Tins of cooling ointment (清凉油) have become a currency for Chinese traveling in Egypt.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (visit)the complex of ancient temples at Karnak, Chinese tourist Mr. Ye lost his way among the stone churches and pillars.

    An Egyptian guide gave him directions. To show his {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (appreciate), Mr. Ye handed him a small red tin the size of a large coin. Inside {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) a cooling ointment that has the function of refreshing mind and preventing pain. Mr. Ye brought 50 tins with him on his six-day tour to hand out as tips.

    "Before I came to Egypt, the tourism agency told me {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (repeat) to bring cooling balm as a gift to make the trip {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (easy)," said Mr. Ye, a 25-year-old {#blank#}6{#/blank#} family sells Chinese medicine online. Egyptians, he said, are very nice to Chinese tourists, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} they love this little gift."

    Egyptians sometimes demand the balm by running a thumb across their foreheads. Li Xiaodong, an Egyptologist at China's Northeast Normal University, believes Chinese travelers initially brought cooling balm for {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (person) use because it's very hot in Egypt, then {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (discover) Egyptians liked it.

    Some Chinese tourists said giving gifts feels better than handing over money. "If you give essential balm, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} is more like you're giving it to friends," said one Chinese tourist.

    About six years ago I was having lunch in New York City{#blank#}1{#/blank#}a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table.I couldn't help{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(overhear) parts of their conversation.At one point the woman asked,"So,how have you been?"And the boy who could not have been more than seven or eight years old replied."{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (frank),I've been feeling a little depressed lately."

    This incident{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(impress) me most because it confirmed my growing{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(believe) that children are changing. As far as I can remember,my friends and I didn't find out we were "depressed"{#blank#}6{#/blank#}we were in high school.

    Undoubtedly,{#blank#}7{#/blank#}change in children has increased steadily in recent years.Children don't seem childlike any more.Children speak,dress and behave more like adults{#blank#}8{#/blank#}they used to.

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#}this is good or bad is difficult to say,but it certainly is different.Childhood as it once was no longer{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (exist).

    On the first day of school our professor{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(introduce) Rose,a little old lady,to us."Why are you in college at such{#blank#}2{#/blank#}old age?"I asked later.She jokingly replied,"I'm here to meet a rich husband,get{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(marry),have a couple of children,and then retire and travel."

    At the end of the first term we invited Rose{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(make) a speech to our football team.She cleared her throat and began,"We do not stop playing because we are old;we grow old because we stop playing.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}you lose your dreams, you will die.There is a huge difference{#blank#}6{#/blank#}growing older and growing up.Anybody can grow older.The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity.The elderly usually don't have regrets for what they've done,{#blank#}7{#/blank#}rather for things they haven't done.The only people{#blank#}8{#/blank#}fear death are those with regrets."

    At the end of that year Rose finished the college degree.One week after graduation Rose died{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(peace) in her sleep.Over two thousand college students attended her funeral（葬礼）to honor the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's{#blank#}10{#/blank#}too late to be all you can possibly be.

    It was a windy night. I had just turned {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the TV, brushed my teeth and was reading my favorite book, Wuthering Heights (呼啸山庄)by Emily Bronte. I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (absorb) in the book when Cathy's ghost(幽灵) appeared.

    As I looked through my book, some strange noises were coming from the window. I walked towards the window {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (see) what was going on there. All I observed were {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (branch) of trees waving wildly. All of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} sudden, I heard the noises again. They sounded like someone was knocking at the window. But I knew that was {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (possible) because my room is on the second floor of the house.

    My heart was beating {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (violent) as I quickly opened the window. At that moment, a cold, white hand caught my arm {#blank#}8{#/blank#} tried to pull me out of the window. I screamed and tried to free {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (I) but in vain.

    Suddenly, I heard a gentle voice saying, “Tommy, wake up.” Then, I opened my eyes and saw my mother was standing by my bed, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (hold) my book in her hand. I was so glad that Cathy's ghost hadn't been real!

    China is leading the world in facial recognition algorithms（人脸识别算法）. It is reported that its best algorithm can recognize l0 million people {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a single mistake in less than a second.

    The top five of the 39 facial recognition algorithms in the word come from China, according to a test, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} released the results for 2018 last Friday. YITU Technology, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Shanghai-based company that claimed both the top and second spot on the list, said that its top algorithm is able {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （recognize）nearly every person in a sample base of 10 million. However, "it is very likely for a human brain to make {#blank#}5{#/blank#} （mistake） in recognizing the identities of 100 people," the company said. Algorithms from Beijing-based company Sense Time {#blank#}6{#/blank#} （win） the third and fourth spot, while the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology（SIAT）claimed {#blank#}7{#/blank#} （five） in the test. YITU said that high facial recognition accuracy（精确）means that users gain {#blank#}8{#/blank#} （good） experiences when {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （use） related products. For example, when a user uses facial ID for payment on a smartphone, it will not authorize the payment for someone else with a similar {#blank#}10{#/blank#} （appear）as the user, the company noted.