“I hope your dad will be happy here,” Mom said. We were settling my father into his room at a new nursing home. .

It hadn’t been easy to find the right place for my father,     1    suffered from brain disease. At first, we cared for him at home. When we could hardly manage the work     2    our own, we moved him into a care facility (护理机构), but it wasn’t a good fit. There was only one     3     (real) positive thing about it: a nurse named Don. Dad’s eyes always lit up when Don     4     (enter) the room. Don was     5     (energy) and kind. All of us     6     (touch) by his thoughtful and warm services. When Don got a new job elsewhere, it made our decision to move Dad easier.

Now that we were in the new nursing home, we could only hope we had made the right     7     (choose). Mom took Dad's hand,     8     (ask),“Are you okay here, dear?” Just then the door opened and     9     worker came in. Unbelievably, it turned out     10     (be) Don. At the sight of Don, Dad's eyes immediately lit up. Yes, he was right where he belonged.

5 . Computers have become amazingly exact at translating spoken words to text messages and searching a large supply of valuable information for answers to difficult questions. At least, that is, so long as you speak English or other world's main languages. But try talking to your phone in Yoruba, Igbo or any number of widely spoken African languages and you'll find difficulty in accessing information, trade and other benefits of the global tech economy.

American tech giants don't have a long history of making their language technology work well outside the wealthiest markets, a problem that has also made it harder for them to discover dangerous misinformation on their platforms. Google, for instance, upset members of the Yoruba community when its language app mistranslated a nice African god as a devil. Part of the reason is that there's just not enough online data in those languages for the Al systems to effectively learn how to get better at understanding them.

“We are getting to the point where if a machine doesn't understand your language, it will be like it never existed,” said Vukosi Marivate, who has devoted some of his Al research to the southern African languages of Xitsonga and Setswana. “Considering our history, some of the bias (偏见) is intentional. The history of the African continent and in general in colonized (殖民化的) countries, is that when language had to be translated, it was translated in a very narrow way,” Marivate added.

However, Google and Microsoft are among the companies that say they are trying to improve technology for so-called "low-resource" languages that Al systems don't have enough data for. Computer scientists at Meta announced a breakthrough on the path to a "universal translator" that could translate multiple languages at once and work better with lower-resourced languages. Meanwhile, Marivate and other researchers have founded a research project across Africa. Increasingly, people are joining hands to develop a variety of language approaches.

6 . According to the World Economic Forum(WEF), eight million tons of plastic waste is being poured out into the oceans every year. That's the equivalent (相等物)of an entire garbage truck being dumped every three minutes, and the source of the problem—the world's cities. In Amsterdam, a simple solution has been found that could stop up to 86 percent of plastic waste ever reaching the oceans—a barrier made of bubbles (气泡).

The way the bubble barrier system works is basically that it is a tube placed diagonally (沿对角线地)on the bottom of the waterway. "The tube has a lot of tiny holes," according to Phillip Ehrhorn, Chief Technology Officer in The Great Bubble Barrier, "We pump air through it, and the air bubbles will rise towards the surface. The plastics are brought to the surface with the air bubbles and then, with the natural flow of the river, towards one side of the river." Then the other part of the bubble barrier system collects and removes the waste.

"Ship traffic is a key economic driver；we won't be able to stop that. So, we would have to find a solution which would not affect all the other existing activities and the ecosystem," Phillip added. The bubble barrier does exactly that. While it provides no block to water traffic and sea life can pass through freely, it also catches plastic waste of all sizes.

The Great Bubble Barrier is trying to work together with Amsterdam and local Non-governmental Organizations(NGOs)to evaluate what the bubble barrier system is catching so as to carry out new policies and additional measures on land. In this way, plastics entering the water could be reduced in the first place. "Our next step is a bubble barrier within Europe and we, of course, want to move to Asia because we think we can make a lot of influence there." said Francis Zoet, the founder of The Great Bubble Barrier.

Covering about one-sixth of China's total territory, Xinjiang Uygur(维吾尔) Autonomous Region is one of the most popular     1     (attract) in China.

The northwestern border region of Xinjiang,     2    (various) referred to as a land of song and dance, melons and fruits, precious stones, and carpets,     3     (situate) in the heart of the Eurasia Continent. It was a key link on the Silk Road promoting east-west cultural exchanges in ancient times.

Xinjiang boasts a rich and unique food culture. Nang, the bread,     4     (bake) in Nang Keng —     5     earthen stove(炉) for cooking the bread, is usually round     6     shape. In addition, Xinjiang has the richest mineral resources in China, with 138 different types     7     (account) for more than 80 percent of all minerals discovered in the country. Nephrite(软玉) is one of China's top five famous jades, most of     8     is found in Hetian, Xinjiang. Xinjiang's cultural heritage, as well as her colorful ethnic customs and natural ecological civilization,     9     (make) it one of China's leading tourist destinations, and the song and dance of Xinjiang Uygur are the highlights. Uygur dance has a strong sense of rhythm --sometimes fast while sometimes slow. All the dance movements reflect the happy     10     (day) life of Uygur.

9 . In Chinese cities, people in yellow or blue suits riding e-bikes are easy to see. They hurry between traffic, rushing from restaurants to homes and businesses, regardless of wind or rain. They are food delivery men.

Although they make our life more convenient, this can come at a cost for them. “    1    .” This is the headline of an article in the Chinese magazine Portrait, which has ignited a discussion online recently. The title accurately echoes the author's conclusion after interviewing dozens of people in the food delivery business.

The article pointed out that on food delivery service platforms Eleme and Meituan, the time limit and route for each delivery order is calculated by an algorithm. But the algorithm doesn't consider real-life situations, such as red lights, speed limits and fully occupied elevators.     2    . In fact, the time limit for deliverymen has been gradually shortened in recent years.

    3    . So deliverymen speed up, often breaking traffic rules, putting not only their own lives at risk, but the lives of others as well.

Many people criticized the platforms and asked them to improve the regulations imposed on the deliverymen. In response, on Sept 9, Eleme announced it would add a button to the app.     4    . But this only created more heated debate, as some felt that the company was escaping the problem and rounding about.

The Shanghai Customer Council commented that the move was illogical, adding that the deliverymen are following rules made by their employers.     5    .