【推荐2】Recently, the Victorian Government brought in new rules. Victorian state schools will be banned from using facial recognition technology in classrooms unless they have the ____ of parents, students and the Department of Education.

Students may be justifiably horrified at the thought of being ____ as they move throughout the school during a day. But a roll marking system could be as simple as looking at a tablet or iPad once a day ____ being signed off on a paper roll. It simply depends on the implementation. Trials have already begun in independent schools and up to 100 campuses across Australia. According to the developers, the technology promises to save teachers up to 2.5 hours a week by ____ the need for them to mark the roll at the start of every class. Many students now have smart phones that recognise faces right now. There are also ____ face recognition apps for Android phones and iPhones. So face recognition is already in our schools.

And I argue that, like earlier technologies such as the motor vehicle and mobile phone, a strategy where adoption is managed to create the most good and least harm is appropriate. We shouldn’t simply ____ it.

We are now in a golden age of face recognition. The main reason for rapid adoption is that recognition ____ has improved significantly in recent years. The simple application of this technology proposed for schools is to collect the student roll call ____ for classes. This is a compulsory requirement imposed by the education department.

However, ____ is often raised as an objection and this issue can never be dismissed lightly. Objections are mostly based on the collection and distribution of the photos. But every school ____ photos of their students already and schools have strict control over distribution. Such controls would necessarily be built into any school certified system. The only fundamental ____ of the process is whether a teacher or a computer recognizes the student.

Face recognition technologies will become widely adopted across society over the coming years. Concerns over implementation and privacy may ____ adoption in some places, but the ____ will come in and will change business practices right across the world once that happens.

In short, this technology has the ability to free up our time and reduce the costs. As with all new technologies, of course, face recognition ____ reasonable concerns. Constructive policies and dialog are the preferred way forward to gain the ____ benefit for society at large, and to make sure we do the least harm.

【推荐3】I always knew that I depended too much on my phone. ________ I didn’t know how much, so I decided to do this ________ to find out.

Every morning since I got a smart phone, I’ve used The Weather Forecast App to find out what to ________. On the first morning I had to dress without guidance, but ________ I was able to guess that the day would be cold and foggy by looking out of my window.

I couldn’t know what time it was. I haven’t worn a watch for more than a year, because my phone told the time. So I was late for ________ friends who had been on the bus for two hours from Santa Monica to Palos Verdes. I was also ________ for my part-time job. And ________ , I couldn’t call people to tell them that I was running late.

Getting places was harder, too. I got lost because I couldn’t use the GPS on my phone. My driving, though, got a lot ________ because I no longer had my phone in one hand checking directions while driving my car.

But the number one trouble was not having my contact list. I forgot to write down my friends’ and family members’ phone numbers before I ________ the challenge. It was sad to realize that I couldn’t remember my brother’s and my mum’s cell phone numbers. Oh, how I ________ to turn on the phone for just a second to look up phone numbers!

Even with all the problems, however, I found ________ not worrying about missing a text message or an e-mail.

This challenge was a(n)________ learning experience. It surprised me how I’d taken no notice of even the ________ things like remembering phone numbers. We all should ________ some time to think about how we can depend ________ on our cell phones.

【推荐1】My kids and I were heading into the supermarket over the weekend. On the way ,we spotted a man holding a piece of paper that said, “________ my job. Family to Feed.”

At this store, a sight like this is not normal. My 10-year-old noticed him and make a ________ on how bad it must be to have to stand outside in the cold wind.

In the store, I asked each of my kids to ________ something they thought our “friend” there would ________. They got apples, a sandwich and a bottle of juice. Then my 17-year-old suggested giving him a ________. I thought about it. We were low on cash ourselves, but. . . well, sometimes ________ from our need instead of our abundance is ________ what we need to do! All the kids declared something they could do away with for the week.

When we handed him the bag of ________, he lit up and thanked us with ________ eves. When I handed him the gift card, saying he could use it for ________ his family might need, he burst into tears.

This has been a wonderful ________ for our family. For days the kids have been looking for others we can ________! Things would have played out so ________ if I had simply said, “No, we really don’t have ________ to give more.” Stepping out not only helped a brother in ________, it also gave my kids the sweet taste of helping others. It’ll go a long way with them.

【推荐2】My life as an exchange student finally began! It was only a short 20-minute drive from the airport to Queensland University of Technology (QUT), but I _________ it a lot because my driver was very _________ and told me a lot about Australian culture along the way.

Before leaving home, I had a fair idea of what my _________ would be like. When O-Week (迎新周) at QUT finally happened, I felt that my life here really lived up to my first _________. The week-long event not only _________ me to take part in different clubs and societies, but also gave me a chance to _________ QUT’s campus. I loved the _________ of O-Week. It was really lively. Interacting with different cultures in person was really a(n) _________. I felt this was exactly what I _________ life in Australia would be like. I was really excited!

After __________ my new home, I found that living in Brisbane was quite different. I had the __________ to do a lot more and had no limits on __________ I could do them. For example, have you ever wanted pancakes even at 6 am? Besides, it is convenient to live there—one of my favorite restaurants was only a 2-minute walk away from my __________.

Besides, I found it quite interesting to meet and work with the locals. I loved Australia so much that I felt very __________ when my experience came to a(n) __________. I made so many friends there and I hope to see them all again on my next world tour!

【推荐3】Our neighbor's son was getting married in 1971 at an out-of-town church, and my husband and I were invited. We immediately rushed out to a ________, and I bought a nice pink dress with a jacket. The dress was a little ________, but I had a month before the June 30 ________, and I would lose a few pounds.

June 29 came and, of course, I hadn't lost a single pound; in fact, I had ________ two. But I ________ a nice new girdle (紧身衣) would cure everything. So on our way out of the city, we ________ once again at the store, I ran in and told the clerk 1 needed a ________ large party girdle.

The clerk found the box with the ________ girdle, marked “LG”, and asked if I would like to try it on. “Oh, no, a large will fit just right. I ________ try it on.”

The next morning was one of those ninety-degree days, so I ________ to get dressed until about 45 minutes before time to go. I popped open the box only to ________ a new, $ 49.95 girdle in a small size. Since it was too late to find another one and the dress wouldn't ________ right without a girdle, a fight ________ in the hotel room between me and the girdle. Have you ever tried to ________ 20 pounds of potatoes into a five-pound bag? Finally, my husband, ________ like crazy, got hold of each side and shook me down -into it. At once I put on the dress, which didn't ________ very well with my purple face, and I was ready to go.

Finally we got to the ________. I heard one of the people say that they were having a High Mass (大弥撒). I turned to my husband and asked, “What is a High Mass?” He shrugged his ________.

________, I learned that this particular mass would last one hour, twenty-two minutes and eight-and one-half seconds-the priest(神父) blessed ________ except my girdle.

【推荐1】I once unplugged (拔掉电源插头) the TV for a month. It was summer, the season of long walks and beach parties—I didn’t need TV that much then. But I knew if I really wanted to prove I could _________ television, I’d have to survive the darkest, coldest England months without it. This winter, I had my _________ .

A year ago I moved into my own place. Living alone was an opportunity to choose _________ I wanted to live. And being TV-free would allow me to do what I didn’t have _________ for. I wondered if I would feel lonely, but _________ it would be better not to spend time with my “friends” on TV but to visit _________ friends. I also considered _________ a small TV to keep in the closet and bring out on special occasions.

I did miss a lot, but I could feel _________ changes. I had thought that I was too tired to _________ after a long day at work, but now I found myself reading a lot. I also started doing volunteer work almost every week ____________ every few months. Sometimes I even enjoyed that rare thing called quiet.

Sometime during the winter, the season I thought would be most ____________ , I discovered I had crossed the line from experiment to ____________ . Finally, I put up a painting on the only living room wall that could have a ____________ . A friend came over for the first time, and with a(n) ____________ look, she asked, “So, don’t you have a TV?”

I don’t know how long my new lifestyle will last. I might ____________ want to reconnect with my TV, but I’m confident now that I’ll still find time and space for me.