【推荐1】It has been said before, but experiencing it myself has made me want to say it again: A smile can cross all language barriers.

I     1     (recent) moved from Canada to a small city on the south coast of South Korea to work as an English teacher. One night, after a long day at work, I was feeling particularly     2     (wear) out. My legs were aching and I wasn’t looking forward to     3     (cook) dinner. Just as I was about     4    (push) the key into the door, the old landlady signed me into her apartment. I didn’t understand a word that she said,     5     I understood her smile. I followed her into her kitchen,     6     smelled like the wonderful Korean food I love.     7     (put) many dishes of food on the table, she sat down across from me. We were both laughing the whole time at our complete inability to communicate in words.

    8     it was time to leave, I said ＂thank you＂ in Korean, using some of     9     few words I had learned. I felt     10     (little) lonely than I had expected that night.

As long as I can remember, I've been interested in learning about people, places, and     1    (tradition) from around the world. I traveled with my dad to adopt my brother and sister on life­changing trip to Peru when I was 15 years old.     2    (immediate) my world expanded：in Machu Picchu I felt as if I had woken from a dream,     3       made me realize the possibilities and     4    (end) adventures beyond my neighborhood.

In college, I spent     5     unbelievable term in Spain, and later in Ecuador. The travel desire led to countless trips abroad, from teaching English as a second language to immigrants in London,     6     traveling with my students in Costa Rica.

Now that I have my own family, I hope     7     (raise) my children to be globally and culturally aware. Our family looks like a mini­United Nations, with my husband     8     (come) from Mexico, and our daughters and sons from China and Ethiopia.     9     our original intention was simply to expand our family, we have been enriched by our multicultural backgrounds and experiences. Each member of our family     10     (enjoy) both the trips to home countries as well as the celebrations of traditions here at home.

【推荐2】—Have you been watching the Euro 2012 football tournament?

—Just a bit. Why,     1     you?

—Of course！I’ve really started to like football since I came to London. Just think, a year ago, I was still in Montreal and didn’t know anything about it.

—Well, I’m from New Jersey. Americans aren’t so into football. Actually, we call it soccer.    2     Americans say “football”, what we mean is American rules football. I’ve     3     (be) here two years now, and I still get     4     (confuse) when people call soccer “football”.

—I know all about America. For you, “football” means the sport     5     those big guys wear helmets and violently run into each other.

—Yeah. Americans prefer     6     (watch) sports that are fast, like basketball. I think basketball players are the greatest athletes on earth.     7     they can do just amazes me. But when I watch a soccer match, I just get bored. There aren’t enough goals.

—Well, I see what you’re saying,     8     there’s so much     9     (much)to “soccer”,     10       you call it, than goals. There’re a lot of strategies involved. And in a tournament like the Euro 2012, it’s fascinating to see how the different countries have different styles of playing.

Olympic “participants” and fans arriving for next year’s delayed Tokyo Games will be encouraged to be vaccinated(给…接种疫苗)to protect    1    public, IOC President Thomas Bach said Monday. Bach campaigned across Tokyo on Monday, his    2    (one) visit to Japan since the Olympics were delayed almost 8    3    ( month) ago because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“In order to protect the Japanese people and out of respect    4    the Japanese people, the IOC will undertake great effort so that as many people as possible-Olympic participants and visitors will arrive here with a vaccine, if by then a vaccine    5    (be) available,” Bach said after talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Sugar.

“We want to convince as many foreign participants as possible to accept a vaccine,” Bach added later after    6     (meet) with Yoshiro Mori, the head of the local organizing committee. “This makes us all very    7    (confidence) that we can have spectators (观众)in the Olympic stadiums next year and that spectators will enjoy a safe environment.” A possible vaccine    8    (announce) last week by Pfizer Inc,    9    could greatly help the IOC and local organizers stage the Olympics. The Olympics are scheduled    10    (open) on July 23,2021.