My friend had a chance to make a trip to Hong Kong on August 15, 2016. He had dreamed {#blank#}1{#/blank#} visiting it since his boyhood and it was the first time that he {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(be) there. The following was what he had seen.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (arrive) there, he was impressed by its beautiful scenery and tall buildings. It is said that Hong Kong has the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (many) skyscrapers (摩天大楼) in the world. Wherever he went, he saw many smiling faces. People in Hong Kong were kind, easy­going and ready to help others. Much to his surprise, he saw that people there always kept order in public {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (place). Though crowds of people were waiting for the next train at the subway station, they were talking in such {#blank#}6{#/blank#} low voice as not {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (disturb) others.

    Chinese and English are the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(office) languages of Hong Kong. English {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(use) in governments, markets, service centers and other fields.

    Staying there for a week was a good experience for him, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} he would never forget.

    One day, about ten years ago, while working at the cash register (收银机) in the gift shop at my University Museum of Natural History, I saw {#blank#}1{#/blank#} elderly couple come in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked closer at this girl, I found that she was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (fix) on her chair. I then realized she had no arms {#blank#}4{#/blank#} legs, just a head, a neck and upper body, dressed in a little white skirt. As the couple wheeled her up to me, I turned my head toward the girl. When I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} was giving me the most optimistic, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (large) smile I had ever seen. All of a sudden, her handicap (缺陷) was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} smile just melted me and almost immediately gave me a {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (complete) new sense of what life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (bring) me into her world; a world of smiles, love and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (warm). I'm a successful business man now and whenever I think about the troubles, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.

    I started to work in the operating room after nursing school {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (complete). I was{#blank#}2{#/blank#} excited about my new job that I was willing to take turns between being tired and not being able to sleep properly. Like many jobs, the newness and excitement disappeared and I found {#blank#}3{#/blank#}in drudgery(繁重乏味的工作).

    One night I was feeling very tired, since I hadn't slept well{#blank#}4{#/blank#} night before. I didn't like the doctor{#blank#}5{#/blank#}charge, my feet hurt, it was very late, and I was "doing eyes". Every nurse has a favorite (and least favorite) task. My least favorite was eyes - I thought it was always either boring{#blank#}6{#/blank#}unpleasant.

    My patient was an old man who was there to have his cataract(白内障){#blank#}7{#/blank#}(remove) As the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(operate) neared a close, I started to take the operating cloth off, and put drops (眼药) in the patient' s eyes. We made eye contact and I stumbled(发愣) slightly when he said, "I can see! You are so beautiful.

    I realized then how{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(true) thankful he was and I helped him see! I realized at the moment that no matter how I was feeling, it was what I was doing{#blank#}10{#/blank#}was important.

The English word "dinner" used to refer to breakfast. It comes from the Old French word "disnar", {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in fact means "breakfast".

So {#blank#}2{#/blank#} did this word come to have a different meaning? {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (tradition), dinner (what we now refer to as breakfast) was the first meal of the day, eaten around noon. It also happened to be the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (big) meal of the day, with a lighter meal coming later {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (know) as supper.

Today many people find {#blank#}6{#/blank#} strange that the biggest meal of the day once centered around noon, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} it made great sense at that time. Artificial lighting such as oil lamps and candles were expensive, and provided weak light at best. So people went to sleep at sundown, because it's difficult {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (work) and eat in the dark. The last meal of the day was a rushed affair, a quick snack before the lights went out.

Eventually, more meals {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (add) to the day. This meant that people were eating smaller meals before the bigger meal. So the word that once {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (refer) to our first meal, now refers to our last. However, it is true that in many Western cultures dinner still remains the biggest meal of the day.