【推荐1】Singing or listening to music during math class is usually not accepted. However, in Kurt’s classroom, it’s not the _________. Kurt is a math teacher in a high school. This former hip-hop artist is using his ____________ background to make math a lot easier and less __________ for his students.

As a child, he had problems __________ math. However, as he grew older, he __________ that it wasn’t completely his __________ and that the traditional education system just doesn’t work for all the students. So he decided to come up with a new ________, which would make kids more interested in school. Finally a good idea __________ him.

With the help of some friends, Kurt __________ 60-second math tracks. They are given a certain name, like “Van Guard” and he __________ multiplication tables (乘法表) to hip-hop beats. He also encourages dancing during class, ________ it helps the children get into the mood and _________________________________________ them in their learning. So far, Kurt has only invented musical materials for the multiplications, but the __________ have been so positive that he is now working on new learning materials.

Ever since Kurt __________ hip-hop into the classroom, he has had __________trouble during class. And attendance (出勤率) is   _________ at 100% and the students’ grades have gone up greatly. What’s more, the kids __________ love learning math now.

Kurt wants to__________ the traditional way of teaching, but he’s not saying that it doesn’t work. It just doesn’t work for ________, because not all students learn the same way. He only aims to show that we need to keep a(n) ________ mind when it comes to children’s education.

【推荐1】Recently a Russian friend came to visit me. It was one of her lifelong dreams to visit London. She arrive at lunchtime and we _______ a tiring afternoon going round the Tower of London. However, by 5 o'clock I couldn't help _______ that she didn't seem as enthusiastic as she had been earlier. I asked if _______was wrong and she said, “This is all very interesting but where is the _______ and where are the men in bowler hats (圆顶礼帽)? Why did everyone _______ to get on the bus at the bus stop instead of making a queue? It's very _______ from the books I've read about England.”

Her _______ made me think. It's true that people don't _______ much any more: nowadays you often find that everyone just jumps on the bus. Or maybe this is only in London. Also the idea of a man standing up and offering his _______ to a woman on a train or bus is ________ these days, although my father still does it!

Speaking of the pollution: well, we all know that a hundred years ago there used to be fog all year round in London, but we ________ have much fog; nowadays we have pollution from all the cars! Over the last few years in ________ London had been one of the hottest places in Europe, although we still get more than enough rain in the season.

What about the city men in their working “uniform”? Well, you can still see some city gentlemen in their smart ________, but men hardly ever ________ bowler hats. A few things don't ________, though. If you try to start a conversation with an English person on the underground in London, she or he will probably look at you as if you were mad!

【推荐2】I Have Two Names

Oyindasola means ''Honey poured into my wealth. '' It's fairly common Nigerian (尼日利亚的) name, mainly used for girls._________, I’m known as Oyindasola but my nickname is Chelsea. Some ask why I don’t use my real _________ and I tell them what my father told me: a story about him _________ Chelsea, South West London a year after I was born. I tell them that this nickname spoke to him so much that it _________ on every birthday cake of mine.

When I was seven, inside the brick walls of our townhouse in New York, we decided to _________ to Nigeria. And my mother needed to know what my family there would call me. The nickname I’d been called for as long as I could _________ or the complex name on my passport? A simple question. But it tore me apart.

A week later we found ourselves at an airport with groups of Nigerians speaking as we _________ for our cab. After a week of getting used to the spicier foods, and sharper scents, I fell into _________. Soon, my memories of Disney in America were _________ with sounds of Nigerian music. My tongue grew heavier with Nigerian __________, and the words shared between my mother and grandmother in their native tongue finally __________. But, I still wasn't Nigerian enough. Their unfriendly looks and __________ were a constant reminder of who I was: an American girl with the westernized name. So I wasn't __________ sad when my mother announced our back to America for her work.

On the first day of middle school in America, __________ coursed through me because I knew my birth name wouldn't __________ the attendance list just as I couldn't fail to draw others' attention. I was __________ when the teacher mispronounced my painfully long name and my classmates laughed.

But with every passing year, came new __________. Every new attendance roll (考勤) call was responded with a braver voice and a __________ smile. That long name, mispronounced or not, is mine. The Nigerian accent slipping through is mine. Who I am is simple: a Nigerian girl with __________ to the American dream, a girl with two __________ and two names.

【推荐3】“Two reporters will visit our new school. And______of you will be in the photo.” Ms. Myers told Room 5.

Brad was small. Kids were always making jokes about how______he was. “They won’t put Brad in the photo______you’d need a magnifying glass(放大镜) to see him,” Charlotte said. The other kids laughed. Brad tried to smile, even though what Charlotte said was______. He believed they didn’t mean to______him.

Two reporters named Rick and Tegan______half an hour later. “Time to______Photos,” Tegan said. “Who do you______, Rick?”

“I’ll have these three girls.” He pointed to Brooke, Reehta, and Gabble. “And these three boys.” He pointed to Jocob, Eddie, and Brad could hardly______it.

Rick______the six kids in front of the new library’s big painting. “It’s big?” he said. “We’ll get you guys to kneel(跪) in front of it, so it looks even______.”

“Is that why you picked Brad?” said one of the Room 5 kids. “So it looks______big?” Some people laughed. Brad also gave a______as he usually did.

But Rick______his head. “No,” he said. “I______him because he’s got a huge smile two miles wide.”

He looked at Brad and said, “Plus, this guy is big inside, where it______. Right?”

This time, Brad spoke before he could think. “In my______, I’m three miles wide.”

Room 5 laughed again. But Brad knew that they were laughing with him, not______him.

【推荐3】“Why do you always apologize before you ask a question?” my colleague, Dan asked. I looked at him _______, not understanding what he meant but felt that there was more than a trace of _______ in his tone.

“There’s no reason for it; you shouldn’t do that,” he said. “Sorry if it annoys you,” I responded. I probably annoyed him again by _______ again.

This happened over 35 years ago, but I still _______ it now. Asking questions in conversation isn’t that _______, at least not to me.

I figured out some _______. The first was self-consciousness and insecurity. Had I missed something the professor said? I knew some students, as a result of such _______, didn’t ask questions. I had enough confidence to ask, but not enough to not _______ the way of asking.

I don’t think it occurred to me at the time, but it did years later, that it also probably related to being _______. I knew that a woman was always told there was a line of not ________ others too aggressively.

Besides, I became conscious of not implying ________ — I didn’t want a professor to think I was questioning their expertise, or suggesting they were a ________ teacher. It seemed like a reasonable strategy to start by ________ that I was wrong or uninformed.

Before Dan’s comment, I hadn’t thought about it ________, and much less considered that there could be a ________ while doing it. But I was learning that there was, and it could be unpleasant. Fortunately, I think I’ve done it less now.