People visit other countries for {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(variety) reasons. Some travel on business;{#blank#}2{#/blank#} travel to interesting places {#blank#}3{#/blank#} are only found in other countries, such as the Taj Mahal in India, the temples of Thailand, or the Pyramids at Giza.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(where) you go, and for whatever reason, it is important to be safe. A tourist can attract a lot of attention from local people. While the majority of people you'll meet when traveling are sure to be friendly and welcoming, there are {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(danger), theft being the most common. Just as in your home country, do not expect everyone you meet to be friendly and helpful.{#blank#}6{#/blank#} is important to prepare for your trip {#blank#}7{#/blank#} advance, and to take precaution (警惕) while you {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(travel).

    As you prepare your trip, make sure you have the right paperwork. You don't want to get to your destination only {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(find) you have the wrong visa, or worse, that your passport is about to expire (到期). Also, make sure you travel with proper medical insurance, so that if you are sick or injured during your travel, you will be able to get treatment. If you want to drive while you are abroad, make sure you have {#blank#}10{#/blank#} international driver's license.

    Sometimes your friends start to talk about a new video game or a new app they have downloaded. It sounds pretty cool, and your friends really seem to like it. You become so {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(interest) in it that you want to buy it too. Has this ever happened to you?

    In the US and in places around the world, there is a similar feeling of wanting the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(new), greatest tech gadgets (小玩意). There is a big {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(attract) to getting the latest technology even though people may not need it. But why is this?

    As to(关于) these technologies, there's {#blank#}4{#/blank#} initial （最初的） excitement that {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(get) people's attention, according to Richard Larson, a director at MIT, US. If there's a big group of people {#blank#}6{#/blank#} want these things, you want to be a part of the excitement too.

    One of the major US {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(company) that really take advantage of this is Apple. It comes out with a new iPhone with very small changes every year. But people still flock (涌入) to the stores even if they have just bought the previous phone.

    However,{#blank#}8{#/blank#} （buy）these things may not always be the best choice. You could be buying things that you don't really need and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (spend) too much money just for the right to show it off to your friends.

    Not only that, but our need to always be on your phones or playing video games takes {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a lot of time in our lives. So is this excitement over technology a good or a bad thing?

    Qigong,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (call) “Life Energy Cultivation” in China, is a practice of focusing on breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, and healing(愈合). If you have taken Chinese lessons, you must be familiar with Confucius, according to {#blank#}2{#/blank#}qigong provides a means to become a Junzi(gentleman) through awareness of morality. Taoism considers qigong to be able to provide a way to achieve spiritual improvement. Qigong is{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(traditional) viewed as a practice to balance qi (inner life energy), which is now practiced throughout China and worldwide.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}a form of gentle exercise, qigong is made up of movements that are typically repeated, strengthening the body. Qigong {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(believe) to help develop human potential, allow access to higher degrees of awareness, and awaken{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(one) “true nature”.

    What makes qigong special is that it can be done {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(lie), sitting , or standing; thus it is {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(access) for disabled persons, seniors, and people recovering from injuries. As a healing art, qigong practitioners focus on prevention and self-healing, which has been widely used in China as part of traditional Chinese medicine, and is included in the curriculum of Chinese{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(university). Besides, qigong is practiced for self-cultivation as a means to get rid of {#blank#}10{#/blank#}complexity of the earth.

    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.

    When you're a teenager, it's usual to feel like your parents are{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(constant) giving you a hard time, which makes you {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(confuse) However, maybe you should try putting yourself in their shoes once in {#blank#}3{#/blank#} while because, according to a recent study, parents with teenage children have a lot to put up{#blank#}4{#/blank#} . In the study, 2,000 parents of teenager children {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (ask) at which age their children had been hardest to raise. It turns out {#blank#}6{#/blank#} 14-year-old girls are the biggest source of parental stress. When {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (explain) why teenage girls were so hard to bring up, parents talked about their wildly-changing moods. Teenage boys were more likely to worry their parents by refusing to communicate properly. Most parents agreed that girls matured {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (fast) than boys, which makes girls harder{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (handle) due to their greater desire for independence. If you disagree with these {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (find), maybe you should reserve your judgment until you have teenage children of your own!