【推荐2】Creative Home Engineering is the world’s most famous company devoted to making hidden rooms and secret doors. From would-be superheroes, to wealthy businessmen looking for a(n) _________ space for their prized art collections, they all_________ this particular company when they want one of those fancy hidden doors that you see in the movies.

The_________ for Creative Home Engineering was born in 2003. At the time_________ Steve Humble was working as a mechanical engineer_________ surgical instruments for a medical device company. He had_________ been crazy about hidden doors and passageways, and that year he_________ he wanted one for himself. But he soon_________ there was no one to build it for him. “I was renting a_________ house with a bunch of my friends at the time, and we had some extra rooms that we weren’t using. I thought it would be fun to have a secret door like I had seen in the movies, __________ when I did a little research I was surprised to learn that there was no company anywhere that specialized in hidden passageways,” he__________. Soon after, to achieve his dream, Steve__________ his job and started building motorized secret passageways for people out of his parents’ garage in Arizona.

Humble got a special__________ for designing secret passageways from the government, and went on to__________ over 150 custom installations for clients all over the United States, before expanding globally. Today Creative Home Engineering is the world’s best designer and producer of motorized and high-security secret passageways, with a record of over 500__________ customers from all walks of life.

【推荐3】Pittsburgh International Airport recently opened a series of “sensory (感官的) rooms” to help travelers with autism (自闭症) deal with the stress of flying. It’s one of a handful of airports internationally that have made _________ more pleasant to people with __________ needs.

The 1, 500-square-foot space is __________, not having the noise of the __________. Designed according to the needs of people who have autism, it features (以……为特色) soft furniture and creative lighting features. __________, there’s a room designed to replicate (复制) an airplane cabin (座舱) __________ kids and adults can get used to the feeling of sitting on a __________. Traveling through an airport can cause anxiety for anyone, but for people with autism, the sensory discomfort can make the experience even more __________.

The space—called Presley’s Place—is __________ for Presley Rudge, a 4-year-old boy who has autism and is the son of airport worker Jason Rudge.

Jason presented the __________ for the sensory room to airport CEO Christina Cassotis more than a year ago. _______ Presley’s sensory processing issues, __________ commercially was not an option for the family. Jason first _____ a sensory room at Presley’s preschool readiness program, where he said his son felt __________. “One day after that, I was sitting at work, __________, ‘I wonder if I’ll ever be able to have a __________ again,’” Jason says. “Then I said, ‘Why don’t we put a sensory room in the airport?’”

The airport’s space is meant for __________ by both children and adults with autism, its designers say. “The_________ are the same for children and adults: If you have autism, you need a __________ place to go to recharge (恢复精力),” says Kerry Mauger, an autism expert. “The Pittsburgh sensory room does a good job because its facilities (设施) do not only __________ to kids.”

【推荐2】What’s the Outlook for 2035?

When we think about the future of work, anxiety inevitably creeps in. However, you don’t have to be afraid because you are in the driver’s seat.

By 2035, most organizations will not have large, company-sponsored _______ offices but instead will rent virtual meeting rooms for both full-time and contract employees to work and meet when they need to. Thanks to the rise of the online rating systems, customers will _______ your products and services in real-time and will expect concerns to be addressed immediately.

We must also deal with _______ that we have never encountered before. As of this year, there will be five generations in the workforce, led by many traditionalists(born before 1945)and baby boomers(born 1945—1963)who are determined to contribute to their organizations beyond typical _______ age. Due to the small size of Generation X(born 1964—1979), the millennials(born 1980—1995)are moving into _______ positions an average of 10 years earlier than their predecessors (前辈) and require extensive learning to be effective managers.

The oldest members of Generation Z(born 1996—2012)are now graduating from college and arriving in the _______ expecting to use technology for instant business impact. Organizations that want to keep top Gen Z talent must provide _______ that allow them to do their jobs with maximum efficiency.

Members of all generations who wish to be gainfully employed will come face-to-face with a different set of hiring practices. _______ , your competition for jobs won’t simply be in your backyard but will be all over the world thanks to virtual and _______ work and larger populations of working-aged people in China and India, which will shortly become the leading ________ of qualified talent.

In the work world of 2035, team work will be shorter-term in nature and ________ high levels of human and machine cooperation. Constant ________ will be a given, meaning that if you want to keep pace with technology and use it to drive business results, you can’t wait for someone else to hand you a solution. You must take development into your own hands.

So, if you’ re a leader, how can you ________ your organization to compete in this very different world? The answer is simpler than you might think. Focus on your best people, in all ________ from all backgrounds, and with various work arrangements—and ________ them with the right tools.

【推荐2】We often see people with high EQ in our life or on TV, who are able to take things easy when things are difficult. The words they say and the actions they take can always _________ things around and make people _________ their talent. So what makes them so _________ ?In addition to the ability to change things very quickly, of course, it is _________ attitude that gives them enough energy to _________the best solutions, to the onlookers _________ a gentle image and set up a good reputation. So how do you make yourself remain calm? There are two ways of human _________. One is the stimulus (刺激) reaction, the other is the thinking reaction. The former reaction is _________ action-immediate and rapid, and does not _________ through the brain. For example, if you suddenly touch something very hot, you will immediately __________ your hand. If you __________a snake under your feet, you will immediately __________ away. A thinking reaction, by __________ , is an action taken after __________ , such as chess, career, marriage and so on. These are behaviors that we __________ according to our own opinions. However, anger, tension, worry, fear-these are the __________of a stimulus response. The __________ of emotional control is essentially a reactive attitude to an event, __________ from an immediate response to a thinking response, weighing it and then __________ it in the way that you want. It is only by understanding this logic that it is possible to __________ emotions from stimulus to thinking reflection.

【推荐3】A car killed a pedestrian(行人)in the American state of Arizona last month. It was tragic; ________ nearly 6,000 pedestrians are killed in traffic accidents in the US every year. What made this accident________ was that the pedestrian was killed by a(n) ________.

The car was being tested by Uber, which had been given government permission to use________. After the Arizona accident, Uber put the brakes on its testing and launched an investigation into what went________ and whether the accident could have been prevented.

Technology, especially artificial intelligence(AI), is rapidly moving into our everyday lives and making________ previously made by humans. On the face of it, the move towards self-driving cars makes a lot of sense. According to the World Health Organization(WHO), 1.2 million pedestrians are killed in________ accidents every year, making them the leading cause of death for people between the ages of 15 and 29. Most of these accidents are caused by________ who are distracted, make poor decisions or disobey the law. The WHO says self-driving cars could________ accidents and deaths by 75% to 90%.

________, self-driving cars still have many problems that have to be worked out. Bad weather, such as heavy rain and snow, ________ with the sensors(传感器)that control the car. There are also software problems that can make the car dangerous. Then there is the problem of________. If a child runs in front of a self-driving car, the computer has to________: should it swerve(突然转向)into that tree beside the road and risk damaging the car and endangering its occupants(乘坐者), or should it hit the child?

While self-driving cars may be the way of the future, it will probably be many years before all the problems are________. And the biggest problem will be________ people will accept a machine that has so much control that it can make life-and-death decisions.