【推荐1】When I was a child, there was nothing I loved more than painting. It was my. ________ of joy. I could spend hours being lost in my ________ , bringing to life the images in my mind.

However, after graduating from college, the ________ of work took hold. The hobby that filled my childhood with happiness ________ faded away (逐渐消失).

One sunny day I found myself ________ in a nearby park. I. ________ a group of children sitting together, their eyes. ________ wonder and their hands covered in paint. They were laughing describing their dreams on ________ , and at that moment, I was transported back to my own childhood.

________ those kids, I realized that I had lost something precious (宝贵的) along the way. It was time to reconnect with the ________ within, to rediscover the world of colours and imagination. Despite the ________ life, I decided to pick up my brushes and ________ to the world of art.

Painting has become a way to ________ the beautiful moments of my life, whether it is a golden sunset, a beautiful flower, or a lazy afternoon. I paint not to become a famous artist, but to ________ the joy of my childhood, to ________ the simple pleasures of life, and to hold onto the magical world of imagination.

【推荐1】It wasn’t easy to practice gratitude (感激) every day. After I _________ Cushing’s disease and had an operation a few years ago, my _________ was that everything would be OK. However, I was wrong. I had ongoing aches and pains, and _________ myself to a new life was difficult for me. I began to notice that I’d become a _________ person.

One day, I heard a discussion about gratitude by Dr Tony Evans. It _________ me and forced me to take a long, hard, honest look at myself. I have a (n) _________ spouse (配偶) and parents. I’d heard the stories of other people’s struggles with Cushing’s disease. Their spouses had left them and they didn’t have family to _________. I didn’t face any of these problems, yet I didn’t realize that.

I made a decision to start practicing gratitude daily. Once I decided that, my _________ improved, and I began to approach situations _________. Instead of viewing situations negatively, I started to see them as __________.

This led me to practice the concept of sowing and reaping (收获), which I learned from my parents. They didn’t just talk the talk, but rather they __________ this concept to us. __________, it wasn’t until I had my own experiences that I understood what it meant.

Let me explain. When I was __________ by my own pity, my harvest in life was ruined, because everything I was __________ was negative. Since I started practicing gratitude, so many different doors of opportunity have opened up for me.

My advice is starting practicing gratitude until it becomes a part of your daily __________. Take note of the difference it will make in your life.

【推荐2】In 1923, Frank and his daughter Nova took a cross-country drive with Bobbie. During a stop, poor Bobbie was _________ by fierce local dogs. Thinking Bobbie would take care of himself as usual, Frank left for hotel _________ to find Bobbie return there to join them.

After hours without Bobbie, Frank got _________. Since Bobbie used to respond to the sound of the car horn (喇叭), Frank first drove _________ all around, honking frequently until midnight. Bobbie never appeared. After a week of _________ and placing newspaper advertisements, the _________ family had to give up and start driving home. Fall turning to winter, the family had to _________ the fact that they could no longer share their happiness with beloved Bobbie.

Six _________ later, Nova was walking down a street when she _________ at the sight of a messy and ragged looking figure walking out of woods. His eyes were half-closed and red with ____________, his feet bleeding. Nova screamed out “Bobbie” and in moments, aware of something, Bobbie began jumping up again and again to ____________ her face, making unclear sounds of relief mixed with sobs of ____________. He was skinny, footsore but he was happy to see her. At home he shook his tail, rolled over on his back, held up his pads and fixed the family with his eyes, seemingly to tell them his returning-home ____________.

Imagine being 2, 500 miles from home with no transportation and you cross freezing cold mountains and deserts for half a year. How incredible! But Bobbie, the Wonder ____________, made it, which ____________ the hearts of a nation.