I am Simon and it is 5 pm on Live Radio, time for our 【小题1】 (week) Mystery Pop Star Competition. The prize this week is not the usual CD or photograph 【小题2】 a chance for you and a friend 【小题3】 (go) and see our mystery star’s next concert. Today’s mystery person 【小题4】 (be) on the top music scene for many years. He was born 【小题5】 the 30th of March, 1945, and his grandparents gave him his first guitar 【小题6】 he was 17. What kind of music does he play? Well, although he has had some songs in the top 20, his music is really sad. He has had his share of 【小题7】 (person) problems — he used drugs, his marriage broke up and then in 1991 his young son died when he fell from a building in New York. He wrote about his son’s【小题8】 (dead) in his song Tears in Heaven, 【小题9】 was a big success at the beginning of the 1990s, a very sad song if you listen. OK, that’s all I am going to tell you. If you have got the answer, phone us now on 0107 8687. Two tickets are waiting for you...and now we have our caller 【小题10】 (ring) in!

Have you ever traveled around the world while staying in other people’s homes for free. It might sound too good to be true. But a 【小题1】(retire) couple from Norfolk, England have managed to do just that.

Jonathan and Julie Ashworth sold their house in 2017 and then traveled around the world while looking after other people’s houses and pets in exchange【小题2】 free accommodation.

The Ashworths booked their first house-sitting in early 2018 and said they’d never looked back ever since. While they were initially 【小题3】(doubt) about the idea, they tried 【小题4】(sign) up for Trusted Housesitters, 【小题5】 owners and house-sitters leave reviews for each other. As they were new to the practice, the couple 【小题6】(choose) to house-sit locally to build up their profiles, and with a number of positive reviews, they began to apply for house-sitting slightly【小题7】(far) afield.

While house-sitting might sound like a piece of cake, it’s 【小题8】(rare) as simple as just walking the owner’s dog every day. In order to ensure they were prepared for each hous-sitting the pair generally arrived a few hours before the owners left, so that they could meet and discuss any 【小题9】(concern).

Due to COVID-19, the couple were forced to return to the UK. They are staying in a caravan (拖车) 【小题10】 they are able to begin house-sitting again.

Square dancing is a well-known recreational group activity in China. It 【小题1】 (start) to gain popularity in the mid-1990s when groups gathered at squares, parks, and other open spaces 【小题2】 (dance) in the mornings and evenings. Most of these 【小题3】 (individual) are senior citizens in search of new friends and activities to keep themselves 【小题4】 (occupy). It's about more than just dancing; it's a way about meeting new friends and sharing their life stories, 【小题5】 benefits them both mentally and physically.

Ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, when authorities launched the 【小题6】 (promote) of national fitness activities, square dancing became 【小题7】 (popular) than before. According to official statistics, there are presently over 120 million Chinese who regularly take part 【小题8】 this activity across the nation's squares. And most participants are happy with their current living conditions.

【小题9】, loud music played during square dancing was considered as terrible noises. In recent years, national standards and regulations 【小题10】 (introduce) to make the exercising more public-friendly and further ensure its sound development.