【推荐2】I had a student today who got his finger stuck inside a test tube in science class. It was really quite stuck. This young man’s finger _______to get whiter and whiter right before my eyes.

Remaining _____ , I suggested he carefully rotate (转动) the tube. It wouldn’t move a bit. He     _____soap and cold water. Still stuck. Meanwhile_______was breaking out in the class. Finally, I     _____the young man to our secretary, who was a miracle (奇迹) worker ______ three kids of her own. With her in charge, I was_______ all would be OK.

To get the students back in order, I _____ my own story of getting my _______stuck between the rails of a balcony. Same kind of curiosity, I remembered________then how far I could thrust (塞) my knee between the rails. Inch by inch, I kept _______and before I knew it, my knee was stuck and _____ before my eyes and in front of lots of _______at a popular Las Vegas hotel!

Hearing my story, many students followed with their own________of heads, arms, fingers stuck in places they shouldn’t ______. A few minutes later, the young man came back, test tube unbroken and finger________to a lovely shade of pink.

I just couldn’t _______this kid. He’s only twelve. I too got my knee unstuck, but not without great ______. The excuse for me, however, was not ______ but plain stupidity. I was ______ fifty years old when this happened.

【推荐1】American parents usually think that their child should not have more pocket money than the children with whom he regularly connects even if they are wealthier. But neither are children expected to_______with the richer if a large family, heavy responsibilities, or other conditions make it_______to give a child less spending money than is customary in the neighborhood.

Whatever the pocket money is, its entire use is not controlled by the_______, because a child learns to use money correctly only through_______the pocket money himself. If a seven-year-old child gets a quarter as a week pocket money and is made to put it all in his piggy bank to save it up, he gets no idea what the_______use for the money is. He gets the shiny coins and they soon_______.

The idea of a bank account is too early for so_______a child, although he can be made to understand and_______ saving his coins—not all of them, only a part of what he receives—to buy something he especially wants. By the time he is eight, when he is old enough to take part in the opening of his own saving account, parents may take him to the bank, open a saving account for him, and_______him to put a certain quantity of any checks that he receives as________into the bank and watch his bank savings________as entry by entry is made.

He will be saving, earning, and spending________quantities all along in order to learn how to________money and to keep him in a favorable position with his friends. The boy who can't join his fellows in sweet shops________he has to save every cent he gets or earns for some big unknown project his parents have been chosen for him, is a ________child.

【推荐2】When the Chinese government first sent students to America in the late 19^th century, it could not decide whether their goal should be to acquire specific technical knowledge or to _______ new ways of thinking. More than a century later, a third of a million Chinese students are enrolled at American schools and universities. Yet folks back home remain _______ about what an American degree means.

Attending an American university is a good career move. It is also _______ as a soft option for well-off kids, scared of the gaokao, China’s brutal university-entrance exams. Yet many bright Chinese youngsters explain the appeal of an American education in a remarkably _______ fashion. One place to hear such dreams is an English-language debating tournament in the central city of Wuhan. It follows a(n) _______ popular at high schools across America, known as “Public Forum Debate”.

At first sight, the event bears the stamp of _______. It uses the classrooms at a bilingual private boarding school in Wuhan with its own golf course and an ice-hockey team coached by imported Russians. But the debate is not for big-city _______. It is run by the National High School Debate League of China, which _______ contests in dozens of Chinese cities each year. This one has _______ pupils, aged 13-18, from nine cities. Many will never study overseas.

The proposition is: “Countries should give ________ to climate-change adaptation over alleviation.” An early round is won by a pair of 17-year-old girls who attend the international section of a state-run high school in Shenyang. In confident, rapid-fire English the duo argue that climate change should be treated with realism. The pair also had speeches arguing the opposite ready, in case the coin-toss had gone ________.

Unlike America, where debating clubs are ________ by shouty, self-assured boys, most contestants in the Chinese league are girls. Of its 20 highest-ranked debaters, 16 are female. In a society that is still ________-centered, the chance to argue forcefully and be applauded for it has a rare appeal, suggests Liam Mather, the league’s executive director. The winners in Wuhan are Joyce Yi and Erica Chen, from a state school in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen. Their swaggering first-round performance leaves two ________ boys open-mouthed like fish. Ms Chen initially ________ debating in English because “I’m kind of an argumentative person.” Then she realized the subtle effects of having to research both sides of an argument. Chinese education emphasizes one correct answer to a question, she says.

【推荐3】During my second year at the city college, I was told that the education department was offering a “free” course, called Thinking Chess, for three credits. I ______ the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn’t want to save a few dollars? More than that, I’d always wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren’t ______ enough about free credits, news about our ______ was appealing enough to me. He was an international grandmaster, which ______ I wound be learning from one of the game’s ______ . I could hardly wait to meet him.

Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this ______ was no game for him: he meant business. In his introduction, he made it ______ that our credits would be hard-earned. In order to ______ the class, among other criteria, we had to write a paper on how we plan to ______ what we would learn in class to our future professions and,   ______, to our lives. I managed to get an A in that ______ and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the classroom.

Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I’m still putting to use what he ______ me: “The absolute most important skill that you learn when you play chess is how to make good ______ . On every single move you have to ______ a situation, process what your opponent (对手) is doing and evaluate the best move from among all your options.” These words still ring true today in my ______ as a journalist.

【推荐1】A picture with a dog in a hospital room visiting a patient has recently attracted the attention of millions of people.

The patient is a man who is the dog’s owner. They are the best friends. The dog, named Rusty, always does what the man wants it to do. They had separated from each other since the man was ill in hospital.

The _________ dog in the picture was saying goodbye to his _________ as he lay in his hospital bed because he was badly ill. It is obvious that he is coming to the end of his life.

Emily, the man’s sister, _________ the picture on Reddit — a social networking site. It has been _________, written about and commented on thousands of times. Thousands upon thousands of _________ have opened their wallets to help the _________ man’s family with the increasing bills in the hospital.

The man in the hospital bed is Mike Petrosino, 27 years old. He was 13 when he was first _________ with a rare form of cancer that _________ soft tissue, bones as well as other parts of the human body. “He’s in a lot of pain, but he tries to show that he is _________ so that he can make others worry less about him,” Emily said. “We are told there is nothing else he can do.”

Friends and family have come __________ to say their goodbyes. And the photo, taken by Mike’s brother, John, __________ one very special goodbye, when the Petrosino’s family dog, Rusty, came to Mike’s hospital bedside.

Emily said it was “__________” the way in which the world __________ to the photo. Many people followed the photo to the family’s to Funding page. More than $30,000 has been __________ so far. “To see these people who don’t know whom they are donating money to, it is really __________,” Emily said. “We all really __________ it.”

“It’s a great photo. You can see there’s a lot of __________ in that photo,” said Emily, “People really understand the meaning of it. When you see something that cuts through the emotion, it really __________ you.” Emily posted this update about an hour ago, “An ambulance is coming to __________ Mike soon to bring him home for Christmas. Again thank you all for your donations and kind words and prayers... There are so many __________ people in the world.”

【推荐2】Two weeks of volunteer work lay ahead and my mood _________ . I realized that good _________ and a trip to Spain would not be enough to make the _________ that I had hoped for. My volunteer service was in a shelter in Peru. I was where I wanted to be, but, without the communication _________ I needed.

One morning the founder of the shelter, Miguel Rodriguez, _________ the story of how, after the death of his baby, he started feeding and taking in _________ children. He eventually _________ his family, wealth, and life to setting up what is now a shelter for over 1,300 children. As he finished, I asked: “I can _________ how the walls, the food, and the facility (设施) came to be, but, how did you _________ the atmosphere of love, respect, and care among these children?”

His response was simple: “Use the language of love.” He ____________, “The language of love is done with your eyes, your hands, and your smile.” “____________ are not only for work. They are for hugging, holding, and ____________.Do this, and they may well ____________ the example.”

This simple statement carried ____________. These children had communicated love, respect, and ____________ to me and each other without a word being ____________.These emotions, so ____________ to convey, did not need translation at all.

For the remainder of my service, I was determined to worry less about my ____________ of Spanish, and instead, focus on using the language of love. When I returned home, I ____________myself to use it more in my everyday life and to be mindful that being a(n) ____________ is sometimes all the power that is needed.

【推荐3】One day, a teacher entered his classroom and gave his students a surprise test. He walked around the classroom and_______ the question papers with the text facing downwards.

Once he had given them all out, he asked his students to _______the page and begin, To everyone's _______there were no questions, but just a black dot in the center of them _______

The teacher saw the _______on everyone's face and said, "I want you to write what you _______ there. You have three minutes to finish this," The confused students got started on the_______task. After three minutes, the teacher_______all the answer papers and started reading each one of them. All of them, with no_______,described the black dot and tried to explain where it was on the paper.

After each paper had been ________, the classroom was silent. The teacher began10________,"I am not going to grade you according to this. I just wanted to give you something to________No one wrote about the white part of the paper. Everyone________on the black dot, and the same thing________in our lives. We have a piece of white paper to________, but we always focus on the dark spots. Our   ________is a gift filled with love and care. We always have reasons to ________friends that help us or jobs that support our live.

________ , we keep focusing only on the dark spots -the health problems, the lack of money or the bad relationships with other people. The dark spots are really ________, but they are very small. Take your eyes away from the black spots in your life. Enjoy each moment that life gives you. Be happy and live a________life!