【推荐1】“Can one man make a difference?” asked Rossano Ercolini, the 2013 Goldman Prize winner, which is considered the Nobel Prize for “ _______ ”. Ercolini is a young _______ in a small town in Italy. After _______ the news of reducing waste on the radio, he decided to teach his students to _______ paper and replace plastic water bottles in the school lunchroom with _______ glasses.

When his town announced plans to open an incinerator（焚化炉）to burn waste, Ercolini knew it would be _______ to his students. Incinerators are huge heaters that burn all waste and poisonous materials, leaving _______ behind. You might think it is _______ than sending waste to landfills（废弃物填埋场）. It is true that landfills _______ space, smell bad, and that poisonous materials can make underground drinking water __________ to use. But incinerators have their own __________. Burning gives off poisonous gases into the air which can cause __________ problems. People will have to __________ a mask no matter where they go. The smoke also causes pollution, and even __________ the greenhouse effect.

Ercolini was worried about the __________ of his community and felt it was his duty to __________ them. He organized town hall meetings, and talked about how to reduce, reuse and recycle waste. __________, Ercolini has supported the zero-waste movement, the __________ of which is to reduce the waste sent to landfills and incinerators to the least possible amount. He has already __________ plans for more than 50 incinerators in many Italian cities. __________ his efforts, there are more than one hundred zero-waste towns in Italy now!

【推荐2】In 200 Years Cows May Be the Biggest Land Mammals (哺乳动物) on the Planet

Around 13,000 years ago North America had a wider variety of mammals than modern Africa. There were multiple horse species, camels and some now-extinct animals. And such _________ creatures were not just found in North America. On every continent mammals on average were a lot larger from around 2.5 million until about 11,700 years ago.

Scientists have long debated what caused all these large creatures to go extinct while many of the smaller ones _________. A team of researchers led by biologist Felisa Smith analyzed evidence from millions of years’ worth of mammalian extinctions and found that on each continent large mammals started to _________ around the same time humans first showed up.

If the extinction trend continues, many more large mammals will soon disappear as well, as the primary threats from humans have _________ from overhunting to indirect processes such as habitat loss. The largest land mammal 200 years from now could well be the domestic cow, Smith’s research suggests. In their new study Smith and her team analyzed a database of all land mammals that lived from 65 million years ago until today. “We found _________ no effect of climate on mammalian extinction over 65 million years,” she says. But starting around 125,000 years ago and continuing until today, large mammals have been more likely to go extinct than smaller ones, the researchers found.

The average _________ of surviving mammals has decreased as a result. And those large-mammal extinctions are tightly coupled with the _________ of humans. For most of mammalian _________ history, an animal’s size was not predictive of its extinction risk. That _________ only appeared once humans began to live alongside large mammals.

This finding does not mean climate-related changes could not have __________ some wildlife populations, enabling humans to more easily bring about their eventual downfall. __________, it suggests the greater likelihood of large mammals going extinct is tied to human activities. The animals that evolved without the risk of hunting from humans were suddenly faced with a new __________. They simply could not __________ fast enough to survive the invasion of humans.

Smith says the lesson to be learned from the new findings is that our ancestors prepared us to be extremely skillful killers. “What’s __________ now,” she says, “is that some of us are comfortable enough, have a high enough standard of living, that we can start thinking about our use of the Earth.” Rather than simply behaving as __________, many of us are now in a position to become environmental protectors.

【推荐1】What are the foods that you can only taste in memories? Your mother's biscuits? The pies you made as a child? And what are the recipes that help you_______your memories?

This morning, for the first time in over a year, I made Dutch Babies, a kind of pancake. I’m a poor cook who's always _______to pull anything out of the oven that isn't burnt. But_______, I get lucky.

Making Dutch Babies brings to my mind some of the _______memories of my life. I’ve made Dutch Babies many times for sleepovers and_______. They were always a hit,_______ I burned them.

After my kids grew up, I didn't cook much for years, except for holidays or other_______occasions. When we had a family_______, I'd make Dutch Babies for breakfast.

I can’t recall the last time I made Dutch Babies, before today. I know it was_______a year, before life was________for COVID-19, and we stopped having guests.

So why did I make them this________for only my husband and me? It's been a(n)       ________year for all of us, filled with things we couldn't do. I was________to celebrate being alive.

Good food can feed a hungry crowd. But if it's made with love and ________. it can fill a(n)________with the hope of better days to come. So, add your own memories.

【推荐3】As a student, I have always loved to write. I have used writing as a means of expression and _________.

Luckily, I met Dr. O’Foran — a unique _________ teacher in the second semester of my junior year. _________ waiting for students to come to her, she went to them. She often said, “_________ to get to know how your work and why you are here, so I can best _________ you. As every good teacher should do, she _________ us to be the best students and writers we can be. She took account of our _________, our goals and our dreams, and changed her _________ to meet our needs.

I remember one time I _________ my edited poem and waited for my teacher’s positive comments __________. But when I later opened the document, I received a mixture of praise and suggested __________. I resubmitted the poem after making a few improvements, __________ I had perfected my work,

However, the next comments I received were more suggested changes. I was __________. I was used to teachers’ praising my work and imagery (形象的描述). But Dr. O’Foran was __________. She knew my abilities and my goals. My work may have been fine for another student with __________ goals, but it wasn’t for me.

I made more changes and __________ more words. What I discovered was a piece of __________ work in my eyes.

I was proud of my poem, __________ after I had put in much hard work, thanks to my teacher who urged me to __________ the work she knew I was able to create.

I wish could become an effective __________ like him one day.

【推荐2】That morning, I got the train as always. I was a publishing director and was looking forward to embracing a new day of work, as usual. I would always turn to the crossword (纵横字谜游戏), but that day it didn’t make sense. I’d been doing it for 30-old years, but trying to read this one was like walking through syrup (糖浆): ________ slow and hard. I thought I must be tired.

I said to my assistant. The ________ colleague contacted my wife, Beth, and she drove me straight to hospital. There, confirmation came that I’d had a stroke in the part of my brain that ________ communication. I was now in a condition that means it’s difficult or ________ to receive and produce language. It was the only time I cried.

I was back at home a week later, and my goal was to get better and returned to work in a couple of months. The way to ________ my language ability was rough. I’d look at simple pictures and try to describe them as my mind ________ round and round in the darkness, looking for words.

As the months passed, it became self-evident that I wasn’t going to be able to go back to my old job. For 25 years, I had ________ myself as a publisher. I was used to a busy day of meetings. I didn’t feel ready to say goodbye to my old self. There were times when I felt incredibly ________.

In the darkest months, I devoted myself to ________. I couldn’t manage novels or newspapers, ________ I tried reading poetry, and found the shorter lines less overwhelming. My speech came back, and I learned how to read again, though much more slowly. I also learned the ________ to keep up. I allowed myself to slow down, and started to enjoy it.

________, I get rid of my old skin. I grieved the past, its passing and its absence, and started to come to terms with it. Now, 10 years later, I look after my grandson a day a week, and my ________ with my family is deeper than ever. If you’d asked me 15 years ago to ________ the importance of the things in my life I might have said work, but now I’m no longer a high-achieving publisher or someone who reads 10 books a week. I’m a ________ man, and if I read 10 books a year, that’s pretty good.