【推荐1】As an only child, Nicole Renae often felt lonely in her youth. But that all changed when she turned ten. For her birthday, Renae’s grandmother _______ her with an adorable gray _______ named Chloe.

From the very start, the two were _______. “She was my best friend,” Renae said. Every ounce of love Renae gave, the little dog returned tenfold.

But when Renae was 14, her father _______ a new job that came with a shocking warning: He’d be working at home, and the house needed to _______ noise disturbance.

“Chloe was very noisy,” Renae said. “I was just a kid, so I didn’t have any _______ in the matter. I didn’t want to _______ my dog. I just felt so sick and _______ about it. With no easier option, the family sent Chloe to a humane society.

_______, Renae grew up, got married, and had a child of her own. But her family didn’t feel quite complete. Remembering the ________ that having a dog had brought her as a kid, Renae wanted her daughter to ________ the same. She had it in her mind that she would ________ a puppy, but then one day she saw a post on a social media platform about a ________ dog that needed a new home. The dog in the photograph looked a lot like Chloe —she was even named Chloe. In an instant it was ________: She would adopt this older dog.

When she met Chloe, the dog seemed so familiar. And Chloe appeared to feel the same ________ about Renae. Soon Renae cried with excitement because she felt so lucky to have Chloe again.

【推荐2】I went to an old friend’s farm in western Washington. I parked my car outside the farm and _______ past a house which had apparently not been used in many years. A _______ at a window caught my attention, so I entered it. It was a hummingbird (蜂鸟), _______ trying to escape. I _______ her from spider-webs (蛛网).

With the bird in my _______ hand, I looked around to see how she had got in. The broken window was the _______ answer. I stuffed a piece of cloth into the _______ and took her outside.

When I opened my hand, the bird did not fly away; she sat looking at me with her bright eyes. I _______ the sticky spider-webs that covered her head and wings. _______, she made no attempt to fly. Perhaps she had been ________ too long and was too tired? Or too ________?

As I ________ her toward my car where I kept a water bottle, she began to move. Hovering (悬停), she approached within six inches of my face. For a very long moment, this tiny creature looked into my eyes, turning her head from side to side. Then she flew quickly ________.

Two hours later, as I was ________, my friends walked me to my car. I was standing by the car when a hummingbird flew to the center of our group and began hovering. Finally, she came to me. She again looked directly into my eyes, then ________ a squeaking call, seeming to say good bye to me, and was gone. What an amazing bird!

【推荐3】The following true story may deeply touch your soul!

A(n) ________ thing happened in South Africa when 31 elephants made a “Journey to pay their respect”. How did they know? Something told them that their ________ --- the man who had bravely ________ them and many other animals --- had gone for ever.

Two days after his ________, the wild elephants showed up at his home led by two large ones. Separate wild herds（群）arrived to say ________ to their beloved man-friend. A total of 31 elephants had ________ walked over 12 miles to reach his South African House. ________ this, humans were amazed not only because of the intelligence that these ________ sensed about Lawrence’s death, but also the memory and emotion（情感）the beloved animals showed in such a/an ________ way.

Walking slowly --- for days --- they ________ their way in one-by-one queue from their habitat（栖息地）in the wild bush ________ his living place. Lawrence’s wife, Francoise, was especially ________, knowing that the elephants had not been to his house before that day for over 3 years! But yet they knew ________ they were going and they seemed to know why they were going to Lawrence’s home. The elephants ________ wanted to pay their deep respects, honoring（纪念）their ________ friend who had saved their lives --- so much respect ________ they stayed for 2 days and 2 nights without ________ anything.

________ honoring Lawrence Anthony in the only way they could --- in this touching and memorable tribute（悼念） to the man --- these creatures had ________ that they are wiser and more compassionate（慈悲） than the human race will ever be or ever realize. Then one morning, they ________, making their long journey back home.

【推荐1】The last complete ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic has collapsed (倒塌). The Milne Ice Shelf is _______ Ellesmere Island, Canada. The shelf lost _______ 40 percent of its area in just two days at the end of July, 2020. 

Above normal air temperatures, offshore winds and open water in front of the shelf are all parts of the _______ for its break-up.The shelf area shrank (缩小) by about 80 square kilometers. By comparison, the island of Manhattan in New York _______ about 60 square kilometers.Temperatures in the polar area have been _______ intense (强烈的). Summer in the Canadian Arctic in 2020 has been 5 degrees Celsius _______ the 30-year average. That has _______ smaller ice caps, _______ can melt quickly. As a glacier disappears, more bedrock is left _______. This then speeds up the melting ________. A research camp, including instruments for measuring water flow through the ice shelf, was lost when the shelf at Ellesmere Island collapsed. 

“It was only a ________ of time,” said Mark Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center. His study showed the ice caps were ________ to disappear within five years. Their disappearance was ________ last year, when NASA satellite images of the area showed a complete lack of snow and ice. Serreze’s ________ trip to the Arctic was many years ago. “When I was there in the 1980s, I knew every square inch of those ice caps,” Serreze said. “You have the good ________. It’s like your first girlfriend. I want her back.”

【推荐3】My mom is an environmentalist. We’ve always composted (制堆肥) and she’s always had some sort of garden. She also never threw anything away because she could see the second _______ in it.

I grew into a similar lifestyle. And I started _______ my carbon footprint and consumption.

I decided to _______ my car for one month in May of 2017. If I needed a car, I was going to borrow someone’s to prove that I had the community to _______ this decision. I only ended up _______ a car once, and I realized it didn’t make sense to own a car, _______ it and pay for gas. So in September, I fully quit and sold my car.

I also fly a lot for work, and on my _______ from the travel agency, it will include how many tons of carbon you’re emitting (排放) from just your single _______ , which is like a punch in the gut.

As a result, it has become a _______ for me to offset (抵消) my carbon emissions. I calculate my carbon emissions, and go onto carbon footprint and purchase an offset in the form of a donation. If we’re going to ________ the environment this much, we have to be doing something that’s going to offset the carbon ________ until there’s a carbon tax, which I truly hope is ________ we will go next.

It’s also really important to talk about what we could see the ________ as, because it gets so dark so fast when people talk about ________ change.

I don’t know what the ________ is of me not having a car, but I hope it’s something positive that I can’t necessarily see.

【推荐2】Tidying your desk, watering your plants, folding clothes — these household chores (家务) are very common. I often find myself _________ these little chores. If the deadline of a task is coming, I’ll clear up the papers _________ around my office to make me feel not so nervous.

I’m not _________ in this. As facing the influenza (流感), many people _________ finding new interest in looking after their homes as a way of _________ uncertainty. Psychologists (心理学家) say these chores may _________ encourage you to become active.

Little chores may be useful because they occupy the mind, leading us to devote fewer resources to the things that _________ us. We may find household makes us _________ when we finish them, but this depends on where we place our _________.

In a study, researchers __________ 51 participants into two groups. Half of them were encouraged to __________ focus on washing the dishes. “__________ washing the dishes, one should be aware that he is washing the dishes”. Another half only needed to know something __________ how to do washing without being encouraged to focus their awareness on the activity.

Finally, the participants were asked to take a questionnaire about their feelings. Those who had fully engaged with the experience reported a better mood. This included the reduced __________ and even a sense of “inspiration”, as if the simple activity had __________ their minds.