【推荐1】Frank was walking down the 6th Street on a hot sunny day when he saw smoke coming out of the street. He could _____ the smoke, and it was getting_____. Seeing the smoke coming out of a storm drain(雨水沟), Frank called the fire department _________. “The storm drain is _____ fire!” he said. The fire department asked for his whereabouts and he said he was near the 6th street. They said they would be right there to investigate the situation. Frank needn't to go anywhere, so he waited for the _____ to arrive. He was curious what could be burning beneath the street. As far as he knew, there wasn't anything beneath the street _____ concrete(混凝土). And everyone knows that concrete doesn't _____.

A fire truck arrived a few ____ later. “Are you the man who _____?” asked the driver. “Yes.” Frank answered. By now Frank could not only smell the _____ but also hear crackling sounds, just like wood burning. The firemen didn't seem to______ it an emergency. “What do you think it could be?” Frank asked the driver. “Oh, we know what it is. We have to ______ a problem like this every few months. It's the homeless people in their ‘______’.”

Homeless people have been living under the streets for years._____ their knowledge of the storm drain system, they ______ their own “houses” beneath the streets. These living areas have tables, mattresses, chairs, and sofas. The settlers often “borrow” electricity by connecting to a live wire above ground to ______ their own lights and even TVs underground. Either this ______ electricity or a cigarette can cause an occasional fire.

Frank watched ______   some firemen lifted a manhole cover (井盖) and went beneath the street with a fire hose (消防软管). Then a few minutes later, the ______ smoke turned white. Shortly afterward, the firemen reappeared with a ______ person who seemed to have just been woken up.

【推荐2】Do you have a best friend at work? A person once said, “Relationships _______ more than work. Years from now, you will forget the _______ of the work you have done, but you will still _______ the people and the relationships you built.” 

We hear a lot about this and it’s true. We spend more time with our co-workers than our families. Getting along well with workmates is the _______ to our success in the job. 

Gallup, our employee engagement survey provider, has been asking us to _______ “Do you have a good friend at work?” for 30 years. He has discovered a strong _______ between having a good friend at work and performance on the job. 

I’ve worked with a lot of people over my career. The most _______ achievements, when I looked back, were made with _______ that I felt a strong social connection with. We not only worked as a team but also spent our spare time _______ with each other and caring about each other’s daily life. I do believe that our success ________ strong social connections at work. 

I’ve been through a lot with many people I would ________ my best friends at work. We’ve celebrated our ________ of the work, promotions(升职) and retirements(退休) together. We have supported each other through marriages, births, illnesses and even deaths. 

Good relationships and a sense of ________ are part of work culture that we shouldn’t ignore. ________, I have been working with amazing people over the years. Can you imagine going to a ________ every day where there is no fun or friendship?

【推荐3】There’s a lot that can be conveyed in a handshake. Throughout history, such a(n) _______ was used to complete a business deal,_______ friendship, or signal trust.

But touching strangers can also lead to other, less beneficial shared_______ – like disease outbreaks. As fears about COVID-19 increase, France has warned its citizens to_______ handshakes. However, with histories dating back thousands of years, the greeting is likely too_______ established to be so easily stopped

A popular theory about the handshake’s_______ is that it began as a gesture of _________. Grasping hands proved you were not holding a weapon – and _________   them was a way to ensure your partner had nothing hiding up their sleeve.

There may be a_______ explanation for its lasting power. In a 2015 study, researchers in Israel filmed handshakes between hundreds of strangers and found nearly a quarter of participants________ their hands unconsciously afterwards.________, they concluded that a handshake may be used to detect chemical signals, and possibly as a means of________ – just as other animals do by smelling each other.

Behavioral scientist Val Curtis in London says that one possible________ for the handshake as greeting is to imply that the other person is __________   enough to share germs (细菌) with. Because of this, the________ can go in and out of style depending on public health concerns.

【推荐3】I was a shy kid. I didn’t even like to answer the telephone for fear I’d have to talk to somebody I didn’t ___________.

However, at school I had to spend all day in the ___________ of others. My escape was studying. I spent a lot of time studying and was ___________ with good grades.

___________, I went to college. During my third year of college, I had enough of being ___________ and decided to change myself.

One day while on campus, I ___________ an advertisement for positions on the local classical music radio station. I had grown up listening to classical music, and I ___________ it.

I had absolutely no background in radio, and absolutely no ___________ of getting the job. The idea of talking to thousands of listeners in “radioland” ___________ me. However, I ____________ the interview. The station manager had a soft voice that made me feel ____________ . I was given a public service announcement to read, and a list of composers’ names to pronounce. It wasn’t ____________ for me. I left the recording session with a sense of ____________ that I had actually done this strange and terrifying thing.

About two weeks later, I actually ____________ the job. It was a challenging job, but I grew to enjoy it. I began to feel ____________ talking to people.

My present job is ____________ people and writing their stories in a community newspaper. Although I now spend many hours talking with people, I’m still basically a(n) ____________ person. Perhaps it’s my soft voice and quite nature that help draw people out as they respond to my questions as I interview them. My former shyness makes me able to ____________ the people who feel discomfort when they talk to me. I still ____________ moments of loneliness. But I’m also glad I decided to make a ____________ in my life that has opened many doors and opportunities that I never knew existed.