【推荐2】When I was just out of college, I managed to get my dream job as a trader in New York City on the floor of the American Stock Exchange. Though it was a proud_____, the job was simply too physically ____. I must stand in a crowd every day, which often ____     me in a mindset that held me back.

Manhattan is a walking town and it's difficult to ______when you have a disability. Taxis are expensive and riding the subway ______ dozens of steep steps to get below ______. This left me only one _______ — the bus.

One night, after the _______ for my job, I was aching with my self-pity _______it started to rain on my walk to the bus stop. I became more and more _______without an umbrella, thinking I'd never ________ it in this city and telling myself, "this city is just too hard" and "maybe it is just not possible for a guy like me".

And then, I _______ the most beautiful, short moment. A couple came rolling by on roller skates, hand _______ hand as they skated what seemed like the tango(探戈). They were all wet but they saw the ______ as an opportunity and romance.

I suddenly became _____   for waiting in the rain because I would have missed this beauty _________if I had been in a taxi or on the subway. This, although ________, was an important moment on my journey to discovering the _______ of achieving health and happiness. When I change my mindset, ______ for a moment, to what is possible and work to get rid of the self-limiting beliefs that ______ my daily actions, I will be on the road to a healthier and happier life.

【推荐3】Tom was an aged carpenter(木匠) who was near his sixties and prepared to left work. He came to his boss with his _______ to drop out of the house building business and live a more _______ life with his wife enjoying _______ of his life. He would miss the happy time in the company, but he had to _______.

The boss was sorry to see his best worker go and asked _______ he could do him a favor to build just one more house. Tom agreed, _______, in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He did the work _______ using poor materials.

_______ the carpenter finished his work and the boss came to _______ the house. To everyone’s ________, the boss handed the front-door key to Tom. “The house ________ you now,” he said, “my gift to you ________ your good work these years.”

What a ________! What a shame! ________ he had known he was building his own house, he would have done it all with ________! Now he had to live in the house he had built none too well.

So it is with us. Mostly we build our lives in a casual(随便的) way, complaining(抱怨) rather than acting, ________ to try our best. Then with a shock we find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized, we would have done it ________.

Think of yourself as the ________. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or ________ a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. ________ the saying goes, “Life is a do-it-yourself project.”

Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.

You’re probably about 15 years old, so I don’t expect you to be very_________to want a little girl on your skate ramp (溜冰坡道).

My daughter has been wanting to skateboard for months. But she immediately wanted to_________and go home when we walked up to the skate park and saw that it was full of teenage boys.

I_________wanted to go too because I didn’t want to have to put on my mom_________and exchange words with you. But I also didn’t want my daughter to feel like she had to be_________of anyone.

So when she said, “Mom, it’s full of_________boys.” I calmly said, “_________, they don’t own it.” She then went down.

She only had two or three runs in before you_________her and said “Hey, excuse me …” I immediately prepared to deliver my “She’s_________to use this park just as much as you guys”__________when I heard you say, “Your__________are wrong. Can I help you?”

You spent almost an hour with my daughter showing her how to________,and you helped her get up when she fell down.

I know you live nearby and I am proud that you are part of my__________, and I want to thank you for being __________to my daughter, who left the skate park with the confidence that she can do__________.

Jeanean Thomas, Cambridge

【推荐2】When my daughter was in first grade, lovely bands were in fashion. One day when she arrived home_______playing with neighboring kids, I noticed her collection of bands had doubled. When I asked why, her cheeks went red and a_____________just came out—“Bronwyn gave them to me!”

I didn’t want to believe she could have done this. I hoped the_____________could be that her friend actually had given her those bands. But her body language was___________loud and clear—“I STOLE THEM!”

I asked her to_________________what she had done, and_________________the bands to their owner. But it wasn’t as_________________as I had thought. At first, she thought I was kidding. Then, she___________I knew what had really happened. At that moment, her___________expression nearly made me change my mind. But, my wish to not______________ a thief was a bit stronger. So I __________and said,“ I’m going to call over there and make sure you do the right thing.”

There are many moments when we have to make our kids____________a mistake.

Sometimes, it is a(n)__________mistake. Other times we know that they know________________what they are doing. Getting them to recognize a mistake is a tough but necessary responsibility we have as________________and I’m sure it’s the proper thing to do.

【推荐3】One Saturday morning, Jeremy woke up in a quiet house. Usually Mom was _______ making breakfast and cleaning the kitchen, but not today. Jeremy walked to her _______ and knocked at the door.

“Don’t come in, Jeremy,” said Mom. “I have a terrible cold. I don’t want you to get _______. You can have cereal (麦片) for breakfast and watch cartoons. I’m going to _______ in bed.”

Jeremy _______ some cereal into a bowl and ate the pieces dry. Mom must feel very bad if she was lying in bed all day. “How could I _______ her?” Jeremy thought.

Saturday was the day that mom washed clothes. He ran to his room to get his dirty clothes. Jeremy opened the door to the washer and put all of his clothes _______. He had _______ Mom do laundry (洗衣服) lots of times, so he knew where to find the soap and how to pour it into the _______. Finally, he closed the door and pressed the big ________ that said “START.”

Jeremy ________ the round, glass window. ________ was pouring in, and the machine was starting to work, making his clothing tumble (翻滚) around.

Jeremy watched cartoons ________ he heard the washing machine beep (发出嘟声). That meant the ________ was done. Jeremy opened the door to take out the wet clothes. Everything seemed clean, and Jeremy felt ________.

【推荐1】It's hard being an astronaut's son. I _______, everybody expects you to be special or _______，and I'm just an average student, and Pm average, too, when it _______ basketball, football, soccer and baseball.

I often _______ how my father ever had a son like me. I mean he’s so _______ and so good at everything. So I would often dream about doing something amazing to _______ my father and make him _______ me.

In one class, my teacher _______ a Father’s Day essay contest for us and the winners’ essays would be read in front of all the parents and students. After school I walked home, _______ my father, whom I would write about in my essay. One of my classmates said, "I ________ you’ll win the contest, David. You’re the only one in town who could write about being the son of an astronaut."

My father is an astronaut— I would start out with that? No. The whole country and maybe even the whole ________ saw my father as an astronaut, ________ that wasn’t the way I saw him.

How did I see my father? Hmm.

I saw him sitting with me in the ________ when I was little and had a nightmare.

I saw him teaching me how to throw a baseball.

I remembered how he ________ me with a new puppy at my eighth birthday party.

And I remembered how he tried to ________ death to me when Grandpa died.

To me，he wasn't a world-famous astronaut, just my dad.

________ I won second prize. When I finished reading my essay, the ________ applauded. I saw my father blowing his nose. I went back to my seat.

Dad nodded to me, ________ his throat, and put his hand on my shoulder. "Son, this is the ________ moment of my life," he said.

It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but just then, it was just ________ to be my father's son.

【推荐3】Paris uses her power to feed the homeless. Her mom, Marshall, says her _______to become a hands-on good actor was the main _______ of a children’s book, One Boy’s Magic.

Paris might not have had a magic stick, but she didn’t let that _______ her. Turning instead to more practical magic and the _______ of her parents, Paris filled and delivered more than 500 care packages containing food and _______ essentials to downtown St. Louis’s homeless people, as well as handing out approximately 250 meals to on-duty workers.

But Paris wasn’t satisfied to simply _______ goods. It was _______ for her to make a link with the people she was trying to help. After _______ each package herself, Paris drew a picture or wrote a personal message on each one to _______ the kind of human connection so many of the homeless ________ lack.

“It makes me really ________ because this small child who is entering first grade has such a big heart,” Marshall said. “She wants to ________. She wants to help others.”

Paris has already________ a lot by anyone’s standards, but if she has her way, she’s only just getting started. She’s looking toward to holding a Thanksgiving hot-food ________ for the homeless and also hopes to start a Christmas toy fund for kids in need.

“I want to________ people to do good things,” Paris said.

Out of the mouth of the child, comes not only wisdom, but kindness as well.