—No, it's so {#blank#}1{#/blank#} that I cannot even get close to it.

    An American in Beijing lives his Chinese dream

Gao Tianrui walks along streets in Beijing's Xicheng district as{#blank#}1{#/blank#}public security volunteer.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (wear) his bright red armband (红袖章) and speaking fluent Mandarin, 62-year-old Gao Tianrui could {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(take) for any regular Chinese man. But on {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(close) inspection, things are not quite{#blank#}5{#/blank#}they seem: Gao's real name is Terry Crossman and he is from the United States. He is now a member of "Xicheng Dama", that is, volunteers, usually women in late middle-age,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}walk along the streets of downtown Beijing's Xicheng district. Terry said that, at first, he saw the group as busybodies, but {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(gradual) he saw that it was a good thing for retired seniors{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(help) others.

He is often seen giving tourists{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(direction), getting water for a baby and even helping a neighbor sell yogurt. "I like helping others," he said, "I live in the hutong and my neighbors and I usually help each other ... This is where I live, where my friends are and where I call home." Crossman {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(become) interested in Chinese culture as a teenager when he read Tao Te Ching by Laozi.

    The importance of punctuality (守时) in our daily lives{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(be) obvious. It affects both the individual (个 人) and the workplace.

    On {#blank#}2{#/blank#} whole, the workplace operates more smoothly when employees are punctual. For example, when everyone is on time for a meeting, the meeting will start smoothly as it{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (schedule). Punctuality may help you achieve advancement. Research shows that managers are less{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (like) to promote late employees.

    Lack of punctuality affects the people in the workplace. It may lead to anger, as colleagues who are on time compare{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (they) with late-comers. Being late throws you out of the group, as you may miss important{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(inform). This causes a harmful division among employees. Leaders affect the entire workplace. When leaders are late, it sends an irresponsible message to employees{#blank#}7{#/blank#} may decrease their work enthusiasm. Lateness leads to stress, and stress brings{#blank#}8{#/blank#} poor workplace performance. Being consistently late may cause you {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(start) believing your lateness is acceptable. When this happens, you begin to blame outside circumstances and lose focus on potential solutions. To make matters{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (bad), constant lateness can eventually make you lose your job.

    At first glance, SoFi looks exactly like a real fish. But if you look {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(close), it's not hard to spot the truth: SoFi is a robot, or as {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (it)MIT developers call it, “ a soft robotic fish”, according to BBC news.

    SoFi {#blank#}3{#/blank#} swim, turn and change speeds just like a real fish, and more {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (importance), it can take high-resolution photos and videos with a camera {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(build) into its nose. The robot's “ soft artificial muscle” is made of a type of rubber, it has two side fins(鳍)for waving, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} its nose also hides important electrical components(组成部分).

    The team at MIT developed SoFi to swim among real fish to explore where few other robots or humans can, reported the Los Angeles Times. It {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(operate) with a waterproof video game controller by someone {#blank#}8{#/blank#} can be up to 21 meters away.

According to its leading {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(create) Robert Katzschmann, SoFi, pronounced like the girl's name “Sophie”, is an abbreviation(缩写)of soft fish— and was named {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a girl he had a crush(暗恋)on in high school.

    Have you ever tasted or perhaps heard of sugar painting? As fewer people choose to make sugar paintings, the traditional Chinese folk craft might have become a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(distance) memory in some ways. However, a 38-year-old craftsman, Li Jiangzhong, is devoted to{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(keep) the art of sugar painting alive.

    Li worked as a miner for more than ten years. After{#blank#}3{#/blank#}mine closed down, Li turned{#blank#}4{#/blank#}housing decoration until he{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(force) to give that up due to a finger injury. Earlier this year, he discovered sugar painting, something he really had an interest in.

    Since there was no sugar painting craftsman in his village, he studied by{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(he) through large quantities of videos and information on the Internet. Li loved painting when he was young, and he found it easy to learn the skill in sugar painting. He soon mastered the skill and could make{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(vary) of sugar paintings. A sugar painting is made with{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(melt) brown or white sugar. Craftsman{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(basic) paint animals and flowers on a stone board with the syrup(糖浆). When the sugar cools down,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} appears is a piece of sugar art.