Eight years ago, Li Jinglong and Guan Dian visited the Palace Museum for the first time. Like many visitors, the young couple were
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1 at the beautiful old buildings. At the same time, they had a great
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2 in the cloisonne(景泰蓝) artworks there. “We both spent many hours
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3 those amazing things. We just couldn’t take our
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4 off them,” said Li.
In fact, the young couple were not
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5 to cloisonne items. 35-year-old Li was born and grew up in Beijing. There were two cloisonne vases in his grandparents’ home. Guan learnt to paint as a child and she saw cloisonne artworks in her books many times,
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6 she knew much about them.
After their visit to the Palace Museum, the couple
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7 to open a DIY workshop. “It often takes us hours or even a few days to
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8 a cloisonne item because there are many steps to follow. We hope more people can enjoy
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9 making Chinese-style cloisonne pieces here, so we make the process easier. They
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need to paint the pieces their favourite colours,” said Guan.
Chang Yunqi, a 23-year-old office worker,
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11 making cloisonne items at the workshop in 2019. At that time, Chang and her friends
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12 a place to have fun after they finished high school. They wanted to try something special and
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13 chose to go to the DIY workshop. “I never did DIY before. When I saw different cloisonne pieces, I would like to have a try. It was difficult but
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14,” Chang said.
Now, the workshop is
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15 among young people. They are happy to spend their free time there.
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) 1. A. good B. angry C. hopeless D. surprised
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) 2. A. wish B. interest C. problem D. change
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) 3. A. repairing B. decorating C. enjoying D. mixing
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) 4. A. eyes B. heads C. hands D. feet
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) 5. A. polite B. generous C. friendly D. strange
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) 6. A. so B. but C. because D. if
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) 7. A. failed B. decided C. asked D. agreed
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) 8. A. win B. hide C. finish D. hold
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) 9. A. ourselves B. yourselves C. itself D. themselves
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)10. A. never B. just C. again D. soon
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)11. A. hated B. stopped C. started D. discussed
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)12. A. searched for B. put up C. cared about D. arrived at
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)13. A. suddenly B. usually C. badly D. finally
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)14. A. easy B. interesting C. crazy D. useless
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)15. A. popular B. tidy C. noisy D. dangerous
