【推荐1】My husband has worked in Ecuador for a year. Having heard about the low _________ of living, mild climate and delicious produce of the country, I was _________ to move there with him. I believed I would find a _________ and life would be easy there. However, when I arrived in the capital Quito, I was _________ disappointed. I didn’t like the food there, and our _________ house was dirty and cold. The _________ thing is that even after a month I still couldn’t find a suitable job. I felt my life totally a mess, so I _________ to move back to the UK.

I thought I was the most _________ person in the world. However, I soon heard of other people’s disappointments. A friend’s wedding was _________ and another had lost her dream job and a neighbor had been __________ with cancer but was still hoping to travel around the world. I looked at people who were fighting real __________ and felt inspired by their strength. I became more mindful of the things I had taken for granted. In the UK I got a job that brings me much __________. My family were healthy and though __________, my husband and I were much in love.

A psychologist friend told me the difference between regret and disappointment. Both are the result of __________ expectations. However, regret __________ something that we believed was within our control, whereas disappointment arises from events __________ our control. We can’t control what disappoints us, but we can control our __________ to it.

Now, I am filled with optimism by __________ myself of what really matters and taking action to change the disappointments. I feel __________ and inspired, and I know I can __________ everything.

【推荐1】Every year, my high school’s Chinese club sponsors an event to celebrate Chinese New Year called “China Night.” During the evening, we show _________ Chinese culture with various booths (摊位) featuring activities like Chinese yoyo, calligraphy, and chess. There is also a finale with _________ that include dragon/ lion dances, songs, and classical Chinese instruments.

For this year’s event, I played cello (大提琴) in a string quartet (弦乐四重奏). We _________ famous scores (插曲) from Chinese cinema such as Raise the Red Lantern and To Live. Quartets remind me of Chinese dragon dances. Each player is _________ in the quartet just as each dancer contributes to the dance performance. The whole could not _________ without individual effort. Performing gave me a great sense of _________: not only was I playing music from my culture, but I was _________ it with others.

During one particular break, I told my friends to meet me at one of the _________ booths. My friends are quite _________, with ethnicities (种族渊源) from Germany, Russia and India. I was excited to see my friends __________ some traditional Chinese foods, although I __________ how they might react. As they tasted the mooncake, their facial expressions changed from caution to __________. They really enjoyed tasting Chinese foods. Perhaps more than any other __________ during the evening, this gave me a deep sense of pride in my culture.

Through attending China Night, I was surprised to see how enthusiastically my community __________ Chinese culture and how everyone was so __________ to trying new things.

【推荐1】Cracking down on live-stream shopping

Especially amid the impacts of COVID-19, shopping via live-streams（现场直播）has helped improve the economy and brought vitality to business.

In the first half of 2020, the number of streaming e-commerce sessions in China topped 10 million. Nearly 400,000 people ________ live-steam shopping events that attracted more than 50 billion viewers, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

However, the ________ live-stream e-commerce also brings about ________ about sub-standard products and poor after-sales services.

Luo Yonghao, founder of smart-phone company Smartisan Technology, ________ a statement on Sina Weibo on Dec.15, ________ selling fake products. The wool sweaters they sold during a live-stream in November had been proven to not in fact be made of wool. In response to that, the firm decided to make a triple repayment to more than 20,000 customers who bought the fake products.

This is just one case of poorly-conducted e-commerce. In addition to fake products, many consumers have received damaged goods or not had their items ________ at all. Many have also complained about a ________ of after-sale service.

During this year’s Singles’ Day shopping festival, the China Consumer Association received over 334,000 complaints ________ live-streaming e-commerce. According to the association, Li Jiaqi’s live-streams received complaints about not ________ consumers to return the products. Another high-profile live-streamer, Xinba, was caught selling fake edible birds’ nest on the short video app Kuaishou

Due to the cases that violated（侵犯）consumers’ rights and interests recently, authorities have tightened regulations to better ________ the live-streaming e-commerce market. The State Administration for Market Regulation published an instruction on ________ live-stream sales events, clarifying the ________ and obligations of the involved bodies.

According to new rules by the National Radio and Television Administration, e-commerce platforms are responsible for verifying（核查）the qualifications of retailers who ________ live-streaming sales on their sites.

As live-streaming e-commerce further develops, regulations will only become stricter in the future, said Li Bin, a lawyer with the China Consumers Association. “Both platforms and streamers should carry out live-steaming activities ________ and in compliance with regulations. ”

Also, consumers should be more sensible and make ________ according to their needs, said Lu Laiming, a professor at Beijing Technology and Business University.

【推荐2】There is one thing that can be easily learned and can have a great effect on the lives of your children or students. It is _________ the “Growth Mindset”.

In a series of _________, Carol Dweck, a researcher at Stanford University, divided students into two _________ and gave them relatively _________ math tests. After the students did well on the tests, half of them were praised for being naturally clever or _________, and half were praised for working hard.

After those _________, they were given harder math tests. The ones who were praised for working hard performed dramatically better on the more difficult exams. Students who were praised for _________ quickly adopted what Dweck called “Growth Mindset”. When they faced more difficult problems, they thought hard work got them this far, so they just _________ to work a bit harder and they would figure out these questions too.

Students who were praised for being clever acted _________. They thought perhaps they were not that clever after all. So they quickly __________. They developed the dangerous habit of __________ any situation where they might be wrong and __________ something new.

So if you are a parent or __________, praise efforts rather than innate (先天的) abilities. And for yourself—owe your own __________ to efforts rather than innate abilities. Really __________ that your success is a result of your efforts rather than purely some innate gifts.