【推荐2】Shayden, 11 years old, approached his neighbor’s house and asked for using the family’s front door security camera to shoot a video. Shayden’s going to the Rays’ house was ________ by his strong need for new friends. He expressed his ________ for companionship in the video, ________ seeking out native children around 11 or 12.

However, when his neighbor Brennan Ray ________ some kids nearby, Shayden explained that he felt he was ________ by them as they always stopped him entering their activities. After their brief ________, Brennan was moved by Shayden’s desire and decided to ________ the video online to reach out to Shayden.

Shayden had difficulties establishing connections with others due to many kinds of mental illness. In the comments, Brennan highlighted the importance of having conversations with others in ________ the challenges they may be facing. He described Shayden as a well-mannered, ________, and brave young man and ________ the online community to help Shayden find new friends. “I figured I could post it, and some ________ people would see it and help me contact them,” he said. However, the video was beyond his expectations, receiving nearly 70 million ________ and gaining widespread attention.

After Shayden’s recent ________ to the Rays’ house and getting the ________ support from countless compassionate (富有同情心的) individuals, Shayden now feels a sense of ________.

【推荐3】I am sure I will carry this experience with me until my last days my first hike to the mountains.

Before my trip to the ______, I used to be a homebody. I had friends, several hobbies, and I felt completely ______ spending weeks or even months in my hometown or sometimes even on my block without going anywhere. I ______ thought there was no difference between ______ something on TV and with one's own eyes. The ______ changed when one day my best friend came into my room and persuaded me to ______ him on his journey to the rocky Mountains. This was my ______ time in the mountains, so I was turning my head in all directions. ______, the weather was foggy most of the time. Even so, I still ______ the hike—I felt like I was Bear Grylls, who is my ______ explorer and whose show I used to watch in excitement.

On the first day, we were making our way along the foothills, but the next day, we started to ______ one of the mountains. ______ it was not that high, I was still excited. when we finally got to the top, nothing had ______. The same fog was covering everything. I felt ______, because I expected to see the view from above. So we decided to ______, when the wind suddenly blew away the clouds and the place we were standing on became ______ with the sun. I saw a ______ view in front of me, and I couldn't believe my eyes. From then on, I ______ that I wouldn't be able to live a life without ______ the mountains at least a few times a year.

I will always ______ the feeling of being so high up, with my head touching the skies and the clouds swimming below.

【推荐1】Not long after I attended Long Beach City College, I was in financial trouble. I _______ that if I was going to be able to _______ to be a full-time student, I would need a full-time job.

I_______ every entry-level job I could: Eventually, I was _______ by a contract company under American Airlines at Los Angeles International Airport. I started as a cleaner of aircraft cabins on the night shift.But _______ at the airport and going to school did not fit easily together. Some days I was too _______ after working to get to class. Other days I didn’t have time to complete school assignments _______ a busy workday. On the days I went to school, I would oversleep and come _______ .

By the end of the first school year, I had _______ with my studies and job. So I chose to stop school and __________ working, a decision I would later __________ .

My grandmother, with whom I lived, was __________ and she stressed that a job is temporary, but an education is forever. I justified missing school by deciding that I would get everything I could out of the work experience. So I rose beyond __________ , to working as an operational dispatcher for cabin service. __________ , I was often forced to dispatch for eight hours straight without a break.

When I was considering returning to school, our company __________ its contract with American Airlines. Now I would have neither work nor education. I’d finally learned what my grandmother meant.

【推荐2】One well-below-freezing morning, I walked through the grounds of Ontario Place. Trees were frosted sculptures, and large chunks of ice ________ in the lake. I stopped to take a photo, and that’s when I saw them: a group of people ________ up and down in the water.

I didn’t quite believe my eyes. The ice warriors emerged from the lake, their skin   ________.They were laughing and hugging each other. Watching them, I felt a surge of   ________. I called out: “You guys are awesome!” One woman smiled back and said, “Come and join us! You can ________ online.” When I got home, I did that and received a(n) ________email telling me what to bring.

The night before my first dip, I was excited and nervous. I checked the ________: it was -14 C, or -20 C with Toronto’s well-known wind chill. But there wasn’t a cancellation message.   ________, the dip was on. The next morning, a young man first led us through ________ and breathing exercises. Then, along with the others, I ran in my bathing ________ and water shoes. Together we bounced up and down, and then dashed into the ________. We dipped down until just our heads and hands were ________ water, and yelled into the sky.

Knowing it was my first time, people ________ me a lot. When we swam back out of the water, my skin was bright red. It felt ________. After we’d all _______, we met back on the beach, and danced and sang by a small fire to warm up. I could ________ remember the last time I’d felt so delighted.

There are times when you can try to get out of comfort zone. It won’t ________ everything in our lives, or the world at large — but for ________ reason, it helps. Not only was I stronger and more ________ than I had thought, but also discovered a strong interest and a world I hadn’t known existed. As another winter sets in, I’m more than ________ to embrace the cold again.

【推荐3】_______ a recent college graduate, I was starting the adult life thing — I got a job, found a place to live and managed to _______ a social life with these new 9-5 responsibilities. Things were going according to the plan, until they weren't. I _______ my dad suddenly because of cancer, and it's when I felt as if nothing would ever be good again.

I was cranky (崩溃的) a lot. I was _______ of seeing friends accelerating (加速) into adult life while each day felt like a challenge I had to _______. I was sad from the inside out _______I heard a quote (引语) that changed my life."If you can't change a situation, change your_______."

I was in the middle of a yoga class, and I felt like the _______ was speaking directly to me. I can't remember which pose I was in, the _______ that was played or the day of the week, but I do remember __________ his words reverberating (回响) in my bones. It was a wake-up call, and I chose to listen.

I __________ the quote down on post-it notes and stuck them everywhere: on my bedroom mirror, across the back of my phone case and even on my laptop keyboard. I wrote it on my to-do lists and took it down in my journal.I __________ it over and over again. I wanted to feel better, and now I had a plan. Timing is everything. If I wasn't ready, the best advice of my life might have fallen on deaf ears. But I wanted so __________ to feel better.

Slowly, I formed a new habit. "If you can't change a situation, change your mind" be-came my guide line for everything. Changing something __________ I could control, like my mind, made all the __________.