【推荐1】While food bank lines have grown longer, millions of pounds of produce are still going to waste. When several Stanford University students heard about the huge amount of food _________ every day, they were shocked and they knew they had to _________.

That’s why they _________ the Farm Link Project, a grassroots movement that not only _________ supplies to charities, but also helps farmers earn money.

“The farmers want to donate their surplus food, but they can’t _________ to take on the associated _________, like packaging and transporting it,” a student explained.

That’s where Farm Link comes in. Funded by donations, they _________ food from farmers and pay truckers to deliver _________ to food bank distributors.

Their first projects in April alone transported 50,000 pounds of onions and 10,000 eggs and _________ 644,000 pounds of food across many states. The group quickly __________ to include 20 students and graduates from five different colleges. “Our __________ is to get produce where it is needed most,” said another student. “No food bank should have to turn people away.”

With so many dedicated, caring individuals working __________ to make that happen, we have no doubt they’ll   __________ their goal!

Talk about making a difference! __________ Farm Link, families across the country won’t have to worry about going __________.

【推荐1】The beauty, majesty, and timelessness of a primary rainforest are indescribable. It is impossible to _______ on film, to describe in words, or to explain to those who have never had the awe-inspiring experience of standing in the heart of a primary rainforest.

Rainforests have _______ over millions of years to turn into the incredibly complex environments they are today. Rainforests represent a store of living and _______ renewable natural resources that for an immeasurably long period of time, by virtue of their richness in both animal and plant species, have _______ a wealth of resources for the survival and well-being of humankind. These resources have included basic food supplies, clothing, shelter, fuel, spices, industrial raw materials, and medicine for all those who have lived in the majesty of the forest. _______, the inner dynamics (动力学；相互作用的方式) of a tropical rainforest is a complex and fragile system. Everything is so _______ that upsetting one part can lead to unknown damage or even destruction of the whole. Sadly, it has taken only a century of human intervention to destroy what nature designed to _______ forever.

The scale of human _______ on ecosystems everywhere has increased enormously in the last few decades. Since 1980 the global economy has tripled in size and the world population has increased by 30 percent. Consumption of everything on the planet has risen — at a cost to our _______. In 2001, The World Resources Institute estimated that the demand for rice, wheat, and corn is expected to grow by 40% by 2025, increasing irrigation water demands by 50% or more. They further reported that the demand for wood could double by the year 2050; ________, it is still the tropical forests of the world that supply the most part of the world’s demand for wood.

In 1950, about 15 percent of the Earth’s land surface was covered by rainforest. Today, more than half has already gone up in ________. In fewer than fifty years, about half of the world’s tropical rainforests have fallen ________ to fire or deforestation, and the rate of destruction is still ________. Unbelievably, more than 200,000 acres of rainforest are burned every day. That is more than 150 acres lost every minute of every day, and 78 million acres lost every year! More than 20 percent of the Amazon rainforest is already gone, and much more is severely ________ as the destruction continues. If nothing is done to control this ________, the entire Amazon could well be gone within fifty years. Fewer rainforests mean less rain, less oxygen for us to breathe, and an increased threat from global warming.

【推荐2】Life will be peaceful if you always do kind things. I teach my daughters to develop a habit of _____ others. The little acts of _____ give you opportunities to provide service for others. They can make you remember how great it feels to be kind and helpful.

We _____ in a rural (乡村的) area. Most of what we see is beautiful nature. One of the exceptions to the _____ is the rubbish that some people throw out of their car windows as they drive along the rural roads. One of the few _____ of living there is the lack of _____ public services, such as rubbish collection, which is common in the city.

A helping behavior that I practice regularly with my daughters is _____ rubbish in our neighborhood. My daughters often have a match to see who can collect the most rubbish. They will often say to me in a(n) _____ voice, “There’s some rubbish, Daddy—stop the car!” And if we have time, we will often get out of our car and pick it up. _____ it may seem strange, we do it. In fact, we enjoy it. We pick up rubbish in parks, on sidewalks, almost anywhere.

One day I saw a stranger picking up rubbish on the road. I stopped. He ______ his head and smiled, ”I saw you doing this with your family. It’s a good ______ to protect our environment.“

There are many other ways to ______ kindness for others. You may share a dinner with a beggar, visit ______ old people in the nursing home, or help the blind ______ the street. You can think of something that can be finished _______but helpful. It is fun, self-satisfying, and What’s more, it can set a good example. Helping others is helping yourself.

【推荐3】People are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint. Purchasing property that is environmentally responsible is a good investment for those who are _________ their own health and the well-being of the earth. Based on this trend, entire districts, known as eco-communities, are being designed with a green _________ in mind. Dockside Green in Victoria, British Columbia is one of them.

If everything goes according to plan, Dockside Green will be a _________ community along the harbour front of British Columbia’s capital city. The community will be home to 2500 people and will _________ residential, office, and retail space. Builders of Dockside Green have the environment in mind with every choice they make. They ensure proper ventilation (通风), and guarantee residents 100% fresh indoor air. Building materials,, such as paints and wood, are_________ and non-poisonous. Eco-conscious builders use bamboo wherever possible because it grows fast and does not require _________ to grow.

Energy efficiency is one of the _________ concerns in eco-communities, such as Dockside Green. Not only do energy efficient appliances and light fixtures (照明设备) reduce the environmental_________ of heating and hot water, they also save residents and business owners money. Dockside Green claims that home owners will use 55% less energy than average residents in Canada. Residents will have individual water metres_________ studies show that people use around 20% less energy when they are billed for exactly what they use. __________, water is treated at Dockside Green and reused on site for flushing (冲洗) toilets.

Planners of eco-communities such as Dockside Green must take the __________ into account. Dockside Green plans on reusing 90% of its construction waste. They also plan to continue using local suppliers for all of their transport and maintenance needs. This is a great way to reduce__________.

Dockside residents will be encouraged to make use of a mini transportation system and buy into the community’s car share program. Finally, plans are in the works for a high-tech heating system that will use __________ energy instead of fossil fuels (化石燃料).

Dockside residents will __________ excellent local services with high quality healthcare, shopping and education at the heart of the community, along with excellent recreation facilities and plentiful green open spaces. The Eco-Community will favour the use of locally-sourced goods and services; they will be__________ places to live, promoting a tangible (看得见的)sense of civic pride, responsibility and, as the name suggests, community.

【推荐2】I have just started my job as an English Language Assistant in the Parisian suburbs. I was _________ by how rich Paris really is. The _________ of the buildings and the large amount of luxurious (豪华的) monuments completely _________ the city's rich reputation. I was also very surprised at how _________ the suburbs are: in the UK, traditionally, the suburbs are the_________part of a city, but here it is the complete opposite.

The schools that I teach in are located just outside of Paris and are not as wealthy as the ones in the centre of the city. However, the _________here are so eager to learn my language.

For my first lesson I _________some postcards and souvenirs to show my pupils what my hometown is like in the UK. They were so excited by my postcard of my town’s_________and my souvenir of the Welsh dragon. For us in the UK, a postcard of the castle is not necessarily the most exciting thing but, for these pupils it _________real-life magic and mystery. I realized that in their suburbs there are no castles or famous monuments. All those things ____________to Paris.

One of the teachers told me that despite the ____________that these children live only four kilometers away from Paris, some of them have never been there throughout their entire lives. I ____________ a chance for them to discover another world.

I never ____________, until my job in France, just how ____________education really is. For these children it represents an opportunity to do something different; it represents hope for their ____________ and that is priceless.

You’re probably about 15 years old, so I don’t expect you to be very ________ to want a little girl on your skate ramp (溜冰坡道) for that matter.

What you don’t know is that my daughter has been wanting to skateboard for months. I actually had to ________ her that skateboarding wasn’t ________ for boys. So when we walked up to the skate park and saw that it was full of teenage boys who were smoking and ________, she immediately wanted to ________ and go home.

I ________ wanted to go too because I didn’t want to have to put on my mom ________ and exchange words with you. I also didn’t want my daughter to feel like she had to be ________ of anyone.

So when she said, “Mom it’s full of ________ boys,” I calmly said, “________, they don’t own the skate park.” She then went down the ramp in spite of you and your friends ________ past her.

She only had two or three runs in before you ________ her and said “Hey, excuse me …” I immediately prepared to deliver my “She’s ________ to use this park just as much as you guys” ________ when I heard you say, “Your ________ are wrong. Can I help you?”

You spent almost an hour with my daughter showing her how to _______, and you held her hand and helped her get up when she fell down.

I know you live nearby and I am proud that you are part of my ________, and I want to thank you for being ________ to my daughter, who left the skate park with a sense of ________ and with the confidence that she can do ________, because of you.

Jeanean Thomas, Cambridge