While {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(wait) for the airplane to take off,I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} air hostess approached me and asked,"Would you mind {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(change) your seat?A couple would like to sit together."The only possible seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts（石膏绷带）,a black and blue face,and a sad {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(express)."No way am I going to sit there,"I thought {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(immediate).But a soft voice spoke,"She needs help."Finally,I decided to move to that seat.The girl was named Kathy.She was hurt in a car accident and now was {#blank#}6{#/blank#}her way to treatment. When the snacks and juice arrived,it did not take me long to realize {#blank#}7{#/blank#}Kathy would not be able to feed herself.I considered {#blank#}8{#/blank#}necessary to feed her but hesitated,as it seemed too impolite to offer a service to a stranger.But then I realized that Kathy's need was more important than my discomfort.I offered {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(help) her eat, and although she was uncomfortable to accept,she did as I expected.We became closer and closer in a short period of time.By the end of the five-hour trip,we had become friends.Love sometimes flows beyond human borders and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(remove) the tear that keeps us separate.When we offer to serve another,we grow to live in a larger and more rewarding world.

    Driving to the airport in the early morning, I felt  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(excite) because I would spend the summer in Paris. While {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (look) for more interesting things to do besides sleeping and eating on the plane, I jumped at the chance to study French in this city {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (know) for its art, food and culture.

    My connecting flight (转机) was in Frankfurt, Germany, 14 hours from Denver. But when I arrived there, a feeling of anxiety {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (begin) to set in. I was very nervous {#blank#}5{#/blank#} I was in a country  {#blank#}6{#/blank#} language I could not speak. But when I found my way, I gained {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(confident). When I boarded the second plane and discovered that the flight was less than an hour, I was filled  {#blank#}8{#/blank#} excitement.

    When I stepped on foreign ground for the first time, I was {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (extreme) happy. I quickly had my first experience trying to communicate in {#blank#}10{#/blank#} language that I had only practised in school. As I left the airport, with one sharp turn, the Eiffel Tower came into view. I was fully in Paris.

    There's no electricity {#blank#}1{#/blank#} water. However, one thing is for sure, I've become more imaginative in my teaching. Science is my most {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (challenge) subject as my students have no concept of doing experiments. In fact, there is no {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (equip), and if I need water, I have to carry it from my house in {#blank#}4{#/blank#} bucket! The other day I {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (show) the boys the weekly chemistry experiment when, before I knew it, the mixture was bubbling over everywhere. Sometimes I wonder {#blank#}6{#/blank#} relevant chemistry is to these students, most of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} will be going back to their villages after Year 8 anyway.

    Tombe's father, Mukap, led us to his house, a low bamboo hut with grass {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (stick) out of the roof — this shows it is a man's house. There were no windows and the doorway was just big enough to get through. The hut was dark inside so it took time for our eyes {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (adjust). Fresh grass had been laid on the floor and there was a newly {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (make) platform for Jenny and me to sleep on.

    Mobile payments have made our life {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(convenient) by freeing us from the trouble of having to take our wallets out with us. But a UK supermarket has gone one step {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(far), allowing customers to pay using just {#blank#}3{#/blank#} fingertip.

    Shoppers at the Costcutter store at Brunel University in London can pay for items {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(use) the special vein(静脉) pattern in their fingertips, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(report) The Telegraph. It's the world's first store {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(make) use of such technology.

    This new method of payment {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(mean) that customers can pay for items in just three {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(second).

    Sthaler, the company behind the technology, explained that it uses infrared scanners(红外扫描仪) to read the pattern of veins in the finger. It links this to the customer's bank details, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} are kept safe by payment provider Worldpay. The firm is also responsible for millions of online shoppers' details around the globe.

    The company said dozens of Brunel students are already using the technology, and it hopes to have signed up 3,000 students out of 13,000 {#blank#}10{#/blank#} November.