【推荐1】Rethink, Reuse, Recycle

_____ can save lots of useful things. Do you often throw _____ things you don’t need anymore? Have you ever thought about how these things can actually be put to good _____?

Nothing is a waste if you have great _____. You have probably never heard of Amy Hayes, an unusual woman. She lives in the UK. Many of the old buildings in her neighborhood were _____. All the rubbish and old things in her neighborhood were then used when she built her house. Amy is very creative. She built her front gate out of rocks and old _____. She put an old boat on top of her house. Amy recently won a prize from Help Save Planet Society. The president said, “Amy is an _____ to everyone.”

Wang Tao set up a small business in Shanghai four years ago. He _____ using iron and other materials from old cars to make beautiful art pieces. He not only makes large pieces of metal art that look like animals or humans, but also makes smaller pieces for the home. So we can see more popular _____ in many art shops. Wang Tao hopes to show people the importance of environmental protection.The art can bring happiness to others, and cold, hard iron can be ______ to life.

【推荐2】What will the home of the future look like? A team of architects in Hong Kong say that city homes will be very small, as populations continue to _______ and space becomes more expensive.

They have designed “space flats” that are only 30 square metres in _______. These flats have small rooms: a living room, a bathroom and a bedroom, as well as a balcony, but everything is carefully planned to make good use of the limited space.

The living room is the main room of the flat. It can be used as an office, a kitchen and even a second bedroom. There is a sofa that can be changed into a bed. The dining table can be changed into a computer desk. And, if not needed, both the sofa-bed and the table can be folded away (折叠收拢) and stored into a small space in the wall. There is a flat-screen TV, which can also serve as a computer monitor. In one corner of the room, a small cooker, a microwave oven and a small refrigerator are _______ out of sight.

The other rooms are small but practical. The bathroom contains a toilet and a shower. The double bed in the bedroom can also be a sofa, if necessary. The balcony has enough room for two people to sit and enjoy the view from the block of flats. All the rooms have high ceilings to provide as much storage space as possible, while the flat has large windows to let in _______ sunlight.

“Space flats” are now being tested in a building in Hong Kong. “It’s wonderful,” said one citizen. “The flat is _______ well designed that you feel that there is plenty of space.”

【推荐3】The computer is fast, and never makes a mistake while people are too slow, and full of mistakes sometimes. That's ________ people often say when they talk about computers. For over a quarter of a century, scientists have been ________ better and better computers. Now a computer can do a lot of ________ jobs wonderfully. It is ________ used in factories, hospitals, post offices and airports. A computer can report, decide and control in almost       ________ field. Many computer scientists are thinking of ________ the computer think like a man. With the help of a person, a computer can draw pictures, write music, talk with people, play chess, recognize voices, translate languages and so on. Perhaps computers will really think and feel. Do you think people will be afraid ________ they find that the computer is too clever to listen to and serve people? No, people will ________ better use of the computer in the future. Man is ________ the master of the computer. The computer works only ________ the help of man. It cannot take the place of man.