【推荐1】Temperatures in the Norwegian capital regularly drop to -10℃ during winter. _________ in the harsh winter without wearing a coat, a boy wrapped his arms around himself on a bus stop bench.

It’s a(n) _________ scene, but the actions of the ordinary people who witnessed the _________ of 11-year-old, Johanne are both joyous and inspiring.

A young woman sitting next to the boy noticed him rubbing his arms. She immediately asked him: “Don’t you have a _________?” “No, someone stole it,” he replied. She _________ and learned he was on a school trip and was told to meet his teacher at the bus stop. She asked him the name of his school and where he was from as she _________ draped(披上) her own coat around his shoulders.

Later, another woman gave him her scarf and then _________ him in her large overcoat. Throughout the day, more and more people _________ to give him gloves and even the coats off their backs as they waited for their bus.

_________, Johanne’s experience was an experiment by Norwegian charity SOS Children’s Villages. Carried out by a __________ camera, it was part of their winter campaign to gather __________ of much-needed coats and blankets to help Syrian children through the winter. Many of the refugees have left their homes __________ winter clothing.

“People should care as much about children in Syria as they are __________ about this boy,” Synne Ronning, the information head of SOS Children’s Villages Norway, told The Local. She also __________ that the child was a volunteer who was never in any danger during the __________.

【推荐2】A 40-year-old mom has entered the history books by becoming the first female Olympian ever to complete a full triathlon in under 8 hours—smashing the world record by over 40 minutes.

Two-time Olympic Nicola Spirig _________ the finish line in Germany in an astonishing 7 hours, 34 minutes and 19 seconds.

She accomplished the _________ despite earlier this year breaking three ribs, fracturing (使断裂) her collarbone and puncturing a lung in a cycling accident that almost _________ her career. She recovered and went on to fulfill this lifelong triathlon ambition on the edge of ending her 20 years of international competitions and _________ the sport this year.

The _________ race in Germany was organized specifically to let two of the world’s greatest female triathletes _________ against each other, in a challenge to break the 8-hour barrier. _________ athletes broke the decade-long world record for women of 8 hours, 18 minutes and 13 seconds. Not only did Nicola smash her   _________ record of 9 hours, 14 minutes and 7 seconds, she crossed the line in a (n) _________7 hours, 34 minutes and 19 seconds—three minutes after Ironman champion Kat Matthews, a British army captain.

“Nicola has __________ the impossible and is the perfect embodiment (化身) of how the power of __________ can overcome every obstacle toward fulfilling your dreams and ultimate ambition,” says Feliciano Robayna. “__________ your career-long dream as a 40-year-old mother of three shows there is no __________ that cannot be broken.”

Beyond __________ seven 70.3 Ironman titles — and being on the stage at each half Ironman race she has ever __________ — Nicola has also managed to study to become a   lawyer.

【推荐2】Global surface temperatures last month were 2.25 degrees warmer than the 20th century average of 60.1 degrees, breaking previous records, from August 2016, by more than half a degree, according to NOAA researchers. “That to me is a really huge _________ from one record to the next,” said Ellen Bartow, a physical scientist with NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.

The report _________ what millions of people have experienced in recent months, including record-breaking heatwaves that have touched almost every corner of the globe. Asia, Africa, North America and South America had their warmest August on record, as did the Arctic, Europe and Oceania — a region that _________ Australia—had their second-warmest August on record, the report said.

It wasn’t just the land that _________: August set a record for the highest monthly sea surface temperature abnormally — 1.85 degrees above average. The warming oceans _________ shrinking sea ice, with Antarctica experiencing its fourth continuous month with the _________ sea ice extent on record. Globally, sea ice extent in August was about 550,000 square miles less than the previous record low, set in August 2019.

“We’ve seen unheard-of warmth in the global ocean, and that’s definitely alarming because its effects _________ beyond just the scope of the ocean,” Bartow-Gillies said. “Not only are you _________ marine habitats, but you are affecting storm creation, you’re creating more instability in some areas, and you’re creating flooding events in other areas. There’s a whole host of _________ that come along with these warmer ocean surface temperatures that we’re seeing.”

In fact, the report comes after a series of severe natural __________ that span the globe. This week, a Mediterranean storm caused serious flooding in Libya, killing more than 11,000 people. In Canada, wildfires burned through more than 42 million acres of forests this summer, and several are still burning. __________ global warming was not the singular cause of any of these disasters, heating of the Earth continues to __________ the likelihood of extreme weather events and wildfire worldwide.

“The scientific evidence is __________ — we will continue to see more climate records and more intense and frequent extreme weather events impacting society and ecosystems, until we stop __________ greenhouse gases,” read a statement from Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, which also __________ that this summer was the hottest on record.