【推荐1】A young businessman was traveling down a narrow street, driving a bit too fast in his new Benz. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and ___________when he thought he saw something.

As his car passed, one child appeared, and a brick smashed into the Benz’s side door. He slammed on the brakes and ___________ the Benz back to the spot from ___________the brick had been thrown.

He jumped out of the car, ___________ some kid and pushed him up against a parked car, shouting “What was that all about and who are you? Just what on earth are you doing?” ___________ a head of steam, he went on “That’s a new car and that brick you threw is gonna cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?” “Please, mister, please, I’m sorry. I didn’t know what else to do!” pleaded the youngster.

“It’s my brother,” he said. “He rolled ___________ the stairs and fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t ___________ him up.”

_______, the boy asked the businessman, “Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me.”

Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the ___________ swelling lump in his ____________. He lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the ____________, checking to see that ____________ was going to be okay.

“Thank you, sir. And God bless you,” the ____________ child said to him. The man then watched the little boy push his brother to the sidewalk toward their home.

It was a long walk back to his Benz...a long, ____________ walk. He never did ____________ the side door. He kept the damage to remind him not to ____________ life so fast that someone has to ____________ a brick at you to get your attention.

Life whispers in your soul and ____________ to your heart. Sometimes, when you don’t have the time to listen...Life throws a brick at your head.

It’s your choice: Listen to the whispers of your soul ____________ wait for the brick!

Do you sometimes ignore loved ones because your life is too fast and busy ____________ them to wonder whether you really love them?

【推荐2】Last February I turned 51. And to be honest, it didn’t make me jump with_______.

Of course, I still_______the face in the mirror. But it certainly didn’t_______my inner me anymore. There are many_______about age-enthusiasts who_______a whole new job? accomplished extraordinary achievements or trained to run a marathon._______they didn’t quite inspire me. It only_______me even more.

Until, three weeks ago, I came across Face App. The app has_______my husband to an 88-year-old man, wow! My husband took my picture and put it into the app. It caught my_______and showed an 88-year-old version of me with deeper________. My teeth were shorter. My neck was seriously sagging (松弛). I________the picture with such a sharp eye that it ________ burnt a hole through the screen. But then I zoomed out and looked at the ________picture. I saw softness on the cheeks; the comfort of a warm smile; a look with a lifetime of extremely rich________. That night I shared both my present and ________me on Facebook. My friends seemed to________the old me. “I think you look pretty cool,” one commented.

Again I studied the older face carefully. Suddenly I felt I________back at that older lady who might be me. I haven’t run a marathon or started a new cool job. My jump forwards is a purely emotional________.I've opened a door within myself and behind it________appreciation and love for myself, regardless of my________. Now, when I see myself in the mirror, I’m sincerely pleased.

【推荐3】We made a quick stop at the grocery store to pick up cupcakes for my daughter Norah’s fourth birthday. As an older gentleman walked by， Norah   __________and waved， "Hi old person!

It’s my birthday today!" I apologized to him embarrassedly for her   __________.

"Hello little lady! And how old are you today?" he asked. They   _________ for a couple of minutes， with Norah   __________him in on the details of her birthday， and we went our   _________ways. But a few minutes later， Norah   _________she really wanted a   __________with him. Uh， my cutest baby!

We back found him at the   __________. "Excuse me， sir? She’d like to know if you’d take a photo with her，" I asked，   _________the man to be annoyed at my daughter’s strange request.   _________， I got the completely opposite response!

He looked   _________. "A photo? With me?" So they posed together and then they   _______ each other like they were long lost friends. The precious scene   _________other shoppers， but no one cared.

We   _________ Mr. Dan (I knew his name later on) for his   __________. His eyes filled with tears and he said， "No， thank YOU. It is YOU who made me   __________ ."

Now， Norah and Mr. Dan are more than just friends. We make   __________ visits to see him because she worries about his being   _________. Mr. Dan says that his friendship with Norah helped to   _________his broken heart for his wife’s sudden death.

Sometimes talking to   __________ turns into the most beautiful thing in the world.

【推荐2】The phrase “take a penny, leave a penny” may not have been created by 14-year-old Nomaan “Nomi” Bilal, but he’s taken it to a whole new level.

Bilal collected quite a few pennies and _______ them with organizations helping people in need. With mostly pocket change, Bilal _______ a total of $4,150 from neighbors, family and friends. He donated it all to a district-run program for _______ disadvantaged families. The organizations used the donations to purchase and _______ gift cards for about 20 families.

While finishing up his first year of high school online, Bilal started collecting _______change he found. Through Facebook, Bilal and his mother, Nadia Pervez, got the _______ out, and soon enough plenty of people were stopping by to _______ bags upon bags of change. Every day, Bilal devoted most of his spare time to _______ and hand-rolling coins. Eventually, a stranger heard about his _______ and contacted Pervez to donate a coin sorter, which has made the __________ quicker and easier.

Roseann Miceli, director of a charity organization, called Bilal's efforts __________ and unprecedented (前所未有的). Miceli will buy more gift cards with the rest of Bilal’s fundraising, which continues to __________. She said the families were so appreciative — they would be __________ out their windows: “Thank you so much”. Miceli wanted Bilal to know that he’s made a big difference with small change. The idea came to her while she was __________the donations from his house. “I think a ‘thank-you’ and a wave __________ the door 6 feet away with a face mask is not enough for this kid who has been __________ pennies for the past 20 days,” Miceli said. She organized a “thank-you parade” to drive past Bilal’s house. Cars lined the street, with the drivers all waving, holding signs and shouting “thank you” from a social __________.

“I was just __________ at the scene that so many people should come out of their way just to see me,” he said. One of the parade participants gave Bilal a handmade sign that __________: “Nomi is our hero.”

“It shows that one person can make a difference and how such a small effort can turn into such a big thing,” he said. “And that my community is very helpful and thoughtful throughout these __________ times.”

【推荐1】From the time I lined up my dolls on the sofa in play school, I wanted to be a teacher. “Open your books,” I would_______my teddy bear (玩具熊) and dolls. Then I would_______teach them whatever new things I had just_______at school.

For me, dream was one thing, and_______was quite another. My family was too poor to_______my tuition. Finally, with others’ help, I attended a state university. However, I_______needed more money to pay for my other expenses, so I found a part-time job, _______test tubes in the science department. By then I believed that every dirty test tube I washed meant I was one step closer to my_______.

When working as a substitute teacher (代课老师) in the local area, I learned they were planning to_______the biology teacher I had substituted for. I was sure the________was meant for me. However, the principal said, “You’re too __________. This last teacher had a lot of discipline problems because of his age. We want someone older—with more ________.”

I cried all the way to work, disappointed and________. Suddenly, a stranger who I met by chance asked me what had happened. I told him how much I wanted to________and how upset I was to be________because of my age. Then I also shared some of my thoughts with him. He________me, “Never lose heart. I believe you can make it.” The next morning my phone rang. It was the principal calling to offer me the________position. I was totally________and asked him why. He explained, “You made quite an impression on the chairman of our Board of Directors. He________that you should have this position.” A few weeks later, I stood by the door of my classroom, welcoming my________on their first day of school. When they were settled, I said with a smile, “Open your books.”

【推荐2】It is every kid’s worst nightmare (梦魔) and six-year-old Jaden Hayes has lived it twice. First, he ______ his dad when he was four and then last month his mom died unexpectedly, ______ him an orphan (孤儿).

Jaden is understandably heartbroken. But there’s another side to his ______. A side he first made ______ 3 weeks ago when he told his friends that he was tired of seeing some people sad all the time. And he had a plan to ______ it.

Here is how it all ______. Jaden asked his aunt to buy a bunch of little ______ and take him to downtown Savannah to give them away. He ______ people who aren’t already smiling and then turns their day around, expecting ______ in return—but a smile.

So far he has gone out on four different occasions and ______ nearly 500 smiles. Sometimes he doesn’t get exactly the ______ he was hoping for: it simply confuses some people ______ a six-year-old would give them a toy. They ______ to behave awkwardly: stepping back or giving a ______ smile. In most cases, however, he will be paid ______ in hugs. Those good reactions have worked wonders: the more people that he made smile, the more ______ came out of him.

For Jaden, he would ______ his parents with each passing day. ______ he is a little fighter; he chooses to ______ his life with a smile. Meanwhile, he puts smiles back on the face of others to lift their ______. He reminds us too, that however tough life can be, there is always some measure of joy.

【推荐3】Gabi Rizea, a former forest engineer from Craiova, Romania, became a wood carver completely by accident. Three years ago, after _________ himself with a new chainsaw (链锯), he started “playing” with it on the _________ he had in his workshop. He _________ to carve a human face into the wood, and to his surprise, it turned out pretty good. Then he kept improving his skills. Today, he is so good at it that he is _________ to work his magic on the old tree stumps (树桩) in the local parks in his home city.

He sometimes draws the _________ he wants to carve, but in most cases, the wood just doesn't match his _________. He has no choice but to _________ in order to match the material available, which sometimes leads to even more _________ results. Gabi's most popular creation is “Water Pouring from Bucket”, a masterpiece carved from an old ash tree. After he guessed that half the stump was rotten (腐烂的), it ended up becoming the water flowing from a bucket.

Recently, photos of “Water Pouring from Bucket” have grown in popularity online.

He has created many artworks like this so far, and they have made the city nicer and more artistic. Following his recent _________ to fame on the Internet, Gabi has been asked by other Romanian cities to __________ their old tree stumps into artworks. He promised to honor their requests, but out of __________ for his home city, he will never create the artworks __________ to those in his hometown.

Gabi can turn a stump into an artwork in just two days. Though he has a lot of __________, the Romanian artist recently got into an art school in order to fully master wood carving.

He has been __________ for his contribution by the city government. When mentioning the __________ has made, he always says he does the same thing other people can do to make our world more beautiful.

【推荐1】My brother and I were driving home together and we were deep in conversation. Because of his _________, my brother took a wrong turn, taking us towards a _________ and we had no way to turn back. _________, my brother paid the bridge fee and drove on. He was clearly frustrated by the mistake and the _________ waste of $4.

We eventually reached an exit slipway and, as we took it, my brother _________ a beat-up black car parked by the side of the road. A young guy was standing nearby _________ someone. I was busy trying to figure out which _________ we went next but my brother _________ and asked the guy if he needed any help. And he did. He had a(n) _________ tire and needed a tool to get it off. My brother gave it to him, then proceeded to help him __________ the tire. After we had finished the job he thanked us again and again, pulled out $20 and tried to give it to us. “No,” my brother said. “We were never __________ to even get on that bridge. We took a __________ turn. But now we know why we did. It was to help you. Thank you for turning our mistake into a(n) __________ to serve.”

What I loved most was watching my brother throughout this __________. He was able to see a chance to help even in an otherwise __________ situation, which can only come from a calm mind and an open heart.