wechat.mp4 In the 21st century, we ’ ve lived with many wonders and got so used to them that we hardly notice that they have greatly changed our lives. Here is one. Watch a video clip to find out how WeChat has changed Chinese people ’ s lives. 1. Fill in the blanks with what you hear from the video clip. The scale of development in China is like nowhere else on Earth, but this rapidly modernizing landscape comes with its own costs. Once-close-knit ( 曾经紧密团结的 ) communities are being 1) ________ by urban migration. In this vast country, it can be a challenge to 2)_________. New media has jumped on the opportunity to bridge that 3) __________. One company is solving China ’ s problem of alienation ( 疏远 ) by bringing people back together virtually. A small group of Chinese 4) ___________ invented something called WeChat. This mobile-only social media platform now has 400 million 5) __________________ and literally two-thirds of the entire country has a WeChat account. WeChat isn ’ t your average messaging app. Their 6) ____________ have fundamentally changed the way (the) Chinese communicate and interact 7) _____________ . Popular functions include Moments and Shake-shake, both of which are social media platforms 8) ________ to WeChat, but their most transformative 9) __________ has been voice messaging. WeChat popularized voice messaging. Now 10) ________________ in Chinese is laborious. So WeChat found a way for people to send voice memos instead. It ’ s now a ubiquitous form of communication throughout the country.