When I was young, my parents and I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(move) to New York from China. Although we now live in the US, we follow the customs and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (tradition) of China. I have learned to speak several languages, English {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (include). I eat all kinds of foods and celebrate different holidays {#blank#}4{#/blank#} have something to do with culture.

    However, there {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) many disadvantages of being part of two cultures. Sometimes, speaking a language at home {#blank#}6{#/blank#} speaking another language in school can get confusing. Sometimes, I have trouble {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (express) my thoughts in English because they don't understand me well. Sometimes, my culture does make me feel far away from others because I feel too {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (difference).

    I am closer to the culture of China than that of the US. I don't listen to English music as {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(frequent) as I listen to Chinese music. Therefore, I feel very far away {#blank#}10{#/blank#} my friends when I don't know what song they talking about.

—Yes, the actors {#blank#}1{#/blank#} duty it was to satisfy the audience were successful.

    Some new car models are fashionable. Others can go a long way with only a little gas. But all are taking advantage of technology that is making driving safer and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(easy).

    The new Ford Escape has technology that helps the car avoid crashes. A new control system changes the car's speed {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (keep) a safe distance from other cars on the road. It works {#blank#}3{#/blank#}using sensors that measure the Escape's distance from other vehicles.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(drive) can connect to the Ford Escape's electronic system with their smartphone. The phone can start and track their car from anywhere.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}emergency vehicles are near, the Heedful Audio Alert System, or HAAS, will warn drivers. The device has a sensor{#blank#}6{#/blank#}detects（发现）the sound of an emergency vehicle siren（汽笛）. The device then {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(send) a warning to the driver's phone.

    A company {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(call) Sober Steering has developed a device to stop drunken drivers. The device can detect alcohol in the skin. If the driver's alcohol level is too high, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}will shut down the vehicle.

    Just as technology is changing life at home and at work, it {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(change) life on the road as well.

    We've all turned to sad music to make us feel {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (good)at some point in our lives, but why does doubling down on the sadness help drag us out of the mire(泥沼)？

    A new study sheds light on what's going on inside our brains {#blank#}2{#/blank#}we match our music to our feelings. It looks like sad music can be enjoyable -rather than {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(simple) depressing- because it triggers positive memories that can help to lift our mood. Psychologist Adrian North from Curtin University in Australia says there {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be)two groups of possible{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (explain)for why we enjoy listening to sad music like this: one from social psychology, and one from cognitive neuroscience(认知神经学).

    In terms of social psychology, one way of {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(think) about this is that we feel much better about {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (we) if we focus on someone who's doing even worse, a process known as downward social comparison. Everything's going to be okay, because this person {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(have) an even worse day than you are.

    Another theory from social psychology is that people like to listen {#blank#}9{#/blank#} music that mirrors the tone of their current life circumstances -the songs act as {#blank#}10{#/blank#}sort of tuning fork(音叉) for our own situations and they resonate(共鸣) with us

    Chinese cartoon film Ne Zha has proved to be a big winner in this summer's box office. This film, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (loose) based on the novel Fengshen Yanyi, is about an imaginary figure who fights against unfair fate.

    In the novel, Ne Zha is a naughty teenager, who kills {#blank#}2{#/blank#} gets in his way. His father, a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (command) who governs the port of Chen Tang Guan, forces Ne Zha to kill himself over an error. Ne Zha is reborn as a three-headed, six-armed god {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (ride) on two magical "wind-and-fire" wheels to fight his enemies.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (direct) by Yang Yu, the film describes Ne Zha {#blank#}6{#/blank#} a lovely little boy who has to overcome prejudice and his dark fate to become a hero. "I wanted to change the telling of the original story." says Yang. In the movie, born as a demon, Ne Zha is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (fair) treated by local villagers who believe that he will grow up to be a public threat. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, he never gives in and believes that he is the master of his own destiny.

    Li Baochuan, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} expert in animation at Hangzhou Normal University, says Ne Zha shows the development of animation techniques in China and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (reduce) the gap with the world's best.