【推荐2】Maryland fourth grader Molly Sampson didn’t ask for typical new year’s gifts this year. _________, the little scientist requested cold-water waders (高筒靴) so that she could hunt for fossils (化石).

Molly _________ with her father and sister to their favorite spot on Calvert Beach on the early morning. Molly’s father, Bruce Sampson, has always been into fossil _________, and his daughters share his _________.

Molly has got an impressive collection of more than 40 _________ over the years. These fossils range from modern-day shark teeth to far _________ items, like megalodon (巨齿鲨) teeth. Molly herself has found megalodon _________ before, but on this day, she found one of the largest ones ever _________. She was standing in knee-deep water when she first saw the tooth.

“I saw something _________, and it looked like a shark tooth,” she __________. “We were about knee deep in the water.”

Molly reached for the tooth, but it was so big she __________ to take it out of the water. She felt “amazed” when she finally pulled it above the __________ and saw its size.

Now Molly is more __________ than ever to pursue a career in paleontology (古生物学) someday. Her mother says she hopes other girls will see Molly’s story and become __________ to get outdoors and study science, too. “We really want other kids to get excited about being outside,” said Alicia. This amazing find is a nicer __________ for this little young scientist’s new year.

【推荐3】Grandpa John had a huge collection of books stored in his vast home library. Almost every weekend, his grandson, Adam, would come to visit and would ________ for hours in his library. Both Adam’s parents and grandpa were very pleased with this, but once Adam started ________ a little too much time in the library they grew ________.

One weekend, grandpa went into the library and asked him, “My dear grandson, please tell me why you ________   spending so much time in my library.” Adam ________ for a few seconds while ________   his grandfather’s huge library, and he ________ answered. I love that I’m always ________ here, that I can pick any book I want and that there is always something new for me to read. I love that I can go on amazing ________ all without leaving this room. “Well,” answered John, “books are a wonderful thing. They keep the mind sharp and the ________ warm. They taught me many new things, made me laugh, and have taken me on faraway adventures.”

“Despite what you think about books having everything you need, the ________ outside this room is filled with________ that cannot be described with words.” “Go out and ________ the world, soon you’11realize that the best book ever________ is that of your life. It is a book which you can fill with all that you love. I ________ you that the stories you’ll write will be much more important, ________, and insightful.”

After his ________ with Grandpa John, Adam continued to read, but not at his grandfather’s library. He would read after playing with his friends, and later, he read while traveling the world.

When Adam finally ________ and got married, he built a large bookshelf in his house ________ his grandfather John. The first book which he placed in it was the ________ he wrote throughout his travels. He knew that one day, he’d want his children’s and grandchildren’s books placed right next to it.

【推荐1】A mistake made six years ago has turned into a holiday tradition. A grandmother who mistakenly _________ a stranger to attend the family’s Thanksgiving dinner in 2016 ended up making a _________, and now the pair have _________ the holiday together every year since. This year is no exception.

In 2016, Wanda Dench tried to text her grandson about the family’s Thanksgiving dinner plans, but she _________ added a stranger to the message. Jamal Hinton was on the receiving end of the holiday text and jokingly accepted her _________.

“You’re not my grandma,” Hinton wrote back, including a selfie to _________ he was not the grandson Dench thought she was texting. “Can I still get a plate though?”

Dench, ever the _________ grandmother, replied, “Of course you can. That’s what Grandmas do… _________ everyone.” Hinton posted about the funny mix-up and it went viral (疯传). And on Thanksgiving day, he _________ drove from Tempe, Arizona to Mesa to __________ the Dench family for the holiday. And every year since, Hinton and Dench have got together for the holiday.

In 2020, he informed followers of some sad news—Dench’s husband, Lonnie, had died from COVID-19. So last Thanksgiving, __________ Lonnie, the family held a small, pared-down (精简的) __________the day after the holiday to keep the __________ alive.

This year, Hinton tweeted, “We are all set for year 6!”, __________ a screenshot of their text exchange as usual. Dench’s name is saved in his phone as “Grandma Wanda”. The story of __________ went viral again—spreading some holiday cheer on social media.

【推荐3】Three teens in Jordan heard sad stories about local kids who died after being left in a car that was out in the sun. Young kids can_________deadly heatstroke (中暑) in a matter of minutes.

Areen Alashmawy learned about one such local__________from a teacher. Her teacher asked, “Why don’t we have a__________to this problem?” “I just kept thinking about that,” said Areen, now 16. In Amman, Jordan, 17-year-old Ayah Alkatib was wondering the same thing. “It’s a__________problem. It’s__________everywhere in our daily life,” she said.

She started __________a heatstroke-warning system. Areen and her friend Sara Altarawenh, also 16, did too. Later, Areen and Sara worked with Ayah to create an__________device (装置).

Nicknamed “Safe in Vehicle”, this device measures__________and levels of carbon dioxide in a car. Its __________detectors can easily detect how many people are inside the vehicle. The device__________caregivers of car conditions by __________text messages to their cellphones. But the device also works as a(n)__________. When linked to a mobile app, people can view a car’s indoor temperature and CO₂ levels from a far. When the indoor temperature or CO₂ hits a (n)__________, the device activates the motors to__________a car’s window by several centimeters and turn on a fan. That could provide life-saving relief until help arrives.

They imagine a future version that could send an emergency warning to 911 and use GPS to identify the car’s _________.