【推荐2】Family meals are an important part of living with a family. A recent survey shows that most American children and their family ________ a meal at least four times a week. This is a(n) ________ sign, in my view. It is ________ dining together is able to _________family members.

Firstly, having a meal together can help a family stick together, which helps strengthen each family member's sense of ________. Family meals can teach younger people about their ________ by eating traditional foods. Family members can also ________ together during this time, temporarily leaving the worries behind, and enjoy each other's ________ . Routine socializing helps family members show each other ________ which cannot only be expressed on Thanksgiving Day.

Secondly, family meals also play an important part in a child's ________. For example, parents are able to ________ their children's psychology (心理) at this time based on their deeds and expressions. If parents ________ to lead kids to tell something about it, they can eventually figure out what their psychology looks like. If there is something wrong with it, parents and kids can discuss about it and find the ________. Studies show eating together means that kids had little ________ to smoke, get into frights, or commit suicide. Children who eat with their families are more likely to ________ high grades in the end than those who do not eat family meals. And such kids are probably to be more ________ , and make more friends.

Through family meals, parents can also ________ that their children are eating ________ foods to have strong bodies. It's because children who eat together with their families can be taught to be not particular about meals.

These families ________ to eat more fruit and vegetables, ________ often eating at fast food restaurants like the others.

【推荐3】Around 2000 years ago, ancient Chinese divided the sun’s annual circular motion into 24 equal segments, each segment was called a ‘Solar Term’. Each solar term ______ a unique period of a year. But have you ever heard the term — “Hui Nantian”, a unique meteorological (气象) ______ that occurs ______ in southern China? This term, which translates to “the return of the south wind,” encapsulates (概括)a seasonal shift that not only ______ the weather patterns, but also deeply affects the way of life and cultural practices in this region.

“Hui Nantian” occurs during the ______ from winter to spring, when the cold, dry air of winter ______ the warm, damp air of the south. This change is not merely a meteorological shift; it’s a cultural event. People in the southern China anticipate “Hui Nantian” with a ______ of excitement and caution.

On the one hand, it signals the end of winter and the ______ of spring, a time of renewal and rebirth. On the other hand, the ______ humidity and dampness can present challenges, especially in terms of maintaining the integrity of buildings and ______ personal items. In Chinese culture, “Hui Nantian” is often associated with traditional practices and beliefs. It also reflects the importance of respect for ______ and traditional values in Chinese culture. In addition, it is also connected with the concept of “harmony with nature.” This belief encourages people to live in harmony with the natural world and respect the ______ of nature, such as the changing of the seasons and the flow of energy.

By ______ these natural rhythms, it is believed that people can achieve a state of inner peace and harmony, which is essential for leading a healthy and ______ life. Overall, Hui Nantian shows a blend of traditional practices, beliefs, and values that are unique to Chinese culture. These practices not only serve to preserve the cultural heritage of China but also ______ harmony and balance in people’s lives.

【推荐1】After weeks or even months of _________ about insufficient goods in grocery store and crazy fight to get the last box of noodles or toilet paper roll, a great number of the nation’s largest farms are struggling with another ___________ effect of Covid-19. They had no choice but to ____________ tens of millions of pounds of fresh food that they can no longer sell.

Due to the large-scale lockdown, many restaurants, hotels and schools have to be closed temporarily, leaving some farmers with no buyers to consume the crops they've grown. The amount of waste is astounding. ____________, the nation’s largest dairy company, Dairy MaMa of America, estimates that farmers are dumping as many as 4.9 million gallons of milk each day.

According to many farmers, they have __________ some of the surplus food to food banks and other food assistance programs, which have been ___________ with demand from the needy. But there is only so much food that may go bad easily, which ends up in landfill.

Besides, since the farmers have invested a lot in ____________, processing and transporting, they are now facing financial ___________ after the sales has been reduced to half. Reasonable as exporting food sounds, it is not so ___________either based on the fact that many international buyers are also running into the same crisis caused by pandemic

The noteworthy destruction of edible food — especially when many Americans are suffering from the virus financially and millions are suddenly ___________ — is an especially tragic reality. It indicates the profound economic chaos caused by the virus and how difficult it has been for different sectors of the economy, like agriculture, to ___________ such a sudden structural change in how they should operate and survive.

In the past decades, the nation’s food banks have go to great lengths to ________ from providing processed meals to offering fresh ____________. But the pandemic made it difficult to serve fruits and vegetables for a shortage of volunteers, because the transportation may be expensive and _____________

The situation has become especially ___________ in the dairy industry, where cows need to be milked multiple times a day , regardless of whether there are buyers.

【推荐2】Schools are not just a microcosm (缩影) of society; they mediate it too. The best ________ to alleviate the external pressures on their pupils while equipping them better to understand and handle the world outside—at once sheltering them and broadening their horizons. This is ambitious in any circumstances, and in a divided and unequal society the two ________ can clash outright (直接地).

Trips that many adults would consider the ________ of a lifetime—treks in Borneo, a sports tour to Barbados—appear to have become almost routine at some state schools. Parents are being asked for thousands of pounds. Though schools cannot ________ from these trips, the companies that arrange them do. ________ , pupils arrive at school hungry because their families can't afford breakfast. The Child Poverty Action Group says nine in every classroom of 30 fall below the poverty line. The discrepancy is startlingly apparent.   ________ a fundraising requirement for students does not help, as better-off children can tap up richer aunts and neighbors.

Probing the rock pools of a local beach or practicing French on a language exchange can fire children's passions, boost their skills and open their eyes to life's possibilities. The Sutton Trust, which focuses on improving social mobility, says educational outings help bright but ________ students to get better A-levels. In this globalized age, there is a good ________ for international travel, and some parents say they can manage the cost of a school trip abroad more easily than a family holiday. Even in the face of immense and mounting financial pressures, some schools have shown remarkable determination and ingenuity in ________ that all their pupils are able to take up opportunities that may be truly life-changing. They should be ________ . Methods such as whole-school fundraising, with the proceeds (收益) ________ , can help to extend opportunities and fuel community spirit.

But £3,000 trips cannot be ________ when the median income for families with children is just over £30,000. Such initiatives close doors for many pupils. The NASUWT teaching union has warned of parents pulling their children out of school because of expensive ________ trips; for other students, these trips confirm their intuition that the world has wonderful things to show—but not to people like them. Even parents who can see that a trip is little more than a party or celebration may well feel ________ that their child is left behind.

The Department for Education's guidance says schools can charge only for board and lodging if the trip is part of the syllabus, and that students receiving government aid are exempt from these costs. However, many schools seem to ignore the advice；and it does not cover the kind of glamorous, exotic trips, which are becoming increasingly ________ . Schools cannot be expected to bring together communities single-handed. But the least we should expect is that they do not foster divisions and exclude those who are already disadvantaged.