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(23) __________. After confirming your payment and delivery address, the final step is to monitor the order's progress. The app provides real-time updates, from the restaurant preparing your food to the driver's location on a map. (24) __________

Before the PlayStation or Xbox, there was a much simpler machine. The first home video game console was the Magnavox Odyssey, released in 1972. It was the brainchild of Ralph Baer, an engineer who began working on the idea back in the 1960s. At first, not (25) __________ people believed in his vision for interactive television games. The Odyssey didn't have amazing graphics or sound; its games were simple overlays you placed on your TV screen. (26) __________, it was revolutionary. It showed that families could interact with their televisions in a new way.

The console's success was moderate, but its (27) __________ on the industry was enormous. It directly inspired Nolan Bushnell, who later founded Atari. Bushnell's company would (28) __________ to create Pong, the first commercially successful arcade video game. If the Odyssey had never been invented, the world of gaming (29) __________ very different today. Baer's simple invention was a crucial first step, and the industry continues to build (30) __________ his foundation.

Have you ever looked at the leftover food on your plate at school or after a family dinner and wondered where it goes? While it may seem like a small amount, it is part of a much larger global issue. Worldwide, about one-third of all food produced is never eaten. This is not a minor problem; it has serious consequences for our planet, contributing to the waste of resources like water and energy used to grow and transport that food.

When food ends up in a landfill, it decomposes without oxygen and produces methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. It is over 25 times more potent at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, making food waste a significant driver of climate change. The journey from our plates to the landfill, therefore, has a surprisingly large and harmful environmental footprint that many people are not aware of.

In Vietnam, this issue is especially visible during large celebrations like Tết, where preparing abundant food is a tradition. However, this often leads to a large amount of waste. Fortunately, awareness is growing, and organizations are taking action. For example, Food Bank Vietnam works to rescue surplus food from supermarkets, farms, and restaurants. Their mission is to redistribute this edible food to orphanages, elderly homes, and people in need, turning potential waste into valuable meals.

The good news is that we can all be part of the solution. As young people, you can make a difference starting today. Simple actions include being more mindful of what you buy, taking smaller portions of food to avoid leftovers, and creatively using uneaten food for other meals. By making small changes in our daily habits, we can collectively reduce the amount of food that ends up in the landfill and help protect our environment.

On social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok, there's a growing trend to be 'authentic.' This means sharing unfiltered photos and honest thoughts, (37) __________. However, this push for realness can paradoxically create more pressure.

Many users find themselves carefully curating their 'authentic' moments, (38) __________. This process turns authenticity into a performance, (39) __________. Ultimately, the constant effort of performing this calculated realness can leave people feeling exhausted and ironically, more inauthentic than ever, (40) __________.

A. spending hours choosing which 'imperfect' photo looks best

B. as they worry if their 'real' self is authentic enough for their online audience

C. moving away from the perfectly polished images of the past

D. making it just another version of the unrealistic standards it was supposed to fight