One day, about ten years ago, while working at the cash register (收银机) in the gift shop at my University Museum of Natural History, I saw {#blank#}1{#/blank#} elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(close) at this girl, I found that she was fixed on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, a neck and upper body,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (dress) in a little white skirt. As the couple wheeled her up to me, I turned my head toward the girl. When I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the girl, who was giving me the most optimistic, largest smile I had ever seen. All of a sudden, her handicap (障碍) was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}smile just melted me {#blank#}6{#/blank#}almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of {#blank#}7{#/blank#}life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(bring) me into her world; a world of smiles, love and {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(warm). I'm a successful business man now and whenever I think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable (非凡的) lesson about life that she taught {#blank#}10{#/blank#}.

    I was wandering into the small store, when the store owner received a call from a customer. The customer and his wife had shopped there several months before. When noticing that his wife really liked one thing in the store, he wanted to buy it as a surprise. Because time was limited, out{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (go) the couple without buying it. It was not until several months later that the customer wanted to buy it.

    But the customer was in Tennessee, living far away from the store which was in Maine. What was more, he had been to the store several months before, and it was difficult to believe that the store owner would remember him, or  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} it was that he was referring to. There were{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (diversity) goods in the store. The customer's question was whether she could do it. She said yes. The store owner advised him to describe the thing for her and so he did.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (inform) what the thing was like, the store owner took a few close-up photos with her camera« and e-mailed them to the customer. Having received the photos' then the customer decided which one was the very thing.

Then the customer said, “Now it is time we discussed a price over the phone.” Apart{#blank#}5{#/blank#}discussing the price, they also decided the time to send it. Then she took care of the credit card transaction (交易)online, and the customer proposed the gift{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(send) that afternoon. Then the agreement was reached. The customer said. “I live far away from your place now.{#blank#}7{#/blank#} I would get it myself.”

    The store owner was really smart. She wasn't necessarily{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (talent) for new technology but she was willing to push herself to find new ways to make the transaction (交易) actually happen. It was not a dramatic thing. It was the first time she had ever done it. Never before had she done such a thing.

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#} difficult it was, the store owner discovered a creative solution {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (contribute) to a new way of doing business. In my view, we should realize that challenge and opportunity go hand in hand.

    Some new car models are fashionable. Others can go a long way with only a little gas. But all are taking advantage of technology that is making driving safer and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(easy).

    The new Ford Escape has technology that helps the car avoid crashes. A new control system changes the car's speed {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (keep) a safe distance from other cars on the road. It works {#blank#}3{#/blank#}using sensors that measure the Escape's distance from other vehicles.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(drive) can connect to the Ford Escape's electronic system with their smartphone. The phone can start and track their car from anywhere.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}emergency vehicles are near, the Heedful Audio Alert System, or HAAS, will warn drivers. The device has a sensor{#blank#}6{#/blank#}detects（发现）the sound of an emergency vehicle siren（汽笛）. The device then {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(send) a warning to the driver's phone.

    A company {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(call) Sober Steering has developed a device to stop drunken drivers. The device can detect alcohol in the skin. If the driver's alcohol level is too high, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}will shut down the vehicle.

    Just as technology is changing life at home and at work, it {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(change) life on the road as well.

    Chinese high-speed railways are a very {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (comfort) way to travel. They are clean, quiet and efficient. China has led other developing countries and even some developed ones in this field since the first high-speed train {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (come) into use in 2008.

    The stations are {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (main) built outside the town center, but local transport has been lengthened {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (connect) the high-speed network. The facilities on the train are new and the staff are well trained. Even the second class {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (chair) provide plenty of space. The passages are so wide {#blank#}6{#/blank#} you can move without disturbing anyone. You can use your mobile phone, access {#blank#}7{#/blank#} Internet or work on your laptop. There is also a restaurant car, though the kinds of food {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be) limited. The toilets arc large, clean and user-friendly too. The train almost doesn't rock. Even when the train brakes, you can hardly feel it shake.

    What's more, with a faster check-in, the high-speed train are also {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (little) affected by weather than planes. Seldom are {#blank#}10{#/blank#} delayed or cancelled for weather condition. Therefore, they have become the first choice for many passengers.