【推荐1】One day, the employees of a large company returned from their lunch break and saw a sign on the front door. It said, “Yesterday the person who’s been holding you back in this company _______ . We invite you to _______ the funeral in the biggest meeting room.”

At first everyone was _______ to hear that one of their colleagues had died, but after a while they started getting _______ about who this person might be.

The excitement _______ as the employees arrived at the meeting room to pay their last respects. Everyone _______ : “Who is this person that in my way? Well, _______ he’s no longer here!”

One by one the employees got closer to the coffin (棺材). When they looked inside it, they were _______ . They stood over the coffin, shocked and in silence, _______ someone had touched the deepest part of their soul.

There was a ________ inside the coffin: Everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There was also a sign next to the mirror that said: “There is only one person who can stop yourself from ________ : It is YOU.”

You are the only person who can ________ your happiness and your success. You are the only person who can ________ yourself.

Your life does not ________ when your family changes, when your friends change, or when your company changes.

Your life changes when YOU change, when you ________ that you are the only one responsible for your life.

【推荐3】William Franklin came to my class half a year ago. But from his first day here, he shut himself in his own world and he never _____ to others. As his teacher, I tried to start a talk with him but _____. It seemed as if he just didn’t want to break his _____.

After the Thanksgiving holiday, we received the news of the ____ Christmas collection of money for the ____ in our school. “Christmas is a season of ____ ,” I told my students. “Some poor students in our school might not have a ____ holiday. By giving a little money, you will help ____ some toys, food and clothing for these needy students. We will ____ the collection tomorrow.”

The next morning, ____ , I found out almost everyone had ____ this matter except Willard Franklin. He came up to my desk with his head down. ____ , he dropped two coins into the small box. “I don’t need milk for lunch,” he said in a ____ voice.

After school I couldn’t help sharing what had ____ in the morning with our headmaster. “I may be wrong, but I ____ Willard might be ready to become part of our class.” “ I am ____to hear that,” he nodded. “And I just received a ____ of the poor families in our school who most need help. Here, take a look at it.”

As I sat down to ____ , I found Willard Franklin was at the top of the list. At that moment, I felt I really ____ Willard for the first time: a cold face with a warm heart. From this ____ , I also learnt that whether rich or poor, every child has a kind heart.

【推荐2】At my heaviest I weighed 370 pounds. I had a very poor relationship with food: I used it to ________ bad feelings, to make myself feel better, and to celebrate. Worried about my health, I tried many different kinds of   ________ but nothing worked. I came to believe that I could do nothing about my __________

When I was 50, my weight problem began to affect me ________ . I didn’t want to live the rest of my life with this ________ weight any more.

That year, I________ a seminar where we were asked to create a project that would touch the world. A seminar leader shared her ________ story —she had not only lost 125 pounds, but also raised $25,000 for homeless children._____ by her story, I created the As We Heal(痊愈), the World Heals _________. My goal was to lose 150 pounds in one year and raise $50,000________ a movement founded 30 years ago to end hunger. This combination of healing myself and healing the world   ________ me as the perfect solution.______I began my own personal weight program, I was filled with the fear that I would ______ the same difficulties that beat me before. While the ________ hung over my head, there were also signs that I was headed down the right _________. I sent letters to everyone I knew, telling them about my project. It worked perfectly. Donations began __________in from hundreds of people.

Of course, I also took some practical steps to lose weight. I consulted with a physician(内科医生), I hired a fitness coach, and I began to eat small and __________ meals. My fund-raising focus also gave me new motivation to exercise _________.

A year later, I________ my goal: I lost 150 pounds and raised $50,000! I feel that I’ve been given a second life to devote to something that is __________ and enormous.

【推荐3】It was about the third week in June last year. My 15-year-old son had already settled into his summer routine: Go to ___at 2 a. m. and wake up at 1 p. m. only to get back on his computer to play computer games  ___dinner.

It was the middle of the ___when the sound of his computer games woke me up again. I couldn’t  ___that anymore and decided it was time for him to get a summer job. I got on the computer and found a lifeguard certification class that ___the next day, and a company that ___teenagers to guard their pools.

From that day I woke him up at 8 a. m. every day for him to ___the class. At first, he continued to complain that I was ___his summer. But by the end of the week, he was actually ___going. He learned something about first aid, figured he really could ____someone from drowning, and got some ideas on how to  ____work for a living.

Two weeks later, he had a  ____as a lifeguard. He took his responsibility very  ____and never went to work late. This summer, he will be working fulltime at a pool. He says a lot of his ____don’t have jobs. And I say that is because their mothers didn’t try ____enough! Even if your kid is super  ____with finals and afterschool activities and doesn’t have time, you can ____job information for him.

Whether it is an ice cream store, a movie ____, or a summer camp, you can ask if they are hiring  ____for the summer. After your kid gets a job, pay attention to the ____to make sure he is never late.

【推荐1】In today's busy world, it's easy to get off the course of our life. Having a Life Map to _________helps us keep moving quickly and ________ towards our goals. It helps us quickly correct things when we are ________ a mess, and helps us find the right _________ to deal with unexpected problems.

But if we don't have the map, all the planning in the world won't _________. We’ll end up driving________ around, being distracted by many different paths. Even if you know _______ you want to go, you haven't tried and have no true method of getting there.

If you were going to drive to somewhere _________, firstly you would map it out. More likely, you often look at the _________ for directions to make sure that you were on the right track. You would be able to tell quickly if you needed to _________ adjustments, correct a mistake, or consider a(n) ________ of plans. Don't let your temporary, current desires take precedence(优先) over what you really want, because an important part of success is _________ what is and what isn't a distraction.

For example, as you are _________ for your party, you see a seller with some fresh flowers and you decide to stop and __________ some for your friends. In this __________, a stop along the way adds to your goal. _________, if you decide to stop and see a movie and arrive quite ________ at the party, then you have detracted from your goal.

It is exactly true for the Life Map. Each “opportunity” must be ________ according to how this will _______ your final goal---will this contribute to it ________ will this detract from it? Therefore, both the driving map and the Life Map serve the same high purpose: to keep you on the right track.

【推荐2】A series of thunderstorms damaged our area recently. ______ rains, high winds knocked down trees. I spent the afternoon ______ branches and throwing them away.

Then, just before I was getting ready to walk my dogs, the ______ came on my television that another storm was ______ our way. I took my dogs outside ______. Huge black clouds were rolling in while thunder (雷) boomed over the hills. The ______ seemed terrible. That was when I saw it: the tiniest blink (闪烁) of ______. I smiled. The first of the fireflies (萤火虫) had ______at just the time I needed to see its light. It ______ me how far their light travelled in the darkness of the night. How didn’t they seem bothered at the coming ______? Looking at the lightening fireflies, I noticed that the darkness no longer seemed so ______ and that my fear had changed into ______.

In our life, we have to ______ storms caused not only by nature but also by ourselves. We shouldn’t be ______ of them, however. We are here to ______ our light, to share our love, to drive the dark away and to make this world a better place.

【推荐3】On the morning of my 60-year-old day, I decided to complete at least one act of kindness for each coming day. Unexpectedly, I did two ______ on the day.

This morning, I chose a small local coffee shop ______ large one with crowded customers. I wanted to pay for someone’s ______ . Knowing that cash（现金）wouldn’t be ______ , I buy a gift card. I gave it to the ______ and suggested what she might do with it.

Then this afternoon, while ______ in line at the casher’s in the supermarket, I noticed an elderly lady behind me with a few cakes. I asked if she’d let me ______ them. In a heavy German accent（口音）, she smiled but ______ . I didn’t want to force it, and I ______ to her what I was doing. She said she had only been here for a couple of days, but wouldn’t forget all the ______ that she was seeing! And that gave me ______ to stick to my thought.

The second one happened when I walked back home. I ______ at the crossroad and the yellow lights began to ______ . When I started to cross the road, I felt a car wasn't going to ______ , so I had to stop and continue to wait. The ______ then had her window down, saying, “I’m sorry.” I just said “that’s ______ ,”instead of offering her a few “unspeakable words”. It seemed like a ______ reaction（反应）for me, not a forced ______ . Forgiving others sometimes was also an act of kindness, which made me feel ______ .

Every act of kindness you have for others would ______ the best of the world to you, and that is happiness.