 111111._____ ancient China?
2.________(normal), an ancient teacher's income included salary, accommodation and festival gifts. There was no 3._______(fix) tuition fee, generally the parents paid teachers according to their household income. Both money 4._______ basic foodstuff could be paid in exchange for tuition.
In private schools, teachers always received money 5._________ gifts from the host family at certain festivals or at the 6.________(begin) and end of each semester.
The festivals in which teachers received gifts varied from region 7.________ region, 8._________ the most valued ones were the Duanwu, Mid-autumn and Chinese New Year festivals, as well as Confucius' birthday and the private 9._____(tutor) birthday.
Among all the gift-giving festivals, the first meeting gift was a must. When students met their private tutors for the first time, they had to kneel down to Confucius' spirit tablet and then to their private tutor, before 10._______(present) a "gift".
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Homegrown AI tools play key role in preserving cultural heritage
本土人工智能工具在保护文化遗产方面发挥着关键作用
Passage 3
China's generative AI tools are carving out a unique niche, 1.________(offer) a blend of entertainment and practical benefits while also playing a key role in preserving 2._________(culture) heritage.
Among them, an image-to-video tool called Vidu-1.5 launched last week by Beijing-based ShengShu Technology, 3._____ AI startup, is proclaimed to be a multimodal model to support multi-entity consistency.
In practice, this means AI can generate a video from as few as three input images. For example, in a video 4.______(share) by the company, the inputs — a man, a futuristic mecha suit and a bustling nighttime cityscape — are 5._________(seamless) blended into a cohesive montage, all within just 30 seconds.
Understanding and controlling multiple entities — such as the person, attire 6.______ environment — are the 7._______(big) challenges in AI-generated video technology.
Ever since ChatGPT introduced its pioneering Sora, multiple Chinese tech firms have swiftly stepped up to the plate, rolling out products 8._______ boast unique characteristics. ShengShu Technology's Vidu is one popular example.
"Look 9.______ consistent the suit is," Stefano Rivera, an AI product aficionado tweeted with admiration, calling 10.________(he) a "superfan" of Vidu "from day 1".
Passage 4
This AI-generated content tool has already ignited a surge of creative enthusiasm among 1.______(globe) individual creators, 2.________(lead) to playful and imaginative clips like Leonardo DiCaprio showcasing haute couture on the runway, Elon Musk cruising on 3.______ electric scooter in a flamboyant Chinese jacket 4.______ a series of Japanese anime scenes.
Vidu's greatest breakthrough is establishing logical relationships among multiple user-specified objects within a scene, says Tang Jiayu, the CEO of ShengShu Technology, in a 5.________(write) response to Xinhua.
With previous text-to-video tools, generating scenes 6.______ "a boy holding the cake in a crystal setting "would yield different 7.________(image) of the boy, the cake and the crystal setting each time, much like opening a blind box. Now, with multi-subject consistency, the identity of the boy, cake and crystal can 8.__________( preserve) throughout the video, maintaining continuity, says Tang.
Chinese entrepreneurs like Tang, along 9.______ global investors with substantial capital, are rapidly pouring into the AIGC sector, 10._________ their market footprint in China.
Passage 1答案+译文
1. celebrating
2. to
3. traces
4. on
5. followed
6. to worship
7. would be chosen
8. awards
9. were raised
10. higher
今天是中国第40个教师节,这是一个庆祝中国2300年尊师育人传统的节日。它类似于中国古代孔子的生日或私塾教师的生日。
教师节的历史可以追溯到汉代(公元前206年-公元220年)。据记载,在汉朝(公元前202年-公元220年)和晋朝(1115-1234年)时期,每年的8月27日,即孔子的生日,皇帝都会在朝廷官员的陪同下前往孔庙,向这位古代哲学家致敬,并邀请皇家教师到朝廷参加宴会。
地方官员跟随朝廷,在这一天,全国各地的教师都享受了一天的假期,并获得了干肉作为礼物。
在首都,所有州和县也会举行祭拜孔子的仪式,由地方首领或皇帝主持仪式。表现优秀的教师将从全国的学院和学习机构中选出,向朝廷报告,并给予500两银币作为奖励。
直到清朝(1644-1911),8月27日的祭祀仪式规模更大。全国中小学教师的工资都提高了,表现好的教师都被授予官衔或升职。
Passage 2答案+译文
1. in
2. Normally
3. fixed
4. and
5. or
6. beginning
7. to
8. while
9. tutor's
10. presenting
中国古代是怎样给老师送礼的?
通常,古代教师的收入包括工资、住宿和节日礼物。没有固定的学费,一般是家长根据家庭收入支付教师工资。钱和基本的食物都可以用来交换学费。
在私立学校,老师总是在某些节日或每个学期的开始和结束时收到寄宿家庭的钱或礼物。
教师收礼的节日因地区而异,最受重视的是端午、中秋和春节,以及孔子的生日和家教的生日。
在所有的送礼节日中,第一次见面的礼物是必须的。当学生第一次见到他们的私人导师时,他们必须跪在孔子的灵位前,然后跪在他们的私人导师面前,然后献上“礼物”。
Passage 3答案+译文
1. offering
2. cultural
3. an
4. shared
5. seamlessly
6. and
7. biggest
8. that
9. how
10. himself
中国的生成式人工智能工具正在开辟一个独特的利基市场,提供娱乐和实用的好处,同时在保护文化遗产方面也发挥着关键作用。
其中,位于北京的人工智能初创公司盛舒科技上周推出了一款名为Vidu-1.5的图像到视频工具,据称是一种支持多实体一致性的多模式模型。
实际上,这意味着人工智能可以从三张输入图像中生成视频。例如,在该公司分享的一段视频中,输入——一个人、一套未来主义的机甲和熙熙攘攘的夜间城市景观——在短短30秒内无缝地融合成一个有凝聚力的蒙太奇。
理解和控制多个实体——比如人、服装和环境——是人工智能生成视频技术面临的最大挑战。
自从ChatGPT推出其开创性的Sora以来,多家中国科技公司迅速加入进来,推出了具有独特特色的产品。盛舒科技的Vidu就是一个很受欢迎的例子。
人工智能产品爱好者斯特凡诺·里维拉(Stefano Rivera)在推特上赞赏地说:“看看这套西装多么连贯。”他称自己从第一天起就是Vidu的“超级粉丝”。
Passage 4答案+译文
1. global
2. leading
3. an
4. and
5. written
6. like
7. images
8. be preserved
9. with
10. expanding
这个人工智能生成的内容工具已经在全球个人创作者中激起了创作热情,催生了一些有趣而富有想象力的视频片段,比如莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥在t台上展示高级定制时装,埃隆·马斯克穿着华丽的中国夹克骑着电动滑板车,以及一系列日本动漫场景。
盛舒科技首席执行官唐家宇在给新华社的书面回复中表示,Vidu最大的突破是在一个场景中建立多个用户指定对象之间的逻辑关系。
在以前的文本转视频工具中,生成像“一个男孩在水晶布景中拿着蛋糕”这样的场景,每次都会产生男孩、蛋糕和水晶布景的不同图像,就像打开一个盲盒一样。现在,通过多主体的一致性,男孩、蛋糕和水晶的身份可以在整个视频中保留下来,保持连续性,唐说。
像唐这样的中国企业家,以及拥有大量资金的全球投资者,正在迅速涌入AIGC领域,扩大他们在中国的市场足迹。
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