The port of Kaohsiung never sleeps. Day and night, ships arrive from every corner of the world, and cranes lift steel boxes of (11) onto waiting trucks. A modern container (12) may carry twenty thousand boxes, yet fewer than thirty people work on board. Most of the crew spend the whole (13) far from their families, sometimes for eight months at a time. When a ship finally reaches the (14), the sailors often have only a few hours ashore before loading starts again. Bad weather remains their greatest fear, since one storm can (15) a ship and its entire load.
Few jobs sound more exciting than that of an airline (16). The truth, however, is quieter than films suggest. Modern aircraft fly themselves for most of the trip, and the crew on the flight (17) spend their time watching screens and speaking to control towers. Training is long and expensive: students must train on a small single-engine (18) for months before they may touch a jet. They practice for emergencies again and again, though almost none of them will ever open a (19). Most say the greatest (20) of the job is watching the sun rise above the clouds.