【推荐1】What does it take to become famous? Talent in singing, dancing or acting? Or _________good looks? These days, it seems like a pretty _________, and a lot of makeup can make anyone a popular star. But, occasionally, an honest smile and a hard-working attitude might take you quite. _________.

Recently, an Tibetan young man named Tashi Dingzhen has gained a lot of online followers. Though his_______to fame has been very much accidental, Dingzhen has since been_____________by both the local tourism department, and the online streaming platform Tencent Video. However, when _________about his own dreams, the 20-year-old said that he wants to be a “horse-racing prince”, a decision which has been ___________by many.

_________ can be fleeting (稍纵即逝的). Every day there are thousands of people on the internet _________the latest trends, behaving in very similar ways, and taking part in the same type of variety shows... all for the________to gain fame and fortune. A few ____________down the line, or perhaps even only a few months later, the majority of these individuals or groups will____________from our memories in the end.

Everyone is born____________. We like different things, have different personalities, and pursue different dreams. That is what makes life so dynamic (有活力的) and __________. Should Dingzhen choose to take Tencent Video's ____________and try to become a celebrity, he might just end up__________ into the background under heavy makeup and uniform dance moves. Of course, it's __________that his fame will fade even faster if he stays home and continues to race horses. But at least then he will be able to follow his __________to do what he wants______________choosing to pursue fame and, in the end, ______________himself. If you were in his shoes, what would you do?

【推荐2】If the law punished addiction, we would all be in prison because we are addicted to our phones.

We’re hopelessly _______ by them, helplessly devoted to them. Our hands and minds are _______: texting, tweeting, liking, emailing, sharing. We find ourselves _______ stimulated.

My iPhone is the last thing I look at when I go to bed and the first thing I look at when I _______.When it’s not there I feel its _______like an amputee (被截肢者) still feeling a (n)_______leg. It is my entry to culture and fun. I love it. You love yours.

But the comment on this enormous _______ in our behavior has been completely _______. The central claim is that technology makes us _______ what we already know about life, and it ________us developing fully independent selves. And the quality of human relationships is said to have ________. Parents are distracted by work emails at the dinner table and in the playground; children cry for ________ until they finally get an iPad for Christmas. Gatherings of old friends can’t do a couple of hours ________ checking their Gmail every 10 minutes. Technology sucks the life out of us, and takes our souls in________ for the convenience of not having to learn how to read maps properly.

I simply do not ________ the idea that we aren’t fully whole due to our phones, just because we can talk to our friends whenever we want, without any ________ for the limitations that space and ________ used to set on us. This helps us to get________. It doesn’t set us apart.

We will photograph. We will edit. We will ________, like, love and envy. ________, in our own strange way, we will control our heavily doctored (改变的) lives. Our phones are the bars of our gorgeous cage.

【推荐3】Is Helicopter Parenting Necessary?

We’ve all heard the dangers of helicopter parenting. Remaining too _______ in a kid’s life, especially throughout college, can lead to depression, lack of self-reliance and feelings of entitlement.

Superficially, this wisdom is sound. But some academics and educators now say they see signs of a troubling backlash(反冲). The concern: warnings that moms and dads should _______ “the over parenting trap”—are discouraging parents from getting involved at all.

Yes, parents can be intrusive. _______, there are increasing examples of parents refusing to step up when students genuinely need their family. One mom kept _______ about her son’s signs of depression until right before he failed a semester. She did not want to “helicopter in.”

That means colleges, which have spent the past decade learning to _______ parents who get too involved, now have a different _______. But the solution to both is the same: devising ways to channel moms and dads into the right kind of _______ role.

Much of this began because schools were forced to cope with a generation of students _______ with their parents like never before, thanks to smartphones. And with _______ in education soaring, university leaders have started to view parents as investment partners. Most of them have paid for this education for their children or gone into debt for this education. And in some sense, they’re entitled to know and be assured that colleges are ________ their children’s welfare.

Crucially, parent-outreach programs have also served as buffers(缓冲), ________ students—or worse, their professors—the discomfort of the nagging. At the University of Maryland, for example, the parent office has handled ________ for weekly academic-progress reports, which do not exist in higher education. Parents just want to know they have a place to go where someone will listen to their concerns.

But now, with some moms and dads cautious of even contacting the school in the first place, those same programs are being used to encourage a more balanced approach, often via blogs, email and Facebook. Parents are now advised to be a guide, while acknowledging that the ________ owns the journey. That means asking questions, listening to answers, being patient and trusting kids to resolve their own problems. But if issues ________, or if a student is in serious mental or physical danger, it also means hopping in the chopper, at least for a little while. “When you think about it, helicopters are useful tools,” says Chelsea Petree, who is launching a parent-outreach program. “They can see things we on the ________ can’t see and get to emergencies quicker than we can. They can swoop in when needed. The key is that they go back up.”

【推荐2】Global surface temperatures last month were 2.25 degrees warmer than the 20th century average of 60.1 degrees, breaking previous records, from August 2016, by more than half a degree, according to NOAA researchers. “That to me is a really huge _________ from one record to the next,” said Ellen Bartow, a physical scientist with NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.

The report _________ what millions of people have experienced in recent months, including record-breaking heatwaves that have touched almost every corner of the globe. Asia, Africa, North America and South America had their warmest August on record, as did the Arctic, Europe and Oceania — a region that _________ Australia—had their second-warmest August on record, the report said.

It wasn’t just the land that _________: August set a record for the highest monthly sea surface temperature abnormally — 1.85 degrees above average. The warming oceans _________ shrinking sea ice, with Antarctica experiencing its fourth continuous month with the _________ sea ice extent on record. Globally, sea ice extent in August was about 550,000 square miles less than the previous record low, set in August 2019.

“We’ve seen unheard-of warmth in the global ocean, and that’s definitely alarming because its effects _________ beyond just the scope of the ocean,” Bartow-Gillies said. “Not only are you _________ marine habitats, but you are affecting storm creation, you’re creating more instability in some areas, and you’re creating flooding events in other areas. There’s a whole host of _________ that come along with these warmer ocean surface temperatures that we’re seeing.”

In fact, the report comes after a series of severe natural __________ that span the globe. This week, a Mediterranean storm caused serious flooding in Libya, killing more than 11,000 people. In Canada, wildfires burned through more than 42 million acres of forests this summer, and several are still burning. __________ global warming was not the singular cause of any of these disasters, heating of the Earth continues to __________ the likelihood of extreme weather events and wildfire worldwide.

“The scientific evidence is __________ — we will continue to see more climate records and more intense and frequent extreme weather events impacting society and ecosystems, until we stop __________ greenhouse gases,” read a statement from Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, which also __________ that this summer was the hottest on record.

【推荐1】Gang (团伙) tensions were rising at Southwood High School. Some community activists held a(n) _______ meeting with parents and the principal. A group of the fathers _______ decided it was time to make their _______ known on campus.

That’s how Dads on Duty was born with its goal — make sure the kids are safe. Around 40 men organized into six-person shifts, with two shifts on campus every day. They _______ the day after the meeting. These people _______ their own schedules and commitments without complaint. Some of them are fathers of kids at the school, while others are not but expect the youth in their community to know they have an entire village behind them.

Now, anyone who wants to enter the school with _______ will have to avoid energetic papa bears, big smiles and many dad jokes. It’s hard to be a tough guy when somebody’s uncle has just _______ you into checking your shoelaces for countless times, only to find that they are not, in fact, untied.

Since Dads on Duty arrived on campus, gang battles have dramatically declined. “The school has been happy, you can feel it,” said one student. Another told the Washington Post, “They _______ all the kids like we’re their own children.”

The dads aren’t meant to _______ security guards. If they do see a fight may occur, they get security on the scene as soon as possible. Their presence is meant to be more ________ than reactionary.

【推荐2】It was a cold, wet day on June 6, when 14-year-old Wasana arrived at school. Waiting outside his classroom for his classmates to arrive, Wasana _________ aimlessly at the pouring rain. Then his _________ fell upon the hill that stand at the back of the classroom.

He _________ huge amounts of rainwater flowing down the hill, and water was also bubbling (冒泡) at the base of a large rock on the hill. For a few _________, Wasana fixed his eyes on the water, _________ why it looked so familiar (熟悉).

Then it _________ him — the scene was surprisingly _________ to the pictures he was shown during Disaster Management classes. _________ a disaster was about to happen, Wasana waved _________ at students, shouting “Run, run, don’t stay here! The rocks on the hill are going to __________ on us!”

All the students and teachers ran to the open area that had been __________ as an emergency gathering point. __________, they heard screams as the huge rock rolled down the hill, bringing sand, rock and mud. There was nothing they could do but watch the earth __________ an entire school.

Thanks to Wasana’s quick action and careful observation (观察), __________ was hurt in the incident. Wasana later __________ a Gold Star from the Foundation for Civilian Bravery, Sri Lanka.