Today, after finishing dinner in town, my husband and I were driving back home. As we pulled over, we saw a couple painting their furniture.

    I went inside our home, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (change) and then went back out again to ask our neighbors if they needed any help. While leaving my home, I was plagued (困扰) by thoughts of {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (embarrass), denial, or being received. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, I gathered the courage to go down and ask {#blank#}4{#/blank#} ,anyway!

    Initially, the woman denied. Then, the man said, “Sure”, and he handed me a spray paint bottle. We got into some good conversations {#blank#}5{#/blank#} painting with great effort.  When we finished, I briefly chatted with them before leaving.

    In the end, not only {#blank#}6{#/blank#} I enjoy helping them, but also learned about my neighbors. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the way home, I must admit, I couldn't help but wonder {#blank#}8{#/blank#} they might be thinking about me.  {#blank#}9{#/blank#} is tough to do a good deed for others and not expect that they will be thinking good about you.

    Today's experience taught me some  {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (value) lessons in my life! Hopefully, these lessons will help me continue my acts of kindness in future.

    Starting a new school term is always exciting.It is a chance {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (see) your friends again.But most exciting of all,the new term lets you take up all hobbies.In Britain it is common for students to take up new hobbies after the Christmas holidays.Promising to learn something new is a common New Year's resolution.

    Most schools offer different kinds {#blank#}2{#/blank#} hobby classes.Students  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (usual)take  them in their free periods or after school.Some classes you have to pay for but some {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) free.For example,I once took a free Wednesday evening gymnastics class {#blank#}5{#/blank#} is offered by my school.But when I learnt how to play the drum,my parents had to pay for the lessons.

    The most popular extra classes at my school were piano lessons and drama lessons.Both classes offered exams students could take.Students with many hobbies sometimes felt {#blank#}6{#/blank#} stressed than those without any.But the students with hobbies left school with many extra {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (skill).

    I haven't continued any of the hobbies I {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (begin) at school.But I have never regretted taking  {#blank#}9{#/blank#} . My {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (good) friend today is someone I met in my gymnastics class.

    People have all turned to sad music to make themselves feel better at some point in their lives, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}why does the music with double or even triple sadness help drag people out of low spirits?

    A new study throws light on what's going on inside people's brains when they match their music to their feelings, and it looks as if sad music can be enjoyable, rather than{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(simple) depressing. Music of this sort can arouse positive memories in people's life , thus {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(lift)their mood.

Psychologist Adrian North from Curtin University in Australia says there{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(existence) two groups of possible explanations for why people enjoy listening to sad music like this—one from social psychology, and the other from cognitive neuroscience(神经学).

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}terms of social psychology, one idea about this is that people will feel{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(good) about themselves if they focus on someone who's doing even worse. Everything's going to be okay, because this person is having {#blank#}7{#/blank#}even worse day than they are.

    Another idea from social psychology is that people like to listen to the very music{#blank#}8{#/blank#}shows their present life circumstances, because this kind of music makes them feel they are understood. With their emotions{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(share), they definitely get a certain amount of comfort.

    So, the{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(conclude) again—sad music does cheer people up, and it works far better than happy music, in most cases.

    If you're in a hurricane(飓风)-hit area and plan on riding it out, proper {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (prepare) is key. And there is one thing you should have around at all times: a plastic water bottle. Why? When the weather {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (take) a turn for the worse, a water bottle is one of the most useful things {#blank#}3{#/blank#} you have in your home. It might even save your life. Severe flooding caused by a hurricane can make the local drinking water dirty with some {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (danger) substances. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (avoid) a serious illness, it's best to store plenty of bottled water to drink safely.

    That's pretty obvious, of course. But keep those empty plastic bottles around after you drink, too, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} they have lots of uncommon uses. For example, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} empty water bottle can turn into a water filter(滤水器) if you need to drink from the tap. If your lights go {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, don't go the old-fashioned way with candles; you can rely on your handy plastic water bottles once again. Simply tape a small flashlight to the bottom of the bottle, and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (it) plastic (and the water inside) will amplify the glow(增强光亮). Then the little light can {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (use) to light up a room or send signals to rescue personnel.

    The popular Chinese teen drama film "Better Days"(少年的你)has netted over 1.5 billion yuan at the box office since its release, and also won an {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(astonish)high score of 8.4 on film rating website Douban. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(count)movie-goers have made the movie a trending topic across social media platforms, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(say) they can't help but be deeply touched.

    The drama is one of the very few {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(movie)addressing school bullying(欺凌). Starring award winning actress Zhou Dongyu and boy band TFBoys member YI Yangqianxi, the story {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(tell)a touching relationship between two youngsters as victims of school bullying and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}the issue shapes their fates.

    {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(sad), there is bullying at school all over the world and it is not rare in China. About half of student {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(age)between 13 and 15 worldwide, or 150 million of them, have been bullied in and around school.

    According {#blank#}9{#/blank#}the Supreme People's Court's China Justice Big Data Service Platform, Chinese courts heard almost 800 cases of school violence in 2017, almost half of {#blank#}10{#/blank#}involved students between the age of 16 and 18.