【推荐1】When I first met Miss Harold, she was the school librarian at Lakeview Elementary, and I was a timid (胆怯的) fourth grader. I was desperately trying to go unnoticed, because I had some big _________, like terrible handwriting and a messy desk. And I was trying to _________ the fact that I liked to read—something that was cool for girls but not for boys.

Miss Harold took me under her wing and helped make it okay for me to be a(n) _________, nerdy (呆子似的) boy who was reading lots of books.

She _________ me out of my shell (壳) by sharing her love of books. She started by _________ questions like “What do you like to read?” Then she _________ me a lot of books, ones that were more complex and _________ than the books I was reading at the time. Once I’d read them, she would make the _________ to discuss them with me. “Did you like it?” she would ask, “Why? What did you learn?” She _________ listened to what I said. Through those   ________ in the library and in the classroom we became good friends.

Looking back on it now, there’s no __________ that my time with Miss Harold helped __________ my interest in libraries and my focus on helping every child in America get the benefit of great teachers. I’m so __________ to the dedicated librarian and teacher who helped me find my __________ when I was nine years old. It’s absolutely remarkable how much power one good can have in __________ the life of a child.

【推荐1】The Secret to Teen Power

The year 2019 was a year of teen power. Young people spoke up about big problems and adults began to listen.

Greta Thunberg, the seventeen-year-old Swedish schoolgirl, was perhaps the most powerful example of this teen power. At the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019, she told world leaders, “You are ________ us(young people)” by not taking enough action against climate change. Greta gained worldwide attention for her ________ speech and outspokenness and was ________ Time magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year.

In the United States, teen groups have formed organizations to ________ politicians into changing gun laws to stop school shootings. “The adults know that we’re cleaning up their mess,” says Cameron Kasky, an 11th-grader who started the “Never Again“ movement after ________ the deadliest high school shooting in American history in 2018. ”It’s like they’re saying, ‘I’m sorry I made this ________,’ while continuing to spill soda on the floor,“ adds another survivor Emma Gonzalez.

These problems are not new and politicians have been dealing with them for years. However, as with most big problems, there are no easy solutions, and each solution may create more problems. Fighting climate change by ________ fossil fuels(化石燃料)-no more cars, airplanes or big industries-can have a ________ effect on people’s lives and even increase poverty. And prisons would fill up quickly if we locked up every person who was ________ to be a potential criminal.

Teen power is a good thing. I think adults, especially those in ________ positions, are glad that young people are getting involved and thinking of ways to improve the world. ________, it will take more than youthful passion to solve the world’s problems. At the UN Climate Change Conference in December 2019, there were a number of young Chinese ________ who, instead of just complaining about adults ”failing“ them, offered practical solutions to environmental problems. Nine-year-old Li Zilin talked about ways to protect the giant pandas in her native Sichuan Province; another young Chinese representative ________ examples of how to help farmers adapt to drought conditions in Yunnan Province.

If you are also ambitious to make the world a better place, it is imperative that you speak up when ________. But just as important is the need to grow in our learning-to study and to always remain ________. Apart from enthusiasm for bringing about change, you still need the maturity, wisdom, knowledge and skills to make good decisions.

【推荐2】Fitness apps such as Strava can be useful tools for motivating you to start and stick to an exercise plan. But, according to a study at the National University of Ireland, Galway, these apps can make people become _______to exercise. The study, which observed 272 cyclists who use Strava, found that people who mainly use the tool to show off, _______, posting their exercise to receive praise, are more likely to develop an unhealthy desire and high stress levels.

It seems obvious that being able to track and share the tiniest details of your exercise may not always be a(n) _______thing. I had an eating disorder as a teenager and, for a very unhappy time, _______dominated my life. I weighed myself several times a day. I calculated everything from how many calories were in one bite of an apple to how many extra calories I would _______by exercising in cold weather. I used in-brain calculating technology to track all this. Had I had access to the health apps available now, it would have taken me much longer to _______– not only because these kinds of tools enable obsessive (强迫性的)behaviour, but because they _______and even glorify it.

We live in an age when you can never be too rich or too _______. Calorie-counting is now celebrated as a data-driven route to self-improvement. It is _______to spot the symptoms associated with eating disorders when everyone seems to get hooked on their fitness statistics. Also, because eating and exercise disorders are still associated with women, it is particularly easy for problematic behaviour among men to fly under the radar.

The negative connection between these technologies and wellbeing has received ________attention. Only a handful of studies hint at the dark side of these devices. A 2019 study of female Fitbit users by CNN, for instance, found that 59% felt as if their routines were ________by their device, while 30% said their Fitbit made them feel guilty. A 2015 study at Duke University found that tracking can reduce ________in the activity being quantified and make people do less of that activity when they are not measuring it. Going for a long bike ride can cease to be an enjoyment in itself but an achievement to ________about online.

Fitness apps themselves are not a bad thing. ________, as health-tracking technology becomes increasingly common – even kids use fitness apps – it is important to be aware that ________every aspect of our lives is not necessarily healthy.

【推荐3】How can you make a million dollars in one month? I’m sure I am going to get the _______ of many readers with the question. The _______ news is that you are not going to make a million dollars in one month _______ you win the lottery (彩票) or some other prize.

We all want to be millionaires. However, if you try to _______ how they became that rich, you will learn that they worked very _______for the money. That is what most ___________have had to do, including Bill Gates and Andrew Carnegie, and they often went _______ hardships before they succeeded _______.

There are many reasons why the millionaires have made it _______ for themselves. In this article, I am going to ________passion (热情) which I think is the most ________ quality to have in order to succeed. I am sure that if one were to ____________ the people who made millions in their lifetime, this would be found in all of them.

Take J.K. Rowling for ________. Her first Harry Potter book was sent to twelve publishing houses, all of which ________ to publish it. A year later, she was finally given the chance by a small ________, which paid ￡1,500. And the ________from that company was that she should get herself a job since she had little ________ of making a living by writing children’s books.

If you want to make a million dollars, find something that________ you really passionate and work hard at it. It doesn’t ________ what it is. Let me know how you ________.