Eric Clapton is one of the most (success) rock stars of all time. He has sold millions of copies of his records
has appeared in concerts all over the world.
Clapton was born in 1945 in a small town, is near London. When he was only two years old, his mother left him. Eric was brought
by his grandparents. Until he was nine he believed that they were his parents and it was
terrible shock when he found out that they weren't. But his grandparents treated him well. They paid for him
(go) to art college.
Eric had already become interested in music and he started playing the guitar in bars and clubs.
Clapton first became famous when he started a group (call) Cream. Not only
he play the guitar and sing but also he could write excellent songs. But while on stage he was the brilliant guitar-playing superstar, his private life was falling apart.
his marriage broke off, he started taking drugs.
We may find ourselves in many situations, where we discover or learn something that matters for us. But somehow, it really makes no___(different). So what can be done？__
__(benefit) from each experience in a learning environment, you need to answer these 3 questions：
What have I learnt or discovered? Most of us___(easy) answer this question. We just list__
__learning points that matter to us. At this stage we are rarely sure of why，_
__we simply don't express it.So what does it mean to me? This question _
__(help) us to express how important the learning points are and why_
__are important.
And now what do I do with this? This last question is the__important because this is the one that helps us to use the learning. It turns the theory into practice.
___doing so, you'll surprise yourself how much these simple questions change the way you learn greatly. Over the coming weeks and months, you'll notice how much you immediately apply __
_you've learnt and also how much it opens up your perceptions(洞察力) of everyday life.
In our life, we have rarely expressed our gratitude to the ones who have lived with us. In fact, we don’t have to wait ______ anniversaries to thank the ones close to us----the ones so
______ (easy) overlooked. If I have learned anything about giving thanks, it is to“give it now!” Saying thanks is such
______ easy way to increase the world’s happiness.
Of course, there are times ______ you can’t express gratitude immediately. In that case don’t let embarrassment sink you into
_______ (silent) ----speak up the firs
t time you have the chance.
Once a young minister, Mark Brian, ______ (send) to a remote parish of Kwakiutl Indians in British Columbia. The Indians, he had been told, did not have a word for “thank you”. But Brian soon found that these people had exceptional generosity. Instead of
______ (say) thanks, it is their custom to return every favor with a favor of their own, and every kindness with an equal or superior kindness. They do their thanks.
I wonder ______ we had no words in our vocabulary for thank you, would we do a
_______ (good) job of communicating our gratitude? Would we be more sensitive, more
_______ (include) ourselves.
David：You look so sad today, Lucy．What’s wrong with you?
Lucy：I quarreled with my husband this morning.
David：How come? You (get) on quite well these years，right ?
Lucy：He has recently got into the bad habit of smoking，believing that smoking is enjoyment．And I’m afraid his health will become worse
he doesn’t give it up．
David：I think you can find some ways (help) him kick the bad habit．
Lucy：He always wants to quit，it seems that he has been too addicted to smoking．David，can you help me?
David：Try to get his attention (take)away when he wants to smoke．For example, you can let him eat some biscuits instead when he wants to smoke．You can also try electronic cigarettes
are said to contain no harmful chemicals．Remember, don’t expect him to give up smoking all at once．In other
．decrease the number slowly．Let him smoke
(little) day by day, and then he might be able to quit smoking for ever．
Lucy：Sounds great! I will try it at once．
David: By the way, I know a man who has (success) quit smoking. You can turn to him for advice if necessary．
How to learn a foreign language? Here are some tips for you.
Spend the time! The time you spend on a language, the faster you will learn. This means listening, reading, writing, speaking, and studying words and phrases. This means finding
(特别的) ways to spend as much as time
(体会) the language you are learning as possible.
Listen and read every day! Listen w you are on your MP3 player. Read what you are listening to. Listen to and read things that you like, things that you can m
understand, or even partly understand.
Take (责任) for your own learning! If you do want to learn the language, take control. Choose content of interest that you want to listen and read. Pay
(注意) to the words and phrases that you need to understand. Do not w
for someone else to show you the language. Talk when you feel like it. Write when you feel like it.
Relax and enjoy ! Do not worry about what you cannot remember, or cannot yet understand. It does not matter. You are learning and improving. The language will
(逐渐) become much clearer in your brain. So sit back and enjoy.
MOOC，a massive open online course，(aim)at providing large-scale interactive participation and open access via the web．MOOCs first made waves in the fall of 2011，when Professor Sebastian Thrun from Stanford University opened his graduate-level artificial
(intelligent)course up to any student anywhere，and 160，000 students in more than 190 countries
(sign)up．This new kind
online classes is shaking up the higher education worid in many ways．Since the courses can be taken by hundreds of thousands of students at the same time.
number of universities might decrease dramatically．Perhaps the most striking thing about MOOCs，many of
are being taught by professors at famous universities，is that they’re free．This is
(certain)good news for cash-strapped students．
There is a lot of excitement and fear surrounding MOOCs．While some say free online courses are a great way (increase)the enrollment of minority students，others have said they will leave many students behind．Some critics have said that MOOts promote an unrealistic one-size-fits-all model of higher education
that there is no replacement for true dialogues between professors and their students．After all，a brain is not a computer．We are not blank hard drives
(wait)to be filled with data．People learn from people they love and remember the things that arouse emotion．