A lecturer was giving a lecture to his students on stress management. He raised a glass of water and asked the audience, “How heavy do you think this glass of water is?” The students' answers ranged from 20g to 500g. It doesn't matter on the absolute {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (weigh). It depends on how long you hold {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have {#blank#}3{#/blank#} ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance. It's the exact same weight, but the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (long) I hold it, the heavier it becomes. If we carry our burdens {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the time, sooner or later, we won't be able to carry on, the burden {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (become) increasingly heavier. What you've to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again. We have to put down the burden periodically, so that we can {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (refresh) and are able to carry on.

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#} you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow. Whatever burdens you're having now on your shoulders, let it down {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a moment if you can. Life is short, enjoy it!

    In much of Asia, especially the so-called “rice bowl” cultures of China, Japan, Singapore, Korea, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.

    Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic. Truly elegant chopsticks might {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (make) of gold and silver with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine（使……结合）different kinds of hardwoods and metal {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (create) special designs.

    The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (use) twigs（树枝）to remove it. Over time, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly. Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (gradual) turned into chopsticks.

    Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C., influenced（影响）the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killing and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) too violent for use at the table.

    Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat {#blank#}10{#/blank#} their hands.

    An old Japanese man kept a sparrow{#blank#}1{#/blank#}which he was very fond. One day it flew away. He went out,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (look) all over the place for his sparrow. At last, he met his sparrow. “I missed you very much, sparrow.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}you follow me home ? "{#blank#}4{#/blank#}the sparrow was happy to see the old man, it shook{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(it) head. There were many other birds. They all looked healthy. "I am glad you have good companions, dear sparrow." said the old man. When it was time for the old man to leave, the sparrow gave him a basket as a present. "Well," said the old man's wife{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(anger) when he returned, "where have you been all day?" "I have been to the home of my lost sparrow”, replied he. When he opened the basket he was{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(amaze) to find it was full of gold. The old woman was very greedy. But she used to treat it very badly. She unashamedly asked for a present. “Alright”，replied the sparrow, “I offer you two{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(choose). One basket is light and the other is heavy{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(pick )one out，and you can take it home.” The greedy old woman cried out, "I'll take{#blank#}10{#/blank#}heavy one. " So the old woman carried the heavy basket breathlessly all the way. But when she arrived home and opened the basket, it was full of stones.

    Sheryl dropped the heart-painted rock into my bag, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (say), “There's no charge for this. I want to give it you! ”

    Her loving energy had attracted me {#blank#}2{#/blank#} her display at the artisan's PopLocal party like a bee to a flower. We had {#blank#}3{#/blank#} heart-to-heart chat about {#blank#}4{#/blank#} she began painting rocks because of the white feather symbolism shared as {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(inspire) between her and an uncle and how it{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (eventual) developed into her “bee kind” mission.

    From her pocket she pulled a sweet little rock. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (paint) like a bee, with the words “bee kind” on the back. “I paint and give these! ” she shared. “They are in so many {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (country) now, even one at the Great Wall of China! ”

    I asked if I could take some photos. I saw Sheryl's smile, and it just lit {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (she) whole fact. It just occurred to me that earlier in the day I gave away a heart-shaped “worry stone” and now I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (give) a rock with a heart painted lovingly on it.

    Contrary to {#blank#}1{#/blank#}some people might assume, evidence {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(show) that sharks seldom attack humans. There are three types of shark attacks. In the main type, the shark attacks you because it mistakes you {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a fish, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}when it tastes human flesh it decides  {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (give) up and swims away. In the second type, the shark {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(push) you with{#blank#}7{#/blank#}nose to find out if you are fit to be eaten, and then bites you{#blank#}8{#/blank#}it thinks you are. In the third type, the shark waits for you to swim by, and then attacks you all of{#blank#}9{#/blank#}sudden. The last two types of attack more often result in the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(die) of humans.

At the first light of day, Feng Tianqiong gets up to clean her Farmyard She runs an agritainment (农家乐) business and prepares local specialty chaihuoji, or roast chicken{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(cook) on firewood.

The 60-year-old farmer{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(welcome) her first guests at 10 am, and one hour later, visitors pack out of her farmyard sealing area in the Three Gorges reservoir region along the Yangtze River, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(drive) from nearby cities for leisure travel during weekends or holidays.

Living in the Dazhou township in Southwest China's Chongqing, she{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(previous) managed to earn a living by farming. In March 2019, Feng opened her agritainment business after the local government built a landmark riverside 10-mile corridor and several tourist{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(attraction). These had spread on social media and become hot spots for photo shoots with their beautiful river views,

Last year alone r over 200,000 tourists crowded into Feng's town, leading to the emergence of 30 agritainment businesses{#blank#}6{#/blank#}three bed-and-breakfast venues in villages.

"It is all thanks to the government's efforts{#blank#}7{#/blank#}( promote) infrastructure (基础建设) and develop rural tourism," Feng says.

Feng's is among so many towns,{#blank#}8{#/blank#}have ridden the wave of rural tourism. The industry generated total revenue (税收) of 850 billion yuan nationwide last year.

{#blank#}9{#/blank#}more urban residents driving to the countryside for leisure on weekends and holidays, local villages have been transforming empty and old houses into agritainment businesses, aiming to catch up with the sector's rapid {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(expand).