【推荐2】In the 2010s, 34-year-old Miller travelled around the world as a marine biologist. However remote the location, she made the same alarming discovery: amounts of plastic littering the water and _______ marine life. Miller knew she needed to do something.

Her group called A Greener Future estimates that 33 percent of what they _______ comes from food packaging after organizing litter clean-ups across Canada. If food _______ were a country, it would be the third largest producer of greenhouse gases. Miller, determined to tackle the problem at the source, envisioned a shop that _______ plastic bags and quit the bad habit of wasting food itself.

In 2018, Miller opened one of the first zero-waste grocery stores in Canada, with her mission _______ the emphasis on sustainability. She named it Nada, and ensured everything was designed to make the zero-waste shopping experience _______ to practise. For instance, the cafe uses food items _______ their expiry date (失效日期) to make baked goods, soups and more. Miller buys from some 115 small local companies. The suppliers must be _______ of a social or environmental responsibility, and just as importantly, they must be _______ to reducing waste in their own supply chain.

Because food sales were ________ in pandemic, Nada closed its doors to the public for 18 months. ________ as the business was, Miller developed online ordering and delivery in a sustainable way. Carbon-free deliveries are made by e-bike and electric vehicles. Everything from olive oil to fresh eggs comes ________   in upgraded containers, which are collected and reused again with the next deliveries.

Not only do those containers just reduce waste, but they get people thinking big, just as Miller had hoped. “They are labeled with Nada stickers, ________ you can see how many times the container has been used,” she says, with a ________ smile. “If you open someone’s cupboard and see all of these Nada-branded containers, it’s ________ to start a conversation.”

【推荐1】I was shocked to see my baby Dani with a cleft(唇裂) at his birth. After the delivery, I wasn’t _______ to see my baby. All I could do was to ask for information about Dani. Dani had his surgery on the seventh day! It was a terrible experience. I buried myself in great _______.

Things _______ when I met Dr. Anastassov, who brought Smile Train—sponsored cleft care to Bulgaria. Dr. Anastassov was my _______ from the moment we met. He helped me build the confidence in Dani’s _______. At six, Dani finished his speech therapy(矫治) and could speak as _______ as everyone else.

Dani wanted to be a _______. When he began his formal training, the medical exam was very _______ for him. They knew he was different, even if they couldn’t immediately tell how. So they worked him harder than the others. But Dani showed great _______ and passed. He is now ________ his dream as a pilot!

Being Dani’s mother is a(n) ________. He has been so successful because we ________ him to understand that people with clefts should not be ________, because they can do anything.

Now I ________ Smile Train to help those like my son. I ________ my experience with them. I’m happy to work here and make change for the better every day.

【推荐3】In 1978, Avril and Christopher Rowlands paid £6 for a fir (冷杉), brought it to their new home in the pretty village of Inkberry. After ________ their first Christmas together, they planted the tree in their front garden to ________ their first Christmas in their new home. It has ________ grown over the years and nowadays, it ________ over their four-bedroom property—measuring about 50 feet. Each December the couple decorate their giant fir with thousands of fairy lights which they switch on for the ________ .

The tree is so ________ that a cherry picker is used to reach the top branches and add the star to the top. The lighted tree is one of the brightest landmarks (标志性建筑) in Inkberrow, which is one of UK’s darkest villages ________ there being no street lights.

Avril and Christopher’s fir now attracts thousands of people who ________ their tree every December. As a retired TV writer, Avril said, “We love doing the Christmas lights. The ________can be seen from miles around on nights and people ________ to see it. It’s become something of a (an) ________ for people in the village and beyond. It even ________ me to write a children’s book about the tree called The Laxford House Christmas Tree.“ The couple ask for people who admire the tree to make a ________ and over the years they have raised thousands of pounds for charity.

“The tree is really ________,” said the retired BBC editor Christopher. “During COVID, it was lit, like a beaco (灯塔) of ________.”