【推荐3】I was 16 years old and paid a month-long visit to a college in Iowa and were warned not to go out of the campus. It wasn’t long, _______ , before I was feeling fed up and decided to slip out for _______ . On my way to the main street, I saw some people _______ someone sitting on the sidewalk. His clothes were _______ and threadbare. His skin was dirty and I could _______ him from several feet away. My _______ flashed back and I realized I had seen a _______   person once before: Me.

It was a summer night in my 11th year when a _______ broke out at midnight. I can still remember all of us standing outside, _______ my house bum down. My brothers and I were standing in shocked, scared ________ . My mom was crying and dad was cursing（咒骂）. ________ , our small town community brought us food and clothes, and helped us rent a ________ house within a few days. Several months later, a local fund helped us to ________ a new home. I could remember feeling ________ even after losing so much. The wanderer sitting in front of me, however, had ________ to love and help him. 1 could see ________ in his eyes. I just offered him my few dollars and left.

I have often ________ what happened to him over the years. Did he ________ the streets? Did he die there? I don’t know. 1 do know that I was no better than he was, only more ________ . We should make it clear that we are all born ________ and we need to live as one family.

【推荐2】We found him a few weeks ago, when he was walking along the road in the countryside. He

was jumping and trying to stop cars, and we ________ maybe his family was camping somewhere nearby, ________ we passed him by. A few hours later, on our return ________, he was in the same place, ________, trying to get people to ________ for him. When he noticed ________, he lay down in the middle of the road, so we were unable to ________ him.

We stopped the car and looked around for a few minutes, trying to find his ________. But we failed. Then we took a ________ look at the dog. He had no collar(项圈)and he was really ________.We decided he was abandoned.

My husband said, “________ he doesn’t bite(咬)me when I try to pick him up to put him in the ________,we will have a new dog.” The dog ________ joined us with no fight at all. He kept sticking his head between the two front seats as if thanking us for ________ him up.

The dog had been ________ on the road for some time. He was so thin. So, we ________ him a lot over the next two weeks and he gained over twenty pounds. We took him to the vet(兽医), who said the dog appears to be in good ________ despite his having been abandoned. The vet guessed the dog is about two or three years of age, from the condition of his teeth.

We do ________ this dog. He has been mistreated and yet, he is still very sweet. He had no manners, but he is a ________ learner. He no longer tries to get on the bed, but he does like sitting in chairs. Since then, he has become a ________ of our family.

【推荐1】It was a few days before Christmas many years ago. It looked like it would be a (n) _________ one for my family. The factory where I was working had laid off (解雇) many of us workers, so we didn't have much _________ . My wife and I had saved to buy our young children some toys. _________ an unexpected car repair had taken most of our cash. We decided that we could only _________ to get one small gift for each of our children.

We arrived at the _________ , walked down the parking lot and saw people putting gifts into their _________ . We searched all through the store _________ to find one thing each of our small children would like. _________ , we were able to get one for each of them. We _________ the checkout (结账台), bought the toys and were __________ that we even had a few dollars __________. As we walked out of the store into the winter __________ , I stopped and dropped those __________ into the charity box. I didn't have a dime (一角硬币) left but that didn't __________ . Suddenly, it felt like Christmas.

I think the __________ actress Dale Evans __________ it best when she said: “Christmas, my child, is love in __________ ." It doesn't have to be a gift of money, either. When we __________ our smile, it's Christmas. When we give others our __________ and compassion (同情), it's Christmas. When we do anything at any time to __________ another, its Christmas. May you do all you can to make it Christmas every day of the year and every day of your life here.

【推荐2】It was a beautiful day with the sun shining brightly. _______ to spend some time outdoors, I went up the mountain with Uncle Jimmy. The mountain was not easy to climb and had tough rocks and streams on it. In the end,_______ and hot, I couldn’t go any further._________ , we went back down the mountain in the end. On the way back down, Uncle Jimmy asked me a question, which

_______ me speechless for a second: “What’s your dream, young lady?” I have no idea, I answered after thinking for a while. Then he smiled and told me about his _______. He didn’t _______ well at school when he was a student. Although _______ thought he could succeed, he knew _______ what his dream was to be a _______ “I knew I wasn’t ________ when it came to studying, so I tried to buy snacks from a nearby market and sell them after class,” he told me. After he left school, he started selling different items to ________ which one was most attractive to customers. Of course, he often had no money in his pocket, but however ________ life was, he never gave up.

“There is no doubt that a person who puts in a great deal of ________ to reach his or her goal will have good luck at some point. The meaning of life is to ________ your dream,”   he said in a gentle voice.

That night I could not fall asleep. With my eyes wide open, I lay in bed tossing and turning asking myself, “What’s my motivation?^” I wanted to be a top student, but the hard work________ meant putting everything into following my ________ . If I find myself ________ willpower, what should I do? Leaving home early the next morning, I climbed the mountain again all by myself. It made me think： If we don’t________ the climb, how can we get to enjoy the scenery on the top of the mountain? At last, I reached the top and was________ by the warm breeze and sunshine. Nothing could be more ________ than that.

【推荐3】I enjoy feeding birds in my garden. About three years ago, a baby chipmunk (花栗鼠) which I named Chip came to my garden. Over that summer, I watched it _______. The brown and black stripes(条状)on its back darkened. The next summer,   the chipmunk was back, and I wondered whether it would _______ me to feed it by hand or let me pet it. Before Chip would come near, I'd _______ its favorite food, bend down and keep very _______. I'd leave my open hand _______， unmoving, so the animal would know I wouldn't _______it. I continued doing this for a few weeks.

_______， late in that second summer, Chip did show more trust. One day as I _______a seed with my fingertips, it got closer and _______ took the seed into its mouth. It never bit my fingers. I was ________ that Chip and I had made a breakthrough of trust.

After about two months of this ________， I went further. With my index finger, I ________ its back once gently. I'm not even sure Chip felt it, but it didn't ________. I then moved my two fingers slowly and gently over it. ________, Chip stayed calm, eating seeds, before running quickly back into the bush.

Today, the chipmunk comes out of hiding when I call its name, and lets me ________ its soft, silky body.

A friend once mentioned that after she ________ a dog, she noticed that her high blood pressure had return to ________ without medication, and she became calmer and could handle stress better.   I think I, too, feel ________ from my interactions with Chip.

I've also developed a greater ________ for nature and its creatures and the opportunity to observe, protect and save wildlife. Most of all, I am amazed by the ________ of a tiny chipmunk to meet me halfway and to trust me.