A man looking at his Smartphone while walking across a railway{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(have) a close knock on Oct 22. He was so{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(absorb) in his Smartphone that he did not see a train approaching until it brushed past him{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(throw) him to the ground. This should serve {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a warning that people should be aware of their surroundings, especially{#blank#}5{#/blank#} crossing roads.

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    Smartphone {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(addict) has spread like an infectious disease. It's evident that it will do great harm to society. What's even{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(bad), some addicts become impatient with relatives and friends. Some people blame the Smartphone for the sad story, yet in fact people's weakening self-control and self-discipline are to blame.

    The nursing home invited me to play my violin for three{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (love) listeners I stopped in the room of the quiet and gentle woman, for whom I had played for two{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (time)before. She was sleeping but I set up anyway as I know she loves the violin. Her roommate was also with the health center for{#blank#}3{#/blank#}I volunteer and I asked if she wouldn't mind and maybe she would like it as well. She told me yes, please play but she was going to{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (weigh)soon. The weighing{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (take) about three minutes. My{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (sleep) beauty slept as I played and my other listener told me{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (repeated) how much she loved it and that I was just wonderful.

    It happened that another woman in the next door was sleeping lightly in front of her TV. She told me, " Why, sure, I would like music! Come on in!" Her TV and her room mate's TV{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be) on (the room mate wasn't there). I played through it for one piece and asked if I could turn them off{#blank#}9{#/blank#}her. Oh please, she said. What{#blank#}10{#/blank#}difference today!

News From The World of Medicine

SHORT ON SLEEP? DON'T FORGET TO DRINK WATER

    In a Pennsylvania State University study involving more than 20,000 participants, people who said they got only six hours of sleep regularly ran a greater risk of dehydration (脱水) than {#blank#}1{#/blank#} who got eight hours. The reason might lie with a hormone (荷尔蒙) called vasopressin, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} helps control the body's fluid levels. It's let out in larger quantities later in the sleep cycle, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} people getting less shut-eye might not have the best amount of it. If you know you're short on slumber, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (make) a point of drinking water.

TEN-MINUTE CANCER TEST

    Australian researchers have developed a test {#blank#}5{#/blank#} can discover cancer cells in ten minutes with 90 percent accuracy. Healthy DNA and cancer DNA, it turns out, stick to metal surfaces differently. When cancer DNA {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (add) to water mixed with gold nanoparticles (纳米颗粒), the water remains its rosy color, when healthy DNA is added, the water turns blue. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the test is cheap and simple, it could be used at your primary care physician's office, with follow-up if necessary.

EXERCISE PREVENTS FALLS

    Each year, at least a third of people {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the age of 65 fall downwards. Research found that there's one factor related to notably reduced risk: exercise. People who took part in Tai Chi fell 19 percent {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (often), while those who did balance and functional exercises, such as step-ups, chair rises, or standing on one leg, fell 24 percent less often. Most useful of all was {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (combine) different types of exercise, including lifting weights and balance exercises.