We often hear people say “You've a greater chance {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (hit) by lightning.” It is used to describe something {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(likely) to happen. However, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} truth is that lightning strikes are the second most common cause of deaths among natural disasters in the US. The first is floods. Around 400 Americans are struck by lightning each year, of {#blank#}4{#/blank#} about 70 people die. In fact, there are more deaths {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (cause) by lightning than by tornadoes and hurricanes. And in India, at least 2,000 people {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (kill) in lightning strikes since2005.

    Because lightning kills only one or two people at a time, its danger does not receive as much attention {#blank#}7{#/blank#} other disasters. The US has made June 22-28 National Lightning Safety Week, aiming to deepen the public's {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (understand) of the dangers of lightning and provide safety tips during thunderstorms.

    “If you hear thunder, you are in danger of lightning,” said Rocky Lopes, a disaster educator at the American Red Cross. “The most important thing is to seek a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (hide) place. If you are near wide, open places, move indoors as {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (quick) as possible and stay there until after the storm has ended.”

     You will meet many people in school, in college and at work. They'll try to have nicer cars, bigger houses or {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (pretty) clothes. To them, life is a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (compete) — the have to do better than their peers to be happy.

    Here's a secret: life isn't a match. It's a journey. If you spend it always {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (try) to impress others, you're wasting your life. Instead, learn to enjoy the journey.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (make) it a journey of happiness of continual improvement, and one filled {#blank#}5{#/blank#} love.

     Don't worry about having a nicer car or house or anything material, or even {#blank#}6{#/blank#} better-paying job. None of them matters, and none of them will make you happier. You'll obtain these {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(thing) and then only want more. Instead, learn to be satisfied with having enough and then use the time {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  would have been wasted to earn money to buy those things.

    Find your passion, and go after it{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (constant). Don't work for only paying the bills. Life is too short {#blank#}10{#/blank#}   (waste) on a job you hate.

    It's amazing that Chinese police are using facial-recognition tech to catch criminals. Police in Beijing are reportedly testing out new smart glasses with facial-recognition technology. The smart tech, which {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (use) in many checkpoints to find suspects presently.

    Some people will certainly be worried about the possibility of police using facial-recognition tech to flag individuals, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the chief executive thinks that there is no reason {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the concern, because he trusts the government. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (Interesting), this is not the first time that facial recognition has been used to stop wrongdoers in Beijing. In 2017, we reported on how visitors were having their faces scanned automatically in a certain restroom in {#blank#}5{#/blank#} capita] city to prevent locals from {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (steal) the paper for use at home.

    Authorities in Shenzhen, China, have also set up artificial intelligence-powered CCTV cameras to scan the faces of those {#blank#}7{#/blank#} cross the streets unlawfully and display their {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (identity) on large LED screens for all people to see.

    If that isn't punishment enough, plans are now in place {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (link) the current system with cellular technology, so offenders will also be sent a text message with a fine as soon as they are caught {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (cross) the road against traffic lights.

    While not everyone will have pondered (思索) the subject while staring out of the window during {#blank#}1{#/blank#} flight, the question as to why aeroplanes have circular windows rather than square ones is interesting.

    Over the years, aerospace engineering {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (make) huge leaps in aeroplane technology, meaning planes can carry {#blank#}3{#/blank#} passengers and go faster. The planes have also changed shape to increase safety — including the windows.

    In the 1950s, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} jetliners were starting to become mainstream, the De Havilland Comet came {#blank#}5{#/blank#} fashion. With a pressurised cabin, it was able to go higher and faster than other aircraft.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, the plane had square windows and in 1953 two planes fell apart in the air, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (kill) 56 people in total.

    The reason for the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (crash)? The windows.

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#} there's a corner, there's a weak spot. Windows, having four corners, have four potential weak spots, making them likely to crash under stress — such as air pressure.

    By curving the window, the stress that would {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (eventual) crack the window corner is distributed and the likelihood of it breaking is reduced.

Happiness Is an Attitude

    The 92-year-old confident and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with her hair fashionably combed and makeup perfectly applied, moved to a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(nurse) home today.

    Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (make) the move necessary.

    After many hours of waiting patiently in the hall of the nursing home, she {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (smile) sweetly when told her room was ready. As she got into the elevator {#blank#}4{#/blank#} her wheelchair, I provided a description of her tiny room.

    "I love it," she started with the enthusiasm of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} eight-year-old child having just been presented with a new dog.

    "Mrs. Jones, you haven't seen the room….just wait."

    "That has {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to do with it," she replied. "Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}I like my room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged…it's {#blank#}8{#/blank#} I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it. It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (recount) the difficulty I have with the parts of my body{#blank#}10{#/blank#} no longer work or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones working. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open, I'll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I've stored away… just for this time in my life.”