【推荐1】When 12 girls from San Fernando High School in California received a grant(经费) to develop an invention to solve a real-world problem, they decided to create a solar-powered shelter to help the homeless.

For over a year, the girls have been using all their free time to complete the _______

“They have this amazing internal(内心的)_______that I’ve never seen in any individual,” Violent Mardirosian, a teacher at San Fernando High who is_______with the team on the project, told The Huffington Post. “I thought_______that maybe some of them would give up, say ‘I didn’t_______this much work,’ but they haven’t. They’re just working hard and they’re not giving up and they’re super _______”.

Living in a low-income community, the girls have seen the_______of homelessness first-hand. Many of them are from immigrant families and hoped the_______, which is powered by rechargeable(可再充电的) solar panels(控制板), would help the _______.

Seventeen-year-old Maggie Mejia told The Huffington Post that ________ she had no previous ________experience, the girl figured out as a team how to________the shelter using how -to videos and books that taught them how to code. But the most important________she’s learned during the project isn’t technical.

“I’ve learned a lot about________others, helping the community and being selfless and showing a better world to other people and________someone else’s life,” she said. The project was carried out with DIY Girls, a nonprofit that helps fund STEM-science, technology, engineering and math- projects for _________

Mardirosian said all the participating students have ________their interest in STEM through this project.

“Many of them didn’t think about engineering before. They thought maybe they’re not ________out to be an engineer. But working together, now they ________their skill - whether a writing skill or a drawings skill or a speaking skill, they’re all________in this field. Everyone has found their importance in this picture,” she said.

【推荐3】It's amazing how one dollar can change the culture of a school.

We have a ______ school of about 30 students.It is really full of competition and pressure as most of the kids get good ______ and try to be the best ones.It's good except that a lot of us middle kids felt really ______.We got the feeling that we were so selfish—it's every man for himself.

______， my friend and I set out to find a way to change the culture.We thought doing things for others was the only way to ______ our depression(沮丧)about school.

On the first day of school we put a ______ folded into a heart into one of the leaders' lockers with a piece of paper that ______， “Buy yourself a snack.” We hoped to give away small gifts every day.We didn't know the ______ it would have.

People went ______ over it and everyone was talking about who it might be doing the acts of kindness and ______ that they should do something too.It is so much fun to see the ______ on everyone's faces now! Lots of other people have started sharing ______ now too: chocolate bars, cookies and money left on purpose in the vending machine(自动售货机)．And lots of notes are on the thanks board saying: “Thanks to whoever started.”

Now I actually expect to go to school to have the chance to ______ people up.I hope kindness will ______ to other schools.If anybody is struggling with being ______ at school and work, I totally suggested doing acts of kindness.

【推荐1】My mom has been and will always be my biggest inspiration. She is a single parent of eight, and I have no idea how she _______. Throughout the years, my mom has overcome many hardships which could easily _______someone with little faith.

Even _______doctors questioned if my little sister Jessica would live to see the age of 1, my mom never lost _______. After countless visits to multiple doctors, my mom _______to bring her home and make the best of my sister’s life _______receiving the same results from different hospitals.

Jessica’s numerous hospital visits definitely _______her, but my mom never showed signs of _______. Her strength helped Jessica through every _______time. No matter how confused Jessica was, my mom always made her feel as if there was absolutely nothing to __________, which enabled Jessica to live the life of a __________child. She attended a public school, went to parties to dance around excitedly. We actually __________that she was even sick.

__________, things began to take a turn for the worse. Around her 6th birthday, Jessica lost sight, which was __________by loss of sensation in her left arm at the age of 5. However, this was it and doctors had no __________. The whole family were heartbroken and __________, at a point of no return. Once again, my mom found a way to__________us all. She made it her job to let us know that she had a strong support system. She decided to __________her job and attend to her every need. With my mom sleeping by her side every single night, I noticed their __________grow stronger than anything. Now Jessica is 20 years old and is enjoying her college life.

My mom gets us to realize that no matter how __________our trials may appear, we have a support system. We are a family that will always be there for one another.

【推荐2】One day when I was eating a delicious, juicy apple and took a big bite, I got an apple seed into my mouth. I spat it out into my_______ .

Instead of throwing it away, I realized I was_______ an apple tree in the palm of my hand. It was a little seed with the_______ to become a tree that could grow_______ of apples in its lifetime. Thousands of apples — each_______ several seeds, and each will _______ into a new tree which again could produce thousands of apples.

It is a _______ of nature that only a few of these seeds grow. Most _______ do or are destroyed early on in their_________ .

And it came to my mind that it’s quite often so with people’s____________ . Wonderful ideas come to our minds but they die too____________ -- we don’t tend to the little trees, we don’t protect them____________ we should. And then one day we wonder what happened to our dreams -- why did they never____________ true?

Like planting an apple tree, our dreams might take many____________ to get a good job. You might send your manuscript（手稿，申请）out two hundred times____________ it was accepted. You might____________ dozens of people until you met the true friend. But if you kept on____________ the seeds of your dream, one day you would____________ .

I picked up the apple seed again and took an empty flower pot, poured some____________ into it and planted the seed. Maybe one day it would grow into a proud____________ . I’d never know if I didn’t try.

【推荐3】A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a beautiful ring, and knowing her husband could afford it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the morning of the birthday, her husband told her how proud he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He gave her a beautiful gift package. She opened it and _________ a Bible (圣经). _________, she raised her voice and said to her husband, “With all your money, you give me a Bible?” She was so _________ that she left him.

Many years passed and the lady was very _________ in business. She owned two large companies. She _________ her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to _________ him. But before she could, she _________ a letter telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions (财产) to her. She needed to come back and _________ things.

When she arrived at his house, sadness _________ her heart. She saw the still new __________ , just as she had left it years ago. With __________, she opened it and began to turn the pages. A ring __________ from the Bible to the floor and a __________ could be seen. She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those days. And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words “LOVE YOU ALWAYS”．

__________ your gift is not packaged the way you want it, it’s because it is better packaged the way it is! Always appreciate little things; they usually lead you to bigger things! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched for they must be felt with the __________.

【推荐1】Communication with a Stranger

Last weekend I sat on the bus talking with excitement and so ready to spend time in New York City with one of my best friends from college. As I took the window seat and ____ headphones over ears, I almost didn't notice the elderly man sitting beside me.

Two hours passed and I was still absorbed in my own world. ______ the elderly man asked me a question, a simple question ______ the bus's Wi-Fi connection, which turned into a two- hour ______. In fact, it directly ______ my personal life.

We talked a lot about my dreams, my fears and my life. I ______ more with this stranger on the bus than I have with any friend or family member in months. Maybe it had something to do with me just being ______ to let anyone I know close to me. I was ______ that the stranger was not only so deeply interested in getting to know me, but also just as willing to ______ me to my greatest abilities. He listened carefully to every word I said and made some useful ______ at times. Instead of politely _______ his head when I mentioned my major, he told me that my strong liking seemed to be psychology, but not the one I was studying. He said that he knew I would face difficulties if I studied psychology and that he fully understood my ______ for the failure.

This elderly man made me ______ the plans that I had laid out for my life with just that simple statement. He helped me realize that my neatly ______ plan for the next five years of my life wasn't all that neat, but actually complex and filled with _______. Most of all, he helped me ______ the complex, not stay away from it because of my fear for the unknown. I ______ a lot from talking with the elderly stranger.

A few days later, he emailed me, saying, "I think you're ______ for great things no matter what you decide to do." The email was filled with words of ______. In a few hours a stranger showed me a sense of kindness that made me realize that life is sometimes ______ but it is going to be okay.

【推荐3】“What is the meaning of life?” This is a _______ that we all ask ourselves at one point or another of our _______ here. It is a question that I have asked myself many times over the years.

The best answer that I ever _______ was written by the great psychologist, Viktor Frankl who had _______ the Nazi Concentration camps in World War II. Frankl wrote that “The meaning of life is to give life meaning.”

When I was a young boy I gave my life meaning by _______ playing, running, jumping, swimming， _______ and riding my bike. When I went to _______ I gave my life meaning by learning, studying hard, getting good _______ and trying to make my Mom and Dad _______ . When I was a teenage boy I found meaning in playing sports, hanging out with my friends, and trying to ________ girls. In college I found my meaning by deciding what I wanted to study and what ________ I wanted to prepare for. When I was working ________ a teacher I found meaning in helping to open young ________ to new ideas and old wisdom. When I ________ and had children I found meaning in protecting， providing for, and ________ those I loved.

As I got older, I began to realize that meaning isn't something that ________ and goes.

We can give meaning to every moment of our lives here. We can bring meaning to the thoughts we ________. We can bring meaning to the things we do. We can bring meaning to the hearts we ________ . All we have to do is love. It is love ________ gives life meaning and makes life ________ living.