【推荐1】It was nearly dinner time when my 5-year old daughter rushed into the house. Tears rolled down as she _________ her two hurt arms. I tried to persuade her to _________, as that was the fourth time she had crashed that day. I told her that children of her _________ usually rode with training wheels (辅助轮). But she _________ my advice and as soon as the bandages (绷带) were stuck on her _________, she headed back out the door.

I watched from the kitchen window as she _________ time after time. I wanted to run out there and make her stop, _________ I couldn’t. I would have to let go. _________, she had agreed to wear her brother’s helmet and knee pads (护膝).

Later that very evening, as I was washing the remaining dishes, I heard my daughter shout _________ to me. I rushed outside and sighed with __________ to see that she was riding down the driveway with both her __________ held high in the air. “Look, Mom, no hands!” she said, __________ as she rode by.

I suppose there will be many times to __________ when my daughter will need me to simply __________ Although it won’t be __________, I’ll always remember how she taught me sometimes “no hands” is best.

【推荐3】Someone told me that if I want to learn about humanity, I should watch the television show, Undercover Boss. It’s a reality show where the________ of different businesses go undercover(暗中地)to________ what’s really going on at their company and how their employees really feel.

The other day, the episode(一集)I________to watch did teach me something different and inspiring. The business owner________   to be broke and in desperate search of a new way out of his________ and emotional difficulties. He recited his________ story to one of his   employees and was ________ by her response. She was quite encouraging and optimistic. Not only did she seem to________ him after a brief acquaintance, but she later revealed that she herself, who seemed to be full of sunshine and optimism, was________ homeless! The owner was hugely surprised. How could she maintain such high ________ in the face of such challenges? How could she even try to ________ him in the middle of her own battles? She taught the owner--- and the TV audience --- a ________ about true kindness.

However, that’s not the ________ of the story. What________ me most is that the business owner didn’t plan to just sit and watch. ________, he was inspired to________. At the conclusion of the episode, he promoted this employee to assistant manager, with the accompanying________ in salary. And then the owner gave her a check for $250,000 to help her________ a house. While watching all these, I was in tears. It was a touching story because this employee was kind with absolutely no expectation of________. She was really kind despite her own bad________. Just as the saying goes, one good turn deserves another.

【推荐1】Brandy? I didn’t recognize the name, but I opened the email anyway. “I’m sorry it took us so long to _________, but this year since my father died has been _________.” Brandy wrote.

I realized who Brandy was. Her father had been my nameless _________. One year earlier, I injured my _________ and went through an operation. A nurse told me that my donor passed away. “But some people like to send a thank-you letter to the family through the hospital,” she explained.

I chose my words _________, telling them how _________ I was to the donor and how very sorry I was for their _________. I sent the letter, but didn’t _________ an answer, especially not a whole year later.

Brandy and I kept in touch via Facebook. There I learned more about her father, Larry. She _________ him as a person who made everyone’s day __________. “And he just loved country music,” she said. “It was his __________ thing in the world.” “I love country music too!” I said. Lately I’d been remembering how much I enjoyed it when I was a little kid. “My dad loved to sing,” said Brandy. “He was really out-going. You __________ me of him. It seems like __________ that you got his tissue.”

We laughed about that. The more I __________ about Larry, the more I thought we would have been friends if we’d ever met. That operation hadn’t just repaired my knee, but had __________ an old joy in me I’d thought was gone forever.

【推荐2】This English grandmother has spent a whole year cleaning all of the rubbish off 52 British beaches after she made it her 2018 New Year’s resolution (决心) to clean one sandy beach each week .

70-year-old Pat Smith _______ all of 2018 on Devon and Cornwall’s beaches each week, _______ with bags, rubber gloves and a litter picker. She traveled without _______ from one end of the South West to the other, _______ litter in beauty spots from Coverack, Cornwall, to Blackpool Sands, Devon.

But the mother-of-two has no plan to _______ just because the year is over. “Doing 52 beach cleans in 2018 was my New Year’s _______ and it’s finally done, ”said Smith. “I won’t stop, as our _______need(s) me. I’m driven to try to _______ our living planet for my children and grandchildren and I will continue to do everything in my power to _______ that.”

During her year-long cleanup, she said that she was often ________ by other volunteers — but ________ , people would mistake her for doing community service. “A lot of the rubbish I have ________ is everyday items. These things are used by all of us and it is ________ to find them polluting our beautiful beaches.” she ________ . “Please let’s try to be more ________ in the new year.”

【推荐3】Chloe Marino was shopping at a supermarket with her 5-month-old son. As sometimes happened, she got distracted and accidentally _______ her wallet behind.

_______, the wallet was spotted by eagle-eyed store security guard Townsend, who volunteered to give it back to its _______ after work. Not _______ a car, the young 22-year-old decided to _______ and he rode miles to Waiehu where she lived, getting the _______ from her ID.

Chloe, who didn’t even realize she’d lost her wallet, was _______ by Townsend’s determination as well as his willingness to help out a total _______. Her husband, Gray was impressed _______. Therefore, he ________ Townsend’s good behavior to his Facebook page.

Gray’s friend John was inspired not only by Townsend’s ________ act but also by the young man’s story--inspired enough to set up a Go-Fund-Me page to see if folks could ________ enough money so Townsend might be able to trade in his bike for a car to make his daily commute to work.

“What really ________ me was that he has been working as a security guard at the store to support his family for 5 years and has to ride his bike to work and school every day ________ he doesn’t have a car. When I put myself in his position after a day of work and school, wanting to go home to see my family, but ________ to ride my bike to the next town miles away instead to ________ a wallet, I know this guy has a ________ heart.” John said.

The Go-Fund-Me page had collected more than $24,000 in car-worthy ________. “He’s been __________his work for a long time. He’s a good guy. He ________ a break.” John said.