【推荐1】It was an afternoon in September. When I was _______ eighteen, I stood in front of a six-story high, red brick building. It was my first day of _______ and I was a bit _______ and a bit excited at the same time. I had two suitcases and a bag with me. They were _______ with all of my clothes and everything else I thought I would need. I _______ them up the five stairs to my room and looked around, _______ what life had in store for me.

It was another afternoon in September twenty-five years later. My daughter and I were standing in front of the _______ building at the same college. As I helped her carry her things up to her room, I _______ that she seemed to have much more _______ than I did years ago. What's more, she looked more worried than I ________ being on my first day there.

Last night I had a ________ that I was back in that same room wondering what classes I would take. I often wondered what this dream ________ but when I woke up this morning it became clear to me. We are sometimes teachers in life, but we are always ________ in it. We are here taking the most ________ class ever and it takes a lifetime. The stuff（东西）we carry with us through this life doesn’t matter at all either. It is the stuff we carry inside of us when we leave this life that ________.

【推荐2】In a small village there lived a lazy Brahmin Ramdas. He would do nothing but daydream all day. One sunny afternoon, Ramdas was very _________. He said, “What a beautiful day! How I wish I could go back to sleep. But I have to go out and get my food.” After bathing, Ramdas took out a bowl and out to _________. By begging the whole day he managed to get a pot full of _________.

“It is this pot of milk that is going to make me _________,” he thought. “I will use it to make butter. From the butter, I will be _________ to make ghee (酥油). I am really clever! I will then go to the _________ and sell the ghee,” his dream _________. “With the money I get, I will buy a pair of goats. They will have _________ after six months. Soon I would have an entire herd of goats.”

“How _________ I am,” he thought. “The day I become a rich businessman I will build a big house right in the middle of the village. There will be a splendid garden and a swimming pool in front of the house. Early morning I will __________ in the blue waters of the pool.”

Deep in his __________, he struck out with his foot, breaking the __________, and drenching (使湿透) himself with the milk. He saw the broken pot and cried. He lost whatever he had because of his __________ and daydreaming.

Laziness is the biggest __________ of our life. If you are lazy then you will not acquire any significant (重要的) position in your life and will always have nothing. Laziness is a __________ who slowly steals everything from us. If you want to become successful in your life and career, please overcome the devil laziness.

【推荐1】Last night, my husband and I were taking a post-dinner walk in a nearby parking lot, when we saw a man breaking something with a rock. He was completely _________ his task and didn’t look up at anyone passing by. We kept _________ him as we walked around the parking lot and talked between ourselves about what he might be doing. I _________ he was breaking stones to make sand, but why would he do that?

_______, we decided to go up and speak to him. He was _________ pieces of leftover bread that he had collected from his housemates to make _________ for the birds that come there every morning. The large pieces of bread would be _________ for the birds to eat, so he ground（研磨）them into a fine powder（粉末）with the _________.

It was moving to hear that he’s been doing this every _________,by himself, for the last three or four years. What __________ us more was that he was surprised we were even taking __________ in this, since for him it wasn’t a big deal. Every night, he __________ leftover bread from his housemates. He then spends the next one or two hours in the parking lot crushing（压碎）each piece of __________ and making a neat pile（堆）for the birds, which he says will be __________ by the next evening. He also __________ fresh water and adds birdseed（鸟食）on top of the pile.

When we asked him why he does this small and simple act of __________, he shrugged and said, “It’s just something __________ I do so that the leftover bread doesn’t go into the __________ and the birds get food.”

We shared his story with the hope that it might remind us to be more __________ with our leftover food. Perhaps it might __________ someone to do something similar in their own area.

【推荐2】It was Saturday and I was in a space to receive kindness. I went to the shopping center to do a few things before I _______ to work the next week. I was packing my foods, drinks and other _______ into my car when a gentleman came over and _______ me a half bag of oranges, and he spoke so _______ that I had to lean in (向前一步) to hear him.

He said, “I don’t want to _______ them, but I can only eat half a bag. Please take the _______ and enjoy them.”

I didn’t know what to do. I offered him the roast chicken I had _______ to make lunch, but he refused. I offered him the bananas I had, and he smiled but refused, _______ that he just wanted me to have them, and then he turned and   _______.

I was surprised and ________   the offer with a huge thank you, not for the oranges but for approaching me and not wanting anything in return. It wasn’t about the product. It was an unexpected gesture truly ________ nothing in return.

I honestly had tears in my eyes. I know how ________ the offer is, but I still remember this man and those oranges well, as a ________ that kindness does exist and that ________ are everywhere for us to show this behavior.

Thank you for the oranges—you have done more for me than you could ever ________.