【推荐1】Adrienne Tully, an amateur photographer, went to the coast of a beach in Belmar, New Jersey. She planned to take photos of the ______ against the sea. Instead, she was able to ______ a frightening but happy journey. It all started last Sunday morning when she noticed a crowd ______ on the beach. Naturally, she joined them in the ______ of learning what was going on.

For a minute, Adrienne was ______ about what everyone was looking at. From how far away they were, it almost seemed like a bird. Looking closer, ______ , it was clearly a deer who was ______ on a raised rock in the middle of the ocean. The deer made a couple of ______ to swim back to the shore but the turbulent (汹涌的) water ______ all its efforts. Then someone who came out of nowhere ______ rode his surfboard to the deer. After a short magic while, the ______ managed to guide the deer out. Upon ______ ashore, the deer just ran north on the beach. Those watching nearby were no doubt ______ at the way this nameless young man ______ to help. But he somehow disappeared too, leaving people to hope he knows that he is greatly ______ for what he did.

【推荐3】Shaine Kilyun was scrolling through videos on her phone one night in December 2020. Suddenly she ________ a video of dogs in wheelchairs. “That’s it!” she thought.

Shaine had always loved animals and visited local veterinary (兽医的) clinics often. She was a ________ volunteer there. But Shaine cried when she learned older and disabled animals are often killed painlessly because they can’t walk and require extra ________.

Now, as Shaine watched the disabled dogs in the video moving around in tiny wheelchairs ________ and freely, her heart was filled with ________. “I can make wheelchairs for senior and disabled animals!” she decided.

As Shaine ________ on countless videos showing ways to make tiny mobility “wheelies” for animals, her ________ grew. The next day, Shaine headed to the hardware store and ________ some PVC pipes, foam and wheels and began ________ with designs. She tested out the carts on her own dog and cats. ________ she found a model that worked, she reached out to veterinarians she knew. Seeing Cypress, a disabled 7-month-old puppy, take off in her wheelie, Shaine became even more ________ to her project. She posted pictures of her carts on Instagram, and soon orders started coming in.

Shaine asks for a few ________ of the animals and then custom-makes each wheelchair for the furry friends. She accepts just enough money to ________ costs.

“I’m so ________ that I am able to fill a need,” says the industrious girl, “Helping disabled pets means the ________ to me!”

【推荐1】The other day, I watched the documentary 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, which followed Nirmal Purja as he climbed all 14 mountains with a height of more than 8,000 meters. Having no _________ of mountaineering apart from occasional recreational hikes, I _________ Purja’s courage and perseverance (毅力).

Not long into the programme, however, such feelings began to _________. On a journey Purja called “the mission possible”, he _________ extreme weather conditions and almost lost his life in a 100-metre fall. Whatever the _________ , he pursued the completion of his task.

The documentary _________ Purja’s perseverance, suggesting you can achieve anything as long as you persevere. _________ , the more dead mountaineers Purja passed on the way, the more I began to _________ this message.

Why did an able mountaineer insist upon exposing himself to a(n) _________ situation? Human culture values the completion of tasks. This phenomenon is called “completion bias (偏见)”. While it can be a __________ for people to overcome difficulties, it is important to be aware of its __________. For example, with people trying hard to get things done, many have a natural __________ for focusing on particular tasks. Ultimately, it may prevent us from __________ bigger tasks that really matter.

Therefore, it is always __________ to remember that giving up a task does not necessarily mean failure. The choice to __________ a mission can be a wiser one than pushing through a misguided quest.

【推荐2】Kwane Stewart, a devoted vet (兽医) in San Diego, had reached a point of burnout in his career. The animal ______ where he worked was full of abandoned pets as people ______ to deal with the ongoing economic decline. In those days, animals would be euthanized (安乐死) if they weren’t ______ in seven days. The cruel reality deeply troubled Stewart, even leading him to consider ______ his profession.

One fateful day, outside a convenience store, he ______ a homeless man with a dog suffering from a visible skin issue. The man, ______ for a solution, shared his dog’s suffering. Stewart examined the dog and then ______ some medicine to him. In tears, the man thanked Stewart, saying “Thank you for not ______ me”. The very words served as a wakeup call to Steward and inspired his next ______ .

Stewart began working as a street vet during his free time, determined to ______ on his own. Over a nine-year period, he provided ______ medical care for over 1,000 homeless people and their pets and in 2020, he created a nonprofit organization Project Street Vet.

For Stewart, the most rewarding aspect of his work lies in the one-on-one ______ with the homeless. By ______ helping their cherished companion, Stewart helps ______ their faith in humanity. Their gratitude fuels him to continue his mission, offering ______ to those facing awful circumstances.

【推荐1】Sydnee Geril knows life wouldn’t be the same without her service dog Tulsa. After all, the pup has ___________ her since the moment they met. The girl has a rare form of bone cancer.   ___________, she has a fear of needles, which means she often faints during the treatment. ___________, she has Tulsa to keep her smiling.

Geril was diagnosed with cancer in October 2017. She underwent nine months of ___________. While staying in the hospital, she found ___________ in visits from therapy dogs, which inspired her to ___________ a dog. She will never forget how ___________ she was the day she met Tulsa.

Life threw Geril another ___________ when her cancer returned eight months later. That’s when she ___________ to train Tulsa as a service dog. But it is a ____________ process. While the 2-year-old pup is still ____________ how to do her job, she’s already been a huge ____________. Tulsa can sense when Geril is about to faint and ____________ her by placing a paw on her leg. ____________, Geril has 10 to 30 minutes to react.

Unfortunately, when COVID-19 began, Geril had to ____________ bringing Tulsa with her to the hospital. She couldn’t ____________ catching COVID-19 through the dog’s fur. As the months passed, Tulsa’s ____________ affected Geril’s health. But everything turned around when she discovered a uniform which covers the dog’s ____________ and helps control shedding.

Now, Geril has her best friend at her side whenever she ____________ her. “I’m so happy to have her back,” Geril said.   “I honestly did not ____________ how big an impact she had until I didn’t have her. ”

【推荐2】I’ve noticed that negative thinking is very common in our daily life. The latest example comes from my ________ with an unhappy woman. No matter what I said, she kept ________ that she could not be pleased and that her ________ had closed. I tried to help her see that if she looked only at the negative side of life, she would only harvest more ________.

Yet try as I might, I knew I couldn’t help her ________ her unhappiness. I began feeling ________ after thirty minutes of trying to help her. At the moment, I ________ heard a bird singing outside and was inspired to say, “It may be a ________ thing. Does the bird song bring you any joy?” Her ________ was surprising, “That’s not a small thing to me. I love to hear birds sing.”

For the first time in our conversation she ________ saying that she had nothing to be happy about. She didn’t say any more word. In her ________ I could tell that my message had finally worked.

I’ve found that negative thinking has roots in our ________. When we were little children, we have been taught how to criticize ourselves. ________, we often looked at ourselves in a negative way.

I think it is time to put the negative ________ behind us and encourage our children to remain optimistic and positive even in the most ________ conditions.

【推荐3】One evening, Paul O’Sullivan felt bored in his Baltimore apartment. So he got on to Facebook to find out just how many others on the social network _____ his name. Moments later, dozens of Paul O’Sullivans from around the world filled his _____. The then-27-year-old employee sent friend requests to them all.

Many of his fellow Paul O’Sullivans ignored him, but a few felt too _____ to pass up his invitation. Paul O’Sullivan from Rotterdam in the Netherlands says, “My first reaction was ‘Who is this guy and what does he want from me?’ So I thought about it for a while .” Ultimately, he couldn’t resist the unusual friend request. As Baltimore Paul scrolled through the profiles of the Paul O’Sullivans who accepted his invitation, he noticed something four of them have in common: They were all _____. Wouldn’t it be funny if they formed a band called The Paul O’Sullivans? The other Pauls all _____ and they created a sort of musical assembly line. In March, they put on their first song about long-distance relationships. When Covid-19 slowly shut down the world, writing a song with someone across the ocean made them feel less _____.

But just months later, Baltimore Paul began experiencing health issues that _____ him to take time off from making music. To make sure Baltimore Paul never felt alone, _____ with the miles between them, the other Pauls shared family pictures, chatted live on Instagram, and checked in on Baltimore Paul and on one another.

“What are the odds (机率),” says Baltimore Paul, that a random Facebook _____ would lead not only to new music but to ______ as well? “Some things are just meant to be.”