Many people travel during the holiday season but do not make sure that their houses and homes {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (protect). Crime goes up {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(rapid) during the winter and summer holiday seasons. Here are some things that you should keep in mind when you go on a holiday.

    Always give {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(strange) the feeling that you are at home. Have the snow {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(clean) off your stairs or out of your driveway during the winter season. You might ask someone to park {#blank#}5{#/blank#} car in your driveway.

Tell your newspaper deliverer that you are not at home. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(have) a pile of newspapers and other mail on your doorsteps tells people that are not at home, so you could also have a neighbor {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a relative get your mail every day.

    Fix a timer in some of your rooms {#blank#}8{#/blank#} turns lights on and {#blank#}9{#/blank#}during different time of the day. Some TVs also comes with a timer that you could set to be turned on during certain time. Have a sensitive light outside your house that {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(keep) thieves away when you are not at home.

    Which would you rather be, a mathematician or{#blank#}1{#/blank#}author? Perhaps you will never be{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(face) with this kind of choice. Lewis Carroll was a mathematician and author. He was a lecturer in mathematics at Oxford University. But he is{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(good) known as the writer of two of the most famous children's books    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} have ever been written (Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass). The author's real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, but he{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(prefer) to use the penname “Lewis Carroll” when he wrote, and this is the name we remember him by. Alice in Wonderland,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(publish) in 1865 when the author was 33 years old, was followed by Through the Looking Glass in 1871.{#blank#}7{#/blank#} books were written for a real girl called Alice and they{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (read) by millions of children since they were first published. These stories are about a dream world in which Alice meets strange creatures and has interesting{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (adventure). I'm sure you know this already,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}if you don't you'd better read the stories yourselves.

    When you are thirsty, you can drink some green tea. It tastes good and it's very healthy. The Chinese {#blank#}1{#/blank#} （know）about the benefits of green tea since ancient times, and they use {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to treat everything from headaches to depression. They have {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（actual）been using green tea as a medicine for over 4,000 years.

    Nowadays, there is scientific evidence of the health benefits of green tea. According to one study {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （publish）in a cancer research journal, drinking green tea {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（reduce）the risk of some types of cancer {#blank#}6{#/blank#} nearly sixty percent. USA researchers have also found that green tea may prevent the{#blank#}7{#/blank#}（grow）of cancer cells. There is also new evidence {#blank#}8{#/blank#}green tea can help to destroy bacteria in our bodies. It is especially effective at getting rid of the bacteria on your {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（tooth）and keep them healthy!

    According to the Chinese proverb, “It is {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（good）to go without food for three days than without tea for one.” So, in brief, you should definitely try a cup of green tea. It seems that it can only do you good.

    Hotel guests in China might no {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(long) have to worry about waiting in line to check in. At the Alibaba's futuristic hotels, guests can scan their IDs, take a photo and input personal details using a machine to check {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(they) in. The smart equipment will then provide a room key card after the information {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(check). The process will take less than a minute, according to company. Targeting only Chinese customers for now, the new service will be {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(gradual) expanded globally. The rapid growth of mobile usage and mobile payment adoption can show {#blank#}5{#/blank#} convenient people's life, is becoming in China.

    Alibaba isn't the only company {#blank#}6{#/blank#} introduces high-tech hotels. Smart LYZ, a Shenzhen-based company which focused {#blank#}7{#/blank#} developing AI technology and smart hotels, opened the first ever fully automated (自动化) hotel in Chengdu, Sichuan, back in January. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(travel) can book a room through Smart LYZ's WeChat website, check in through a facial recognition machine, unlock the door with a {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(give) passcode or through its mobile app and finally, check out by pressing a button on the app. The AI Smart Room will undoubtedly be extremely attractive for guests, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(create) the way for a new level of modernization and consumers' satisfaction.

As entrepreneurs (创业者), we had a vision, we realized it, and now we {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (run) our own companies. But the dream can damage our "work-life balance".

When the success of the company rests on your shoulders, you've always got an excuse to put {#blank#}2{#/blank#} else on hold.

What I've learned when {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (face) the demands of a start-up company and a young family over the past couple of decades is that sometimes the best way to solve the work-life balance problem is to think small. Make a handful of lifestyle corrections {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, individually, may not sound all that exciting, but taken together, can prevent you from getting too tired.

Here's my list of life hacks that will help prevent exhaustion:

●Work from home one day a week

Few things give you a more grounded, in-control feeling than getting things done in your own space and at your own pace. Instead of leaving the office {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (clear) my head over a Starbucks coffee, I can fold the laundry, and cut back on evening housework.

Not to mention, working in pajamas is one of life's {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (underestimate) pleasures.

●Pencil in time for exercise

It really bothered me {#blank#}7{#/blank#} with the demands of company and family, my tennis game was going down the drain. That may sound unimportant, but it wasn't to me, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} it was a meaningful part of my life outside of work. To get some balance back in my life, I rearranged my schedule. Two mornings a week, I woke up an hour {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (early) to work out with a tennis coach. If sports aren't your thing, try yoga or that hobby that you always loved but let go of after starting your business.

●Learn something new, outside the office

It can be draining to always be the person who's supposed to have the answers as a business leader. It's surprisingly liberating to be on the other side, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (absorb) knowledge without the pressure to perform or to always be right.