【推荐2】In 2011, some students at the University of Maryland saw a large amount of food going to waste on their campus. They were so ______ about it that they decided to create a program to ______ the excess (多余的) food and send it to people in ______ for free. Later, the Food Recovery Network (FRN) ______. Surprisingly, its development was ______.

Up to now, FRN has ______ to become a nationwide organization with many ______ in colleges and universities around the US, including one at the University of Maryland. Meanwhile, Rochester, a city of America, has a high rate of food ______. In response to it, a proposal for a community food system plan has been ______ by the city’s government. The plan is aimed to offer safe ______ to all residents.

The chapter of FRN at the University of Maryland works to ______ the attempts. With its help, the work is progressing ______. The students have relocated quantities of food that would have otherwise gone to waste. Every Friday afternoon, members of the chapter meet to ______ the left food from the campus, Then the food is ______ and distributed to the communities all over the state by category.

“Our ______ is responding positively,” one student says. “What we don’t want is having too much food in the kitchen.” The students do make a ______, and they even supply the ______ meals to the people outside the city. Besides, what they have done is ______ to the environment. Thanks to FRN, they have successfully ______ the release of tons of carbon dioxide through reducing waste. The work does achieve a (n) ______ effect—not only solving the problem of feeding some people, but also benefiting the ecological environment.

【推荐2】It was my first time skiing and I had been persuaded to come along with a group of friends. I was wondering whether I had made a ________ by joining them, because they all had at least some ________ of skiing in the past while I had never even had a single skiing lesson.

We arrived at our destination in the afternoon and my lessons didn’t start until the following morning. There was no way I was going to stay behind and ________ everyone else go out to enjoy the skiing without me, so I grabbed my stuff and ________ out with them. Harriet, a member of our group, took pity on me and offered to pair up, giving me some ________ on how to get started.

For all of about ten metres, I fell to the ground in shame. Again to my feet, again to the floor. And so the situation continued until finally, just once, I caught my ________ and I was away. I daren’t move anything for fear that my run would come to an untimely end. From a few feet behind, Harriet was shouting something encouraging, trying not to ski past me and ruin my moment of ________. I only covered a tiny distance, but it felt ________.

With proper instructions, I improved quickly. Harriet was a really ________ teacher and I had a good experience. Winter is coming again. I can’t wait to head ________ to the ski resort.

【推荐3】I was a smartphone addict. The first thing I did when I woke up was reach for my ___________. However, sometimes I sensed that I could have done something more ___________ than just looking at a tiny screen all day. Sliding into the habit was easy, but it was difficult to ___________ the habit.

Then the day came when I finally ___________ I had to make a change. Head down, eyes on my smartphone, I stepped into the road and a car shot past, nearly killing me! At that very moment, I made up my mind to spend a whole ___________ without my smartphone.

The first day was the ___________. I kept reaching for my pocket, for my smartphone that was not there. I felt lost and anxious. Then somehow I began to feel free. I _________ the classic novel I had always wanted to read. I kept a journal of my feelings, thoughts and daily activities to see how much progress I was making. _________, I began to appreciate the beauty in _________ with my own eyes, instead of through my smartphone camera.

By the end of the week, I almost did not __________ to turn my phone back on. Those seven days have given me a great appreciation for life beyond the screen- a life, richer and more beautiful.

【推荐1】Our group was about to board the plane. I was ________, not because of flying, but because of what waited for me in my destination (目的地). “I could turn around now,” I said to myself. “Nobody would ________ me, as there are options open to me.” But never have I turned away from adventure, so ________ the rest of the group, I got on the plane to Tanzania. Little did I know I would be ________ by the next weeks at that moment.

The travel was part of a university program. We did many exciting things there, but it was our time of ________ at a community center with poor conditions that stuck with me. It allowed me to truly ________ the locals ——playing with kids and visiting their homes. These experiences were ________. I found almost every aspect of their life looked nothing like mine. But ________ being uneasy and backing away, I learned to appreciate the ________, offering to try their clothes and learn their culture. The Tanzanians were so positive; seeing how few ________ they had but how happy they were blew my mind.

________, I was happy to return home after those weeks, but I was confident it wouldn’t be the ________ of my adventure. I knew I would ________ more lands, ________ people from various backgrounds, and continue offering people in need a helping hand, because seeing the smiles on their faces is a feeling that cannot be ________ by anything else.

【推荐2】I survey the pile of dirty dishes jamming the sink after the party. With no working _______ except my two hands, the task is huge.

Hot water _______ the sink, I plunge (猛扎) my hands into the _______. Then it occurs to me that every dish and spoon brings back memories. I bring up a tiny spoon, still covered with applesauce. I smile as I _______   the eleven-month-old eating it with wild abandon. I pick up a _______ and I remember my oldest daughter’s trying to cut meat for the four-year-old sister while correcting the eight-year-old’s rude table _______. A bowl with bits of lettuce (生菜) stuck like glue reminds me of countless discussions among daughters about diet food and losing _______. Eating delicious food and keeping a perfect figure is an endless _________ for girls.

My three daughters, now, are _______ and have their own families. They get along as well as they did when they were ________. My grandsons seem to be ________ like their mothers. The two oldest wanted their bikes brought out to ________ together. The youngest delighted us when he, feeling the soft carpet, erupted with bursts of laughter. All memories ________. My three daughters did the same thing years ago — riding bikes, feeling the soft carpet...

The dishes are done, and the sink is ________. But my life is full. It is full of happy children and grandsons. I thank the dishes for ________ me.