Trump won the election, which      . 

I       when I got to the cinema.

She said that       the TV play The Princess Weiyoung last night.

They visited some small towns       when they were in England.

      you have missed so exciting a match.

    What do we think of when someone mentions Scandinavia (斯堪的纳维亚半岛), the group of Northern European countries? Many things come to mind. We might think of the breathtaking natural beauty of Norway's fjords (峡湾). If we enjoyed the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen as children, perhaps we will think of Denmark's capital, Copenhagen, and its statue of Andersen's The Little Mermaid (《小美人鱼》).

    Perhaps we shiver at the thought of Scandinavia, as the countries there can be very cold. Or maybe we imagine this part of the world, so high up in the Northern Hemisphere, as dark and a little gloomy.

    What doesn't come to mind is people who like to party. However, according to a survey released by travel site Hostelworld this month, Scandinavia has some of the most sociable cities on the planet.

    For the study, 12,188 people from cities around the world were asked about their attitudes to socializing. Overall, Gothenburg in Sweden came out on top, but Copenhagen and Stockholm also placed highly, among with more predictably lively cities like New York and Madrid.

    A city made up of many little islands, Gothenburg is, according to The Daily Telegraph, "charming in an old-fashioned way". The city's authorities have preserved Gothenburg's attractive wooden houses from the 19th century. Many of these have been made over into restaurants and coffee bars. Music fans are as well satisfied too—Gothenburg has dozens of record stores and live music venues (音乐厅).

    As expected, Scandinavia cities are also welcoming to visitors. People here don't care about your cultural background or anything else that some other places might take exception to. In these friendly Scandinavia cities, everyone's invited to the party.

    Research carried out last year stressed the growing challenge facing employers in terms of managing and supporting the UK's ageing workforce.

    Figures from the Office for National Statistics have suggested that the number of people aged 65 and over still working has reached 1.19 million—up 25,000 from a year ago. There were also now more people aged 50—74 in work than ever before. However, the overall trend was hiding the fact that 12% people are forced to stop working before reaching state pension age because of ill health or disability.

    Nearly half a million (436,000) workers who are within five years of state pension age have had to leave work for medical reasons, with an apparent divide between the North (worse) and South (better). Those in the lowest-paid jobs, including cleaners, leisure industry workers and people doing heavy labouring jobs, were twice as likely to stop working before retirement age, because of sickness and disability than managers or professionals.

    Within this, the needs of the "sandwich generation"—those juggling work with caring for elderly dependents as well as children—needed to be given greater priority (优先权) by employers, a white paper by insurer and healthcare provider concluded.

    Its research argued that 66% of managers think the average age of retirement in their organization will increase in the next 5 to 10 years. Yet, 36% reported being unaware of anything their organization did to attract, keep and engage older staff. Fewer than a quarter (23%) of employees said they felt supported by their employer with their responsibilities for caring for a loved one.

    "This was perhaps unsurprising, given that only 28% of managers said their organization had formal policies and practices in place to support these employees," argues healthcare distribution director Chris Horlick.

    In every British town, large and small, you will find shops that sell second-hand goods. Sometimes such shops deal mostly in furniture, sometimes in books, sometimes in ornaments(装饰品) and household goods, sometimes even in clothes.

    The furniture may often be "antique", and it may well have changed hands many times. It may also be very valuable, although the most valuable piece will usually go to the London salerooms, where one piece might well be sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds. As you look around these shops and see the polished wood of chests and tables, you cannot help thinking of those long-dead hands which polished that wood, of those now-closed eyes which once looked at these pieces with love.

    The books, too, may be antique and very precious; some may be rare first printings. Often when someone dies or has to move house, his books may all be sold, so that sometimes you may find whole libraries in one shop. On the border between England and Wales, there is a town which has become a huge bookshop as well. Even the cinema and castle have been taken over, and now books have replaced sheep as the town's main trade.

    There are also much more humble shops, sometimes simply called "junk shops", where you can buy small household pieces very cheaply. Sometimes the profits(利润)from these shops go to charity. Even these pieces, though, can make you feel sad; you think of those people who once treasured them, but who have moved on to another country or to death.

    Although the British do not worship(崇拜)their ancestors, they do treasure the past and the things of the past. This is true of houses as well. These days no one knocks them down; they are rebuilt until they are often better than new. In Britain, people do not buy something just because it is new. Old things are treasured for their proven worth; new things have to prove themselves before they are accepted.

    In 2015, Adele Adkins(阿黛尔·阿德金斯) said "hello" to her greatest achievement yet. Despite giving every other musician an 11-month head start, she had no trouble       (beat) the competition,       (become) not only the year's most talked-about artist, but also its       successful one. Her third album, 25,       (release) on Nov. 20, not only broke a record for one-week album sales in just over three days, but also sold more than the US singer Taylor Swift's 1989 to become       best-selling album of 2015.       wonder USA Today named Adele "Musician of the Year" on Dec. 28.

    So what is behind the album's       (popular)? First and foremost, the 27-year-old British singer has "an awe-inspiring voice that shows her genuine talent", wrote The Christian Science Monitor. But her directness is also a huge part of her appeal(魅力). As the Chicago Tribute(芝加哥论坛报) commented, "Adele sings about her personal struggles with emotional lyrics (歌词) that invite everyone into her world."

    Take the album's hit single Hello       an example. Adele has connected with people this tear-stained(泪痕斑斑的)song because, as the Chicago Tribute put it, "Who doesn't need a good cry once in a while?" Music, after all, is       Chris Ferguson, an associate professor of psychology at Stetson University in Florida called "a social event". The pain in her songs satisfies everyone's need for love. "It is this sense of 'we've been here before'       makes Adele," said the Chicago Tribute.