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    This is "Tammela School, a primary school in Finland. The students are having a math class with their robot teacher.

    The "teacher" is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} small, blue machine about 25cm high, Reuters reported. Whenever students have problems, it helps them very {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (patient) and never gets bored.

    "The robot can make students {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (active) in class than usual. I see Elias as one of the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (tool) to get different kinds of practice and activities into the classroom," a teacher told Reuters.

    So far the school {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (introduce) four robot teachers one of whom is a language teacher that can speak 23 languages and dance to music."{#blank#}6{#/blank#} necessary to encourage kids to come up {#blank#}7{#/blank#} new ways to make use of technology in school life." the head of the school {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(add) in the interview.

    The robot teachers are used {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (help) improve learning. This doesn't mean that human teachers will lose their jobs. The robots can teach well, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} they are not able to keep class in order. The school still needs human teachers.

    Last night one of my Chinese friends took me to a concert of Chinese folk music. The piece {#blank#}1{#/blank#} was played on the erhu {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (especial) moved me. The music was strangely beautiful, but under the beauty I {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (sense) a strong sadness and pain. The piece had a simple name, Erquan Yingyue (Moon Reflected on Second Spring), but it was one of the most moving pieces of music {#blank#}4{#/blank#} I've ever heard. The erhu sounded like someone crying, and I almost cried along with it as I listened. Later I looked up the history of Erquan Yingyue, and I began to understand the sadness in the music.

    The music was {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (write) by Abing, a folk musician {#blank#}6{#/blank#} was born in the city of Wuxi in 1893. His mother died {#blank#}7{#/blank#} he was very young. Abing's father taught him to play many musical instruments, such as the drums, dizi and erhu, and by age 17, Abing was known {#blank#}8{#/blank#} his musical ability. However, after his father died, Abing's life grew {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (bad). He was very poor. Not only that, he developed a serious {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (ill) and became blind. For several years, he had no home. He lived on the streets and played music to make money.  Even after Abing got married and had no home again, he continued to sing and play on the streets. He performed in this way for many years.