【推荐1】Jane’s husband died last year, leaving her three small boys. This created problems she had never faced before: severe ___________. She didn’t work and therefore she had no income. Christmas was coming, but she did not have money to buy her children any ___________. One morning she heard on the radio that the ___________near her home would be free of charge on Christmas Eve. “That will be the best gifts for my boys,” Jane thought. It was ___________. She dressed her boys in their coats and ___________to the park. On their way, a horse-drawn carriage (马车) pulled up and the driver asked her if she wanted a ride. She politely ___________stating that she didn’t have any money.

The experience inside the park was ___________for her boys. They played ___________and after having played two hours the children were getting ___________, saying they were so glad but they were tired out. She dressed them up and went outside. To her ____________, the horse-drawn carriage was waiting outside. The driver got down from his seat when he saw her and said, “Please ____________.” Jane said, “I don’t have any money for a ____________. I told you just now.” the driver told her there was no charge. “I know it is not easy for you to take three children home on so ____________a snowy night,” he said.

Throughout the ride Jane told the ____________her situation and that her Christmas wish was to get a job enabling (使能够) her to ____________her boys. The driver pulled up in front of her house and ____________a $20 bill to Jane. He told Jane to buy Christmas gifts for the children and he hoped Jane had a good ____________. “Never give up; there is always hope.” He ____________Jane. Jane was so ____________that her eyes were full of tears.

We should always try to pass along ____________to others, and even a complete stranger, whenever we can. We believe in never giving up, there is always hope.

【推荐3】Skateboarding in Syria

Skateboarding has been my life since I was 8 years old. Before I knew how to stand up, I would sit on my cousin's board and ______ down the hills of Caceres, my hometown in Spain.

Being at university, I ______ Skate Aid, an organization that builds skate parks for children in ______ communities. I always want to make a ______ impact on the world, and if there were a way to do that through ______, I would be there,

I got a call in early 2019 that the next ______ would be in Syria. I was ______ .We flew to Lebanon and drove to Damascus. We ______ at checkpoints every few minutes, and all the men I could see were______. Our ______ was Qudsaya, a city near Damascus. Damage from the war was everywhere: roads were cracked and buildings were ______ with holes from shooting.

We built a skate park in an area that had been largely ______, except for a small structure where a family was living. The mother was so ______, bringing us tea and coffee every morning.

It took 28 days to build Syria's first skate park. The kids ______ watched us skating. When we ______ the bowl, I put them on a board one by one, and they were ______ amazed by the feeling of rolling. One boy was a(n) ______ ; he who had never skated before, but within a week he was already skating well.

We stayed for two months. I ______ the kids, and they send me videos of the ______ they've learned. When we left, there were 400 children going to the ______ every day.

【推荐1】Just after I came to Turkey, I was fortunate to meet George and his lovely wife Laura. As I was fairly new to Turkey, they helped me out with ________ such as bus routes and restaurant recommendations, all very important for a ________ returnee.

One day I happened to discover that George’s balcony was ________ with mother cats and kittens(小猫) . I was totally blown away. When living in Turkey, I found animal ________ was among the hardest to bear. It was ________ for street animals to be poisoned, beaten and kicked or have stones thrown at them. ________ such a safe corner for mother cats and kittens filled my day with ________ .

Like many retirees, George and Laura were living on a ________. As pet food is generally very expensive in Turkey, they ________ their house guests a diet of bread, fish and whatever meat was going ________ in the butcher’s. Soon their balcony became a ________ for expectant mother cats to safely ________ their kittens, which, in a sense, could keep them ________of killers, severe weather and cruelty.

Laura also ________ neighboring Turkish children to meet the young cats in the hope of re-educating the new generation, which might ________improve the lives of street animals. Their obvious ________in helping to feed and play with the small life was ________ a joy to watch. While I know that no one can ________ all the street animals, they have absolutely made a huge ________ for the precious little life in their care.

Teaching children to be ________animals today is our only hope for a nicer world tomorrow.

【推荐2】Madison Williams, aged 13, was studying in her bedroom in Dublin, Ohio. Suddenly, her mother, Leigh Williams, rushed in saying __________, “A little boy fell into a septic tank（化粪池）, and no one can __________ him.”

They ran to the neighbor’s yard, where they found the boy’s desperate mother and other people __________ a septic tank opening that was slightly wider than a __________. The boy, only 2, had slipped in.

Madison quickly __________ the situation. She was the only one who could __________ through the small hole. Without __________, she got on her stomach next to the opening, placed her __________ out in front of her, __________ told the adults, “Lower me in.”

Leigh and the others __________ her waist and legs. She moved her arms and shoulders from side to side until she got through the __________. Inside, the tank was dark, and the air was sick. She used her hands to __________ the boy in the dirty water, and jammed her left wrist __________ a hidden pole, injuring the muscles in her wrist and arm. Ignoring her __________, Madison continued. Minutes ticked by before she __________ grasped his foot.

Then, ten minutes after Madison had __________ the tank, she and the boy were __________. But the boy wasn’t out of __________. He had been kept from oxygen long enough that he wasn’t __________. An adult gave him several hard hits on the back. It was only when Madison heard him cry that she knew he was __________. Madison’s action made her a hero.