I was raised in New York City where it's very cold every winter. In the sixth grade, a teacher offered {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (bring) some students to a homeless shelter after school. I went with my friends and the teacher for several weeks. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, I continued to volunteer to help when they stopped going together. Because I was good {#blank#}3{#/blank#} sewing, I was told to help out with the sewing kit when any guests needed some repairs. Throughout high school I continued to come each week after school, setting up my sewing kit which {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (grow) larger and larger. I got to know the guests who came {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (regular).

    Later on, I started {#blank#}6{#/blank#}sewing club with my friend and we taught {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (we) fellow students how to sew. We made heart-shaped pillows for sick {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (child) and the elderly. Every time it rained I would think about the umbrellas {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (design) before. In the future I hope to continue helping others as much as I can. It is the most important thing I{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (do) ever since.

    Suppose you will go blind 3 days later? How would you spend those 3 precious days? What would you see before going into darkness forever?

    I should want {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (much) to see the things which have become dear to me through my years of darkness. I should want to see the people whose {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (kind) and company have made my life worth {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (live). First I should like to stare long{#blank#}4{#/blank#} the face of my teacher, Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy, who came to me when I was a child and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (open) the outer world to me. I should want not merely to see the outline of her face, so that I could cherish {#blank#}6{#/blank#} in my memory, but to study that face and from it find the evidence of the love and patience with {#blank#}7{#/blank#} she accomplished the difficult task of my education. I should like to see in her eyes that strength of character which has enabled her to act {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (brave) in the face of difficulties, and that sympathy for all humankind {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (show) to me so often.

    Oh, those things above would be the things that I should see if I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (have) the power of sight for just 3 days!

Today, enjoy the highlights of Shanghai, China's most {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(energy) city consisting of people from different parts of the world. Your tour will begin with a tour of Old Shanghai, a {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(mix) of pretty narrow streets, traditional Chinese stores, and restaurants selling delicious dumplings, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is the original pre-war Shanghai. Dating back to 1911 Shanghai, Old Town, was a walled city made up {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(main)of fishermen, but the walls of the city {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(tear) down to allow free movement and easier trade. Continue through the Old Town, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}you'll find the Yu Garden there, first {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(establish) in the Ming Dynasty by a Mandarin named Pan Yunduan, who used to be the governor of Sichuan. The Yu Garden is considered {#blank#}8{#/blank#}the best garden in Southeast China, and enjoys {#blank#}9{#/blank#}history of over 400 years long. A large-scale restoration of the Yu Garden was conducted {#blank#}10{#/blank#}it opened to the public formally in 1961.

Landslide Injures at least 10 in Norwegian Town of Ask

A landslide (山体滑坡)has smashed into a residential area near the Norwegian capital at midnight on Dec. 30. injuring at least 10 people, leaving 21 unaccounted for and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(destroy) several homes, authorities said.

About 700 people have been brought to safety for fear of further landslides.

The landslide cut across a road, leaving a deep gap that cars {#blank#}2{#/blank#}not pass. Video footage showed dramatic scenes including one house falling into the gap. Photographs showed at least eight destroyed homes.

Rescue workers continued to search the area for children and adults {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(believe) to have been caught in mud and debris (废墟), police said. "We're still looking for survivors? police spokesman Roger Pettersen told a news conference.

Pettersen said there were no reports of missing people, but officials could not rule out the possibility {#blank#}4{#/blank#} there might be survivors in collapsed buildings. He said 21 people registered as living in the area arc unaccounted for.

One of the injured was seriously hurt, while nine had {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(light) injuries. Weather at the time was reported to be challenging, with snowstorm sweeping the village of Ask, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}about 5,000 people inhabited.

Norway's King Harald said the landslide had made a deep impression on him. "My thoughts are with all those who are affected, injured or have lost their homes and chose who now live in fear and uncertainty of {#blank#}7{#/blank#}damage the disaster has caused," he said in a statement released by the royal palace.

The area in which Ask {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(locate) is known to have a lot of quick clay, which can change from solid to liquid from. Previous landslides have been reported in the region.

Helicopters continued to circle over the area as night fell {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (lower) rescuers towards the debris of collapsed houses.

"There could be people trapped ... but at the same time we can't be sure{#blank#}10{#/blank#}it is the new year's holiday, which means people could be elsewhere," Ema Solberg, the Norwegian Prime Minister, told reporters after visiting the site.