【推荐3】It's a beautiful day in Jáen, Southern Spain. As a father of the bridegroom   _________his speech, a sea of wedding guests   _________applause, some of them even rising from their chairs to show hearty admiration. This is because 66-year-old Dave just delivers his speech   _________in Spanish, a language that he couldn't speak a year ago.

Dave and his wife Carol were in Southern Wales when their son Stewart called from Spain, _________his parents to meet someone so special to him. _________,the couple arrived in Spain and met the special lady, Atanea, and her extended family. _________they couldn't understand the language of each other. Atanea had to run nonstop as a (an) _________to ensure everyone was understood until eventually she felt exhausted and Dave felt _________ .He wanted to support his son and connect with his in-laws.

So the moment they _________down in the UK, Carol and Dave signed up for both day and evening Spanish lessons, the time of which   __________four hours per week. To study Spanish at any other time moreover, the pair __________a Spanish-learning app. The couple would set aside time every day, complete the exercises on their app and then __________ each other over a cup of tea in their kitchen. Just as they were making __________ progress and beginning to enjoy their Spanish and tea __________, they received another __________ from Stewart, telling them that Atanea had agreed to marry him and asking his father if he would make the father-of-the-groom __________. Having said “yes” to his son, Dave knew he had more work to do for the big day.

On the wedding day, the newlyweds hold hands and smile with __________. While the words get __________ in his throat several times during the speech, yet Dave's months of determination and hard work come together in one beautiful expression of __________ for his son and his daughter-in-law, and of __________ for the culture of his new in-laws.

【推荐1】Knitting is well known for its healing benefits. For Clare Young. the pastime has helped ________her broken heart after her husband Ken died of cancer.

Mrs. Young was diagnosed with a mental disorder and anxiety after her husband’s death in 2015. They met online 15 years ago. He was ________with cancer in 2013. Then they wedded in 2014 and she gave up work to care for her husband. She was advised to take up knitting as a way to ________the stress.

She created Work of Heart Garden in ________of her husband to help manage her sorrow and the ________health symptoms. Her piece ________a bed in a hospice (临终安养院) garden, with knitted grass, flower pots and walls. Her knitted creation and her ________fundraising (筹款) for Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court hospice, which helped care for Ken, saw Clare enter the Creative Fundraiser of the Year. In the awards ceremony. Clare was ________Creative Fundraiser of the Year.

Following her win, Clare said, “I started knitting at home to manage the sorrow and mental health symptoms. Never in my wildest ________did I think creating a knitted garden would lead me to receiving 50,000 knitted hearts from across the world and picking up this ________. I would like to ________it to them. It is for every person who has knitted, donated and ________. It was a huge honor to those who are making a ________to the world. Creating Work of Heart Garden has been a( an) ________experience. Not only have I achieved my aim of raising ________of the work of the hospice, but I have encouraged more people to talk more people about hospice care, loss and grief.”

【推荐2】The oral microbiome — the sum total of microorganisms, including bacteria and fungi, that occupy the human mouth — was the subject of a citizen science-driven study by Jessica Metcalf’s research lab at CSU and Nicole Garneau’s research team at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Published in Scientific Reports, the study found, among other things, a correlation between people who did not visit the dentist regularly and ________ presence of a pathogen that causes periodontal disease.

For the experiments, carried out by Garneau’s community science team in the Genetics of Taste Lab at the museum, a wide cross-section of museum visitors answered simple questions about their demographics, lifestyles and health ________. Microbial (微生物的) DNA sequencing data analyzed by Metcalf’s group revealed broadly, that oral health habits affect the communities of bacteria in the ________. The study underscored the need to think about oral health as ________ linked to the health of the entire body.

“Our study also showed that using community scientists can be a really good way to get this type of ________, without having to use large, case-controlled studies,” said Zach Burcham, a postdoctoral researcher and the paper’s lead author. Senior author Metcalf is an associate professor in the Department of Animal Sciences and a member of CSU’s Microbiome Network.

The study ________ people who flossed (用牙线清洁牙齿) or didn’t floss (almost everyone said they brushed, so that wasn’t useful data point). Participants who flossed were found to have ________ microbial diversity in their mouths than non-flossers. This is most likely due to the physical removal of bacteria that could be causing disease.

Adults who had gone to a ________ in the last three months had lower overall microbial diversity in their mouths than those who hadn’t gone in 12 months or longer, and had less of the periodontal disease-causing oral pathogen. This, ________, was probably due to dental cleaning removing rarer bacterial taxa in the mouth. Youth tended to have had a dental visit more recently than adults.

Youth microbiomes were ________ among males and females, and by weight. Children considered obese according to their body mass indices had distinct microbiomes as compared to non-obese children. The obese children also tended to have higher levels of Treponema, the same pathogen found in adults who hadn’t been to the dentist in more than a year. ________, the researchers saw a possible link between childhood obesity and periodontal disease. “This was very interesting to me, that we were able to detect these data in such a general population, with such a variable group of people,” Burcham said.

Other data uncovered: The microbiomes of younger participants, mostly in the 8- to 9-year-old range, had more diversity than those of adults. ________, adult microbiomes varied more widely from person to person. The researchers think this is due to the environments and diets of adults being more wide-ranging than ________.

They also saw that people who lived in the same household had ________ oral microbiomes.

“When you look at families who live together, you find they share more of those ________ taxa, the bacteria that aren’t found as often in higher abundances,” Burcham explained. It was a data point that underscored the relevance of one’s built environment in relationship to the microbial communities in our bodies.

【推荐1】Sidney Poitier was born to farmers on February 20, 1927. His parents would regularly travel to Miami to sell their goods, which mainly _________ tomatoes and apples. Baby Poitier was born somewhat _________, two months prematurely(早产地), _________ his parents were on one visit to Miami.

When he turned 17, Poitier moved to New York alone. He worked as a dishwasher and was too poor to pay for his apartment, so he had to _________ in a shelter. A Jewish waiter would sit with him every night and _________ him to read a newspaper, which made Poitier _________.

At 20, Poitier _________ auditioned(试演) for a theatre after _________ an advertisement in the newspaper. However, he wasn’t a(n) _________ the audience. At that time, African-American actors were expected to sing, but Poitier was __________ to hear the difference between musical notes. Poitier spent the next six months working on his __________ and ridding(消除) himself of his __________ by carefully imitating(模仿) news readers.

His hard work __________. After some successful roles on Broadway, he found it __________ to choose between leading stage roles and a part in the film No Way Out.

Luckily, he chose film and after his excellent performance as a black doctor, the doors of Hollywood began to __________. Just three years after his role in Blackboard Jungle, Poitier became the first African-American actor to be nominated(提名) for a Best Actor Academy Award for his performance in The Defiant Ones.

【推荐2】Running marathons is quite a challenge. Yet for Simon Wheatcroft, who ______ his sight at 18, there’s an extra difficulty. However, Simon, now 29, has not only been ______ in marathons for the past two years with the help of ______ runners but has also learned to run alone outdoors.

Simon’s unique ______ involved slowly memorizing a five-kilometre route by repeatedly walking it alone. He used a smartphone app that ______ audio feedback on his pace and distance. It helped him build a mental map of the route and its ______. “I did make a few ______ early on — like running into posts. But I’m going to ______ where that is next time,” he laughs.

At first running was a challenge that required great ______ for Simon. However, it has now become more natural for him. Compared with most runners, he ______ his running style to be more cautious, using shorter and more careful steps to sense the surroundings.

Despite risks of ______ obstacles, Simon values the freedom and ______ running gives him. He believes what he gets from running alone far outweigh any dangers, which has ______ his confidence and provided inspiration to others.

But for Simon the real motivation for his training come from simply ______ competition, giving him an ______ to run with everyone. “I can’t hide the fact I’m blind,” he says, “but meanwhile I would rather compete with everybody else and not be put into a special group.”

【推荐3】Born with polio (小儿麻痹症), Ryder Killam started using a wheelchair at two. When he started kindergarten, Ryder had to be _________ 75 feet to the end of the driveway to wait for the school bus every day. He had to _________ rain, wind, and snow while waiting for the bus, so his father Tim put up a patio umbrella (庭院伞) to provide some   _________ from the elements. But it didn’t accomplish much unless it was just a rainy day with no _________ otherwise he still would get wet and not stay warm.

Tim _________ to the community for an old bus hut but no luck. Then he _________ a post on Facebook to see if someone could help build Ryder a new one. Dan McKena, who had been teaching construction technology, responded with an “_________”. Three of Mr Mckena’s classes at Westerly High School _________ the project. They worked hard for numerous weeks, _________ by the cause and knowing that soon a __________ winter would be falling. On November 2, the hut was finally delivered to the home.

It was big enough to allow such great __________ for Ryder and an adult to be with him comfortably. Ryder’s first     __________ was “Wow! Perfectly!” He loved it and wanted to hang out in it all the time. The family sent a photo of Ryder in the bus __________ and thanked Dan and his students for their hard work. The teens were extremely __________ to see just how their project has helped others. This project brought out community together a bit. It showed that there is still so much __________ in this world and town!