【推荐1】When I was a young girl，my mother made the same dish for supper five nights a week. She boiled potatoes，carrots, and________small amounts of the roast beef. She called it stew(炖菜).

I would often hear other children at school________about the delicious meals they had for________. Many of them ate in fast food restaurants, which were popular and expensive at the time. They got hamburgers and fries. I________we could eat like that once in a while，but my parents couldn’t________it. We only had takeout(外卖)food once or twice a year.

My mom took the________to cut up and prepare those________every single night. Her recipes were right-focusing on the vegetables but not on the________.

I had________head colds and flus than my classmates. If I did get________, I’d be home for a day or two, not a whole week like many of them.

When I was in my thirties, I became ill and was diagnosed with high blood pressure. I have to________I had been eating a lot of fast food,________not getting it as a child. But when went back to preparing home-made meals, I started to feel________.

Today I often find myself________a bowl of my mother’s stew. That stew was made with love and it has left me with a(n)________that will warm me forever.

【推荐2】I am very lucky because I enjoy my work very much. I’m a fitness instructor at a gym near where I live. I _________six aerobics(有氧运动) classes a week and also tell my students about ________ and nutrition. As they say, “You are what you ________ .”

To be honest, I worry about the ________ that many people have today. So many people are overweight. Because they eat the ________ foods and they don’t do any exercise. When you work in an office all day, I know it is difficult to find ________ to keep fit, but you only need to do 20 minutes a day!

It’s also very important to have a ________ diet, starting with breakfast in the morning. It’s not a good idea to ________ breakfast although many of us just have a cup of tea or coffee. Eat as much ________ food as possible — lots of fruit and vegetables — and ________ not to eat too much fried food.

One ________ why a lot of people feel less than 100% fit is that they don’t drink enough water. You need to drink two liters(升) a day — and water   ________ water, not tea, coffee or sugary drinks.

Keeping fit is fun. However, a lot of people think it’s boring to go jogging or cycling. They just want to ________ their food. Well, of course, it’s fine to have cakes and ice cream, but not every day! I would say we like what our bodies ________ and if you eat more healthy food, over time, you might find yourself wanting to eat them more than anything else. Try it, I think you’ll be ________!

【推荐3】The warm weather outside may look perfect for outdoor exercise. But for those who are not that sporty, nothing could be nicer than having a _____ afternoon tea with a few good friends and taking a break from studying. But are you _____ with the culture of afternoon tea----its origins, what’s _____, and the proper etiquette(礼仪)?

While the tradition of drinking tea   _____ back to more than 3,000 B.C. in China, it was not until the mid 17th century that the _____ of “afternoon tea” first appeared in the U.K.

In 1840,Anna Maria Russell,   the seventh Duchess of Bedford, started _____ a tea tray with butter, bread and cakes at 4 p.m. every day, as she found she was _____ at this time and the evening meal in her household was _____ fashionably late at 8 p.m. She found this new habit difficult to _____ and soon invited other ladies in society to join her.

This _____ for tea quickly became a fashionable social event. During the 1880s, women of_____ class and society would   _____ long gowns, gloves and hats for their afternoon tea.

Traditional afternoon tea, typically served_____ 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., is technically a small meal, not a drink. It ____ of a selection of sandwiches, freshly baked scones served with cream and fruit jam, pastries（糕点） and cakes. Of course, tea or coffee, served with milk and sugar, is also provided.

Nowadays, you can enjoy a traditional yet fancy afternoon tea with pot-brewed tea and delicate snacks in many restaurants and hotels. But in the   _____ home, afternoon tea is _____ to be much simpler-biscuits with a mug of tea, usually produced by using a teabag.

_____ definition, afternoon tea is a dainty meal. So, when you drink you tea, take small sips     _____“glugging” it down. There’s a definite order to taking tea, but the actual drinking of tea can take place throughout the “meal”.

_____, the good served should be consumed in a restrained (讲究的) fashion as well.   Sandwiches are eaten first, _____ by the sweet snacks, such as cakes, pastries and scones.

【推荐1】No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess of Windsor indicates much of the odd spirit of our times. Being thin is _________ such a virtue.

The problem with such a view is that some people actually attempt to live by it. I myself have dreams of slipping into narrow designer clothes. _________, I have been on a diet for the better – or worse – part of my life. Being rich wouldn’t be bad either, but that won’t happen unless an unknown relative dies suddenly in some distant land, _________ me millions of dollars.

Where did we go off the track? When did eating butter become a sin, and a little bit of extra flesh unappealing? All religions have certain days when people refrain (抑制) from eating and excessive eating is one of Christianity’s seven deadly sins. _________, until quite recently, most people had a problem getting enough to eat. In some religious groups, wealth was a _________ of high morals, and fatness a sign of wealth and well-being.

Today the _________ is true. We have _________ to thinness as our new mark of virtue. The result is that being fat — or even only somewhat overweight — is bad because it implies a _________ of moral strength.

Our obsession with thinness is also _________ by health concerns. It is true that in this country we have more ______________ people than ever before, and that, in many cases, being overweight correlates (关联) with an increased risk of heart and blood vessel disease. These ______________, however, may have as much to do with our way of life and our high-fat diets as with excess weight. And the associated risk of cancer in the digestive system may be more of a dietary problem — too much fat and a lack of fiber — than a weight problem.

The real ______________, then, is not that we weigh too much, but that we neither exercise enough nor eat well. ______________ is necessary for strong bones and both heart and lung health. A balanced diet without a lot of fat can also help the body avoid many diseases. We should surely stop paying so much attention to ______________. Simply being thin is not enough. It is actually dangerous if those who get (or already are) thin think they are automatically healthy and thus ______________ paying attention to their overall life-style. Thinness can be pure vain glory.

【推荐3】If you have an eye for photography and a passion for fashion, then becoming a fashion photographer may be your cup of tea.

The booming (迅速发展的)fashion industry means that the _______ for qualified photographers who can shoot good pictures is _______ the rise.

A fashion photographer works in the _______ , competitive world of marketing and advertising. They often take photos of anything _______ fashions, which includes models, their clothing, accessories and makeup products.

It's a glamorous (attractive) career with numerous perks (额外所得)including good pay, plenty of _______to scenic spots and the chance to work with models or pop stars.

Some top photographers such as Mario Testino become celebrities in their own right, operating _______ studios and launching superb careers in photographic fashion.

But, to plunge (投身)into a career in fashion photography requires outstanding artisanship as well as _______to make the models feel relaxed and work well with fashion editors, art directors and stylists.

Photographers ________ not only to record fashion but to “create a work of art”.   _______, they have to represent the ideas of fashion designers to the _______.

To enter this field requires a college degree or ________training in photography, skills in image editing and a good understanding of the fashion industry, which means being familiar with ________, product, clients and designers.

You need artistic capacity. Fashion photographers ________work directly for fashion magazines such as Harper's Bazaar or Elle either full-time or on a contract __________.

Freelance (自由职业)photographers are employed by small retailers (散户)and big fashion houses ________Gucci or Chanel. They also have agents who sell their photographs for a commission.