Brenda Bongos was an enthusiastic girl {#blank#}1{#/blank#} dream was to play the drums in a band. But one big problem {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(lie) in her way.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) good enough to play in a band, she had to practice a lot,{#blank#}4{#/blank#} she lived next-door to a lot of old people who she could not afford to annoy. One day, while she {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(watch) a science program on TV, Bongos learned that sound cannot travel in space, because there's no air. She {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(immediate) decided to become a sort of musical astronaut.

    With the help of a lot of time, books and work, Bongos built a big glass ball connected to a machine which sucked out all the air inside so that no sound could escape {#blank#}7{#/blank#}it.{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (wear) the special space suit, she entered the glass ball and played those drums like a wild child. Months {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, her invention was so famous that the government even suggested she {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(take) part in a real space journey.

    Paul Lucas can often be seen walking around the city of San Francisco. Sometimes people are {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (surprise) to see him walking without any shoes or socks,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Lucas doesn't mind at all. He likes to walk barefoot, and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} do 640 other members of Dirty Sole Society, the club that Lucas {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (start) years ago. Lucas' idea for this is to encourage others to live {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (free)－free of shoes.

    According to Lucas, the barefoot life has many {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (advantage). The most important is simply that it feels good. He also says that walking barefoot allows you to experience the world directly by {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (touch) it with your feet. In addition, the feet do not smell so much {#blank#}8{#/blank#} they stay dry,{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (make) it hard for bacteria(细菌)  to grow. And, of course, walking barefoot keeps your feet in good shape, so it's actually {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (healthy) than wearing shoes.

    Is there such a thing as being “over­protective”？

    I can honestly say that my answer to that question {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (change) dramatically (戏剧性地) since I became a parent.

    Before the birth of my daughter, I taught at {#blank#}2{#/blank#} private school, often viewing my students as over­protected, worrying {#blank#}3{#/blank#} would happen when they went on to middle schools.

    Some did well, and some did not.Some needed constant pats on the back, words of {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (inspire) and extra support, which I {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (happy) gave.Others were content on their own, needing little {#blank#}6{#/blank#} no interaction (互动) with their teacher.

    I'd always supposed their parents were over­protective, for they were the ones that still walked their {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (five) graders into the classroom and met them at the school gate.

    Admittedly, I laughed at those parents, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (think) their children would never learn to be {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (independence) if they didn't let go just a little.Then I had my own daughter.The moment I looked at her little face, I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (know) I'd do everything in my power to protect her and make sure she always feels safe!

    One day, a father and his son were walking with their horse. An old man saw them and said, "You {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(suppose) to ride a horse, not to walk it!" The father then put his son on the horse.

    Soon they passed a group of people, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}said, "That's a lazy boy! He gets to ride the horse while his father walks." The father decided to take his son off and get on the horse himself. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}they kept going, they came upon two {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(passer-by). One said, "You are a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(self) man! Your son has to walk while you get to ride!" The man then reached down and put his son on the horse with him.{#blank#}6{#/blank#}a while, they entered a town. Everyone started to laugh at them,{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(say), "You are too heavy for that horse!" The father and his son didn't know what {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(do).

    Finally, they decided to carry the horse. When they came to a bridge, the horse {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(fall) to the water. "If you try to please {#blank#}10{#/blank#}," the father told his son, "in the end, you will please no one." Then they went home.

Logan Wells, a high school student in Massachusetts, developed an app that makes it easier for people to care for loved ones with dementia(痴呆).

Logan was 15 when his grandmother was diagnosed with dementia. "You can't imagine{#blank#}1{#/blank#} terrible its effect was, not only on my grandmother, but on my parents and other family members," Logan said. "It became really hard to stay on{#blank#}2{#/blank#}same page, because we had to have multiple group chats."

So, he came up{#blank#}3{#/blank#}the idea for CareZare, which enables caregivers to work as a team through a communication website. Logan did the coding{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (entire) by himself while his father assisted him in creating the original design and undertook the marketing.

The free app allows users{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (create) a profile(档案)centered around the individual with dementia and invite other people to join and receive{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (message). With the app, you can schedule events, confirm completed tasks, and even add a "heads up" such as the current mood of the patient or poor weather conditions.

       The app is currently being used by over 600 families and they enjoy{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (share) their opinions about it.{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(please) with that, Logan is hoping it will grow.

       "So far our users{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(be) great about giving us feedback so we can tailor(定做)the app to their needs," he said. "Caregiving is such an important issue for them because it's sovl {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(person) for them, just as it is for me."