【推荐1】When my children were young, I used to read to them every evening before bed. One of their favorite stories was called, Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch. Mr. Hatch lived a ________ life. He walked alone to work every day and ate his lunch alone in a corner. He never smiled. He never talked to ________ on his way home. In the evening he would read a newspaper and go to bed early.       

His life changed, however, on Valentine’s Day when he got a heart-shaped box full of chocolate in the mail, along with a note that said, “Somebody loves you.” At first, he couldn’t believe it, but as he let the message sink in, he began to laugh and dance around. That single message had opened his heart to the ________ of love. Soon he found himself being ________. He became a joy at work and began to ________ people in the neighborhood. As the days and weeks went by, his laughter, smiles, kindness, happiness and love ________ everyone in his community.       

Later, Mr. Hatch found out that the heart-shaped box had been delivered to him ________. He felt upset and went back to his old ways. When his neighbors found out, however, they decided not to lose the light he shared. They surprised him with a ________ and a huge banner（条幅）that read: “Everybody Loves Mr. Hatch.” Mr. Hatch cried when he realized that somebody loved him after all. Then he laughed, smiled and ________ his friends.

I think that we all have a tiny bit of Mr. Hatch in us. At times we all feel unloved and unlovable. ________, somebody does love us. May the pages of your life story be full of love.

【推荐3】Mary loved small animals. One morning while she was walking in the forest, she found ______weak birds in the grass. She took them home and put them in a small cage. She cared them with love and the birds both grew ______. They thanked her ______a wonderful song every morning.

But something happened one day. Mary left the door of the ______open. The larger bird flew from the cage. She thought that it would fly back. As it flew close, she grasped (紧抓) it. She was very excited to catch it. Suddenly she felt strange. She opened her hand and looked sadly at the ______bird. Her great love had killed the bird!

The other bird was moving back and forth (来回) in the cage. Mary could ______its great need for freedom. It wanted to fly into the clear and blue sky. At once, Mary took the bird______the cage and let it fly away. The bird circled once, twice, three times…

Mary enjoyed watching the bird flying and singing ______. Suddenly the bird flew ______ and landed softly on her head. It sang the sweetest song that she had ever heard.

The easiest way to lose love is to hold it too tight. The best way to keep love is to ______ it wings (翅膀).

【推荐1】John is an artist. He lives next to Jane. He spends much _______ drawing pictures and he is _______ all the time. He doesn’t like to talk to _______ when he is working.

His friends _______ him well. If they want to visit him, they often _______ first. They go to John’s home only when he is not busy.

Jane is a nurse in a _______. She has many friends and they often go to her house and talk with her. But Jane hopes to _______ books when she is at home. She doesn’t know _______ to say that to her friends.

Now Jane is _______ her problem(难题) with John in front of their building.

John wants to help her. But he has no idea. At last, he says, “You can ________ your hat and coat when you’re at home. If your friends come, you say to them ‘sorry, I need to go out.’”

Village libraries may help change children’s lives.

When Zhang Dongdong, from Beijing, arrived at Sanbao Street in Qinglong, Guizhou in August, 2019, he found that most of the children there lived with their ______. Their parents moved to large cities ______. The families were poor, and there were ______ books for the children to read. They only had textbooks. Zhang felt sorry ______ the children. He tried his best and got 3,000 books from all over the country. And then he ______ Sanbao Children’s Library.

In October, Zhang went to Zhanma Village. He visited the village primary school. Zhang found that the school library was a ______ room with old books and that there was no place for children to read. So Zhang began to build another library ______ 2019, and on June 1st the following year, World Children’s Day, Zhanma Village Library opened ______ door.

“I’m not the only one that has built a library for a village,” Zhang said. “In fact, most secretaries (书记) ______ to build village libraries as a very important part of their work. ______ can be good friends for the children. And they can enrich children’s childhood and lives.”

【推荐3】Linda is the only ________ in her family. So her parents want to have another(另一个) baby. She wants to have a little sister, ________. Her birthday is on ________ 1st. It’s the first day of the sixth month. It’s also Children’s Day.

She is very happy on her birthday ________ her parents always have a birthday ________ for her. All her friends come to her party. She can ________   a lot of gifts(礼物) from her parents and friends. Her mother makes a big cake ________ her. Her friends bring(带来) CDs because she likes ________. At the party, all the people say happy birthday to ________. They sing, dance and play games. Everyone has a ________ time at the party.

【推荐1】I was not a confident person before. That’s because I was fat and others often ______ me. As a result, I became very shy. I was afraid to say hello to strangers, let alone talk or hang out with them. I was afraid to ask simple ______ and speak loudly in front of others. It seemed that I felt afraid of ______ in my life. I believed that I would be like this all my life.

But one day, my friend Paul’s words changed my mind. He ______ me to change myself. He said, “_____ you can give it a try, you still have a chance to make a change. But if you never try, your life is only going to get worse.” I was so excited ______ hearing what he said. Yes, I had nothing to lose. Why not have a try?

The first thing I did was to lose weight. I had a ______ diet and did exercise every day. After six months, I lost ninety pounds. This taught me that I could ______ myself.

A few months later, I heard about a speech competition in our school. I picked up (鼓足勇气) to sign up for the competition. For the first time, I was able to share my story and speak loudly in front of dozens of people.

After the competition, I made a to-do list and started changing in a very short time. I tried my best to ______ the things on the list one by one. When working on them, I became more and more confident.

I am ______ making progress now. And I will never stop.

【推荐2】Once, a student complained to his teacher that his life seemed ________ than other people’s lives. The teacher decided to teach him a ________.

One day, he asked the student to get some salt and a glass of water.

The student returned with a glass of clean water and a handful of salt. The teacher asked the young man to mix the salt into the water and drink it.

“How does it ________?” the teacher asked.

“It tastes bitter,” the student replied.

The teacher didn’t say anything else, but asked the young man to get ________ amount of salt and follow the teacher to a nearby lake.

“Put the salt into the lake,” the teacher said. The young man did what the teacher said.

“Now, taste the water from the ________,” the teacher said.

As the water dripped down the young man’s chin (下巴), the teacher asked, “How does it taste? ”

“Fresh and a bit ________,”   the student said.

“Do you taste the salt?” the teacher asked.

“No,” the young man ________ his head.

The teacher sat beside the young man and said, “The ________ of life is like salt—no more, no less. However, the amount of bitterness you taste ________ the container you put the pain in.”

The amount of pain in life remains exactly the same. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to ________ your breadth of mind. Stop being a glass, become a lake.