【推荐1】Pangolins (穿山甲) are the world’s most heavily poached (偷猎) mammal. And three out of four Asian pangolin species are critically ________ now — heavy demands for their meat, scales, and blood have ________ them with extinction.

Growing up near Cue Phuong National Park in Vietnam’s Red River Delta, Thai Van Nguyen had been accustomed to seeing dead pangolins. ________, everything changed when he witnessed his neighbor killing a baby pangolin. It was then that his ________ to save pangolins was ignited. And he knew the biggest ________ would be shifting the mindset and habits of the Vietnamese people.

To change the fate of the pangolins, Nguyen set out to ________ the public on the importance of pangolin conservation. His efforts ________ a series of outreach and education campaigns: he published research in peer-reviewed journals, attended international workshops, and developed Vietnam’s first reintroduction and tracking programme for pangolins.

Then Nguyen founded Vietnam’s first Asian Pangolin Rehabilitation Center. So far it has managed to ________ and release nearly 500 pangolins and has ________ to rescue other species like turtles.

In 2018, Nguyen ________ his work, creating Vietnam’s first-ever anti-poaching unit, which has destroyed 9,701 animal traps, and arrested 558 people for poaching — leading to a significant ________ in illegal activities in Vietnam.

Nguyen devotes his life to ________ pangolins, bringing global awareness of pangolins’ ________. He hopes his deeds will bring pangolins back to their rightful place in the forest. “It’s my greatest joy that I can really make a ________,” he said. And it is this devotion that ________ won him the Goldman Environmental Prize for grassroots activism in 2021.

【推荐1】Volunteers in New York call on people to donate their used iPads to help poor patients keep in touch with their families online.

Some people with COVID-19 died alone in hospital physically________from their friends and family, which is a_______situation. This cruel reality________on a group of volunteers. Their________is to virtually connect patients with family members who are unable to be present________hospital restrictions on visitors. They intend to collect used iPads from across the country and donate them to________in communities where the need is extremely_______. Nicolas Heller, a 31-year-old volunteer, said thousands of people had________from the disease in isolation(隔离)without the comforting words or________from a -loved one. Heller is collecting used iPads for patients who do not _____smart phones capable of video chatting.

By Friday morning, the volunteer group had________375 used iPads from donors(捐赠者)nationwide. So far,300 of the iPads have been________donated to Brooklyn's University Hospital of Brooklyn. The volunteers were amazed by the donors'________ . What the volunteers are doing is________people's iPads that are not used anymore to help those patients in hospitals. Besides, the group________to the public how the donated iPads could also________hospital staff with limited personal________equipment, such as masks and gloves. These iPads can________medical staff to communicate with patients from outside of the room, decreasing their________of being exposed to the virus.

No one is an island._______ , we can make the world warmer.

【推荐2】When struggling single mom Shetara Sims won $100 on the lottery, she decided to donate it all to the family of a police officer who had been shot while on _________.

Sims did so despite her own financial worries. Like many Americans facing _________, she had recently lost her job. One Kansas City resident said she had only $7 left when she found a dollar bill in a parking lot. She used it to buy a lottery ticket, _________ $100. Sims’ 12-year-old daughter, _________, suggested they donate it to the family of the wounded police officer rather than _________ the money.

The officer’s difficult situation was a _________ of their own tragic experience. Sims’ eldest daughter was killed in 2012. “The police were really there for us more than anyone I can _________,” Sims said. “They came to see my kids. They did a lot. They were fathers, therapists. They were everything.”

To _________ some of the hope these officers gave to her family, Sims called the police department to make her donation. She decided to donate the money without _________ her name or number.

News of the __________ donation soon spread throughout the community. Officers spent days __________ her down, hoping to find her. “It’s really __________ to us,” said Sgt. Jake Becchina, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department.

Once they learned her __________, officers started a campaign for Sims. Hundreds of people had __________ wanting to help. By Wednesday, it had raised more than $59,000. Becchina said it’s kindness from people like Sims that motivates __________ including him to keep serving.