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[Q]: Article: Gu Changwei was the first Chinese cinematographer to be nominated for an Oscar, he is regarded by Zhang Yimou as the best cinematographer in China. Gu was behind the camera for many of Zhang Yimou's famous films including the one that rocketed Zhang to fame: "Red Sorghum ". And now this master of the visual has taken on his first directing role with the film "Peacock". So Gu Changwei has come out from behind the camera into the spotlight . Gu Changwei is very serious about his directing "Peacock". To get the authentic atmosphere, Gu took his film crew to the city of Anyang in central China's Henan province where the story takes place, to shoot the film. He chose all new actors because he didn't want "star" appeal to weaken the power of the story, and he also had his actors trained in the local dialect. For this film Gu has been able to get out from behind the camera to manage every aspect of the film, and to realize his own ideals in movie-making. "Peacock" is about the life of an average family in a small town in Henan province in the late 70s and early 80s. Gu chose this story for his first movie because he grew up during this same period and it struck a chord with him. "Peacock" wrapped up production in June, 2004. It's aimed at the foreign film market and will be entered in February's Berlin Film Festival, and released in China at the same time. But at the end of last October, Gu took "Peacock" to his Alma Mater, the Beijing Film Academy, one of the most famous film colleges in China, to hold a preview. The film was warmly received by both teachers and students.
Answer: it was not easy for him, a fresh hand, to invite stars to join him
[A]: Gu didn't employ "stars" in his film because _ .

[Q]: Article: A 1. 6-meter tall robot may soon become the best friend for lonely elderly people,as Chinese scientists are making the final sprint toward its market launch ,said a senior researcher on the robot project on Saturday. "We are working on testing the exact functions and ways to reduce the cost in preparations for an expected market launch of the robot in two to three years,"said Li Ruifeng,a member of the project. He said the team hoped to reduce the cost so that the robot can be priced at 30,000 to 50,000 yuan,which is expected to be an affordable price for most of China's better-off families. The robot has been developed with the functions of fetching food,medicine,sounding alarms in case of water or gas leakage,sending texts or video images via wireless communications,and even singing a song or playing chess to entertain its masters. Li said that the robot,developed independently in China, has technology at the same level as those in western labs. China set about the research of the robot in 2007,when it was listed as a national key project. It is _ by government funding . China has the world's largest elderly population with 159 million people over 60,accounting for 12 percent of its total population. According to a survey by the Ministry of Civil Affairs,more than 10 million caregivers and nurses are needed to attend the elderly population,as most of Chinese elderly prefer to live their retired lives at home.
Answer: the government's attention to the elderly
[A]: The passage mainly talked about_.

[Q]: Article: CHANGSHA,Feb.14(Xinhua)----Areas of China affected by the recent severe weather have shifted from emergency work to reconstruction,with transport and power supplies returning to normal. The government of central Hunan Province.one of the areas hardest hit by the worst weather in half a century,said that it would offer a subsidy of 5,000 yuan(694 U. S. dollars)to each household whose residence was destroyed.Around 67,000 houses in prefix = st1 /Hunancollapsed in the snowy weather,which persisted from mid-January through late in the month. The provincial civil affairs authorities have started checking those in need of government help,pledging they could move to new houses by May. According to the latest official statistics,snow-related _ killed 107 people and caused 111.1 billion yuan in direct losses.In a11,21 provinces,autonomous regions and municipalities have been affected.A total of 354,000 houses collapsed and 1.5 million people were evacuated. Seven provinces--Hunan,Guizhou,Jiangxi,Anhui,Hubei,Zhejiang and Sichuan-and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were the worst-hit areas,the Ministry of Civil Affairs said. In Guangxi,l,332 schools were damaged and more than l,200 classrooms became dangerous. Yu Yizhong,director of the region's education department,urged local education administration bureaus and schools to try to raise funds and launch repair and reconstruction work as soon as possible to ensure the spring term opens as scheduled. The extreme weather aim affected nearly 24.4 million hectares of farmland and 18.6 million ha of forests.Agricultural technicians have been organized to go to rural areas to help farmers with crop planting. On Thursday,nearly 30 agricultural experts in eastern Anhui Province set out for a week-long service journey to snow-stricken rural areas.They will check damage and help farmers replant vegetable fields? Similar technical teams have been organized in other provinces such as Jiangxi to help farmers restore agricultural production. Also in Jiangxi,rural credit cooperatives have provided farmers with loans totaling 3.5 bil1ion yuan.
Answer: two months
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According to the report,the severe weather lasted about_.