【推荐1】Not two months after my initial 5K, a friend invited me to run a half marathon. This wasn't a small three-mile_________I needed to face. Could I really run for more than 13 miles? I began to_________. I worried I would_________myself in front of my relatives coming to cheer me on. But here was my chance. So I_________and started training under the guidance of professional coaches. I didn't give up though I learned running six or seven miles was no_________.

The beginning few miles that day passed_________as I took in the sights and enjoyed the event atmosphere. At mile 5, my friend began to_________. I didn't. At mile 8, my legs started to_________because of my previous injury,     but I kept going. At mile 11, I was_________because I was still full of energy. Feeling great, I looked over to my friend that walked just now, joking, "Do you just want to run the whole marathon?" Of course, the comment earned me many__________from those around us, but it proved something to me, I'd__________much more than I thought possible.

Now having been a__________for more than three years, with several SKs and four half marathons__________. I have more evens planned for this year and the__________of a full marathon in the near future. I've run through cities, parks, and beaches. I've run in rain and snow. I've run through operations and__________. I kept going though I've wanted to__________a hundred times. I got more than I ever__________.

And now I know: I can do things that seem__________. I can always keep moving forward no matter what's going on around me or__________me, no matter who is or isn't at my side. I can run through anything as long as I push past my__________.

【推荐2】A study from Switzerland’s Université de Genève(UNIGE) looked to answer the question of which came first: a decrease in physical activity or cognitive (认知的) decline?

“Interrelationships have been ________ between these   two   factors,   particularly   in   terms   of memory but also regarding the growth and survival of new neurons (神经元).” said Boris Cheval, a researcher at UNIGE’S Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences (CISA) in a press release. “But we have never yet ________ tested which comes   first: Does   physical activity   prevent a decline in cognitive skills or ________ ? That’s what we wanted to ________ .”

Earlier studies have considered that physical activity ________ cognitive decline.   But according to Cheval, recent studies may ________ that past research has “only told half the story… since those   recent studies demonstrate that our brain is ________ when it comes to engaging in physical activity.”

Researchers at UNIGE tested the two possible ________ by using data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe, a socioeconomic database covering more than 25 countries across the continent.

Over the course of 12 years, 105, 206 adults _______ in age from 50 to go were tested every two years on their cognitive abilities and their physical activity.

Researchers ________ cognitive abilities with a verbal fluency test that saw participants name as many animals as they could in 60 seconds. They also tested cognitive abilities with a ________ test where they memorized 10 words before reciting them. Physical activity was measured using a scale from 1 to 4. A 1 indicated participants “never” ________ physical activity while a 4 meant they were physically ________ “more than once a week”.

The study found that the ________ of what past studies concluded was true ― cognitive abilities mostly influence physical activity, not the other way around.

“This study backs up our theory that the brain has to make a real effort to get out of a sitting lifestyle and that by _______ cognitive capabilities, physical activity will follow,” Cheval said.

【推荐1】Most teens I meet these days lack basic social courtesy (礼仪) when dealing with people.

My own son, who basically _______with his grandmother, the original manners guru (专家), has perfect table manners. This is partly because he was _______ to manners at a very young age. However, when we eat at home, he would not practise manners. So I asked him why. He said, “I behave the way I am supposed to _______ when I’m out, but when I am at home, I want to be _______”

That’s when I realized that most parents, myself included, do teach their children the proper way to behave outside the home, but they are also _______ to believe that at home, anything goes. My _______ to him was “good behavior has nothing to do with where you are or whom you are with.” Then he answered, “But I behave _______ when I’m with others so that they think better of me.” And that is when I realized that I was doing things all _______, I explained to him that it had nothing to do with what people think. This confused him even more. So I went on to explain that behavior, whether in your everyday _______ with people or at the dining table at home, is an __________ of who you are.

Well, at the age of 13, he got it. So what I am saying is that teaching your children __________ comes with the underlying (暗含的) lesson that it is not about what to do or not to do, but rather, who they are. This way it is not mechanical; it comes from within.

Teach your teens or children the __________ courtesy of greeting their friends’ parents and __________themselves when they go to someone’s home. Teach teenage boys to open the door of a car, or any door for anyone who __________, for any girl, whether they are their girlfriends or not. This includes holding elevator doors or letting women step out of the elevator first. Just __________ that teenage boys who practice good manners and courtesy grow up to become men who respect people in general.