【推荐2】Have you seen people who take pictures of food for more than 10 minutes before eating? How about those who beautify their selfie (自拍照片) so much that they can’t be _______?There must be one or more who _______ in your social media. No matter what they choose to share, they share the best but the most unreal.

Take my friend Chen. Every time we went to a restaurant, she would not take a _______ until all the dishes we _______ were on the table. Then, she would spend five minutes in setting the dishes in a seemingly random but in fact _______ order. Then the most important part: taking pictures. After that, she would choose one of the _______ and click in the filter (滤镜) app. The food eventually looked 10 times more delicious than it really was, but we had no _______ to really enjoy it—it all went cold. Actually Chen’s real life is much less elegant. For example, she hates to wash the dishes, so she leaves them in the sink for _______.

Many people care too much about others’ opinions and try too hard to _______ others. They find it hard to be ________ and to accept themselves, and thus they are afraid to show their real life on social media. What they are trying to prove is ________ what they lack in reality. But this will not bring any change to reality, as they still ________ the same old pattern of life.

If they really want an elegant life, they should put more ________ into achieving it. Being more confident, ________ themselves and trying their best to be better is much more meaningful than ________ their life on social media.

【推荐3】When I first arrived in Santiago, Chile, and took a walk around the city center, one of the first things I noticed was how many street dogs there were.

On every corner there was a sleeping _______. At every traffic light there was a dog _______ to cross. By every shop there was a dog waiting for _______. At first I was _______ as I thought they might be _______ or unfriendly. However, I have been here for more than a year now and every street dog I have seen has been quiet and _______.

The dogs are _______ and welcomed here in Chile. They are _______ given food and water by the public. Some people even _______ jackets for the dogs or put out beds for them to sleep in.

There are an estimated 2.5 million street dogs in Chile and the canine (犬的) population is ________. Some people believe that the ________ is getting out of control and that it is ________ to have so many dogs on the streets. The dogs can sometimes cause ________ such as car accidents if they run into the road. Many Chileans think that all the street dogs should be sterilized (使绝育) so that they cannot ________. Others think that the street dog population should be culled (i.e. reducing the population by killing them).

The future of street dogs is ________, but for now it looks like they are here to stay, with their population expanding year by year.

【推荐1】When it comes to big dreams, goals and aspirations, many of us plan out every last detail so that we feel ready for success. But sometimes, this excessive planning is a way of protecting ourselves from _________ and ultimately preventing us from ever taking action. No matter how much planning you do, you’ll never feel 100% ready to take a leap of faith into the _________ . So the most important is that we     _______ before we’re ready and we learn while doing.

When Jennifer Qiao got married, she struggled to_________a modern version of a cheongsam (旗袍), so an idea was _______ . She wanted to make cheongsams. Neither she nor Vivian Chan, her co-founder, had _______ in fashion or entrepreneurship. They didn’t even know if there was a(n)_______ for their product in the US. The two _______ a Shopify website with one dress _______ over the weekend. After one month, they __________ their first customer. They never truly felt ready to start a(n) ________ , let alone make custom wedding dresses.________ , they have been able to________their team and company to a seven-figure annual recurring revenue.

“Once you get one good idea, you have to act on it because it may never________again. The time was __________. Even if I wasn’t ready, the situation was ready.” Jennifer Qiao said.

【推荐2】Failure, they say, is the best teacher. We learn and have more confidence in what we know through trial and error, which one time or another has _______ failure. You don’t have to _______ your failure if what you really want to achieve is _______ .

For every _______ achievement, there have been one or more failures. But those who we call successful are those who _______ to accept failure and believe success is the other side of failure. The incandescent light (白炽灯) was _______ after 1,000 failures. If Thomas Edison had   _______ after he tried 100 times without the desired result, what would have been the _______ of such effort?

Any time you see products and new inventions, think in terms of failures that are not accepted. _______ everything in a microform (微缩过程) today is a result of failure not accepted.

Any time your effort is not bringing a(n)   ________ result, you don’t have to call it a failure. Call it a challenge. What is the   ________between the two? One is negative, the other is ________; one demotivates, the other motivates.

What you need is positive thinking and motivation to ________ success. Failure is an end thing; ________ is an open thing. Failure means there is no way out, no alternative, but a challenge is a question mark ________ another way out of the situation, an alternative ________ to the problem.

Keep dreaming, keep moving; that is the solution to success.

A wise man once said if you cannot fly, run. If you cannot ________, walk. If you cannot walk, crawl; just keep moving. If you fall down, you have to ________ and start moving. If not, other people will step on you towards their ________. What you call failure and ________ is what someone will step into with just a little additional effort to reach achievement.