【推荐1】Memorizing class notes is a good way to learn English. But what is the _______ way for you to memorize class notes? The _________ is difficult to answer, because different people learn in different ways and there are really too many ways. It also has _________ to do with the material (材料) to be memorized.

I _________ a very good way to memorize class notes before. I typed (打字) the whole term’s hand-written notes into a computer. _________ it took a lot of time, it was a good way. It made me _________ the material again, just as if I were taking notes in class. This way of memorizing class notes could also make me feel _________, because it was an easy way. I just needed to start at the beginning of my notes and type to the end.

There are many other good ways to memorize class notes. _________, you can underline the important parts of your notes using different colored pens. When you _________ the notes, you will pay more attention to these parts. __________ an outline (概要) of your notes, and you will have a better understanding of each lesson.

【推荐2】What is English for? Some people seem to think it’s for practicing grammar rules and learning lists of words. That’s wrong. Language is for exchange of ideas, for communication. The way to learn a language is to practice speaking it as ______ as possible. A great man once said ______ is necessary to practice as much as possible. And the ______ you use it in real situations, the more natural it will become.

Learning any language ______ a lot of time. But don’t ______. Relax! Be patient and enjoy yourself. Learning foreign languages should be ______. Rome wasn’t built in a day. Work harder and practice more. Your hard work will be rewarded (回报)one day.

Use a dictionary and a grammar guide constantly (不断地). Keep a small English dictionary ______you all the time. When you see a new word, look it up. Think about the word — use it, in your mind, in a sentence.

Try to think in English whenever possible. When you see something, think of the English word, then ______ the word in a sentence.

Practice tenses as much as possible. ______ you learn a new verb, learn its different forms.

I would also like to learn more about the ______ behind the language. When you understand the cultural background, you can better use the language.

【推荐3】We all have plans to achieve__________ in life, but what we are short of is the power that keeps us going to put plans into __________.Here are the ways that can effectively (有效地)solve the problem.

Read a book. Just read a book, especially an_________ book or a book of success stories. You can__________others, and the story will help you move ahead according to your plans. It also makes you focus your __________ on your goals rather than the problems at hand.

Think of your purpose. Think of__________ you want to achieve what you want. Your purpose could be to improve the life of others or help people do things more efficiently. Thinking of your purpose is an important way to encourage you.

Talk to a friend who can be believed in. Talking to a supportive friend will be able to overcome the problem of lacking (缺少)power. Find someone that you are _________ with and share your problems with him. After it, you will feel like that you are full of energy to go ahead.

Go through your goals daily. Prepare a list of goals that you want to achieve and go through your goals __________ once a day. You need to do this even more if you feel __________ .By doing this, you refresh your mind with the goals you have set for yourself.

Do it at once. Another way is to get started with what you need to do. Sometimes you don't feel like doing what you want to do. But by forcing yourself to do it, you'll __________ make progress little by little and you have actually finished the task on hand without realizing it.

Once I was a member of a group preparing for a week of meetings, I walked into the room where some volunteers were ________ collating(装订整理) handouts. I asked if I could help. One of the ladies ________ said, “Oh, no, thank you” and ________ me a chair to sit.

Then, another volunteer came into the room, saw me sitting there doing ________ and said, “Hey, Larry, come here. There’s work to do, and you can help.” He put a couple of chairs together, placed two stacks(叠) of handouts on them and said, “OK, the left sheet goes on top of the right one.”

“Fine. I can handle that,” I said. And just like that, I was now part of the team.

This member of the group saw that my disability did not mean an inability(无能) to help. Later, I ________ him for having included me. He said, “Well, I thought with one more pair of hands we’d finish more quickly. I was just using ________ sense.”

I’m sure that the lady who refused my offer of help did not mean to offend(冒犯) me. Too often, people with disabilities are just not ________—within their community or within a social setting—because of their disability and not because of their inability.

It’s ________ for all of us to feel that we are accepted, appreciated and valued as a full and equal member of the group. And it is ________ more important for people with disabilities. It sends a ________ that states: “To us, your abilities are more important than your disability.”

【推荐2】There are various ways we can help people in need. Big charity organizations commonly deliver food to hungry people, build homes for the homeless and volunteer at local charity centres.

________, there is a new way to help poor people living in distance, and that is by giving money to them directly.

Since 2012, the charity organization Give—Directly has been studying the ________ of direct money support to poor Kenyans (肯尼亚人). The charity gives them a one—year budget, spread over several months. They can spend the money on whatever they need, and they never have to pay it back! When Give—Directly tracked how the money was being used, they were glad to find that the Kenyans were using the money ________.

Many of the families spent the money on new metal roofs to take the place of their old grass roofs. While grass roots need ________ several times a year, metal roofs last longer and save money. Some bought land and cows from farming or started small businesses such as buying a used motorcycle to transport people around like a taxi. This helped them to have more money for food, clothing and health care and give their children an education.

The studies on giving money directly to poor Kenyans are going on. Some people are ________ that some of the families will waste the money or simply become dependent on these donations. Although its hard to tell if it is a good idea to give them direct money support, we can all agree that it is a ________ way of helping others.

【推荐1】Alia Baker is a librarian in Iraq. When the war was near, Alia was _______ that the fires of war would destroy the books in the library, which are more precious to her than mountain of gold. She had asked the government for permission(允许) to move the books to a _______ place, but they refused. So Alia took matters into her own hands. _______, she brought books home every night, _______ her car late after work. Her friends came to _______ her when the war broke out. Anis who owned a restaurant _______ to hide some books. All through the night, Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbors took the books from the library, passed them over the seven-foot wall and _______ them in the restaurant. Then nine days later, a fire burned the _______ to the ground.

One day, the bombing stopped and the _______ left. But the war was not over yet. So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in the suburbs (郊区). Now Alia waited for the war to end and ________ peace and a new library.

【推荐2】Ewan Drum has always liked superheroes. He admires how they help people. At the age of seven, he told his parents, “I want to ________ like a superhero and help the homeless.” A few months later, Ewan’s family planned a day of ________ . Wearing his red superhero costurne, Ewan ________ helped pass out 70-bag lunches to hungry people in a park in Detroit, Michigan. That’s ________ “Super Ewan” was born.

World spread about Ewan’s good deeds (事迹). People donated money and something else, and Ewan handed them out to those in need. When ________ donated bottles of water, Ewan and his family held a drive to get even more. They ________ the water to Flint, Michigan, a city that had unsafe drinking water. Another time, a business donated six nu-keys for Thanksgiving. ________ his parents’ help, Ewan used social media (媒体) to ask for more turkeys, plus side dishes. “In the end,” he says, “we handed out 64 turkey dinners to ________ all around Detroit.”

Ewan has a motto: Everyone can be a superhero to someone. At an event called the Hero Round Table, Ewan told the listeners, “It’s not ________ to help people. You can just keep some socks and snacks in your car to help people in need. Every ________ thing helps and can make someone feel happy.”