【推荐1】Sandra was a businesswoman in Orlando. Approaching her 50th birthday, she decided to _______ her love of cats and her work experience to start the Orlando Cat Café.

As a lifelong cat fan, Sandra’s main goal in opening the cafe was to help _______ cats up for adoption with proper pet parents. What she didn’t _______at the time was that her cafe would help human visitors as much as the cats!

“The most_______ thing in the cafe is that they always have new cats and cats need socialization, so both sides_______!” says Laurie, who is one _______ guest. She, like many other cat lovers who _______ have pets at home because of allergies in the family, often comes to the cafe to experience the benefits of _______ with cute animals whenever she likes.

Plus, Sandra’s cat adoption _______ aren’t the only charitable initiative happening at the cafe! The coffee and food ________ for visitors are made by Axum Coffee, a company that was also started to ________ others. Axum is a city in Ethiopia where fresh water is________ and even poverty is widely visible. In fact, the coffee and food are sold at a low price at the café, some of whose   ________ go to the people of Axum, Ethiopia, to help improve their ________   of life.

“My cafe and Axum Coffee have a(n)________ mission to reach out to others. We hit it off and became partners,” says Sandra.

Maybe the next time you visit Orlando, you’ll ________ Sandra’s cafe, and hit it off with one of the cats up for ________! Adoption specialists are always on site to help match the personalities of potential ________ with those of the cats in the play area, and it ________! More than 80 cats have been adopted since Sandra ________ her business in 2019.

【推荐2】You may have heard of Osceola McCarty, who worked for 75 years as a washer woman. After she retired, she went to the bank and _________, to her surprise, that her small monthly savings had _________to over $150,000. She donated $150,000 to the USM for a scholarship fund for students with financial_________.

What you have not heard is how Osceola’s gift has_________ my life. I was a _________student and I had my heart set on going to USM. But I _________ a regular scholarship by one point on my entrance exams, and a scholarship was the only way I could attend. One Sunday, I _________ the story about Osceola and her generous _________in the newspaper, and went to the financial aid office and became the first_________ of an Osceola Scholarship.

I first __________Osceola at a press conference—meeting her was like finding family. Osceola__________married and lived alone, so my family has since become her family. My grandma and she talk __________ on the phone and she__________us in family gatherings. It was amazing that I used to cycle right by a __________every day on my way to school and I did notice how everything was clean and neat there, but I didn’t know it__________to be where she lived.

Osceola gave me much more than a scholarship. She taught me about the gift of __________. She worked her whole life and gave to others, which reached deep inside of me and fueled my __________   to give back when I can. Eventually I plan to add to her scholarship fund. I want to give Osceola the__________she’s always wanted, so I’ve adopted her as another grandma. And when I graduate from USM, she’ll be sitting in the audience __________my mother and my grandmother—right where she __________.

【推荐3】My grandfather was a serious man. A quick look from him was enough to keep my sisters and me in line. _________ every summer I looked forward to seeing Grandpa in his farm. We enjoyed every moment of feeding and washing the animals.

Grandpa was a man who didn’t show his _________easily. There were times he caught us touching some of his personal things or exploring places that we weren’t _________ to. His quiet scolding (责备) left us _________ for the rest of our stay.

One morning I heard “clickety-clack, clickety-clack, ping”. I stopped and found where the sound _________: Grandpa in his study, typing a letter. I leaned _________ to see better when I fell through the door. For a while I _________ on the floor of the study. I stood up and went red in the face, hoping the scolding would be short.

Grandpa’s eyes shone. He called me over. I went to him _________ with my eyes looking at the floor. He asked what I was doing, and I told him that I was drawn by the _________ of the typewriter. I only wanted to get a better __________. I wasn’t going to touch anything, I __________.

The rest of the summer I stood near his elbow watching him type. How I wished to __________ the beautiful yellow keys with steel rims.

After going home, I spent the year writing poems, letters, and stories in my notebooks and __________ myself to use Grandpa’s typewriter to write novels.__________, I planned to be a writer, and writers used typewriters.

The next summer, I’d hear the sounds of typewriter keys and walk toward them, admiring the __________ of the words forming on the page. I wished he would offer me a chance to try it. But he never did.

On returning home that year, I got a parcel. I found the typewriter in the box! My serious grandfather!

【推荐1】The structure in organizations has changed. It has transformed from a boss to a leader being at the top and from method directing to cooperation, ______ how many of us have actually made this ______ within ourselves?

Let’s not get personal about any person or connect this to any ______ organization. Consider the ______ pattern on a social media website such as LinkedIn. We often see good articles written by junior-level employee’s which______ new enthusiasm and new perspectives, but how many senior-level ______ go and “Like” the article? Not______ read it, but actually “Like” it. More often than not, the answer is none. Leaders read such articles, but they______ to press the “Like” button due to some fear!

A friend of mine, who holds the ______ of Director of Human Resources in a reputed organization, happen to mention an article that his team member had written. I casually enquired ______ the absence of a “Like” or comment from him. His answer really ______ me! He said, “You know what my ______ is? I cannot be commenting or liking his article in public!” Amazed by this behavior, I did my research on this pattern on a few social media platforms. Yes, people want to “Like” or comment on articles and photos that are published by people with a(n) ______ level and do so as well.

While we are ______ the “Like” button on a junior-level employee’s one-year anniversary, we jump to be one in a few hundreds to offer ______ on a senior-level leader’s one-year completion. However, I think our precious “Like” for the employee ______ a lot and encourages him, while, on the other hand, it is ______ many hundreds and is not ______ noticed by the leader.

Encourage new talents and ______ them. If we do not exhibit this socially, I am sure we will not ______ it in our job either.

【推荐1】Amid all the poverty and desperation in Los Angeles’s Skid Row (贫民区), one couple is determined to use their own experience with loss to foster (培养) a sense of hope.

In 2012, Mary Davis and her husband, Ari Kadin were _______ their first child when Davis miscarried (流产).They were extremely _______. But the couple, who were volunteering with adults in a Skid Row homeless shelter, refused to let their heartbreak _______ them.

“In 2013, our child would have been one year old,” says Davis.” And we kept seeing these kids at the shelter, and I said to my husband, ‘We couldn’t _______ a birthday party for our child, so let’s do it for these kids.’”

Since then, the couple have held a party each and every month. They _______attract 200 kids and their parents. There are small presents for the kids celebrating their birthdays, but Davis makes sure there are more than enough to _______.

“I remember a mom came with her two kids,” Davis says.” she’s crying. ‘You have no idea what we’ve been through for the last 24 hours,’ she told me. ‘Yesterday was her birthday. I had _______ to give her. We _______ so much suffering. I really didn’t expect a birthday party for my child.’ I had to walk away and wipe away some tears.”

Doing her best to _______these kids’ lives is both ________ and bittersweet, Davis says.” We’re on this rooftop. It’s this beautiful ________. The sky is gorgeous. You’re above everything. But if you look down, you see homeless person after homeless person on the street, and it reminds you that these kids can’t________ that area after the party.” It may be why, after throwing 88 parties, she still cries after each one.

Davis________ a second miscarriage before finally having a child-she and Kadin have two now, ages two and four. But she owes helping her ________ hope to the kids in the shelter. “We didn’t realize how much ________ they were going to bring us,” she told CBS News. “And that was so healing for me.”

【推荐2】One day I visited an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting. I was expecting a ________ view of the modern artworks. A young couple seeing the paintings ahead of me were ________ endlessly. I watched them for a moment and ________ the lady was doing all the talking. How did the man ________ her constant stream of words? ________ by their noise, I moved on.

I met them several times ________ I moved through the different rooms of art. Each time I heard her continuous flow of words, I moved away ________.

But I met them again at the ________ shop. I bought some souvenirs and was waiting at the checkout while the couple were ________ the doorway. Before they left, the man ________ his pocket and pulled out a white object. He lengthened it into a long ________ and then tapped his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket.

“He’s a(n) ________ man,” the clerk at the counter said. “Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age. During his recovery, he made a ________ that his life wouldn’t change. So, as before, he and his wife come in whenever there is a new art show.”

“But what does he ________ from the art?” I asked. “He can’t see.”

“Can’t see? You are ________. He sees a lot. More than you and I do,” the clerk said. “His wife ________ each painting so he can see it in his head.”

I learned something about patience, ________ and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without ________ and the courage of a husband who would not allow blindness to ________ his life. And I saw the love ________ by two people as I watched this couple walk away, arm in arm.

【推荐3】I was a zombie(行尸走肉), going to high school barely even awake. I played video games till midnight ______ every day. Luckily there came a new teacher who ______ me up.

On the first day of my senior year, I sat at my desk in a(n) ______ state. I yawned, not even ______ to cover my mouth. Ray Seabeck leapt to my desk and beat his hands on it.

"Do you like Shakespeare?” he screamed at me.

My ______ was/were stuck in mid-yawn, wide open. "Well, do you?” he ______.

"Yes!” I ______ Actually I had no idea what Shakespeare was. But I was going to find out. What’s more, this man tried to fan my ______ in literature.

We ______ Hamlet, and bit by bit I found that I couldn’t put it down. Why did Hamlet keep hesitating? Why? Suddenly I began ______ Shakespeare, and then Hemingway, and then Fitzgerald, Wordsworth and Blake. I ______ dreamed of becoming an English teacher like Mr. Seabeck! But could I make it to college with only several ______ left?

I stayed after school one day to consult Mr. Seabeck about my ______.

"You’re Hamlet!” he said. “Here are two ______ laid open for you—to be or not to be. To ______ your dream or to give up.”

I left ______ that day with college in my eyes and ears. Just thinking of that made me feel ______.

Mr. Seabeck was right. I ______ got accepted at Plymouth State University. Now as an English teacher, I can still ______ Mr. Seabeck screaming, “Do you like Shakespeare?” I might never have ______ that I, in fact, love Shakespeare but for the flame he lit in me.