【推荐1】There are all kinds of enemies, and some never meant to be.

Years ago, I brought my little girls home from South America and put them in _________. They talked a very _________ language that was neither English nor Spanish, and their classmates gave them a(n) _________ time, especially Gina.

Pat and Peggy came home _________ almost every day so I decided to cheer them up. Then I had one of my rare _________. “Let’s have a _________,”I said.

“We haven’t got any friends but enemies,” Pat sobbed.

“Let’s invite all your _________ — and we’ll fill them up with ice cream and cake.”

Pat and Peggy hesitated and exchanged _________ looks.

It turned out that the Enemy Party was a big _________, and the best time was had by the biggest enemy, Gina who rolled on the floor and screamed __________.

Pat and Peggy never came home with __________ from school anymore. Their biggest enemy had turned into their devoted champion.

One day Gina’s father dropped in. “Thank you for your __________. Nobody ever asked her to a party before,” he said.

Are people __________ because they are enemies or do they become enemies because they are left out? Love your enemies, pray for them that __________ you, and do good to them that hate you. It does __________!

【推荐3】An e-mail request asking for a dish recipe came into Ekiben restaurant late on a Thursday afternoon. A man sent the e-mail _________ his mother-in-law, who was now in the final _________ of lung cancer at her home. He was hoping to get the _________ to make it for her there.

Steve Chu, the restaurant’s owner, read the e-mail and quickly _________ with an alternative suggestion. He wrote, “I’d like to _________ you in person and make it fresh for you.” Brandon Jones, the son-in-law, was_________, thanked him and told him the _________.

A day after receiving Brandon’s e-mail, Chu _________ his truck with necessary ingredients and then headed for the lady’s house. As soon as Chu _________ the parking lot, he got to work. After __________ boxing everything up, he knocked on the customer’s door.

“As soon as I opened the door, she recognized the aroma（香味）,” Brandon says. “It smelled __________.” The lazy also recognized Chu. She said, “I can’t believe it. You drove all the way up here to cook for me?” She was so happy and __________.

Brandon __________ Chu to join them for dinner, but he needed to get back. Chu also wouldn’t accept any __________ from them. “It was a（n）__________ to help fulfill their wishes.” Chu says.

【推荐1】Was there anything lonelier than sitting in a doctor’s waiting room on Chinese New Year’s Eve? It would have been nice to _________a conversation. However, I sat patiently as a couple of new people were in their own little _________. I’d probably stare at my phone if I hadn’t forgotten to _________ it before I left home.

My checkup went well, and I breezed out to my car. I_________ the key. Nothing. I reached for my _________, and then remembered. Dead, like my car. I would have to use the phone inside. I went straight to the reception desk, hoping to whisper my_________, but the receptionist was not there. So I turned back to the people in the___________room.

“I wouldn’t___________do this,” I said, hoping I sounded_________. Several people turned toward me from their world to__________. “But my car won’t start...”

The nurse popped her head into the room. “I’ll get my jumper cables.” she said. The receptionist returned. “I’ve got a brand-new battery. You’re welcome to use it.” “Or mine,” another man said. A line of people __________me to my car.

When the receptionist gave a __________to start the car, everyone called out, “Try now!”

The engine turned over immediately. A __________went up. I backed my car out of the space, then paused to __________the crowd who’d saved the day. There’s no __________Chinese New Year’s Eve than that.

【推荐2】For me, nothing is more satisfying than discovering hidden gems (美妙绝伦的事物) in secondhand shops and estate sales. After all, one person’s trash (废物) is another person’s _________.

I have collected more than 50,000 of these items. I’ve also set up a social media account to help _________ items with their owners. The first item I _________ was a VHS tape of a family holiday. It was a video of two parents and a son wearing a T-shirt with the words “Wesleyan swimming” on it. My social media _________ asked swimming coaches across the US if they recognised the student. After just a few days, someone identified him and we _________ him down on social media. He couldn’t believe it. He then _________ some of the movies with his own sons.

People are often quite _________ when we get in touch——most of these items are lost after a house move: the people clearing someone’s _________ don’t always know what they’re getting rid of. Sometimes people _________ a camera to a charity shop and forget to take the memory card out. I’ve also heard __________ about people having to sell the contents of their storage units.

I have some __________, including not sharing sensitive photographs and removing posts if the family does not want their memories __________. Without social media, this project would not be __________. Every family I’ve contacted has been __________ to have their memories back.

I want to inspire people to __________ their own family history and memorabilia (纪念品) so that they don’t end up getting lost.

【推荐3】Winters can be long and ________ in the sleepy little town of Manton, Michigan, especially during the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. Scott Chittle knew something had to be done to ________ the 1,555 people who call Manton home. An ice-skating rink (溜冰场), thought Chittle, may be what the children in this community need. ________, he had no clue how to build an ice rink.

________ there’s YouTube. Soon after watching an online course, he ________ a 3,00-quare-foot section of his yard, ordered a large sheet of plastic to ________ it, and bought wood to create the walls. Now he needed the ________. It took 12 fire trucks to pour enough water to ________ the section. Then be waited for Mother Nature to ________ the rest. It wasn’t long before Chittle’s backyard became a hot spot. The ________ and shouts of children playing made their parents smile. But the ________ didn’t stop with Chittle. When word ________ that he’d spent $1,400 out of his own pocket to build the ice rink, neighbors, strangers, and businesses donated $3,000 to ________ the costs and more.

For Chittle, the ice rink was always about more than kids blowing off some steam. It was also about ________ even the darkest times. “I want to show the world what a little effort, the best ________, and community can do, not only for others but for the souls of all,” said Chittle.