“打虎拍蝇”、“顶层设计”、“新常态”等反映当下中国政治经济生态的热词，纷纷入选2014年十大流行语。这些热词的出现表明（   ）。

    My name is Lily. I'm from London. This is my mother. She is an English teacher. She is good at cooking and she is nice. This is my father. He is thin(瘦的)and short. He is clever. I love them. Oh, this is my house. Is it beautiful? The famous Thames(泰晤士河) is close to my house. It is long. There are a lot of ships on the river(河). I like watching the ships.

读课文《掌声》，你能用本文中的词语填一填吗？

掌声____平息，小英也镇定了____，开始讲述她小时候的故事。