1 . Since the age of three, Chelsie Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer. But one night in 2010, Hill, then a 17-year-old high school senior, was in a car accident that put her in the hospital for 51 days and left her paralyzed from the waist down.     1     For Hill, it was just a beginning. "I wanted to prove to my community and to myself that I was still 'normal'," she told Teen Vogue.     2    

    3     She met people online who had suffered various spinal cord (脊髓) injuries, and she invited them to dance with her. Hoping to reach more people in a larger city, Hill moved to Los Angeles in 2014 and formed a team of dancers with disabilities she called "Rollettes". "I want to break down the stereotype of wheelchair users and show that dance is dance, whether you are walking or you are rolling," she told CBS News. So far, Hill has achieved her childhood dream.     4     Every year she holds a dance camp for wheelchair users and in 2019, 173 participants from ten countries attended.

For many, it was the first time they'd felt they belonged. Edna Serrano, a member of the Rollettes, said, "Being part of the Rollettes team has given me courage and confidence. It's so powerful to have my teammates in my life, because they're my teachers. "     5     One woman saw a YouTube video of the team competing and commented, "You guys are so awesome! I'm in tears because you rock!"

2 . It has been a dream for 30 years but now the world’s first flying car is set to hit the roads this year.

Ever since the “Back to the Future” movies lit up our screens in the 1980s, designers have dreamt of cars that could take to the sky at the push of a button. And now pilots can order their own “roadable” plane for just £ 127,000.The plane, which has fold-out wings that span 17. 5 feet, has a range of flying distance of 460 miles and can be up to 115 mph. Back on the land, it can also travel at “highway speeds” in car mode (状态).

Fuelling (加燃料) the 19 feet long plane couldn’t be simpler—you just drive it into a petrol station and fill it up. A spokeswoman said, “You can keep you ‘light-sport airplane’ in your garage. But because it needs a short runway to take to the air, you will have to drive to your local airport, fly up to 460 miles, land, and drive directly to your destination. You will always be ready to drive or fly. ”

The spokeswoman added, “Never let bad weather change your trip. You call simply divert (改道) and continue on the ground until the weather clears. ”

There’s no risk to you—This is only the chance for you to be the first at your home field to unfold your wings and fly into the future.

Lei Xingyu, who is sixteen, is middle school student in Northern China. She is one of the best student in her class and she was won an award for young scientists last year. When sitting in the classroom, she looks just like all his classmates but after class her life is obvious different. She was born without the ability to use her legs but she has no feeling below her waist. She has to use a wheelchair to do everyday things, such as getting dressing, getting out of bed and go to school. So far she had created many programs. And one of which received an award at her province’s science fair.

The Silk (丝绸) Road was a route that connected people from the East and the West for hundreds of years and allowed     1     (they) to trade valuable goods with each other. But there’s more to the story. The Silk Road should     2     (real) be called the Silk Roads. The Silk Road,     3     started in China, went west and branched out into many routes.

The Silk Road started to take shape (成形) in the second century BC. Most people know that valuable goods travelled along the route: silk and tea from China; jewels and wood from India; gold and animals from East Africa. These goods     4     (trade) in cities along the route or ended up as far west     5     in Europe.

But the people     6     (travel) along the Silk Road were carrying something far     7     (valuable) than their goods. They were carrying ideas and technology. European travelers returned home with stories of huge Chinese ships they had seen. The compass (指南针) is an example of an     8     (invent) that came west from China. Europeans learned from Korean maps, which were advanced for the 1400s.

    9     was the Silk Road that shaped the world we know today. Many routes were a way for different people     10     (meet) each other and talk about the developing world.

9 . Do you have trouble trying to create the next big idea? Sometimes the answer isn't to just force (逼迫) an idea out of your mind. Instead, you might want to try sitting back, relaxing and letting your mind wander. Yes, you heard that correctly. If you are in need of a new idea, try daydreaming.

Researchers from the university of California, Santa Barbara, found an association (联系) between daydreaming and creative problem-solving. Their study includes having participants (参与者) first do an “unusual-use task”. They had to try to come up with as many different ways to use an object as they could.

Then, the participants chose to do one of the following four things before doing the “unusual-use task” again: complete a difficult task; complete an easy task; take a 12-minute break; or skip the 12-minute break and move right on to the task exercise again.

Surprisingly, the group that performed best was the one that completed the easy task. Many participants reported that they were daydreaming while performing the easy task. So the researchers believed that this daydreaming might have helped unlock their creativity.

But how could daydreaming help the brain come up with creative ways? The answer is something known as “unconscious (无意识的) thought”. Even when you are not actively working to solve a problem, it is still in the back of your mind. Your brain is still thinking about the problem, but in a much more subtle (不易察觉的) way.

When you daydream, your mind is allowed to think in ways it normally would not. Because it is free of control, it can create completely new and out-of-the-box ideas.

Great ideas never come easily, but that does not mean you always have to work hard to get them. Feel free to do what you want and let your mind wander.

10 . Mr. Jackson was tired of living in his old house in the countryside and wanted to sell it and buy a better one. He tried to sell it for a long time, but was not successful, so at last he decided to go to an estate agent.

The agent advertised (登广告) the house straight away, and a few days later, the owner saw a very beautiful photo of his house, with a wonderful description (描述) of his garden in an expensive magazine.

Having read the advertisement through, the house owner hurried to phone the estate agent, saying, “I’m sorry, Mr. Jones, but I’ve decided not to sell my house after all.” “Why?” the agent asked in a surprised voice. “Because from the advertisement in that magazine I can see it’s just the kind of house I’ve wanted to live in all my life.”