听力原文：

As a way of communication, letters have been replaced by phone calls and WeChat messages. But Letters Alive, a show on Heilongjiang TV, is helping bring this tradition back into the present. Letters Alive took its idea from a British program. Famous actors and actresses perform in it. Each time, one person will walk up to a microphone and read a letter aloud. The letters read in this program are carefully chosen, and they are on different subjects. There have been heartbreaking stories about people who were separated from their families, such as the Qin period letters written by two young soldiers to their elder brother, to report what they were going through in the war.

Behind this program is China’s centuries-old tradition of writing and reading letters. Watching this program is like experiencing a moment of history. What’s more, TV viewers feel encouraged by the letters. That’s why the program has become a big hit in China ever since it was first shown on December 29th, 2016.