Memories of my sophomore (高二学生）dance {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) still vivid in my mind.

It was 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and I had put on my red party dress and my host mother was doing up my hair. My schoolmate Chris {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(show) up at the front door {#blank#}3{#/blank#} his suit and tie. He handed me a red corsage (小花束）that {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (perfect) matched my dress. We headed for school, and started our dance? To be honest, I am not sure {#blank#}5{#/blank#} I should call what we did “dancing”. We jumped, yelled and laughed with people we knew or had just met for the first time. We twirled in circles, threw our arms in the air and, as my English teacher later put it, ran wild around the place. In those few {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (hour)，nothing seemed to matter {#blank#}7{#/blank#} than having fun.

    With music playing and everybody {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (have) a good time, Chris asked me a question, "How is the dance different from dances in China?"

“Well, we don't usually have dances in China.”

    “What? How do you express {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (you) then?”

    {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (lose) in thought. I was silent for a while.

    Now, I have an idea for everyone: Just dance.

    From red lanterns to red envelopes, did you ever wonder {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the color red is so popular in China, especially during the Chinese New Year? It is said that it all began with Nian, a wild beast {#blank#}2{#/blank#} would frighten villagers on the New Year,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (eat)crops, livestock(家畜),and even children. But villagers learned that this animal {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a lion head was afraid of three things: fire, noise, and the color red. Nian was defeated, and from then on, the color red was considered {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (bring)good luck and good fortune to all.

    “Usually red lanterns are hung outside the doors to ward off(避开)bad luck,” suggests Karen Katz, author of {#blank#}6{#/blank#} picture book My First Chinese New Year.“ Also red cutout papers {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (use)as decorations to hang on the walls. If you live near a Chinese neighborhood, you should be able to purchase these {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (item), but if not, go online and order them. You can also make your own cutouts.”

Still, the most popular way to celebrate the Chinese New Year {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be)to hand out red envelopes filled with money. However, like toys under the Christmas tree, some traditions are meant for children, and Chinese red envelopes are given to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (they)to ward off evil spirits.

    Wherever you look these days something's looking back at you. There are video cameras on street {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (corner), vehicles and our own front doors.

    A Chicago company {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (call)Cooler Screens believes that you won't mind if they put cameras into the display cases (展柜) in stores. The cameras aren't placed there {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (prevent) you from stealing. Instead, they're part of a system that tries to guess {#blank#}4{#/blank#}you will buy next, based on how you look.

    The doors on the cases {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) video screens that show images of the goods, so a customer can see what's available inside. The screens also show vivid ads. They decide which ads to show by {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (study) video images of the customers.

    A camera feeds images of each customer into a computer {#blank#}7{#/blank#} guesses his or her sex and age. In addition, the system tracks {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (exact) where the customer is looking. Do the eyes come to rest {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a bottle of Red Bull, or does the shopper fancy Coca Cola? The Cooler Screens system instantly {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (analyze) all of this data, and then starts showing ads on the cooler door.