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The China-Laos Railway,     1     connects Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan Province with the Laotian capital, Vientiane,     2     (start) operation on Dec 3. 2021. The 1035-kilometer-long railway is a landmark project and an important part of the Pan-Asian railway network. It will not only benefit the two peoples, but also     3     (significant) improve regional connectivity.

    4     (locate) southwest of China, Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia and mainly depends on road, water and air transport for the movement of people and goods. It has long been a dream for the Lao people to see their country change from a land-locked country     5     a “land-linked one”, and the opening of the new railway is a big step toward turning     6     (they) dream into reality.

The new railway will improve Laos’ transportation and promote its tourism as well as agricultural processing industries. It will also enable Lao businesses to     7     (well) fit into regional and global supply chains.

China and Laos have stood together through thick and thin and engaged in mutually beneficial cooperation on the basis of equality. Besides, China and Laos were the first     8     (sign) an agreement based on the Belt and Road Initiative. The opening of the China-Laos Railway will thus help speed the     9     (develop) of the China-Laos Economic Corridor, and will further advance the building of a China-Laos community with     10     shared future.

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GoPro, Young Man

In October 2012, when the Austrian stuntman（特技替身男演员）Felix Baumgartner jumped from a balloon at nearly 128,000 feet and exceeded the speed of sound during a free fall, five little GoPro cameras were strapped to his suit to record high-definition views of his heroics. At around the same time, GoPro became the best-selling video camera in the United States, and its inventor and chief promoter, a Northern California surfer     1     (name) Nicholas Woodman, became a billionaire. Woodman is now 39 but seems younger. His success is due in part to his authenticity - he is a genuine member of the extreme-sports crowd, given to shouting and exclaiming "Magnificent!" without irony. But he is also an unusually focused businessman.

Woodman started with the idea of     2     (invent) a wrist strap to which surfers could attach a camera to show themselves in action. He soon realized that     3     lack of suitable devices in the market-place, he had to invent the camera too -- something inexpensive, waterproof, mountable every which way, and     4     (provide) an ultra-wide-angle view. In a world covered with water in polished videos of professional surfers, he sympathized with the urge that ordinary surfers save to look like that, too. He called the camera the Hero, and began to sell it to surf shops in 2004. It took off right away, with sales that grew from about 1,500 units the first years to at least three million annually today,     5     it wasn't just the surfing culture that he tapped into. It turned out that all sorts of people     6     (do) all sorts of things wanted to mount a camera to film themselves and their activities. The camera also caught on with scientists, soldiers, athletic coaches, journalists, and surgeons too. But it's the amateurs     7     count the most. Woodman thought he     8     (sell) mainly to fellow surfers, but as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have shown, the interest of people in     9     is boundless. Woodman's market position turned out to be humanity. Now his company is going public. No wonder he says he     10     (fuel).

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Beijing-based Xiaomi shipped     1    (many)   smartphones worldwide than Apple during the second quarter of this year, going beyond the iPhone maker for the first time, according to a report. Xiaomi was responsible for 17 percent of all smartphone shipments during the April through June period, while Apple shipped 14 percent, according to the report     2     market analyst Canalys. Meanwhile, South Korean giant Samsung held onto the No. 1, with 19 percent of shipments.

The report comes as Apple pushes high-end devices like the iPhone 12, some of     3     come with sticker prices of more than $1,000. Xiaomi, by contrast, sells phones that are 75 percent cheaper than iPhones and 40 percent cheaper than Samsung devices,     4     (give) the company a leg up in the developing world, according to Canalys research manager Ben Stanton.

    5     Samsung held onto the top in the second quarter, Xiaomi appears to be gaming     6    (popular) on and on. The Beijing-based company’s worldwide shipments increased by 83 percent year-over-year rapidly     7    (compare) to 15 percent at Samsung and 1 percent at Apple.

“Xiaomi already has its sights set on the next prize: Taking the place of Samsung     8    (become) the world’s largest dealer," said Stanton. "Xiaomi is growing its overseas business     9     (quick)," Stanton said, adding that its shipments increased more than 300 percent year-over-year in Latin America and 150 percent in Africa. This is not the first time a Chinese phone maker     10     (win) Apple. Shenzhen-based Huawei went beyond Apple in smartphone sales for the first time in 2018.