As an elderly couple was about to shut their phones off onboard a flight to Australia via Abu Dhabi, they noticed a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (miss) call from their son-in-law. The plane was starting to roll forward on the runway when they {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (see) the text: Their grandson was in special care with {#blank#}3{#/blank#} serious illness. If they didn't get back soon, they might miss their chance to say goodbye.

The couple got the attention of the Etihad Airways crew,{#blank#}4{#/blank#}rushed to tell the pilot. Instead of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (ignore) their beg to stay on schedule, the kindhearted pilot turned the plane back around to the Manchester Airport gate.

    A hear-warming {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (arrange) was made. From there, the rest of the staff jumped in to get {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (they) home as fast as possible. Some collected their bags and helped the couple through the airport, while others brought their car to arrivals so the grandparents could head straight home. The airline said they could use their tickets another time.

    “I've been in the travel business for {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (decade) and never heard of this happening,” the couple's travel agent, Becky Stephenson, told the BBC. They were aware {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the importance of saying goodbye for the couple, so they offered to help.

    The boy passed away the next day, when his grandparents would have been in Australia, but they reached his bedside in time to say goodbye. The couple felt greatly {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(thank).

    Two weeks after the popular show Chinese Poetry Conference, a new program, Reader (朗读者), has become much {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (popular) than it.

    The weekly talk show, hosted by the famous hostess Dong Qing, invites people from all walks of life {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (read) aloud poems, essays and book excerpts (节选) they like or wrote. The guests who join{#blank#}3{#/blank#} it also share their own life stories and explain the reason why particular pieces touched their hearts. Viewers can often be moved to tears {#blank#}4{#/blank#} they listen to those stories.

    Three days after its first broadcast on CCTV-1，Readers has been {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (great) successful and interested thousands of people. Through the poetic words, Readers has made {#blank#}6{#/blank#} public pay attention to the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (lose) habit of reading aloud. Readers is one of the cultural TV {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (program) to restore (恢复) the country's love for literature. Its success is very {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (encourage) in today's television world where TV series {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (play) a leading part so far.

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.