【推荐1】It was a Sunday morning on a subway in New York. People were sitting _______— some reading newspapers, some lost in thought, some resting with their eyes closed. It was a calm, peaceful scene. Then _______ , a man and his children entered the subway car. The children were so _________and active that the whole _______ of the car instantly changed.

The man sat down next to me and closed his eyes, apparently （显然）_______ of the situation. The children were yelling and _______ things, and yet, the man sitting next to me did nothing.

It was difficult not to feel _______ . I couldn't believe that he was _______ his children to run wild like that, and was taking no _______ at all. It was easy to see that ________ else on the subway felt annoyed.

So finally, I turned to him and said, "Sir, your children are really ________ a lot of people. Could you ________ them a little more?"

The man lifted his gaze and said softly, ' Oh, you're __________; I guess I should do something about it. We just came from the hospital where their mother __________ about an hour ago. I don't know what to think, and I guess they don’t know how to ________ it either.

Can you ________ what I felt at that moment? Suddenly, I saw things differently； my anger was ________. I didn't have to worry about controlling my attitude or my behavior; my heart was filled with the man's ________. Now, instead of frustration （沮丧）, feelings of ________ filled my heart. "Your wife just died? Oh, I'm so sorry. Can you tell me about it? What can I do to help?”

Everything ________ in an instant.

【推荐2】The rosebushes were finally in full bloom on that spring morning.

The sight of roses always brings to________Wanda’s childhood memories. Then the family had no _____to buy extra things, so even a tired rose was something to ________ .

Currently, to have a backyard full of different roses is pure ________. And her husband, Dale, devotedly ________the roses. ________that she loves the very first blooms, he picked some on this particular morning.

But as Dale returned, he came across a neighbor who had________ for a quick visit. As the woman turned to go, Dale generously gave the ________ to her. And even though their visitor ______ she didn’t want to take them, she was_______ assured (确信) that the flowers were hers to keep.

Seeing her precious first blooms go out the door________Wanda with regret, and a bit of ________. She knew it was “better to give than to receive.” ________, she wished she could have kept the roses for herself.

Later that day, the couple headed to the post office, where Wanda waited outside in the car.

Then, without_______, an older woman suddenly appeared at the open window, and gave her a bunch of fresh roses!“These are for you. They’re my first blooms this spring.”

Completely ________,Wanda thanked the woman and_______ for a moment to breathe in the rich fragrance. When she looked back, the mysterious visitor was gone.

That special______changed Wanda. It made her understand the true meaning of_________gifts. Now, she always_______her first blooms to others , as a(n)________that someone is thinking of them.

【推荐3】The parents who adopted (收养) Bruce Hollywood encouraged him to find his Japanese birth mother. But he never became_______until he had a heart attack (心脏病发作), when he realized that he regretted never_______with his birth mother.

No sooner had he recovered than he began_______his birth mother. He called the Japanese Embassy (大使馆) , but there was no_______ information, which made him really unhappy. Luckily, he met an army man on the plane _______. They had a casual _______. When Bruce mentioned his _______search, the man _______Bruce to give him all the information he had _______ and told him he would help him.________Bruce had a low expectation, he followed what the man said. Ten days later, he got an unexpected call.

The spokesperson said, “Bruce, we’re happy to tell you that we have found your mother. Because she doesn’t speak English, you’d better find a ________.” Finally, Bruce got to communicate with his birth mother, who was crying with ________. He learned that it was she who had given him the name Bruce. And he later ________ the restaurant his birth mother had owned for decades in Shizuoka, Japan and found out she had named it “Bruce”．

Bruce couldn’t ________ the moving words he heard when seeing his birth mother for the first time in 45 years. He learned that love could always stand the test of ________and distance.

【推荐1】Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a famous 19th-century poet and artist.One day,he was____by an elderly man.The old fellow had some sketches and drawings that he wanted Rossetti to look at and tell him if they were any good, ____if they at least showed____talent.

Rossetti examined them carefully.After the first few, he knew that they were____,showing not the least____of artistic talent.But Rossetti was a kind man,and he told the elderly man as____as possible that the pictures were without much____and showed little talent.He was sorry,but he could not____to the man.The visitor was____,but seemed to____Rossetti's judgment.

He then____for taking up Rossetti's time,but____to ask whether he would just look at a few more drawings—these done by a young art student.Rossetti looked over the second batch of sketches and immediately became____ over the talent they____.“These,”he said,“oh,these are good.This young student has great talent.He should be given every help and encouragement in his____as an artist.He has a great future if he will work hard and____it.”

Rossetti could see that the old fellow was deeply____.“Who is this fine young artist?”he asked.“Your son?” “No,”said the old man____. “It is me—40 years ago.If only I had heard your____then!For you see,I got discouraged and gave up—too____.”

【推荐3】Raynor Winn and her husband Moth became homeless due to their wrong investment. Their savings had been _________ to pay lawyers’ fees. To make matters worse, Moth was diagnosed (诊断) with a serious disease. There was no _________, only pain relief.

Failing to find any other way out, they decided to make a _________ journey, as they caught sight of an old hikers’ (徒步旅行者) guide.

This was a long journey of unaccustomed hardship and _________ recovery. When leaving home, Raynor and Moth had just £ 320 in the bank. They planned to keep the _________ low by living on boiled noodles, with the occasional hamburger shop treat.

Wild camping is _________ in England. The Winns had to get their tent up late and packed it away early in the morning to avoid being caught. They soon discovered that daily hiking in their 50s is a lot _________ than they remember it was in their 20s. Raynor _________ all over and desired a bath. Moth, meanwhile, after an initial struggle, found his symptoms were strangely _________ by their daily tiring journey.

__________, the couple found that their bodies turned for the better, with re-found strong muscles that they thought had __________ forever. “Our hair was fried and falling out, nails broken, clothes __________ to a thread, but we were alive.”

During the journey, Raynor began a career as a nature writer. She writes, “__________ had taken every material thing from me and left me torn bare, an empty page at the end of a(n) __________ written book. It had also given me a choice, either to leave that page __________ or to keep writing the story with hope. I chose hope.”

【推荐3】Another person’s enthusiasm（热情）was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved. That person was my stepmother.

I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father _______ me to her with these words, “I would like you to meet the fellow who is _______ for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no _______ than tomorrow morning.”

My stepmother walked over to me, _______ my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are _______ . This is not the worst boy at all, _______ the smartest on who hasn’t vet found an outlet（释放的途径）for his enthusiasm.”

That statement began a（n） _______ between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my _______ as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.

She changed many things. She _______ my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the county seat, where my father’s career could be more __________ and my brother and I could be better __________ .

When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand __________ and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I __________ it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I accepted her __________ and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of __________ that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the __________ beneficiary（受益者）. My father became the __________ man in town. My brother and step brothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.

What power __________ has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is __________ strengthened by faith it becomes an irresistible（不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never __________ .

You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.