It'd _______ been climbed by local and foreign men, and local women, but a Western female, who'd _______ unaccompanied and wanted to climb the mountain, was quite _______.

I explained that I'd been _______ for some time—in research and in physical strength—and showed them the _______ I had from their government authorizing my climb. I stressed that I'd be very _______ to keep their local traditions and hire one of their villagers as a guide, but it seemed to do little to reduce their _______.

The male villagers told me that the quick mud I'd meet would swallow me. While they couldn't remember anyone this bad actually _______, they seemed convinced it was a real _______. The village women, however, smiled at me, indicating their ________ for my climb.

The men ________ relaying stories of unpredictable danger. However, I was ________ because my aunt's words kept ________ in my ears—the greatest risk is not taking a risk, and we should always ________ our dreams.

Eventually, the men agreed to an ________ that seemed to put them at ease with my climb. Besides the local guide I'd hire, they also ________ me to hire three guards with guns, for protection.

As I started walking down the dirt path toward the mountain, I was ________ not only by my new mountain support team, but also by every village woman. They danced in circles around us as if in ________ of a victory.

I knew I wasn't the first Western female to make the climb. But with the women villagers   ________ me, I felt a strong sense of ________. And I suspected they felt the same.

When Betelhem Dessie’s father didn’t have time to celebrate her 9th birthday, the Ethiopian girl decided to become a tech expert and pay for a celebration herself.

Drawn to the field for its money-making _______, Betelhem began learning by hanging around local computer repair shops. Google searches and borrowed books from local colleges helped _______ her knowledge. Soon Betelhem _______ from her after-school tech jobs.

Now at age 19, Betelhem sees that tech has the potential to _______ a lot more than just money for birthday celebrations. “Technology is _______ to Africa’s future. _______ the young generation in tech will build something lasting.” Through initiatives like Girls Can Code and iCog Labs, she tries to increase girls’ _______ in the field and guides them to create tech-based _______ to community problems. With the Anyone Can Code program, Betelhem taught programing and robotics to children through _______ ways, including clubs and summer camps.

However, Betelhem faces __________. Ethiopian parents often __________ their daughters from pursuing STEM fields. As a result, girls in Ethiopia don’t pursue these fields __________ after graduating from high school, though they are good at STEM subjects. Besides, tech education isn’t valued in schools. People think programing is not __________ unless you want to be a computer scientist.

Despite these, Betelhem continues __________ the Ethiopia’s next generation to study tech. She loves the field and wants to inspire that same __________ in other girls in her country.

Owura Kwadwo Hottish teaches computers in the school he works in. It is a________ school except that the school didn’t have________

Owura became famous after he posted photos of him on the Internet. In the photos, people could see he was teaching his students by________ an entire computer on the blackboard. The photos showed the________ level of education for children in Ghana. People were________ that Owura made sure each button (按钮) was drawn correctly.

Owura wanted the students to________ what life with a computer could be like someday. He would come to school half an hour ahead of the________ every day. He drew the computer on the blackboard, but at the end of his class, it was________ off to start the next class, so he had to________ it the next day!

Owura’s efforts were________ when Microsoft (微软公司) noticed his act. They first took him to an international educators’ meeting. He made a speech about his teaching methods at the meeting. Importantly, Owura got computers he always wanted for his students. Not a single child in the________ had seen a real computer in their lives. Thanks to their teacher’s ________ the world took notice and responded with________ to them.

“Your work has really________ the world. We believe educators are heroes. They________ influence the lifelong skills of their students,” said Anthony Salcito, vice president at Microsoft.