【推荐2】In September 2019, I was travelling alone along a track at Cabbage Tree Creek(小溪), Mount Nebo. Although I’d done it many times before, I wanted to be ________ . So, I filled my backpack with ________ like food, warm clothing, maps and so on.

I reached the base of a waterfall. From there. I started ________ the rocks at the right side of the falls. But around three-quarters of the way up, I ________, breaking my left wrist on a rock before dropping into the water. I knew I was ________ as soon as I started swimming. Finally, I ________ myself up onto the bank and saw my foot was hanging from my leg. I made a splint(夹板)to keep it in place. Then I got my phone from my dry bag. There was no ________ ,but I figured I could make the thirty metres east to get coverage. ________,as I went to put the phone in my pocket it fell into the creek. Now I ________ . Surrounded by thick rainforest, there was no ________ that anyone would find me. But I knew there was a junction(汇合处)of two creeks three kilometres away, where a helicopter could ________me.

________ to walk, I relied on my right hand and set off on my bottom. The following three days were very________ . Every metre I stopped to take a rest. To keep myself ________I thought about my family and ________ myself. It was an incredible ________ when I reached a waterhole on my way where I drank. ________ ,I was rescued by a helicopter in the end.

I was told that it was my boss who found I hadn’t________ on Monday morning and phoned my sister. She called a few people, including my friend Judy, who ________ to know about my walking plans. I didn’t even remember telling her, but I was so ________ I had!

Now I’m back to exploring the great outdoors -but I always tell people where I’m going.

【推荐1】The greatest sports moments often have a wonderful flow state behind the victories or performances. Being in flow refers to the moments where distraction reduces, and concentration ________.

It was a ________ summer camp ping pong tournament where I was not only down 1 set, but 7 points behind my opponent, who had only 3 points left to ________ the set, and the tournament. For a comeback, I had to win at least 10 points, without making ________!

Facing the ________ situation, I could call it a day and let my opponent win. Perhaps my opponent had already focused on the ________, but failure wasn’t an option! ________, I stuck it out, hoping for the best. I told myself, “Let’s just try and win the next point, nothing else.” ________ deep, I stared at the ball with a clear mindset and keen ________. I took it, hit it back and scored!

5 points to go, 4 points to go... My opponent started getting visibly ________ and made mistakes. Point by point I was getting closer to being even 7-8. I was one point away from doing the ________. My mouth was shut and my eyes stayed sharp the entire set. He made another ________ 8-8. The comeback was complete. The crowd went ________! Winning the next 3 points, I managed to win that set. In the last set, my opponent turned restless again. ________ the flow, I ended up winning the final set, and the tournament.

Despite a small game, it inspired me a lot. Not being able to control how our opponent plays, we can ________ how to react. Don’t be there, where you are not. Instead, be here and now! Stay in flow! Be concentrated!

Faisal is a fifth-grade student at an Islamic School &. Academy in Ramtha, Jordan. He was born without a right hand and only two fingers on his left, as well as a tongue-tie for which he had to_________surgery at a very young age. These physical disabilities made Faisal feel_________and isolated(隔绝) from his peers, as he could not_________seeing the looks of pity they would give him.

Books were Faisal’s_________shelter, where he could explore new worlds and lose himself in stories that made him feel alive._________, he struggled to find a way to develop his passion for _________until his teacher introduced him to the Arab Reading Challenge.

Faisal_________the Challenge’s fifth edition, qualifying at both the school and district levels. He was_________when his school district’s director recognized him for his district qualification. He then went on to_________at the country level. Thanks to his success in the Challenge, Faisal__________felt comfortable with opening up and__________with his classmates, who now look at him with__________rather than sympathy.

Faisal is now preparing for the sixth Arab Reading Challenge and is__________to reach the finals. The child who once__________to interact with others is now filled with hope and a__________for life. His constant smiles and laughs fill the room as he talks to friends he met through the Arab Reading Challenge.

【推荐3】Zhao Yuan, who was a dance teacher, lost one leg in an accident at the age of 24._______she had to use a wheelchair, and leave her_______ position and started to make a living in business. She opened a hotel in her hometown and used some of her earnings to help_______for the college cost of 13 poor students.

In 2020, she set up an offline sales platform called Good and Fresh, which mainly sold goods produced by Zhao’s disabled friends. _______ the pandemic (疫情), however, Good and Fresh _______making money, so Zhao _______ online sales instead.

She became a livestream(直播) host on social media platforms, _______ the sales of goods like brown sugar, sweet potato flour and honey that her friends made. Although Zhao Yuan, who only had one_______, had to deal with her own disability, she had made her business succeed in creating a_______ in e-commerce   (电子商务) and had helped more than 2,000 other________ people sell agricultural products. Everything she sold came from 55 agricultural centers around the province________ by the disabled. She had also trained 57 hosts, all of whom were disabled.

With the________ of her business, Zhao has set up the Good and Fresh Agricultural Science and Technology Development Company, of which she is________. She is planning to________ another 1,000 hosts, and hopes that they will also be able to achieve their personal and social________ through work, just as the way she is doing.

【推荐1】I lost my sight when I was four. I can hardly_________the brightness of sunshine.

It_________to me that I might not have loved life so if I hadn’t been blind. I don’t mean I would prefer to go without eyes. I_________mean the loss of them made me more appreciate what I had.

Life asks a continuous series of_________to reality. The hardest lesson was to_________myself. When I say belief in myself, I am not only talking about the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. But I mean something_________than that: an assurance that I am,_________ imperfections, a real and positive person. It took me years to discover and_________this assurance.

Once a man gave me a baseball. I thought he was kidding me. I was_________and refused.

“Take it with you,” he__________me, “and roll it around.”

The words__________in my head. By rolling the ball, I could listen where it went. This inspired me to achieve a goal I had thought__________: playing baseball.

All my life, I have set different goals and tried to reach them. I had to learn my__________. It was no good trying for something wildly out of reach, because that only invited the bitterness of__________. I would fail sometimes but on the average I made__________

【推荐2】My name is Jane Eyre and my parents died when I was a baby. For ten years I lived a(n) _______ life with my aunt and cousins who treated me unfairly. My cousins teased me and my aunt never showed me any _______. The only person who cared about me was the maid, Bessie. One day my cousin John shouted at me: “You should go and beg, not live with _______ folks like us!” After fighting with him I was locked in a room, where I _______ for hours crying.

Things _______ the same until a tall gentleman called Mr Brockchurst came to visit. My aunt told me that I was going to a school owned by the gentleman. “Train her to be _______ and humble,” said Aunt. Two days later I _______ my home.

At first my _______ at Lowood School was hard. The food was bad and I was often cold but I made _______ and enjoyed studying. But after an illness killed several students, new owners ____________ the school and my life improved. Six years later I ____________ a teacher and was very happy. But eventually I felt that I should explore more of the world and found a job as a private teacher in a ____________.

Before I left Lowood, I was ____________ by Bessie, who told me that seven years ago my father’s brother had come looking for me but left again to go abroad. “He looked like quite a gentleman,” said Bessie. I ____________ if he would ever look for me again.

My new life ____________ at Thornfield Hall, a large country house, ____________ a little girl called Adele. She was the adopted daughter of the owner of the house, Mr Rochester. He ____________ stayed at Thornfield, ____________ my time was mainly spent with Adele and the servants. My life was quite ____________ now although there was something ____________ about my new home. Often I heard odd sounds come from the top floor of the house.

【推荐3】Yan Wei, a 30-year-old blind man, has just covered a marathon on Sunday. This time he ______ his personal record with a new time of 3 hours, 15 minutes and 58 seconds. He had two ______ to help him and was ______ them with a safety rope.”

Yan, who lost his ______ when he was a few months old, started running three years ago, after learning that volunteers were available to ______ blind runners at the 2015 Beijing Marathon.

When he started training with the help of his ______ and parents, he could run only for 2 or 3 km at a time. But soon he ______ so much that his sister had to ride a bike to stay ______ him and guide him. It took him just four months to be ______ for his first marathon.

Yan ______ his quick progress to daily exercise. “I’d like to ______ 200 km per month. I feel ______ if I do not run for two days in a row.” says Yan.

But training is becoming ______ for Yan now, because there are few guides who can run faster than him. His guides need to be in better ______ condition than him.

“He’s never missed a single training in the past three years. I am ______ not only by his strength but also his ______ to train,” says Shu Hao, an ______ runner who has taken part in a lot of marathons and one of Yan’s running guides.

Instead of dying to prove himself ______ he ran, Yan has taken delight in running and now moved to ______ the process. He has completed fourteen ______ in the last two years and just wants to keep going.