【推荐2】Getting accepted to Harvard Law School was a feeling that Rehan Staton will never forget.

Staton had a stable life growing up until his mother_______the family moved out of the county when he was 8. His father then worked multiple jobs to _______. Rehan and his older brother, but the family struggled _______ they often had no food or electrictity.

Rehan's academics significantly suffered. As his grade _______ , he channeled his energy into sports. He was _______ in boxing and won national and international competitions which he hoped would become his way out of _______. However, his dream were _______ when he suffered a shoulder injury in the 12^th grade.

Rehan's poor grades as a senior resulted in him being _______ by every college he applied to. So he took a job at Bates Trucking and Trash,_______ rubbish and cleaning dustbins.

Rather than add to his despair, the job marked a ________ point. His co-workers found his ________ , uplifted him and urged him to go back to school. Finally he was ________ to Bowie State University. By the end of his second year, Rehan decided he wanted to go to ________ school.

Rehan was ________ for the support he got from his co-workers. “It was the first time in my life that a group of individual had really just ________ me, and told me I was intelligent."

【推荐1】My brother and I are exactly one year apart. We look like twins, but we are completely _________ . By the time we got to middle school it was clear that my older brother _________ meditation (冥想),while I was a born _________ who preferred the theatrical, even when off stage. I took his relative silence to be offensive. We simply didn't _________.

I didn't _________ having a tense relationship with my brother because I was involved at school. _________, I threw myself into the world of musicals. I practised singing in the bedroom every day to remain at my best and be _________ for roles; my brother would meditate on a window seat. He might feel high school was already hard enough _________ my noisy singing. So space to practise became a（n）_________ between us because we shared a room.

At the start of the semester, I practised “Circle of Life" for a musical. This was the first time I __________ to learn a song, because my voice cracked (破音)as I switched to a head voice. I was annoyed in that period and __________ practising, declaring I had reached the ceiling of my singing career. For the first time in years my brother __________ quiet when I got home.

After two days of this, my brother asked me to __________ him in meditation. Feeling my anger at my inability to manage this song __________,I accepted. My brother said, "When your mind floats away, you simply come back. Don't blame yourself" I got the message, and it soon became my new __________. I kept trying at the song, no longer getting __________ at myself. And just in time for the trial performance, I was able to __________ power in my singing despite the switch to a head voice. It was important for me to learn that you don't have to always get everything __________ the first time and that good things come with continual __________.I now understand why my brother favours the __________.

【推荐3】Once there was a boy named Alfred, who was extremely bright, but also had a very bad temper. One day at school, when having a craft class, his partner _________ crushed a small part of their handiwork. He immediately got angry, criticizing her. After hearing those _________ words, she started to cry _________. Before long, the girl began shutting herself away. and never talked with Alfred.

Alfred’s parents became concerned about his _________ flaw (缺陷) , and thought about what they should do. Finally, the father had an idea. And he struck a _________ with his son. He gave him a bag of nails and a big hammer. “Whenever you lose your temper,” he told Alfred, “ I want you to really _________ your anger by driving a nail into the oak _________ of that old fence.”

Those _________ oak boards were almost as tough as iron, and the hammer was heavy. _________, by the end of the first week, Alfred had driven 37 nails into the fence. So __________ was hitting the nail that Alfred __________ began to control his temper! Day by day, the number of nails__________ into the fence decreased. Finally the day came when Alfred didn’t lose his temper at all. He felt__________ as he told his father.

To show him what __________ in the fence, his father told him to pull out one nail each time he controlled his temper. Strange __________ he felt about the instruction, he followed the advice. Finally Alfred reported with huge pride that all the nails were __________. At that point, the father asked his son to take one more look. “You have done well, but notice the __________ left. This fence will never be the same. Saving or doing hurtful things in anger produces the same result. There will be a __________ forever.”

Embarrassed and ashamed, Alfred __________ his head . This was a valuable lesson constantly reminding him of the __________ of words and the need to treat people with respect.

【推荐1】Every teacher has moments when we question whether we’re suitable for the job. Don't despair—it’s what you do with the bad days that ___________ .

I remember the first time I cried after a bad day. A lesson had not ___________ , and my students were certainly not learning as much as their peers who had ___________ teachers. I remember wishing for my first year to ___________ me soon so that I would have the answers about how to teach. Now I've taught for six years and there are still days when my students stare at me as if I were from outer space. ___________ I'd face the truth that I am not ___________.

___________ the days passed, I slowly came around, ___________ confidence in myself. Sometimes, we are our own enemies, ___________ the faith in our abilities the others see. It is in our despair that we find out greatest teaching ____________. We treat those bad days as a means to ____________ —What could be changed to ____________   better?

I have learned that this is not all on you. When we teach we enter a ____________ with students and we must discuss what they will be putting into the classroom too. I have realized I will never be ____________ to have all of the answers and I will never be able to ____________ bad days. We question whether we should be in the ____________, but it is within the questioning that we strengthen our ____________ to make a difference, ____________ let it drown us in a ____________ of despair.

There are no teachers who are never doubting themselves. Bad days do not circle us; they are an opportunity to ____________.

【推荐2】A month after having my gratitude journal, I threw it in the trash can. Writing in it every day felt like a(n) _________ addition to my already overwhelming to-do list. _________, I had been keeping a “normal” journal for years. Why add another? My friend_________ me to give it another shot. He     said that writing down a few things to be thankful for was_________ from free writing.

The_________ of a gratitude journal didn’t resonate with me, but I did_________ to write in an     ordinary notebook. Writing down thoughts and ideas was part of my daily habit. Along with journaling, reading motivational ( 励 志 的 ) material was a(n) _________ in my life. But my endless goals never seemed to be achieved. So, I’d_________   . Then I’d read a new book, set more goals and   start again.

What was I doing wrong? Recently, while organizing a cabinet (储藏柜), the _________ came to me.

I__________ the collection of journals I’d written over the years and decided to__________ them. As I read, I realized these notebooks were a road map of my__________－a full description of my journey. These daily journals were__________ that I had been making progress all along, but had been so focused on the__________that I was unable to live in the moment. I hadn’t been celebrating the little wins because I didn’t __________ them.

Looking ahead to see how far I have to go can make the finish line seem__________. But enjoying the process and looking back to see how far I’ve come makes every__________ success feel more like a victory.

The gratitude journal found its way back into my life. This simple habit that__________ me in the past finally makes sense. I’ve learned nothing is too small to be__________. I still believe I can have it all, but I’ m __________ enough now to know I can’t have it all at once.