【推荐2】I got a new job in Catholic University in Washington. In addition to a good chance, I     1    (offer) a new flat to live in. One summer vacation, apart     2     going to the park, I had not been outside my flat so as    3     (do) an experiment about a disease. The     4     (result) of the experiment were     5     (value) to me and they would contribute to the success of my research. It is really difficult to draw     6    conclusion without enough evidence. I felt quite puzzled,    7     even made me doubt that the experiment would make sense.    8     (gradual), I was not enthusiastic about it. After all, too much hard work and too little rest led to illness. One night, I went out to attend a lecture by a famous philosopher.    9     (inspire) by him, I went back to continue the experiment and eventually got the expected result. How happy I was! The next day, I proudly announced that the disease was     10    control.

Last summer, Katie Steller was on her way to work. She stopped at a traffic light, where a man, in his 60s,     1     (apparent)looking out of luck, was sitting alone. She rolled down her window.“Hey!”she shouted.“I’m driving around to give free haircuts, Do you want one right now?”The man, missing a few teeth, paused and laughed.“Actually,”he said,“at this time tomorrow, I    2    (attend)a funeral(葬礼)of my friend. I was really hoping to get my hair cut.”

Then, Steller unloaded a red chair from the car. The man, named Edward, took a seat. As his curly graying hair was being cut by Steller, he told her about growing up in Mississippi, about moving to Minnesota, and no matter    3    busy he was, he still talked to his mom over the phone every day. He said his family consisted    4    four people and that he had been living in Minnesota for about ten years. The    5    (interact)between them was very relaxing and constructive.

Steller knows that a haircut can change a life. One changed hers: As a teen, she suffered from ulcerative colitis(溃疡性结肠炎)that was so serious, her hair thinned severely. Seeing this, her mother arranged for Steller’s first professional haircut.

“To sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just a sick person helped me feel cared about and less alone,”she says.

After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own hair salon so she could help people feel the way she’d felt that day. Not long after finishing cosmetology school(美容学校)in 2016, she realized her dream. Two years later, she began what she now calls her Red Chair Project,    6    (reach)out to people on the streets.

Steller said,“As you know, I can’t have their problems    7    (fix), but maybe I can help    8    (they)feel less alone for a moment.”Steller listens to people’s stories of loss, addiction, and struggle to get back on their feet.

An offshoot(衍生物)of the Red Chair Project is the Steller Kindness Project, in which people who commit acts of kindness are invited for a free makeover(美容)at Steller’s salon, In exchange, they tell their stories, which Steller shares on her website. It is her hope that by reading about kind acts, others will be inspired to do their own.

    9    is evident that it has been working well.“You have no idea what people are going to do with the kindness that you give to them. Kindness and generosity can contribute to a    10    (harmony)society,”says Steller.