【推荐1】Body language is the most secret and powerful language of all! It speaks ________ than words sometimes. According to specialists, our bodies send out more messages than we realise. In fact, non-verbal communication makes up about 50% of what we really ________.

Body language is particularly ________ when we attempt to communicate across cultures. What is called body language is so ________ a part of us that we tend not to notice it. Many misunderstandings can occur as a result of this. ________, cultures differ in the ________ between two people when speaking. In some Asian cultures, people tend to stand quite far away when speaking with friends, and even further away with ________. People from some Latin American countries, ________, stand much closer. Based on this, if an Argentinian were to meet a Chinese person in a room, it is possible that it may look like the Argentinian is ________ the Chinese person all around the room. The Argentinian, trying to express friendship, might keep moving ________. The Chinese person could see this as pushiness, and could keep ________ which the Argentinian may regard as coldness.

Clearly, a great deal is going on when people ________. And only a part of it is in the words themselves. When people are from ________ cultures, there is a strong possibility of ________. But whatever the situation is, the best ________ is to obey the golden rule: treat others as you would like to be treated.

【推荐2】When I first visited Mexico, I spoke Spanish well. So when I _____ an ice-cream in a shop, and the local seller said “ahorita, which directly translates to “right now, “I smiled and waited nearby, believing that its arrival was _____.

Half an hour passed and still no ice-cream arrived, so I asked again about it. “Ahorita, “ he _____   again and his face was a mix of confusion and _____.

I was _____. Waiting longer wasn’t pleasant, but it was impolite to walk away if the ice-cream was now being delivered just for me. But finally, after waiting too long, I made a rush for the nearest bus to take me home. _____.it really wasn’t my fault. As I left, I _____ at my wrist and shrugged (耸肩) to the ice-cream seller, leaving him in _____ confusion.

This experience _____ in my memory until years later when I came back to live in Mexico. I discovered that understanding “ahorita” took not a _____ in the language, but rather a fluency in the _____. When someone from Mexico says “ahorita, it should almost never be taken literally; its meaning _____   greatly with context. As a linguist _____, “Ahorita could mean tomorrow, in an hour, within five years or never. “It is even used as a(n) _____   way of saying “no, thanks” when refusing a(n) _____.

【推荐3】Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese _______ at my face, but I pushed them _______. My mom believed I would learn _______ I was ready. But the _______ never came.

On a Chinese New Year’s Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was _______ at him, confused, scratching my head. “Still can’t speak Chinese?” He _______ me, “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown.”

“Hey, this is America, not China. I’ll get some _______ with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for _______.

“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu ,” she said, handing over a $20 bill. I _______ the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.

I found the fish ________ surrounded in a sea of customers. “I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I shouted to the fishman. But he ________ my English words and turned to serve the next customer. The laugh of the people behind increased ________ their impatience. With every ________, the breath of the dragons on my back grew stronger — my blood boiling —________ me to cry out, “ Xian Sheng Yu, please.” “Very Xian Sheng,” I repeated. The crowd erupted into laughter. My face turned ________ and I ran back home ________, except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.

Should I laugh or cry? They’re Chinese. I am Chinese. I should feel right at ________. Instead, I was the joke, a disgrace (丢脸) to the language.

Sometimes, I laugh at my fish ________, but, in the end, the joke is on ________. Every laugh is a culture ________; every laugh is my heritage (传统) fading away.

【推荐1】The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure originally ________ in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851.

The exhibition took place from 1 May to 15 October, 1851, and more than 14, 000 ________ from around the world gathered to ________ examples of technology developed in the Industrial Revolution.________ by Joseph Paxton, the Great Exhibition building was 1, 851 feet (564 m) long, with an inside height of 128 feet (39 m). It was three times the ________ of St Paul’s Cathedral.

The introduction of the glass sheets method into Britain by Chance Brothers in 1832 made ________ the production of large sheets of cheap but strong glass. Its ________ in the Crystal Palace ________ a structure with the greatest area of ________ ever seen in a building. It ________ visitors with its clear walls and ceilings that did not ________ inside lights.

It has been ________ that the name of the building ________ from an article by the playwright (剧作家) Douglas Jerrold. He ________ in a magazine called Punch about the coming Great Exhibition,________ to a “palace of very crystal”.

After the ________, the palace was moved to an area of South London known as Penge Common. It was rebuilt at the top of Penge Peak next to Sydenham Hill. It stood there from June 1854 until its ________ by fire in November 1936. The nearby residential (住宅的) area was ________ Crystal Palace after the landmark. Crystal Palace Football Club was ________ at the site in 1905. The club still ________ Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins’s Crystal Palace Dinosaurs which date back to 1854.

【推荐3】Nowadays computers have become an important part in our daily life. We _______ in touch with our friends through QQ, we write many short pieces about the wonderful things we are _______ by clicking the keyboard, and sometimes we also _______ computers to do business.

Computers have changed our _______ in many aspects. However, here comes the problem: we are too _______ on computers.

It is _______ to find that lots of people always make many mistakes in writing with a pen, and some of them even have _______ their inspiration (灵感) because they have got used to _______ articles from computers. There is no _______ that computers have made a great contribution to improving our ________ of life, making it easier and more convenient, but we shouldn’t ignore the ________ of keeping our ability to do things with our own head.

One day, ________ would seem to be everywhere, but we would suffer (遭受) a lot if we become too dependent on them. Imagine that in a (n) ________ where you are required to write a paper with your pen. ________ , you find yourself unable to remember the ________ spellings of several words, or that you cannot get your own ideas without searching for information from a computer, and that would put you into anxiety.

In short, we are all too dependent on computers nowadays, and obviously this is not a good thing. It may add to our laziness. Now that we have already realized that, it is time for us to do something to change it.