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Wintry Scenes from a Swedish Wonderland

I always give the same advice to ambitious photographers: Wherever home is, that’s where you should begin. Having lived and worked everywhere but in Sweden for most of my life, I was terrible at following it myself. For me, Sweden has always been a place to relax and spend time with family. I’ve never explored it in the same way I’ve explored destinations like Zambia     1     now.

With all of my foreign trips     2     (cancel) this year, I decided to travel north from my home near Stockholm. What began as a two-week trip quickly turned into journeys     3    , both starting and finishing in midwinter, lasted the entire year.

Climate change doesn’t have any impact on the length of our daylight. And yet,     4     (lie) on the back staring up at the magical light show of the aurora borealis (北极光), I hardly minded the lack of daylight. Instead,     5     caught my attention was the fascinating beauty of the white, frozen landscapes and the endless shades of blue.

But Johan Stenevad, my host at Lapland Guesthouse, showed me     6     else. One day, on a snowmobile path lined with tall trees on both sides, he turned off his engine and asked me what I saw. “Trees,” I answered. “A forest.”

He shook his head. “Not a forest, just a plantation. Soon, this is what     7     (leave).” he said. For over half a century now, the ancient forests that once seemed endless continue     8     (cut) down. The Sami that live mainly in the northern areas     9     (face) an existential crisis. Their lives and culture are closely linked to the ancient forests and the reindeer (驯鹿) there. The slow growing lichen (地衣) and mushrooms upon which the reindeer depend for survival are not found in plantations. So, the death of one     10     mean the death of the other, and an uncertain future for an entire people.

We are not visitors in nature and it’s essential for our own survival as well as that of the natural world.

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Dear Easy,

I wouldn’t put too much stock in what your “literary” friends say; they sound like bores. When it comes down to it, people who think about reading in terms of what “counts” don’t seem to actually enjoy books all that much. Their moralistic (说教的) gloom is evident in the extent     1     reading has come to resemble exercise, with readers tracking their word-count metrics, trying to improve their speed.

    2     some disciples of this culture are quick to dismiss audiobooks as a shortcut, they cannot seem to agree on why, exactly, listening is an inferior form of engagement. Some cite studies that have shown people who listen to books retain less than those who read them, which     3     (bind) up with how tempting it is to do other things while listening.     4     insist that audiobooks eliminate the reader’s responsibility to interpret things like irony, tone, and inflection, given that the person on the recording is doing the work of conveying the emotions in the book for them.

The larger problem, however, is in viewing books as     5     means to some other end. Many people who aspire to read more are motivated by the promise that doing so will prevent cognitive decline, improve brain connectivity. Some assume that the purpose of reading is     6     (absorb) knowledge or nuggets of trivia that one can use in order to demonstrate being “well read”. I’d be willing to bet, Easy Listening, that your earliest experiences with the joy of literature were aural. Most of us were read to by adults before we learned to read ourselves, and listening to audiobooks recalls the distinctive delight of     7     (tell) a story.

If you’re like most people I know, you probably find it difficult to recall the last time a book regardless of     8     you consumed it — succeeded in altering your consciousness, suggesting that many books you’ve encountered have failed to live up to their potential.

My advice, Easy, is to be     9     (discriminating) about the medium and more choosy about the books you pick up. If you find that your mind is wandering or that you’re not able to fully enter into the reality of the narrative,     10     (consider) that this might be a problem with the content, not the mechanism through which you are experiencing it.

Faithfully,

Cloud

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Color my world

Once there was a girl named Rose. Rose always felt blue because she lived in a dull, gray village     1     life was black and white. She longed for adventure,     2     her life was as plain as a brown paper bag.

One day while walking down the street, she saw Eric, a former classmate, in     3     red car, and he caught her eye. He looked very happy. He stopped and said, “Hop in, let’s paint the town red!”

Rose was a little hesitant, but Eric’s infectious (有感染力的) spirit and the sight of the car’s shiny red outer     4     (excite) her. They drove off into the sunset and found     5     in a city that was lively and full of color. The buildings     6     (paint) in all shades of the rainbow. The streets were alive with people     7     (dress) in colorful clothing.

As they drove through the city, Rose saw a rainbow in the sky, and she felt as if she were on cloud nine. Eric took her to a party, and she danced     8     she was red in the face.

When the party was over, Eric drove Rose home. But it wasn’t until she was walking to her door that she came up with a great idea. She realized that she needed to stop     9     (chase) rainbows and add some color to her gray existence. She decided to live her life in full color.

The next day, Rose took a walk in the village. She noticed that the trees were green, and the flowers bloomed in many colors. She realized that her village was not as dull as she had thought. Rose noticed a shop     10     sold paint. She purchased some and painted her house     11     (bright) color she could find. She was very happy     12     the result. Her neighbors were amazed at the transformation and decided to paint their houses bright colors,     13    .

Before long, the whole village was painted in bright colors, and it seemed that a rainbow     14     (fall) upon it. It was a red-letter day for everyone! Rose realized that looking at things in a different light had made all the difference.

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One dad on the South of Chicago is trying to make a     1     (different) in his neighborhood，one book at a time.

Several years ago，Joe Williams volunteered in the lunchroom at his daughter’s primary school.One day，his daughter’s teacher needed someone to watch her students for a few    2     (minute )while she was grading papers，so she called Williams into the classroom to watch the students.

That     3     (be) the beginning of the“Mr.Dad’s Father’s Club.”

I picked up a book     4     read it to the class，Williams said.“The class enjoyed the book so much that the teachers wanted     5     (I)to start coming every week to read books for kids.As I started to do that，other fathers started to come in .They were very     6     (interest).They were like，’Hey，can we be a part of this?’ I was like，’Of course.’”

Up to now，more than150 fathers     7     (join) the Mr.Dad’s Father’s Club.The organization works to enrich the lives of young people in Chicago’s South Side.

My goal is to encourage fathers     8     (stay) active in their Kids ‘lives and in their community.Hopefully，one day，we would like to build    9     community centre，where there is a library and we can offer more resources，Williams explained.

For now，the organization focuses heavily    10     monthly reading events.It also runs a weekly fatherhood support group for dads in their community.