Now more and more young people from around the world come to China for study or work.
   Martin，a 25-year-old American，came to Beijing to study Chinese last year.After class，the young man tried to talk with his Chinese friends and watch TV to（1）

practice

practice

his Chinese.
   Martin likes many kinds of TV programs.Chinese Poetry Conference《中國(guó)詩(shī)詞大會(huì)》is one of Martin's（2）

favorite

favorite

shows.People can watch it on CCTV- 10 or online.There is a fierce （激烈的） competition in the show and it's all about Chinese poetry.People join in it（3）

through

through

games like Feihualing or riddles （謎語(yǔ)） . "My Chinese friends told me this show and I started to love it（4）

after

after

I watched it for just 10 minutes"，said Martin.
   A Bite of China《舌尖上的中國(guó)》 is popular with people in China and Martin also likes it.It tells us（5）

something

something

interesting about what the Chinese eat in different ways and places.China is famous for its delicious food and it plays an important（6）

role

role

in Chinese culture.Martin thinks this program is educational because he can not only learn how to make the food，but also know more about Chinese culture. "I can practice Chinese more often by talking about the Chinese food with my friends and that really helps me study Chinese（7）

better

better

"，said Martin.
   As a beginner of Chinese，Martin sometimes finds it a little difficult to follow the talks. （8）

However

However

，he thinks it's not a big problem and always tries his best.As an old saying goes， "Where there is a will，there is a way!"