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Mr Chen makes toys from dough. He is over 50 years old now. His hands are rough because he works with dough all the time.
Mr Chen makes dough toys of different sizes. Only a small piece of dough and some simple tools are required to make a dough toy. Mr Chen uses his hands to turn the dough into different characters,for example the Monkey King. Dough of different colours is used to make the toys more interesting.
Every Saturday,Wang Weifang puts on a play with his friends in a small town near Xi'an. The audience can hear them,but they cannot see them. That is because they are putting on a shadow puppet play.
Shadow puppets are made of hard leather. The leather is cut out in the shape of a person,an animal or an object. Each puppet is painted in bright colours and put on a stick. Some puppets have movable arms and legs.
A Chinese knot is usually made of a thin rope. It can be in the shape of an animal,a flower or a Chinese character with a special meaning. Red ropes are usually used because red is a lucky colour for Chinese people.
Many Chinese knots have special meanings. People think these knots can bring them happiness or good luck,so they carry the knots with them or put them up at home.
1. Why does Mr Chen need different colours of the dough? (不超过 10 个词)______
2. Why can the audience not see Wang and his friends? (不超过 10 个词)______
3. What are shadow puppets made of? (不超过 10 个词)
______

1. To make the toys more interesting.
2. Because they are putting on a shadow puppet play.
3. They are made of hard leather.