【推荐1】Henry was a middle-aged businessman whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often ________ that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so ________ with the city that he had to leave.

So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Henry and his wife were busily tidying up their new home, the light suddenly ________. Henry was regretful to have forgotten to bring along ________ and had to wait in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant knocks on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the ________ night.

“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Henry was a ________ to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be ________, so he went to the door and opened it impatiently. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Henry in anger and shut the door ________. “What a nuisance!” He complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to ________ things.”

After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. ________ this time she was ________ two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She ________ me here to give you these.” At that moment, Henry suddenly realized what caused his ________ in life. It was his ________ and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was ________ nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been covered by his cold mind.

【推荐3】As a child, I was told that a wise person is the one who learns from everyone. It is a great way to live by this _____ — One begins to look at people very ____ and he no longer puts others ____ in order to feel good about himself.

Living in China _____ me with many wonderful opportunities to put this principle into practice. China is quite ____ and as a Westerner, it’s easy for me to consider many of the local habits as “strange” and even “rude”. However, slowly I began to     ___ a lot about the culture and about where many of their   ___ came from. I decided to make an effort to meet people and ____ from them.

I am living in Harbin now, a city in the Northern part of China, near Russia. Yesterday I ____ to get money from the ATM and have a good cup of coffee after lunch. But I can’t speak Chinese yet and there are no signs in English _____ the nearest supermarket or coffee shop. There are signs in Russian. ____ “espaciba” which means thanks, I don’t know much else. _____ I decided to smile at my every attempt to_______ and ask for information that would ______ me to an ATM and a coffee shop. It turned out that my efforts and my ______ were met with more smiles. I learned that ____ is to be found everywhere even _____ I cannot communicate, and that people will ____ depending on what I give.

Look around you for opportunities to learn from the most______ people. You will be surprised at what they can _____ you!

【推荐1】Even as, teacher, my mother didn't understand "learning disabilities". The________was almost unknown when I was a child. She was________I was bright and was working hard at school. She wondered why my achievement was so________.

Everyone said I was lazy, stupid or both. Then I began to________them. Sometimes I just________. I couldn't write, read or answer questions quickly. Anyway, I graduated. Although I was the________in my class. I wanted to go to law school against the best________of my school consultants. _____,Brooklyn Law School took a chance on me. I________with my best academic performance and I graduated better this time in the middle of my class. By law school I had begun to________how to make up for my problems. I had the________to meet Steve Lusthaus, a(n) _____, who spent hour________legal concepts with me. Law school was________because there was more stress on concepts and less on rote(死记硬背)learning, my greatest________.

Steve and I still joke about when he________me before an exam where I scored an "A" and he only a "B". I also remember the night I decided to drop out because of the endless________and Steve argued with me,________to let me sleep until I agreed to stay.

Luckily, by the time I was diagnosed(诊断) as learning disabled at the age of thirty-five, I had learned to________my problems. By the age of thirty-seven, I was a________.

【推荐2】Meals on Wheels delivery service is for those facing life-threatening illnesses like Borden did back in 2012. She had just finished a Master's program in _______ when she was diagnosed (诊断)with cancer called Invasive Ductal Carcinoma. Soon, her mother was diagnosed with cancer. Borden moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan to take care of herself while _______ her mother.

''It's a _______ time in your life when you have great need for nutrition but you can’t provide healthy _______ for yourself, '' Borden said. ''Having a Master's in Nutrition, I knew how _______ nourishment was during my cancer treatment and recovery. ''

She started Revive and Thrive while going through treatment, _______ out to local hospitals and kitchens to get the organization off the ground. Soon she was _______ meals for patients referred to her by social workers, nurses and doctors in the area.

She _______ each patient to get a sense of what their nutrition needs are and how long they'll need help. Then, she gets to _______ .

''Serving meals to patients is equally important as teaching them to cook healthy foods, to ________ job skills, life skills and the joy of being able to ________ others in their community, ''Borden says.

She works with a head chef who ________ the nutrient-rich meals and makes sure each meal contains the essential vitamins and proteins that a person fighting a life-threatening illness ________ .

''When you're ________ and dealing with cancer by yourself, it can cause you more depression. Knowing somebody cares about what you eat is ________ , '' she said.

【推荐3】Gu Fangzhou was known as “the father of sugar pills” for an oral polio vaccine (骨髓灰质炎疫苗) he developed which ______ reduced the disease incidence rate.

Born in 1926, he faced a ______ time with his father’s death. In school, he was teased because his family was poor. ______ unfavorable conditions, he ______ admission at Beijing University. He ______ his early success to his mother’s ______.

In 1995, a huge ______of polio infected 1680 people, which resulted in 466 deaths. The government assigned Gu to lead polio research. He ______ his mind to invent an affordable vaccine for the ______ patients and to eradicate (彻底消灭) polio.

To ______ polio, it’s essential to ensure a cold chain for the vaccines. However, it was ______ to provide freezers in rural areas. The ______ was achieved when Gu succeeded in developing sugar-coated pills. To test the ______, he took the pills himself and started the human trial. He ______ gave the pills to his son. “If I don’t ______ in what my team produce, how can others?” said Gu.

After repeated testing, the pills were made. The ______ taste made it easy to give the pills to kids and the pills were easy to ______ for rural communities without ______. “We feel ______ that kids will no longer get polio,” said Gu, “That’s what we ______.”

【推荐3】This Too shall pass

When my family moved to Ohio over the summer, I feared attending another new school and knowing no one because I was able to expect what was coming. I had bright red hair and enormous glasses. In addition, I was _________ and not very sociable.

Boarding the school bus that first day, I felt like all eyes on me. I could hear the words “She's huge!” Obviously, the kids on the bus had known each other well. I spent that first bus _________ in silence.

The following day was even worse. I did not notice that a few boys had tied a shoelace across the aisle and thus fell face first on the bus, dropping everything I was carrying. While I was embarrassingly gathering my supplies, I could hear the laughter, and then the comments “That felt like an earthquake!” Anyway, I _________ to find a seat. Looking out of the window, I _________ the tears welling up in my eyes.

It was then that I sank into myself. I began walking everywhere. I would wander through the woods behind our house. I would also walk to & church about two miles down the road, where I would chat silently with God. I began _________ the afternoon school bus on purpose, walking home instead. Then, _________, I started losing weight. And as I became content with myself, I began making friends.

One of my newly-found friends also _________ with her weight, wanting to be a “perfect” cheerleader. She lived near my neighborhood so we would meet and walk together. This became a daily activity with talking and laughing _________ the way-different from the lonely walks I had taken. My friend said that I didn't have to be perfect. I just had to be me, and be happy with myself.

While I would not want to _________ that time of loneliness, sadness and embarrassment, I am proud I made it through. Whenever I am struggling with any other problem in life, I always remember the proverb “This too shall pass.” If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't ____________ anywhere.