【推荐1】One of Switzerland’s most popular skiing areas has been covering mountain areas with cloth material in an effort to _________ ice melting over the summer. Workers have placed large blankets of material around Mount Titlis. The area contains a glacier that has been _________ large amounts of ice over the past 20 years. The protective cloth, _________ polyester material, is designed to _________ the sun.

Putting the blankets _________ the glacier provides a natural protective shield. Decreasing snow cover _________ higher temperatures presents a serious threat to skiing areas across Europe. Having a glacier can provide some protection from climate change and help keep large snow _________ on the mountain year-around. This snow can later be moved to fill in areas _________it is needed.

But the Swiss government has predicted that 90 percent of the country’s _________ 1,500 glaciers will disappear by the end of this century if __________ is done to cut man-made pollution emissions. The government has to __________ increase the size of the blankets over the glacier in recent years to save __________ is left. A small group of employees works over five-to-six weeks to cover parts of the glacier. At the end of summer, they spend weeks __________ the covers.

Currently, the __________ material covering about 100,000 square meters is about the size of 14 football fields. The blankets help get the sun’s energy back into the __________.

【推荐2】Decades ago, I traveled alone for the first time in my life. The trip to Colorado was not for business or family reasons, but just to travel and ________.

As I prepared for it, I felt excited and ________ at the same time. Would it be fun? Would I be bored? Would I stay in bed all day or would I jump with excitement to do the next thing? I wasn’t ________. Little did I know that it was going to be so ________ a journey of self-discovery.

As a good wife and mom, for me, travel is always about the ________: Always thinking of who would ________ what. Because it’s about family time. But when travel ________, who would I connect with? What would I do? Well, I found that I got to do anything I ________!

While traveling, I met locals and also other ________. Honestly, I had conversations ________—on planes, while hiking, in restaurants.

It was quite a(n) ________ experience to meet a mom of 18 kids and hundreds of adopted kids, a cookie baker, and an internationally ranked marathon runner. The inspiring stories I discovered were ________ and nothing was like my wonderful and ________ life at home. I got to go rock climbing by myself, go hiking solo, and eat ________. And it was all ________, going smoothly. Actually, I felt surprisingly ________.

It was just me, my SUV and my backpack for a week. ________, it was a breath of fresh air that I didn’t ________ existed. It’s wonderful to be back home and know that possibilities are ________ and there is so much more out there to ________ and discover!

【推荐1】Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more _______ waiting for the final school bell. Upon its _______ everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David.

David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often _______ what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so inappropriately for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David _______. I can still remember he was always _______ a smile and willing to help. He always stayed after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He _______ just smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly _______ home.

Weeks passed and the _______ over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of school before the holiday break. I smiled in _______ as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David ________ standing by my desk.

“I have something for you” he said and________ from behind his back a small box. ________ it to me, he said anxiously “Open it”. I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lift the lid and to my surprise saw nothing. I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said. “The box is nice, David, but it’s ________”

“Oh, no, it isn’t”, said David, “It’s full of love, my mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there”.

Tears filled my eyes as I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given ________ to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning ________ the little empty box set on my desk

It was a cool October evening. Excitement and family members______ the hall. I was only a 7-year-old girl, but I was the center of ______. Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would ____ all my hard work in a dance of performance. Everything would be _______ —so I thought. I waited backstage all _____ in my black tights with a golden belt. In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies _____ that my class was next.

My dance class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the ______. All I had to do in the next move was put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box. It really was an _____ move. I was concentrating so much ______ the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look ______ I was going. I missed my partner’s box altogether and ______. There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes. I could hear giggles(咯咯笑) coming from the audience, and I felt the ________ rush to my face. I remembered my dance teacher had told us, “If you make a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not ________.” I did my best to follow her ________ as I continued with the routine.

When the curtain dropped, so did my _______ for the evening. I ________ bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face. I ran backstage, but no one could ______ me down.

Recently I realized I had been a ______ that night. I was ________, but I fought the urge to run off the stage. _______, I finished the routine with a smile on my face. Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too.

【推荐3】“What would Ms K do?” was in my playlist of the top 10 questions as I was taking books and files in my office. Reports had been ________ over the last few weeks about the growing ________ of COVID-19. My husband, a physician, informed me that I should make plans to begin working from home. But who was Ms K? Why did I ________ of her when faced with a global ________?

Ms K was a(n) ________ education teacher. She taught my daughter, Dorian, for 3 years. Dorian suffered from autism (自闭症). When I met Ms K, Dorian was in kindergarten, and in spite of our efforts to ________ her in a regular classroom, it was ________.

Dorian’s multiple ________—ranging from hearing, speaking and mental problems—left us all tired at the end of each day. Most of all, they left Dorian with an inability to express her needs. For Dorian, her ________ way of interacting with others was pictures. It was Ms K who ________ the communication puzzle for us all. Ms K and her instructional assistant both were ________ in sign language and taught Dorian and ________ the rest of the family how to ________. Within three months, Dorian’s sign vocabulary greatly improved, and she started to sign three-and-four word sentences.

Our world changed greatly because of the three years spent with Ms K. I firmly believed Ms K would ________ herself to the problems in the COVID-19, and develop ways of distance learning for students and families in the same ________—with a positive attitude, patience and a mass of resources.

【推荐1】Sometimes, we have difficulty in understanding others^’ view about the world. _______ , I heard a funny story about _______ the other day.

A( n) _______ named John was known for his _______ view about the role of the teacher. One of the other lecturers arrived at work on that morning and _______ the main lecture theatre on the way to his class. He _______ to glance in and saw John giving a lecture in the room, John was gesturing _______ and eagerly writing on the board. But when the other lecturer looked around the theatre, it was totally _______ . He was a little concerned about John's sanity(神志)， _______ he decided to talk about the ________ gently at morning tea later on.

"John," he said , "I saw you teaching in the lecture theatre this morning. But I noticed there didn't seem to be any students."

"Yes, that's right. ________ turned up, John replied with a smile.

“But you were ________ teaching,” the other man said, waiting for some ________ Sure enough,"John replied, “Well, they ________ me to teach, and thafs what I was doing!

"It was at this moment," the other lecturer told me, "That I realized teaching and ________are two separate things. ”

People's attitude to the whole world are ________ . That's where metaprograms (元程序)come in. When we ________ people around, we'll also notice that some people are different in the same way. These same differences are metaprograms, and I think they are very useful for all types of ________ . When we are trying to communicate, we are toying to ________ communication channels and take part in communication, not necessarily trying to ________ others or accept another person's values.

【推荐2】I was a single (单身的) parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but I managed to make ends meet (收支平衡)，and if not a lot，________ we had enough. Not knowing we were poor, my kids just thought I was________, I’ve always been glad about that.

It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t________ for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big pleasure for the kids was the fun of Christmas________. They planned weeks ahead of time, asking each other what they wanted for Christmas. ________, I had saved $120 for gifts to be shared by all five of us.

The big day arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and________ them to look for________ of about four dollars each. Then everyone went away excitedly. We had two hours to shop and ________ back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.

Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, ________ my youngest daughter, Ginger, who was unusually________. She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies-fifty-cent candies! I was very doubtful but I didn’t say anything________ we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door. This is what she told me:

“I was looking________ thinking of what to buy when I________ to read the little cards on the “Giving Trees”, One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she wanted for Christmas was a doll. So I took the card off the tree and________ the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything. ”

I never felt so ________ as I did that day.