【推荐1】Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to do. My degree in English literature had not really ________ me for anything practical. I knew I wanted to make a difference in the world somehow, but I had no idea how to do that until I ________ about the Lighthouse Project.

I knew being a volunteer in the project would be a lot of hard work, and I would be away from my family and friends. ________, I did not make my decision to apply for it. Neither did my family agree.

Eventually, however, I won the ________ of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for application. After ________ interviews, I managed to stand out among the candidates and ________ the test alone. I would be going to a small village in Nigeria. Where? What? Nigeria? I had no idea. But I was about to find it.

After completing my training, I was sent to the small village. Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their food, homes, and even ________ as if I were their own family. I was asked to lead a small team of local people in building a new schoolhouse. For the next year or so, I ________ in that same schoolhouse. But sometimes I think I learned more from my students than they did from me.

Sometime during that period, I realized that all those things that had seemed so ________ to me no longer did, though I did not get anywhere with the local language. The Lighthouse Project had changed my life forever, and I returned to my city a(n) ________ man.

【推荐3】Around twenty years ago I was living in Seattle and going through hard times. I could not find ________work although I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree.

To my ________, I had to drive a school bus to ________my family. At the same time, I had some ________with different companies but they all________to say I did not get the job. I went to the bus barn（车库）, feeling________.

Later that afternoon, ________doing my rounds through the town I had an inner wave rise from deep ________ me and I thought “Why has my________become so hard?”

Immediately after this internal（内心的）scream, I ________the bus over to drop off a little girl. As she________, she handed me an earring saying I should keep it_______somebody looked for it. The________was stamped with words “BE HAPPY”. Then it struck me. I had been putting all of my________into what was wrong with my life rather than what was________!

One night there was a phone call for me from the________at a large hospital. She asked me whether I________do a one-day training for 200 hospital workers. I said ________and got the job.

My day with the hospital workers________very well. I got a great________and many more days of work. To this day I know that it was because I changed my attitude to life.

【推荐1】At the age of sixteen, I went on my first volunteer project with Dad in West Virginia. The family ____ was living in a trailer (拖车) that was in ____ condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, but one problem after another ____.

We decided the only ____ was to build a new ____. The family was ____. Tuesday that week, we began to   ___ the bedrooms for the family’s three boys. Josh, Eric and Ryan. ____ toys and other gadgets (小玩意) that children usually ____, we were astonished when Josh responded, “ I just warn a ____.”

The boys had ____ slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. That night we decided that beds would be the perfect ____. As we ____ the frames of the beds together, Erie ran into the house to watch us. Too dirty to enter his room, he observed with wide-eyed ____ from the doorway.

As my Dad ____ one of the pillows into a pillowcase (枕套), Erie asked, “What is that?” Dad told him it was a pillow. “What do you do with it?” Eric continued to ask. “____ you sleep, you put your head on it” I answered softly. Tears came to my eyes as I ____ Eric the pillow. “Oh…that’s ____,” he said, hugging it tightly .

Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems very ____. Dad gently asks,” Do you have a ____?” We know exactly what he means.

【推荐2】When Jack was eight years old, a terrible storm hit his hometown, Island Puerto Rico. He felt worried about his ________. It was around Christmas. Jack said he was ________ that some of the kids would not get toys, and he wanted to donate (捐赠) ________ own toys. However, he knew it wouldn’t be enough. So, ________ the help of his family, he organized an activity to collect toys. He ________ collected 300 toys and sent them to the kids.

After Jack sent the ________ to the kids, he also wanted to do ________ more. He found many homeless(无家可归的) dogs on the island, so he felt ________. Then he told his mother that he ________ his birthday money to do something for the ________. So he bought a lot of dog food. Jack kept thinking of more ________. He collected food for people in need there. He also ________ that some local families lost their houses, and then he designed a T-shirt to raise money for one of the ________ families.

The news about Jack’s ________ deed spread around quickly. A company ________ him $10,000 worth of kids clothes to donate to Island Puerto Rico. Jack ________ the clothes to 200 kids.

Jack’s latest activity includes ________ schoolbags for the kids because they ________ schoolbags.

“Giving is the best thing to do, “he says. “I love seeing the joy and ________ on people’s faces. ________ I just keep on helping others.

【推荐3】Beer is the founder of United Hatzalah, a volunteer-run organization in Israel, dedicated to saving lives. Every year many people die from waiting for an ambulance to arrive because the ambulance got ________ in traffic or was simply too far away. Trying to solve this problem by using motorcycles, Beer ________ a team of volunteers from all ________ and stages of life and trained them to respond to emergencies. He then gave each of them a motorcycle equipped with medical ________. Then the volunteer went ________ to their daily lives.

United Hatzalah has a call center staffed ________ by volunteers. When someone calls to tell them of an emergency, they answer it in three seconds or less. Then Beer’s technology calculates which volunteer is closest to the ________. As soon as that volunteer is notified（通知）he or she ________ everything and rushes over.

When a volunteer arrives, he or she ________ CPR（心肺复苏）if necessary, and uses the medical equipment in the motorcycle to help the ill or ________. The goal is ________: Keep the patient alive until the regular ambulance arrives. According to Beer, an ambulance’s average response time is 12 to 15 minutes, while United Hatzalah volunteers ________ in three.

United Hatzalah’s medical care is ________ for patients because it’s run mostly by volunteers, and donations cover the ________ of supplies and staff. It clearly shows the ________ of individuals willing to use their abilities to help others.

【推荐1】I used to walk around the store with my parents, constantly begging for something. I still remember the _______ of all the bright bags of chips and candies that I asked my mom to _______ for me. At that time, I had no real _______ about the value of money.

When I was about twelve years old, my dad always _______ my begging and told me with an angry face “you can waste all the money you _______ when you have a job.” I listened to him, but I never _______ understood the message he was trying to _______ to me.

In high school, I _______ to find a part-time job. One day, a young man handed me a flyer (传单), which said at the top “Looking for a summer job? Be a _______ !” I started to think about the money I could make, so I ________. A few minutes after my application was ________ , I got an email from AMS pools, informing me to have a(n) ________ the next day.

After I ________ the training process, I finally started the job. Every afternoon, I worked in the pool, keeping a close watch on the ________ people. I was proud I rescued several drowning children. And I could earn my pocket money with my skill. However, the more money I made, the less I wanted to ________ . Instead of wasting my money on useless things, I started saving up. I now have 3,300 dollars in my bank account.

【推荐2】Danielle Wride was brushing her daughter’ slong brown hair when she noticed something strange. With each touch, clumps (缕)of her daughter's hair would _______ . Within 20 days, seven-year-old Gianessa Wride's hair was _______ gone, and the doctor told her that it would never _______ Gianessa became one of the 6. 8 million Americans with a disease that causes permanent baldness.

The disease isn't _______ , but for kids who suffer from it, the _______ comes from standing out from the crowd. The _______ comment of “baldy” made Gianessa feel like an outcast（被排斥者）.

Then the school _______ its “Crazy Hair Day” competition, and Danielle and Gianessa decided that rather than _______ Gianessa's baldness under a cap, they would _______ it. Danielle decorated her daughter's head with flower designs and even an owl.

On the morning of the competition, Gianessa was ________ Would her friends think it was stupid or funny? Actually, she had nothing to ________ . Beautiful Gianessa was a hit and the ________ of the competition. Gianessa is now glad she ________ to go bare. “I was sad at first,” she said, “but now I love being bald. I can do things to my head that other kids can't.”

As long as you keep a ________ attitude, suffering can also make you ________