Do you want to become a dancer? If so, the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(early) you start learning about and practicing dance, the better. Many professional dancers started taking dance lessons when {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

    were children. Earning a college degree {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(suggest) if anyone wants to become a dancer, because it can help them get other work if needed. Also, dancers with a degree may have the choice of {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(teach) dance.

    Becoming a professional dancer is probably only a dream,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} it can happen if a talented person works hard. Those who wish {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(become) dancers must be in good shape and work hard to keep {#blank#}7{#/blank#}shape.

    Dancers must have creative expression, being able to express(表达){#blank#}8{#/blank#} (think) and feelings through dance. It takes practice to do this well. If you want to become a dancer, it's usually a good idea to dance to a variety of music before choosing one to pursue. Dancing in a small part in a local show for low or even no pay may be{#blank#}9{#/blank#} way to start a professional(职业的) dance career. Experience is needed to develop your style in dance. Small dancing parts lead to bigger ones if you are quite{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(energy) and hardworking.

    It is generally believed that obesity is a global epidemic and crisis. But people's view on weight is keeping us from doing things to help us get {#blank#}1{#/blank#} healthy body. Obesity researchers hate{#blank#}2{#/blank#} when I say this, but their own data shows that obesity is not going to kill us. Most obese people don't have {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(short) lifespans (寿命) than non-obese people and in fact it's the underweight people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} are at most at risk.

    So why does everybody think obesity is deadly? One reason is that obesity is associated with three different things that {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) deadly and lead to shorter lifespan: being sedentary (久坐);{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (have) lower income; and not getting enough medical care. Everyone, the medial the medical community operate from the firm {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (assume) that obesity is deadly. So any evidences contradicting that are ignored. It is true that obese people are more likely {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(get) diabetes and cardiovascular disease. But there are two things you need to realize. First of all, the obesity paradox. When obese people get the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (disease), they're less likely to die of them than non-obese people. Second, to reduce the risks that you may suffer from, you don't {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (actual) have to get thin. You just need to exercise.

    I was wandering into the small store, when the store owner received a call from a customer. The customer and his wife had shopped there several months before. When noticing that his wife really liked one thing in the store, he wanted to buy it as a surprise. Because time was limited, out{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (go) the couple without buying it. It was not until several months later that the customer wanted to buy it.

    But the customer was in Tennessee, living far away from the store which was in Maine. What was more, he had been to the store several months before, and it was difficult to believe that the store owner would remember him, or  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} it was that he was referring to. There were{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (diversity) goods in the store. The customer's question was whether she could do it. She said yes. The store owner advised him to describe the thing for her and so he did.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (inform) what the thing was like, the store owner took a few close-up photos with her camera« and e-mailed them to the customer. Having received the photos' then the customer decided which one was the very thing.

Then the customer said, “Now it is time we discussed a price over the phone.” Apart{#blank#}5{#/blank#}discussing the price, they also decided the time to send it. Then she took care of the credit card transaction (交易)online, and the customer proposed the gift{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(send) that afternoon. Then the agreement was reached. The customer said. “I live far away from your place now.{#blank#}7{#/blank#} I would get it myself.”

    The store owner was really smart. She wasn't necessarily{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (talent) for new technology but she was willing to push herself to find new ways to make the transaction (交易) actually happen. It was not a dramatic thing. It was the first time she had ever done it. Never before had she done such a thing.

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#} difficult it was, the store owner discovered a creative solution {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (contribute) to a new way of doing business. In my view, we should realize that challenge and opportunity go hand in hand.

    Do you have a pet?{#blank#}1{#/blank#}you do, congratulations, you are likely to have a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (good) mental state than those who don't, reported Time magazine

    According to the report, people with pets usually have lower blood pressure, a lower heart rate and a lower risk of {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (have) a heart attack. These benefits may come from extra exercise of walking and playing with pets, and stress relief for having a good “friend”.

    One study shows that {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (pet) living creatures can help people with{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (anxious), while animal toys have no effect at all.

    In a 2016 study {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (publish) in the journal Gerontology, elderly people{#blank#}7{#/blank#} were given five crickets (蛾蟀）in a cage became happier than before.

    Other researches studied the effect of pets {#blank#}8{#/blank#} children who have difficulty reading. When the children {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (ask) to read aloud to a dog and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} trainer they were less upset.

    Strange things happened {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Tangshan Earthquake happened. The well walls had deep cracks. A smelly gas came out of them. The water pipes {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (crack) and burst. At 3:42  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the morning of July 28, 1976, everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at {#blank#}4{#/blank#} end. Steam burst from holes in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  (dirty). Soon the whole city lay in {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(ruin). Many people died or were {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (injure). Everything in the city was destroyed. People were {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (shock) at this and wondered how long the disaster would last. The army organized teams to dig out those {#blank#}9{#/blank#} were trapped and to bury the dead. Workers built shelters for {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (survive). Fresh water was taken to the city. Slowly the city began to breathe again.

    Wang Kun and his sister, Wang Wei, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(dream) about taking a great bike trip ever since middle school. Each of them bought a mountain bike. Wang Wei even got their cousins, Dai Wei and Yu Hang, interested in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (cycle) when she visited them at their college in Kunming. After graduating {#blank#}3{#/blank#}college, Wang Kun and Wang Wei {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(final) got the chance to take a bike trip. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}was Wang Wei {#blank#}6{#/blank#}first got the idea to cycle along the Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends. Then Wang Wei planned the schedule for the trip. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}Wang Kun had some doubts, Wang Wei was determined and insisted that she organize the trip properly. Knowing that she was a stubborn girl, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}decision could not be changed once she had made {#blank#}9{#/blank#}her mind, Wang Kun had to give in. Before the trip they went to the library and found a large atlas with good maps {#blank#}10{#/blank#}helped them know more about the Mekong River.