Hitchbot

    Have you ever seen a hitchhiker(搭便车的旅行者）standing by the side of a road? Now drivers in Canada might see{#blank#}1{#/blank#}unusual hitchhiker; a hitchhiking robot.

    One of its inventors, David Harris Smith, has hitched across Canada three times. Smith and a friend, Frauke Zeller, have built Hitchbot because they wanted{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(see) if people would stop and give the robot a lift and talk to it. The robot can chat about things it has learned, and about{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(it) trip. You might think it's a joke,{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Smith and Zeller's experiment has a serious point: can robots and people get along?

    Hitchbot{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(begin) its journey in Nova Scotia in July. It has already completed a third of its 6,000-mile trip to Victoria. More than 57,000 people are following its journey{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(close) on Facebook and Twitter, and travelers have posted lots of{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(photo) on the websites. Hitchbot has also done some shopping, eaten motor oil, and had fun with travelers. Nobody knows{#blank#}8{#/blank#}it will finish its journey. It might be{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(long) than expected, but Zeller and Smith want Hitch to get{#blank#}10{#/blank#}many rides as it can. It hasn't been in a self-driving car yet, but anything is possible!

    David is  {#blank#}1{#/blank#} fat man. He  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (get) up late in the morning. He has a big breakfast every morning. He has some meat, three or four eggs and some bread. He drinks two  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (box) of milk, some apple juice, a cup of coffee and some fruit. His wife, Lucy,  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  (have) a cup of tea, a piece of bread and a banana  {#blank#}5{#/blank#} breakfast. David doesn't like  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  (some) sports. He thinks they are too hard for him.  {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  he likes listening to the music and  {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (watch) TV and he doesn't do any housework. Lucy plays sports every day. In fact, she is in a  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  (swim) club. So she is very  {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  (health).

The Chongyang Festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.It is also called the Double Ninth Festival.As both the month and the day are nine，it got its name.Today ，people usually celebrate the day1 climbing mountains and enjoying chrysanthemum（菊花）， 2 the festival is also known as the Height Ascending（登高） Festival or the Chrysanthemum Festival.3 meaningful festival it is!

The festival has a history of over 2，000 4 .During the Warring States Period，there was the Chongyang Festival.But it was 5 celebrated in the imperial palace（皇宫）.From the Han Dynasty，it began to be very 6 among the common people.7 name of the Chongyang Festival first turned up in the Three Kingdoms Period.It was not set as a festival until the Tang Dynasty.Since then，all the people 8 the festival with different kinds of activities.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties，people in the imperial palace all ate flower cakes to celebrate it.The emperors climbed mountains on that day as well.They believed 9 they could get good exercise and long life in this way.In 1989，the Chinese government set the day as the Seniors' Day.

As September has the clear sky and fresh air，it is a good time10 mountains.Also，it is good for our health.

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