Tene Konate takes pride in telling relatives about her job driving a 72-ton truck at the Hounde gold mine in western Burkina Faso. She is one of 111 women at the mine     1     (teach) for jobs like moving rocks, or     2     (drive) heavy vehicles which are more traditionally done by men in West Africa. They remain firmly in the minority, however, with women making up just 11 percent of     3     workforce at Hounde which is run by Canada's Endeavour Mining. Konate had struggled to provide for her two young daughters. This     4     (eventual) led her to the mining industry and she acknowledged the mine had changed everything in her life since she worked at Hounde. Konate now lives in a large house in Hounde and can pay for her daughters’ schooling. In the beginning, the mother     5     (train) on how to operate trucks     6     wheels are so large that drivers must climb a ladder (梯子) to get into the cabin. Konate said that the work was tiring     7     she liked it very much. She encourages those around her     8     (forget) gender (性别) and judge colleagues by the quality     9     their work. “As I always say to my     10     (operator), as soon as you cross that gate, we are no longer women. We have become men, because we do the same job.”

A 90-year-old has been awarded“Woman Of The Year”for     1     (be)Britain's oldest full-time employee-still working 40 hours a week. Now Irene Astbury works from 9 am to 5 pm daily at the pet shop in Macclesfield，     2     she opened with her late husband Les. Her years of hard work have     3    (final) been acknowledged after a customer nominated(提名)her to be Cheshire's Woman Of The Year.

Picking up her“Lifetime Achievement”award，proud Irene     4    (declare) she had no plans to retire(退休)from her 36-year-old business. Irene said，“I don't see any reason     5     (give) up work. I love coming here and seeing my family and all the friends I     6    (make) over the years. I work not because I have to,     7     because I want to.”

Granddaughter Gayle Parks，31--who works alongside her in the family business--said it remained unknown as to who nominated Irene for the award. She said，“We don't have any idea who put grandma forward. When we got a call     8     (say) she was short-listed，we thought it was     9     joke. But then we got an official letter and we were blown away. We are so proud of her. It's     10     (wonder).”

A 35-year-old Australian mother makes around $58,000 a year by hugging strangers.

Jessica O Neil     1     (start) her unusual job six months ago. “As human beings, one thing we often ignore in our daily lives is physical touch, without     2    , we can fall into depression and other mental health problems. To fulfill this need, I’ve become a     3     (profession) hugging therapists (理疗师)” said Jessica.

Jessica claims that her hugs can help those suffering from loneliness, depression, or low self-confidence. “When I hugged my customers, I could see their tension and     4    (anxious) melt away. Then I could get to their heart and do what I can     5     (cure) them.” Jessica said. “Everyone has the desire to connect     6     someone. I believe my hug helps me and my customers connect at a spiritual level.”

Jessica says the majority of her customers are male, but she has     7     surprising number of female customers as well.

While many people think she must be crazy to do such work, Jessica is confident     8     she’s made the right choice. “In today’s digital age, many people are lonelier than ever. Apparently, for people     9     (lack) physical interaction, their mental health     10     (affect) by my hugging therapy,” said Jessica.

One sentence from the news in Washington has remained in my mind since a trip last summer：“When you see people run against the crowd escaping     1    the danger, they are     2    （probable）firefighters, police or journalists.”

I think this is most true for the firefighters. Whenever and wherever     3    （disaster） happen, it is always the firefighters     4    take the lead to run to the very center, saving lives by     5    （risk） their own. I cried today near the explosion site, not because of the smoke from the ongoing fire     6    because of a short message a firefighter sent to a trusted friend that went viral online. It reads, “If I cannot make it, my father is     7    （you）; and please remember     8    （sweep） my mother’s tomb.” I was thrilled later to learn that he did make it. “Everyone knows it’s     9    （danger） to be a firefighter. But he has always liked it and has done it for 12 years, ” his father said. “He survived this time, but no one knows what     10    （happen） next time.”

I’m a specially trained clown doctor     1     job is to cheer up patients, their families and the hospital staff by     2     (do) magic tricks, singing songs and telling stories and silly jokes. I chose this career because     3    the experience of going to hospital when I was     4    kid, and I     5    (spend) much of my time there feeling frightened and more than a little bored. So I think a clown doctor can help people by entertaining them.

    6    (wear) a white coat, my curly rainbow wig and a big red nose, I walk into the waiting area, where there is a familiar atmosphere of     7    (bore) and tension. There, I spot a little girl called Lara whose ankle has got injured and is twice its normal size. The doctors and nurses are treating her injury. To get her attention, I begin to do a magic trick,     8     has made her scared and anxious look replaced with loud laughter. Seeing their daughter so much happier has in turn made Lara’s parents more     9     (relax).

I hope clown doctors can help make the hospital a friendlier place to visit. After all, it really is true that “laughter is the    10     (good)medicine”．