【推荐1】On a hilltop in southeast Brazil, 4,500 feet above the surrounding landscape, is a coffee plantation with a history of more than 150 years—five generations. The owner is Ellen Fontana, a woman ________ to both her land and her family. A respect ________ nature contributes to her business; she employs sustainable (可持续的) practices to ________ water, avoid pesticides and ________ greenhouse gas emissions (排放). Her devotion and attention helped her ________ award-winning specialty coffee and a successful coffee business, which she hopes will ________ through future generations.

But in the past few years, her vision of the future has been ________. The planet is changing ________ and whether coffee production will continue in her area in 20 or 50 years is naturally a ________. “I heard from my grandparents that it used to rain a lot in January, and the dry and rainy seasons were more clearly ________,” Fontana says. “But now, for a few years, we have noticed ________ rainfall, high temperature and hail (冰雹).”

In 2014, Fontana’s home experienced its worst ________ in nearly a century, resulting in a rare water crisis. And February 2020 was the rainiest month in the region’s ________ history, causing floods.

________ Fontana has earned more than many, thanks to her hilltop location and an important area of natural forest that she and her family have ________ on their land. She says, “We are in a micro-region with a lot of well-preserved forest, and we have a lot of coffee. This microclimate ________ a lot in the balance of crops. I think that living in a balance between coffee production and the environment that we live in provides a ________ not only for our family but for all the other people who will ________ these resources. I think this ________ is good for the business, good for the ________ and good for our soul.”

【推荐2】I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to E1 Capitan, a _______ rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew _______ I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion (钟爱) ever since — _______ the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my _______.

About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of _______, like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s _______ me why visitors started respecting the place _______ and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.

I tried _______ trash (垃圾) myself, but the job was too big. I would _______ an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so ________ it that I decided something had to change.

As a rock-climbing guide, I knew ________ about organizing any big event. But in 2014, together with some climbers, I set a date for a ________. On that day, more than 300 people ________. Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to ________. I couldn’t believe the ________ we made — the park looked clean!

Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2016 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash and ________ 132 miles of roadway.

I often hear people ________ about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by ________ rather than complaining. We need to teach by ________. You can’t blame others ________ you start with yourself.

【推荐3】Do you think an individual can make a difference? Ask Rossano Ercolini, the Goldman Prize winner, which is considered the Nobel Prize for “   ___”. Eroclini 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 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. 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 will   ____ poisonous gases into the air, causing breathing problems. People will have to wear a mask     ____ they go out. 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 meetings and talked about how to reduce, reuse and recycle.   ____, Ercolini has advocated the zero-waste movement, the   ____ of which is to reduce the waste to the least possible amount. He has already   ____ plans for more than 50 incinerators in many Italian cities.   ____ his efforts, there are more than 100 zero-waste towns in Italy now!

【推荐2】Clara Daly was _________ on an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles when an air hostess asked a(n) _________ question over the loudspeaker, “Does anyone on board _________ American Sign Language?” Clara, 15 at the time, _________ the call button. The air hostess came by and explained the situation, “we have a passenger on the plane who’s _________ and deaf,” she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he was travelling _________ and the air hostesses couldn’t understand what he needed.

Clara had been studying ASL for the past years, _________ she unfastened her seat belt, walked toward the front of the plane, and _________ by the aisle seat of Tim Cook, who was in his sixties. Gently taking his hand, she _________, “How are you? Are you OK?” Cook asked for some water. When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She ______________ again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her ______________ visit, she stopped and stayed a while.

“He didn’t need anything. He was ________________ and wanted to talk,” Clara says. So for the next hour, she talked about her family and her ________________ for the future. She wanted to be a politician. Cook told Clara how he had ________________ become blind over time and shared stories of his days ________________ a travelling salesman. Even though he couldn’t see her, she looked ________________ at his face with such kindness.

“Clara was ________________,” the air hostess told Alaska Airlines in a blog ________________. “You could tell Tim was very excited to ________________ someone he could speak to, and she was such an angel.” And for Cook, it was ________________ the best trip he’d ever had.

【推荐2】Many children may be fond of animals, but few ever think of making the study of animals as their career. Even fewer will be ________ by the whole world, enjoying the title of United Nations Messenger (使者) of Peace.

But one woman has ________ all that. She has lived with chimps in the African forest for many years and made great ________. Jane Goodall’s lifelong interest in animals began at an early age. By the age of 10 or 11, Goodall ________ going to Africa to live with animals. This was quite a strange dream in those days, as young ________ didn’t think of having such “wild” actions. But she was ________ by her mother. She told her that if she really wanted something, she should work hard, take advantage of ________ and never give up looking for a way.

When a close friend invited Goodall to Kenya in 1957, she readily ________ it. Within a few months, she met the famous anthropologist (人类学家) Dr Louis Leakey, who decided that Goodall was the special person he was looking for to begin a ________ of wild chimps on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania.

In the beginning, studying the chimps was not ________ for her. The animals fled from her in fear. With a strong ________, she searched the forest every day, trying not to get too close to the chimps too ________. Gradually the chimps became used to her presence.

In October 1960, she observed a chimp making and using ________ to fish for termites (白蚁). This discovery threw ________ on the popular idea at the time that man was the world’s only toolmaker. The longer Goodall’s research continues, the more it becomes obvious that chimps are very ________ to humans.

【推荐3】He met her at a party. She was shining, but nobody paid any attention to him. After the party, he invited her for a _______. Not to be _______, she went along.

In the nice coffee shop, he was _______ and tried to break the silence. Suddenly, he asked the waiter, “Could you please give me some salt?”

When the salt came, he put it in his coffee and drank. _______, she asked, “Why salt with coffee?” He explained, “It _______ me where I am from, the small village by the sea.” She was _______ and shared a lot about herself, too. That was the start of their love story.

Later, they lived happily together. And every time she made coffee for him, she put in some salt, the _______ he had done it.

After 40 years, he _______ and left her a letter. “My dearest, please forgive my life-long _______. In that coffee shop I was so uneasy that I asked for ________ instead of sugar.

It was hard for me to ask for a ________, so I just went ahead. Many times, I tried to tell you the truth, but I was afraid that the life I love might be ________.

Sweetheart, I don’t exactly like salty coffee. But as it ________ so much to you, I’ve learnt to ________ it. If I could live a second time, I hope we can be together again, ________ it means salty coffee for the rest of my life.”