【推荐2】Confucius would be happy if he lived in the modern world. He would see his works and philosophies(哲学) still _______________ among teenagers even though they live in an_______________ of information.

In Changzhou No.2 Middle School, Jiangsu, all senior 3 students now_______________ a course in Lun Yu once a week. The school aims to improve students’ appreciation of the Confucian heritage(遗产)as well as_______________   Chinese civilization.

“Students’ attendance in this course will _______________   30 percent of their Chinese score on the final exam.This reward_______________ their interest in the course, which is _______________ but full of wisdom,” said Cao Yongzhong, a Chinese _______________ at the school.

_______________won’t be easy for students to enjoy The Analects(文选) of Confucius ________________ ancient Chinese as they________________   so many other subjects to learn and exams to ________________.

Cheng Yun,18, didn’t like the”additional burden”________________, but now it turns to be a course ________________ she looks forward to.

“I thought it would ________________ my time for homework, but it doesn’t.________________ sentences are short and concise(精练). I even use some of his wise   sayings in my compositions, ________________   makes my writing more attractive,” Cheng said. ________________ the fact that all students are required to learn some chapters of the book when in junior school, they may be ________________ young to understand the truths revealed(揭示)by Confucius.” Although I ________________ the language we use nowadays to Confucius, what the master said in the book does help me shape my personality.”said Zhang Junzhuo,18.

【推荐3】Another school year was beginning. It was a(n) _______ job to handle 30 first graders, _______ six-year-olds’ attention spans (持续时间) are rather short. Then I _______ to work out a special plan to make it easy: adopting a _______ member as the pen pal for my students. I began by sending out e-mails to the army. Then I got a _______ from Captain Denisar.

Captain Denisar quickly became a(n) _______ system for my class. If students practiced and could read a book _______, I recorded it and e-mailed it to Captain Denisar. And if they finished a writing assignment, I would take a _______ and e-mail it. Captain Denisar, then, would send back emails full of praise and _______. You could imagine how excited my first graders were to ________ a soldier!

We also used the information Captain Denisar included in his e-mails as ________ opportunities: what a soldier’s life was like, how to make a fire etc. Gradually, this man ________ the hearts of my students. They were so eager to please Captain Denisar that they tried their best to ________ themselves in my class. Now, teaching became a(n) ________ rather than a headache to me.

At the end of that year, we wrote a letter of thanks to him. To my surprise, he was even more ________ of the communication, saying my first graders truly lightened things up for him.

【推荐2】Kevin Hyde, who has been sailing his whole life, recently invited Joe DiTommasso to Florida on his sailboat. The first part of their _______ went well, and they stopped for a _______ in the Outer Banks.

That’s where things went _______ . Suddenly they found themselves inside a heavy storm at sea. “I’ve never heard winds so bad my whole life!” Joe _______ . As the ocean churned (剧烈翻滚) around them, the 50-foot mast (桅杆) of the sailboat _______ , and their radios didn’t _______ either, leaving them at the mercy of the stormy sea.

When Kevin and Joe’s families _______ touch with them, they reported them missing to the Coast Guard. Soon, a full _______ began, but rescuers weren’t even sure which _______ to start looking for them.

Floating for days with no mast, gas, or electricity, Kevin and Joe prayed for ________ . By the 10th day at sea, they were feeling more ________ than ever.

Just when it seemed that all was lost, they got ________ from a huge international ship called the Silver Muna. ________ an attentive crew member ________ the tiny sailboat. Captain Neeraj Chaudhary immediately stopped his ship. Rescuing the men was exciting for all involved and even the ship’s captain cried when the men were ________ aboard his ship.

【推荐3】When my son was a young teenager, he and his friend set out on a bus across town to _________ skate-board wheels. They each had $20. When they arrived downtown, they discovered they needed more money to _________ bus fare and sales tax. They were _________ about four dollars.

A(n)_________ of our bank was nearby, so they decided to go in and _________ a loan. The teller (出纳) told them that was not _________, but that they could get a cash advance on their parents’ credit card. So they _________ home, but got no answer. They _________ the teller again to see if anything more could be done. She _________ them to the desk of the vice president. When he asked why the bank should give them a ______________, they answered, “Because we’re good students and trustworthy,” He said that ______________ they had no collateral (抵押品), they would have to write out and ______________ an IOU (欠条). They did, and he ______________ gave them the money they needed to complete their purchase.

We called him the next day and found out that this ______________ man lent the boys his own money. In talking with the man, we learned that he had made many such loans,______________ a large one to a Navy wife whose allowance was delayed. He said he’s been repaid almost 100 percent of the time, and that the opportunity to ______________ others in this way was one of the most ______________ parts of his job.

My son and his friend got on the bus the very next morning. They ______________ their loan and received their IOU signed by the vice president with ______________. It was banking at its ______________.

【推荐2】Five years later, he quitted his job to work full-time on Khan Academy(可汗学院). The 75-person team is now based in Mountain View. The lesson style hasn't changed much, but Khan Academy now, besides science and maths, includes videos by experts in the ________ , too.

Today, Khan Academy has 15 million students in 190 countries. The You Tube channel has over 500 million________ . Khan’s ________ for the future has been supported by everyone from Bill Gates to Barack Obama.

While Khan is perhaps YouTube's biggest ________ in the field of learning, the platform is filled with instructional videos. There are video tutorials(视频教程)for changing a light bulb, assembling baby buggies, or learning the guitar.

It’s easy to see the attraction: ________ puzzling over an instruction manual(说明书)written in 15 languages, you can just watch someone ________ you.

Watching a video isn't just quicker than reading a manual—according to Khan, it's making us ________ . He argues that, by giving us a ________ level of knowledge, they help us get more out of experts.

________ , traditional educational establishments are welcoming YouTube, too. Universities around the world are ________ with video-based learning through massive open online courses, or MOOCs. While there has been some________ over whether lectures online devalue(贬……值)universities, almost everyone agrees that video tutorials have a role to ________ in teaching.

Khan believes that by teaching basic concepts ahead of classroom time, videos ________ teachers to focus on individual students. And by ________ the data Khan Academy gathers on each student—where they ________ or re-watch a video—teachers can know how much their students understand. This, says Khan, is the future of education: “empowering personalization”.

【推荐3】On Sept. 1, Paul Miller, a teacher in America, _________ a video on YouTube where he does his take on “I’ll Be There For You,” a song from Friends.

“No one told me school was gonna be this way," Miller sings in a classroom, in _________ to the pandemic and the nationwide _________ of in-person teaching. “I got my lessons ready but students are absent. Though they are _________, we can still have a great year. 'Cause I'll be here for you when you're learning at home."

“_________ our social distance, school will still be great.” Miller continues. Having _________ the reasons why online learning has its _________ Miller jumps into the chorus, telling his students what they can _________. “When back,” he sings. “You really start to shine. No matter what, I'm here for you.”

Miller's video has received over 25,000 views and lots of _________ comments. One wrote: "Teachers are __________ on earth in human form.”

In an __________ with WMTV Miller said he __________ starts off every school year with a song. This year, however, he had to be more creative. The teacher said he's been __________ by the positive responses he's gotten. “Really the __________ we are getting this year is completely beyond __________,” he said. “I have gotten messages from Arizona to India. Apparently, Friends is a very popular show. ”