【推荐1】Now it was time for the wheat to come into the ears, but the weather was so dry that the old men's hair was turning grey out of concern. This morning, the clouds were rolling and the thunders were________. It began to pour soon. Finally, the old farmers who were looking forward to the rain happily ran to the_________of the field, looked at the rain-fed crops, and made a ________to the sky excitedly.

A stone lying on the ground witnessed this and was very unhappy about it. It said_________ “Oh, it seems that everything is happy for it! It seems that the rain were an international guest of________ but what did it do? It has only been two________ three hours. What's the big deal? Nonsense!” The stone looked at himself and said, “Yes. I have lived here for thousands of years. I have been so_________ and polite, but no one comes to________ me and thank me. The world is so________.It's _________ that I often hear people say the world is ugly.”

“Shut up!” An insect listened impatiently and ________ the stone with a firm tone: “The rain does not ________ long and sometimes even remains at most one hour, but rain is moistening the earth. With the________ of the rain water, the farmers can get harvest, and________ living here for hundreds of thousands of years in the field, you are completely useless. Not only that, but you are still________ this piece of rich soil. You are just a piece of useless_________. Who got any good from you? You are worthless, isn't it? ” The stone was________ and bowed his head in ________

Similar to this stone, some people like to boast(自吹自擂) of their forty years of hard labor and their ________ to the people. What is the essential difference between them? No one has received any benefits from them, and what is the ________ of their existence?

【推荐2】Around twenty years ago I was living in New York. ______   I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree (硕士学位), I could not find ______ work.

I was ______   a school bus to make ends meet and ______ with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had ______   five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not ______   the job. “Why has my life become so ______ ?” I thought painfully.

As I pulled the bus over to ______   a little girl, she handed me an earring ______   I should keep it ______   somebody claimed (认领) it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.

At first I got angry. Then it ______   me – I had been giving all of my ______   to what was going wrong with my ______   rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a ______ of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to ______   more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for ______   from a lady who was a director at a large ______ . She asked me if I would ______   a one-day speech on stress management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.

My ______   there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know it was because I changed my way of ______   that I completely changed my life.

【推荐1】When you were a little kid, your parents usually decided who your friends were.   They put you in playgroups or ___dates with certain children they knew and liked.  ___you’re older, you can choose your own friends.

Your friends — your peers — are people of your age or close to it who have experiences and interests ___to yours.   Besides friends, your peers include other kids you know who are ___the same age — like children in your grade, sports team, or community.  ___you become more independent, your peers naturally play a greater role in your life.

Peers have a mostly ___influence on each other and play important roles in each other’s lives.  ___, peers set plenty of good examples to each other.  ___peers who are determined to do well in school can influence you to be more ___.   Peers who are kind and honest influence you to have these ____in yourself.

Sometimes, ____, your peers may pressure you into doing something that is ____, such as smoking, drinking, or taking risks when driving a car.   The ____to do what others are doing can be powerful and hard to ____.   People who are low on confidence and those who tend to ____rather than lead could be more likely to give in.

When ____to do something you are uncomfortable with, just take courage and say "no".   If you feel you need a(n) ____for refusing a drink or smoke, think up a few lines you can use.   You can say, "No, thanks.   I’m busy ____because I’ve got a basketball match next week. " You may also blame your parents, "If my mom found out, she’d ____me, and her spies are everywhere. " If a situation seems ____, don’t hesitate to get an adult’s help.

【推荐2】Finding Home

“I hate New Orleans! I wanna go home!” I _______ to my mother as we moved boxes. _______, going home was not easy because my home was 1, 100 miles away.

I was born and _______ in northern Virginia. Virginia was my home, and I never expected that to _______ In 2014, my family experienced a tragedy (悲剧), so my parents decided to move to my mom’s hometown of New Orleans.

Only three months after my parents made the _______ to move, I found myself moving boxes into our new house. My announcement to my mother that I _______ the new environment was partly motivated by how hot it was, but it was mostly due to the fact that I felt like my entire life had been turned upside down. 1,100 miles away from everyone and everything I had ever known, I was _______. To make matters worse, I was starting high school in two weeks. Beginning high school is a scary _______ on its own.

I spent my first few months in New Orleans, _______ wanting to go home to Virginia. But after a few months of missing home, I _______ that I had a choice. I could continue thinking about how much I missed my old home, _______ I could start trying to build a new home right here. I chose the latter.

As soon as I stopped giving all my _______ to how much I missed Virginia, I was able to begin accepting the love that people were already giving me. I joined some clubs at school, which gave me the chance to make friends. My neighbor taught me how to cook some New Orleans food, and I found a wonderful _______ of fellow cooks and neighbors. Overall, I seized every possible opportunity to _______ myself and to rebuild my life.

Because of my resilience (复原力) in creating a new home for myself and the _______ that people have shown to me, home is right here.

【推荐3】Chris Person lost his wallet outside a Publix store.The wallet contained his license, credit cards, plenty of cash, and some gift cards. He _______ his pockets and the parking lot carefully but came up empty. He had completely become _______

The next day, two _______who Chris Person never met before drove to his home in Palmetto Bay. To his excitement, he was told that 15-year-old Lucas had _______the wallet in the parking lot by chance. Then he had decided to go with his father to Chris’s to _______it in person.

Chris became impressed with the _______the father had obviously passed on to his child,_______ because every note of the more than $ 1,000 in cash was still in the wallet. “They both refused my _______without any hesitation when I insisted they_______the money that was inside, and they said they just wanted to do the ________ thing-and they did, “Chris told CNN.“ The father intended to teach his boy the meaning of a selfless and ________ act by accompanying him for thousands of mile here. And I believe the boy will always make right decisions whenever he faces the same situation in the future.”

During their conversation, Chris learned that the warm-hearted boy liked rock and roll. Therefore, he was determined to do something meaningful to ________the boy for his kindness. The following weekend, Chris and his wife got a new surround sound system. Chris had been________that Lucas is very fond of ________,so he called Lucas up and asked if he wanted it. The boy was both________ and satisfied by the gift.

【推荐1】Several years ago, a neighbor kid kicked a football and broke a basement window of my house. Due to financial problems, I ________ it up, thinking I’d get to it someday.

Over the years, I had planned to upgrade to energy-efficient windows. But with the frame rusted (锈) and firmly ________ in the foundation, whoever did it would need to chisel ( 凿 ) it out by hand. It would be a ________ process and there were six of those windows in the house. The cost was estimated at $15,000. It was simply ________.

Honestly, the thought of that window ________ me for years. I knew I needed to fix it, but I had built up the ________ so much in my mind that I put it off again and again.

Then I had a job change and needed to sell the house before moving away. But it was almost ________ to find a buyer if there was a broken window. So I pulled off the boards to face this thing head-on. I grabbed some rust remover, ________ it around the frame of the window, and gave it a pull. To my astonishment, it easily ________. I took the window downtown. It only cost me $12. I could have ________ the problem for only $12 when it occurred, but I let it bother me for five years!

________, this isn’t just about my window. Many of us live with broken windows of one type or another. They are things that seriously affect our ________ of life. If you recognize your broken window, don’t ________ to mend it. It may turn out to be ________ than expected. Usually we suffer more in________ than in reality.

【推荐2】As a businesswoman, I care deeply about my customers. But like anyone for whom you feel affection, _______ can also drive you mad. They’ll come rushing in, _______their handbag’s been stolen. They’ll _______ that they left it in the changing room, create havoe (混乱) and then _______ it had been in their car all the time. They’ll have out half the _______ in the shop, and want the only style you don’t have left in a _______ colour. I do know how upset the shop staff can get, but I try to persuade them to keep _______.

I remember the first really _______ customer we had at Covent Garden. She was _______ absolutely everything, nothing was right and I was rather ________ that she became a “regular”. After a while, she ________ for the way she behaved at the beginning. She had split up with her husband the week before, was living in a flat ________, and since she’d found it too much to cope with (应对), she’d taken it out on ________ people.

That taught me a valuable ________ and I pass it on to the people who ________ in the market. Don’t take it ________. If a customer is rude or difficult, just think “Maybe she’s had a row with her husband. Maybe her child’s not ________.” Always water it down and don’t let your ego (自我) get ________. If you do, you won’t be able to ________ it and the whole thing develops into an unpleasant scene and that ________ everyone’s day.

【推荐3】It's easy to forget to take a break in the rush of our COVID-19 lives. But we have to______to do it.

During the hard time, we______read about heartbreaking news. Our day-to-day routines are______and more stressful than ever.______you feel OK today, tomorrow you could get depressed. Some regular breaks into our lives can help______this stress.

So here's my______: for this weekend, take breaks, big or small. Take mental health days______if you have that chance. Get up and walk around your home once an hour. And when you head back to work on______, eat lunch away from your desk. Don't check your______frequently after you send it.______your news and social media intake. Anything______is OK.

My colleague Charlie Trepany______it so briefly that the corona-virus pandemic has______many things, but FOMO doesn't appear to be one of them.

FOMO,______the fear of missing out, is a real kind of anxiety. FOMO is described as "anxiety that's______by the idea that others are successful______we aren't, or that others are all experiencing a______life. "

You might think that with so many activities canceled due to COVID-19, we might be worried less about what we're______out on. But that's not what's happening.

Instead of disappearing, FOMO has "shape______". It might not be looking at pictures of someone's vacation or swimming with dolphins. It now becomes "They're making cooking starters or going for a hike with their family, but I'm just on the couch, surviving and trying to find my______. "