Tins of cooling ointment (清凉油) have become a currency for Chinese traveling in Egypt.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (visit)the complex of ancient temples at Karnak, Chinese tourist Mr. Ye lost his way among the stone churches and pillars.

    An Egyptian guide gave him directions. To show his {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (appreciate), Mr. Ye handed him a small red tin the size of a large coin. Inside {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) a cooling ointment that has the function of refreshing mind and preventing pain. Mr. Ye brought 50 tins with him on his six-day tour to hand out as tips.

    "Before I came to Egypt, the tourism agency told me {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (repeat) to bring cooling balm as a gift to make the trip {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (easy)," said Mr. Ye, a 25-year-old {#blank#}6{#/blank#} family sells Chinese medicine online. Egyptians, he said, are very nice to Chinese tourists, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} they love this little gift."

    Egyptians sometimes demand the balm by running a thumb across their foreheads. Li Xiaodong, an Egyptologist at China's Northeast Normal University, believes Chinese travelers initially brought cooling balm for {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (person) use because it's very hot in Egypt, then {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (discover) Egyptians liked it.

    Some Chinese tourists said giving gifts feels better than handing over money. "If you give essential balm, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} is more like you're giving it to friends," said one Chinese tourist.

    A new TV series in England, Away from it all, has surprised everyone by becoming a huge success with young people across the country. Its success is surprising because{#blank#}1{#/blank#} main character in the series is a shepherd, and the series is about the relaxing and different{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (lifestyle) of people who live in the country. There is none of the actions that we usually see on TV today. There are also no stressful moments, busy offices or{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(crowd) cities. Away from it all {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (set) in the peaceful English countryside and tells simple stories about people's kindness.

    The director of the TV series says that its success is a sign of teenagers {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (suffer) from stress. He says that watching Away from it all {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (help) teenagers forget about the pressures of exams and homework, and the troubles {#blank#}7{#/blank#} fill the world today.

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the series' success might have a good side, many teachers and parents are worried They say that some of their students and children are becoming couch potatoes and are using Away from it all as an excuse for not completing homework. Some children have even refused to learn for exams because they say that they can only achieve {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (person) happiness by avoiding stressful situations{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (complete).

    With the new term {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (approach）, Bertha Berger struggled to put on her blue jeans. She stepped on the bathroom scale（秤）. She had never seen such a high number on the little scale, so she decided to change. That day she threw out all the junk food in her fridge and went grocery shopping,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (determine）to lose weight; she bought low, fat versions of all her favorite foods. She had two low - sodium（钠）bacon {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（sandwich）with a diet soda for lunch. The food contained over 1, 200 calories but had very little salt. For dinner she ate two turkey burgers with reduced - fat cheese{#blank#}4{#/blank#}she had received over 2, 000 calories, Bertha felt that she needed a reward. Then for dessert she ate one low- calorie ice - cream sandwich. And {#blank#}5{#/blank#} bed she ate a bag of baked potato chips, which she thought were{#blank#}6{#/blank#}（healthy）than normal chips, even if they had {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (rough) the same amount of calories. She dipped them in low - fat cream cheese. Bertha{#blank#}8{#/blank#}（consume）around 6,500 calories that day, but she felt skinny. When she woke {#blank#}9{#/blank#}the next morning, she stepped on the scale. She couldn't wait to see how {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(success）her diet had been.

    Texting while crossing the street will soon{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(ban)in Honolulu, Hawaii. From October {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, you could be fined if you step into a Honolulu street while looking at your phone. Honolulu is the first major U. S. city that passed a law,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}says, "No pedestrian shall cross a street or highway while viewing a mobile electronic device."

    The law {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(include) all electronic devices with screens: cell phones, tablets, gaming devices, digital cameras and laptop computers. The law does permit {#blank#}5{#/blank#}exception. Pedestrians may use such devices in the street to call emergency services and rescue workers, such as firefighters and police {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(officer).

    {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(hope), it will lower the number of people hit and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(kill) by cars in the city. Pedestrian deaths in America have been increasing as the use of cell phones rises. Honolulu has {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(many) pedestrians hit in crosswalks than almost any other city in America. The number of pedestrian deaths in 2017{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(rise) to 6,000, 11% higher than in 2016.

    If we are honest with ourselves, most of us have dreamed of {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (become) famous. Most musicians form a band because {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the same interest in writing and playing music. They may play anywhere {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (earn) some extra money as {#blank#}4{#/blank#} as fulfill their dreams. However, the Monkees {#blank#}5{#/blank#} started differently, began as a TV show with the musicians {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (play) jokes and music in the programme. Only after a year or so did they become {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (serious) and they produced their own records {#blank#}8{#/blank#} later became even more popular than the Beatles in the USA. The band once {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (break) up but reunited later. In memory of their time as a real band, they produced {#blank#}10{#/blank#} new record in 1996.