6 . “Robot, stand up” — Oscar Constanza, 16, gives the order, and slowly but surely a large frame (支架) lifts him up and he starts walking. Fixed to his shoulders, chest, waist, knees and feet, the exoskeleton (外骨骼) allows Oscar — who has a genetic neurological condition that means he was unable to move — to walk across the room and turn around.

“Before, I needed someone to help me walk ... this makes me feel independent,” said Oscar, as his father Jean-Louis Constanza, one of the co-founders of the company that makes the exoskeleton, looked on.

“One day Oscar said to me: ‘Dad, you’re a robotic engineer. Why don’t you make a robot that would allow us to walk?’” his father said in Paris. “Ten years from now, there will be no, or far fewer, wheelchairs,” he said.

Other companies across the world are also making exoskeletons, competing to make them as light and usable as possible. Some are focused on helping disabled people walk, others on applications, including making standing less tiring for factory workers. Wandercraft’s exoskeleton, an outer frame that supports but also simulates (模仿) body movement, has been sold to many hospitals in France, Luxembourg and the United States, for about 150,000 euros a piece. It cannot yet be bought by private individuals for everyday use — that is the next stage the company is working on. A personal skeleton would need to be much lighter, Wandercraft engineers said.

Just outside Paris, 33-year-old Kevin Piette, who lost the ability to walk in a bike accident 10 years ago, tries one on, walking around his apartment, remote controller (遥控器) in hand. “In the end, it’s quite similar: instead of having the information going from the brain to the legs, it goes from the remote controller to the legs,” he said, before making his dinner and walking with it from the kitchen to the living room.

7 . It all started with a tweet from a social media influencer Jérôme Jarre on March 15 after he was on a call with a volunteer in Somalia who had just seen a 6-year-old girl die after walking 90 miles with her mother in search of water. In Somalia alone, 6.2 million people are in need of help.

In his video, Jarre says that everyone is on social media from food and water companies to airlines. What if they could find an airline willing to send food and water to Somalia?

With Turkish Airlines being the only airline that flies to Somalia, he started a GoFundMe campaign (活动) called “Love Army for Somalia” and challenged viewers to post on social media #TurkishAirlinesHelpSomalia to get them to set aside one of their flights to Somalia for food.

The campaign took off, and other social media influencers joined the movement to help spread the word. Within days, many famous people joined the cause. Turkish Airlines listened and came back with an answer, saying they would keep donating (捐赠) a plane to be filled with food until the end of the famine (饥荒). This campaign received $1 million within 24 hours with the average (平均的) donation being around $28 — the highest donation of $50,000 came from Alex and Ani, a jewelry company.

The goal was to reach $1 million in 10 days and the amount (数量) of money raised in such a short time by so many people surprised Jarre. However, they don’t want this to be a one-off campaign, and to keep the campaign going they’ve come up with another hashtag, #NominatedForSomalia, and ask each donor to encourage three friends to donate through social media.

Jérôme Jarre is in Somalia right now and sharing wonderful images that will put a smile on your face and make sure help is reaching the right people.

8 . In January 2016, I was eighteen years old at the time. I was going through a _______ time because I had just finished my first year in college but I _______ several subjects. As a result, I dropped out of college and began _______ a job. One day, I came across one of the last episodes (集) of the sitcom (情景喜剧) “The Nanny”. I was _______.

I rewatched “The Nanny” and then I met a lovely girl named Hannah in an online community. We shared how much we loved the _______ and she inspired me to _______ about my feelings.

I started to _______ writing and soon enough we became writing friends. We’ve written over 90 pieces together. The bond (联系) between us was getting _______ every day; she spent a year abroad and I _______ a teaching job and started a new degree. We ________ each other through these ________ moments. When she returned home to the UK I was introduced to her family.

In March 2017, the ________ of meeting in real life was mentioned. At first we said it ________, but then it became serious and we decided that I should ________ her in January 2018.

Life, however, had other plans and I ________ to buy a plane ticket to visit her in July 2017! On the 15th July I ________ a plane and started my journey to the UK.

I can’t describe the feeling of our first hug (拥抱) — it was ________, unique, emotional (激动人心的). It was everything I’d imagined. I’ve formed such a deep ________ with her... and we’d waited for so long...

She is my best friend, and ________ her was a dream come true. She is the most important person in my life. She is wonderful and the best friend I could ________.