【推荐2】Suppose (假设) you are going to Boston, and you_________the city before. If someone_________you about the interesting places in the city, you_________to get some ideas of what you will see. But don’t have a_________idea of where these places are or of how to find_________. However, _________ someone has a map of the city and_________you the main roads and buildings, you may say, “Oh, now I see. I can find my way with_________trouble at all”. Working in math is somewhat (有点儿) like trying to find your way_________a new city. Perhaps the words may tell you some information and you have__________it, but you can’t see any clear road__________the answers.

Maybe you__________a kind of map of the main roads in maths__________you find your way. Explore (探究)what lies in maths, and__________to find the main roads. They will__________you to the answer. If you can find the “map”, the maths problems will be easily worked out.

【推荐3】When you are having class in the early morning, it is not unusual to notice your classmate sitting beside you yawning. He _______ that he didn’t have a sound sleep the night before. Many _______ don’t get adequate sleep because they are burdened with too much homework, which keeps them up at night doing countless exercise. Some teens cannot _______ at night even when they want to so much.

Researches show that during your teenage years, the body’s biological clock is_______, telling you to sleep later at night and wake up _______ in the morning. But _______ in the body clock aren’t the only reason teens lose sleep. Lots of people have insomnia. The most common cause of insomnia is _______ . But all sorts of things can lead to insomnia, including _______ discomfort, emotional troubles and even sleeping environment. It’s common for everyone to have insomnia occasionally. But if it _______for a month or more, go and consult a doctor.

Most teens have __________ sometimes, which may make you sweat. But, if they are too frequent, a person’s sleep pattern can be seriously __________. The most common cause of them is emotional __________, such as fear, stress or anxiety. If you have them a lot, you’re also supposed to talk to a __________.

Medical specialists encourage teens to make lifestyle changes to help them develop good sleeping __________. Most probably you know that a cup of coffee can keep you __________ at night, but did you know that playing video games or watching TV does the same?

【推荐2】I recently started working with a new company in a downtown high-rise. Since I have mostly worked from home in the past several years, _________ miles from my rural home to one of the largest cities in the country has been a bit of a culture shock.

One of the first things I _________ was that no one seemed to _________ or talk to each other. The people were all animated props (动画道具)—always walking _________, eyes focused forward.

Now, this isn’t the kind of world I have _________. It got _________ after the first week’s novelty disappear. I’d rather be home working in a comfortable environment _________ by people I care about.

So, _________ choosing to end the job, I decided to _________ the alien office landscape to better suit my needs. As a(n) __________, each time I got into the elevator, I said “Hi” with a smile. At first, after the initial __________ look on people’s faces, there was a__________ 20 percent of the time.

Now it is up to 80 percent, and I have moved onto offering __________ in the beverage (饮料) area. That has sometimes __________ a two-sentence conversation about the weather or the news.

A few weeks of saying “Hi” to the downstairs guards has had the __________ of them now recognizing me with a nod of __________. Although I must admit they somehow __________ me of the guys in The Matrix (《黑客帝国》) because of their suits, I have been able to get past that __________ to say “Hi”.

I am feeling much better about entering this world now. It is forming nicely into a __________ environment. By changing my__________, I have been able to change the environment I am in.

【推荐1】I was once crazy about farm games. I played FarmVille. But one farm game was not _________ for me. I had five different farms in five different games. Of course, they were all _________. On a workday, I’d spend at least two _________ farming my little acres of farm. On a day off, I’d dive deep into the   _______, sometimes spending four hours or more working the soil and _________ crops.

One day, I looked through my Facebook feed and _________ a friend’s post. She wrote, “Let go of anything inauthentic (不真实的) and all activities that do not mirror your brightest intentions for yourself.” I looked down at the _________ on the screen for a while and then looked up. My eyes turned to the _________ view outside the window. The backyard was already overgrown with weeds. Here I was tapping away at the _________, planting and harvesting the virtual __________ for hours every day while a half-acre lot (土地) outside the window lay __________.

That post kept haunting (萦绕) me for days. I knew my __________ at that point was not authentic. After several days of looking at these words and __________ them, I decided to quit the computer games.

A birthday party for a friend? Time spent walking the dogs around the block? __________ in my newly claimed garden space? Those all __________ the test; they were activities that __________ my intentions and values.

I had never thought that something __________ on Facebook would have the power to __________ my life. That phrase became a mirror I used to __________ how I spent my time and energy. It enabled me to become a woman living a more authentic life filled with __________ that enriched me.

【推荐3】For me, one cultural shock was during my stay in South Korea.

In 2019, I went to Seoul to teach English. As soon as I landed I went to dinner. I was pescatarian(鱼素者) at the time and asked if we could go to a restaurant that ________ fish.

Unlike Western restaurants, Korean restaurants usually specialize in a(n) ________ dish. My host’s entire family accompanied me, including her 2 kids and his grandmother. I wasn’t given a menu, as in Korea it’s usually the oldest person that chooses what to ________.

My first surprise was the banchan (side dishes). I was ________ by all the “exotic” smells, tastes and textures while sitting on the floor. But the most ________ part of the meal was the main dish. The waiter ________ some octopus tentacles (触角). On closer ________, I saw that they were still moving on the plate as if trying to ________.

But the grandmother kept ________ the live octopus in some lettuce and ________ it down my throat. In Korea you ________ that age and position are of great importance, so I just had to ________ what I was given.

This was the first experience that ________ my eyes to the complexity of cultural norms. What is considered “weird” at one end of the world is totally ________ at the other end. I learned to just open my mouth and take a big bite of that ________.