【推荐1】On the first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around and found a little old lady smiling at me.

She said, “Hi, my name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a ______?” I laughed and responded, “Of course you may!” And she embraced happily.

“Why are you in college at such a young age?” I asked later. She______ replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of children, and then ______   and travel.”

“No, seriously,” I said. I was ______   about what may have motivated her to be taking ______ this challenge at her age. “I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting ______!” she told me.

We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk non-stop. I was always listening to this “time machine” as she ______ her wisdom and experience with me.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to make a speech to our football team. I’ll never forget ______   she taught us. As she began to deliver her ______speech, she dropped her notecard on the floor. A little embarrassed, she simply said, “I’m sorry. This whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order, so let me just tell you what I know.”

As we laughed she cleared her throat and began: “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old ______we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humour every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people ______ around who are dying and don’t even know it! There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. We elderly people usually don’t have regrets for what we did,   ______   rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.”

At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral to ______   the wonderful woman who taught   ______   that it is never too ______   to be all you can possibly be.

【推荐2】Last Saturday, I went out to have breakfast with a friend. It was _______. But what wasn’t so lovely was the lady who took our _______. She spoke in a way that was _______, unhappy, certainly not friendly and sort of rude. Working in hospitality(服务行业) myself, I _______. When it was my _______ to approach her and order, I thought to myself, “What can I do here to cheer her up, to appreciate her, to make her _______?”

I had nothing.

Surely there must be _______ I could sincerely compliment her on. Then I _______ instantly. It was her _______. She had the most incredibly well-spoken and clear voice. It was SO good. And that was what I would ________ her for.

So after she took my order and gave me the same unfriendly attitude, I told her. I said: “I hope you don’t mind me saying so, but you have the most ________ voice. It’s so clear, well-spoken and sounds so ________.” I told the lady her voice would be ________ for voice-overs(配音) and she could be a hostess for radio programs.

Her face ________, and she smiled — the first time I had seen her do so, and I noticed her whole attitude ________. The customer behind me received a totally different kind of ________, a better one. And it was all because of what I did. Something so ________!

There was a time when this sort of thing would have ________ me, or I’d have been too shy and awkward to say such a thing. Not now. Now I must.

Why? Because I have the ________. The power to completely change someone’s day by something as simple as a few kind ________. And you have this power too. We all do.

【推荐3】“Na-nee!” The words shocked me as I was lying on my bed, reading a book. I put the book down and looked ____. My youngest son, Casey was smiling down on me. He was 24 years old ____ his severe autism（自闭症）had left him with the ____ of a very small child. He didn’t talk much and his words were so __ that every time he said something it was a great ____ for me. He was pointing to the ____ on my wall of my grandma’s 90th birth party. We had ____ called her “Nanny” since I was a small child. And I used to take Casey and my other children to _____ her when they were young. They’d ____ her company and her funny stories, especially Casey. After she ____, he always pointed at her picture, smiling.

There was something more, however, than just him ____ her and pointing at her picture. There were times when I could see him staring over my shoulder and smiling. When I turned around ____ was there, but he would still ____ and say “na-nee!” After a while, I ____ maybe my grandma was keeping an eye on my special son. It was ____ for me to think that she was watching over him. Or maybe in Casey’s world, my grandma was still alive and he could feel her love. We just ____ this “special” ability, like Casey, to feel her love.

In today’s world, we were so ____ with specific problems and tasks of our everyday life and we might ____ that they are only a small part of our life. Sometimes we should ____ to enjoy our life with our ____ instead of our sense and make people around us smile by sharing all of our happiness, kindness and love.

【推荐1】I was walking in a park on a cool autumn morning. The view was charming, and a pleasant breeze (微风) was kissing my face _______.

Then I saw a mother and her little baby. The mother wore _______ clothes that seemed to be found in a dustbin (垃圾桶). How easy it is for fortunate (幸运的) people to _______ away things they don’t need, and they do this without _______ the unfortunate! She was holding her baby, protecting her from the morning _______ and expecting some money from strangers (陌生人) so that she could _______ food for both of them. It was then that I realised how _______ I had been in my whole life for living a rich life.

Then a man _______ some money and food to the mother, and as she took them, her face was shining as if she had been the _______ person in the world. And why not, she could now ________ her baby at least for the day.

Actually happiness doesn’t ________ luck, your financial (财政的) or your physical conditions (条件), but only on yourself. It is just a ________ in your hands. If you choose to be happy, ________ can stop you from it.

How ________ it is that one observation (观察) can change your life! Life has a lot to offer if you observe very closely. One who observes can ________ real happiness.

【推荐2】Passion, like life, is about the journey, not the destination. Kimberly and I have been planning a trip to Europe for a year. This was a_________ of ours.

The most exciting part of the journey started with a_________ ride that had some curveballs (不顺利). When we were_________ to get on a train from Zurich to Croatia, we had gotten the departure time wrong and had to rush around the station to_________ the ship. We had a tough time_________ a taxi to make it.

Once we got onto the ship we_________ it was not like a large hotel with great service. It was tight quarters. The_________ was very small. The shower was a spout(喷头) _________ to the bathroom sink. You turned it on and sprayed (喷洒) yourself, _________ the rest of the room.

The week-long ship ride was full of_________. There were people from different _________ speaking different languages. We stopped on islands of all sizes for fun. Then there were high winds--so high that the buses couldn't run because they might_________. So we took an expensive taxi, and headed back to_________ our fight home.

While we loved the more_________ parts of the trip, our real passion was in the unexpected--the missed rides, the_________ship, the mixture of cultures, and even the_________.

Sometimes people are so_________ that it scares them to do something different. Yet when they do_________ their comfort zone, the different experiences that they once thought were_________ are what stand out. Mixing things up, trying new things, seeing something through another person's eyes, being open to adventure--this is how you create_________.

【推荐3】Next week，strangers with a truck will take away everything we own，except the clothes on our backs，the car we will drive，and as much stuff as we can pack into it．

It’s called _______ ．Some people do it often．For others，like me，it’g a _______experience．In all my adult years，I’ve moved only three times．

My first _______ and I moved into our first house with a bed，our clothes and a few gifts．That was many years ago．Over the years，I _______ that house with three children，a few dogs and enough stuff to _______ the ceiling．

Then the kids grew up，I lost my husband to cancer，and I began to learn about _______ ．

First，I let go of the _______ of being in contro1．Life isn’t about being in charge of what   _______ ；it’s about being in charge of what we do with it．

Next，I let go of   _______ the things I care most about，like keeping in touch with the people that ________ the most to me．

I let go of the people whose ________ are about anger or hatred，and tried instead to ________ myself with those who shine with ________ ．

Finally，I let go of being alone—I remarried．I ________ moved to a new city with my new husband，and after that move，I   ________   I’d stop collecting meaningless things．But 12 years later，here I am，still learning about letting go．

We’11 all move someday from this ________ to the next，but we won’t need a truck to do it．We’ll take ________ with us and leave behind a(n) ________ of the life we lived，the mistakes we   ________   ，and all the love and kindness we tried to show．

That memory might not be a treasure，but if we’re   ________ ，someone will keep it and hold it close and never let it go．