My name is Tabitha,a 36-year-old mother living with my three{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(kid) in West Tennessee.I{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(lose) my job a couple of weeks ago and I am still searching for work now.The town{#blank#}3{#/blank#}I live is quite small and finding a job here has proven to be a major task.

    Since leaving my last job,I have found that it's{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(difficult) to make myself employed again than I expected.I have become a full-time homemaker{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(take) care of my motherly duties as well as housework.Apart from caring for my children and taking care of the house,I am still busy looking for part-time and full-time{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(employ) to help my family financially.I{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(frequent) visit our local career center and search online if I have very little free time.

    To be frank,I admit that being unemployed is stressful.I usually find myself lying awake at night and wondering{#blank#}8{#/blank#}I'm going to support my family if I cannot find{#blank#}9{#/blank#}job.In my inner heart,I never think about giving up.Having devoted much effort to my job-hunting,I believe it will pay off one day.Therefore,I will continue to search until I find one that allows me{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(provide) an income for my family.

    The representatives from six major international film festivals attended a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (week) programme. Maria says that the Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}is an annual festival that {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (begin) in 1932. Kathy tells the audience that the Sundance Film Festival deliberately boycotts all Hollywood films and that they don't foresee ever including {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Isabel says Cannes is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} festival that can make films famous, at which many films {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (show) to the public for the first time. At Berlin International Film Festival, Hollywood films are {#blank#}7{#/blank#}the minority, films that are likely to be overlooked at other festivals have a real chance of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (become) champions. Mike thinks the Toronto International Film Festival is the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(two) largest festival in the world. Xu Li says the Shanghai International Film Festival has a good reputation worldwide and they have {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (entry) from many different countries.

    I will never forget that at the age of nine I was asked to deliver a speech entitled A Challenge in My Life before the whole class!

    You can imagine how{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(terrible)shy I was the moment I thought of that—with so many eyes{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(fix) upon me. I have no choice but{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(prepare) for it, though. First, I was to draft the speech, which was just a piece of cake for me, a good writer. But the hardest part{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(lie)in my oral presentation from my memory, for to read from the paper was not allowed. The real moment began {#blank#}5{#/blank#} I stood on the platform with my legs trembling and my mind blank. But my {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (listen) were waiting patiently without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found myself back. After {#blank#}7{#/blank#} seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding匢 made it! From then on, my fear of talking before {#blank#}8{#/blank#} big audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way {#blank#}9{#/blank#} success is our fear. Overcome it, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} you will be able to achieve your goals.

    An old Spanish proverb goes, “Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.” How many times have we put off our dreams until tomorrow? Too many. Our dreams should not, and cannot wait. It is universally{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(acknowledge) that everybody is going to die at one point. None of us know{#blank#}2{#/blank#}day, or the hour. You can dream about writing a great American play, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}it is never going to happen if you don't actually put pen to paper. In other words, dreams can't come true{#blank#}4{#/blank#} you take action. Tomorrow is not promised. Today is all we have. Therefore, don't go to your grave{#blank#}5{#/blank#}unfulfilled dreams. One of the biggest dream killers is fear. There are so many people who could have achieved{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(amaze) things if only they weren't afraid. Just think about all the things you wanted to do, but allowed fear to convince you that you weren't {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(capability) or good enough. In the movie After Earth, Will Smith's character{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(say), “Fear is not real. It is a product of thoughts you create.” Choose not to let fear stop you from {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(achieve) your dreams. All in all, make the{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(decide) to go after every dream, big or small, right now.

    My name is Nora. I live in Moscow now, but I was born in Qingdao. We{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(move) to Moscow four years ago when my dad got {#blank#}2{#/blank#} new job here. I didn't want to leave China, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}I had a great life there. I had lots of{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(friend) and everyone got along well {#blank#}5{#/blank#}each other. We had fun swimming almost every day after school. And the weather was always great. At first, I didn't like the life in Moscow when we arrived. It was still winter,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}the weather wasn't very nice. It was{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(real)cold and it snowed all the time. I didn't have any friends. I felt sad and lonely and wanted to go back to China. Things got {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(good) when I started school. All the kids at school were friendly to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (I). Now I enjoy {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (live) here. I think Moscow is a great city.

    Digital receipts offer a few improvements over {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(tradition) paper receipts. One is health-related. Lots of receipt paper contains bisphenol—A, or BPA. This chemical can completely influence or outright change some bodily processes, like hair growth, hormone function and cell repair. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (reduce) receipt paper reduces the risk for BPA exposure for not only consumers but also for employees who handle the paper {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a more routine basis.

    Another reason why digital receipts are better just boils down to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (convenient). You can access those receipts through your email and file {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (they) away in a separate folder or with a specific label for easy sorting. Or, if you need more help on the organization front, try a receipt tracking app. Physical receipts require you physically {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (keep) track of them, and that means a shoe box or an accordion folder or a big thumb tack on a cork board in the kitchen. There have been times when I've let something go unreturned {#blank#}7{#/blank#} I didn't have the receipt. I'm betting I'm not alone on that.

    Some businesses, particularly local ones, use newer point of sale systems like Square that will {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (automatic) send you a digital receipt if you've already received one from another business that uses Square. When you pay with the same credit you did at the first seller, and you've already provided {#blank#}9{#/blank#} email address to the Square system, you {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (get) a receipt in your email minutes later.