【推荐1】Make the Most of What You Have Got

For Nick Vujicic, life was going to be difficult from the day he was born. When Nick arrived into this world, he _______ everyone. He was not like the other babies and it was _______ obvious to his parents and to the doctors in the hospital.

There was no _______ or answers for his condition. Nick was born without any limbs, that is, he was born without any arms or legs. But despite being physically _______, he was mentally _______ and the rest of his body was working fine.

_______ he had loving parents, Nick would find school hard as he would often be looked down upon by the other children and at the age of 10, he considered _______ his life by drowning（淹死）himself in bathtub（浴缸）. These dark thoughts were _______ by his negative attitude to being disabled and at the time, he thought that he would never be able to do _______ by himself, that he would never have a job and that he would always have to ________ on his parents for help.

However, with his own efforts, things totally change when he becomes an adult. Nick is now a successful public speaker and is famous for his encouraging ________ which focus on life with a disability, hope and finding meaning in life worldwide. He ________ so many people with the story of his life, how he has ________ so many difficulties and most importantly how he is happy every day.

Despite having no arms or legs, Nick lives ________, even finding ways to do almost something ________ like brushing his teeth on his own and swimming. He has to work harder than a full bodied person and he achieves his goals.

At the first impression, you may look at Nick and feel ________. You may feel sad that this man has no arms or legs and you might feel his ________ and upset that he could find everyday situations difficult. But we should ________ Nick, as he is extremely positive and he gets on with life. He ________ every day and makes the best of what he has: a positive attitude, a creative mind and a powerful ________. He also has a very kind and very beautiful wife and they are truly happy and in love.

【推荐3】When it comes to the changes in our life, I always memorize my skating. I _______ that no matter how much we enjoy doing something, at some point the one we enjoy comes to a _______ and we move on to our next life phase.  

When I was a young boy growing up in New York, I enjoyed_______ skating on the local ponds free of charge. Later, I _______ to enter a roller rink(溜冰场). As my years of roller skating began to _______, I discovered that quite often I would be the oldest skater. That, however, never_______ me because I figured that somebody had to be the youngest and somebody had to be the oldest. I just _______to be the oldest.  

About a year ago I was skating with a group of middle school students. But this time it was_______. For the first time I was having trouble keeping my_______ and almost fell several times. My years of skating were________ over! That was when I was aware that there was more to roller skating than just the skating. I ________ to hand out skates to the students.  

It’s time to move on to another phase of it—the________phase. I have________ those years on skating for joy. I’m smiling and laughing a lot ________ now. On the faces of others, I now get to see the ________ that I once had for roller skating.

【推荐1】It was a cool October evening. Excitement and family members _______the hall. I was only a 7-year-old girl, but I was the center of _______. Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would _______all my hard work in a dance of performance. “Everything would be_______”, I thought. I waited backstage all _______ in my black tights with a golden belt. In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies _______that my class was next.

My dance class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the _______. All I had to do in the next move was put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box. It really was an _______ move. I was concentrating so much _______the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look________I was going. I missed my partner’s box altogether and ________. There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes. I could hear giggles coming from the audience, and I felt the ________rush to my face. I remembered my dance teacher had told us, “If you make a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not ________.” I did my best to follow her ________ as I continued with the routine.

When the curtain dropped, so did my ________for the evening. I ________bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face. I ran backstage, but no one could ________me down.

Recently I realized I had been a ________that night. I was ________, but I fought the urge to run off the stage. ________, I finished the routine with a smile on my face. Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too.

【推荐2】When I woke up on Aug 4,2016, there was only one thing on my mind: what to wear. A billion thoughts________through my brain in the closet. It was my first day of high school. I need to________the people who I would spend the next four years with. First impressions did________, which made me nervous.

After carefully searching my closet, I________came out in a dress from Target. I felt powerful as I headed toward room 1136. But as I entered class, my jaw________to the floor.

Sitting at her desk was Mrs Hutfilz, my English teacher, in the same________as me. I kept my head down and________to my seat. I made it through my brief________speech until Mrs Hutfilz rose to her feet, jokingly________that she liked my style. Although this was the________I had been afraid of, all my________surprisingly melted (融化) away, and the students paid attention as I shared my story. My smile grew as I laughed with the students.

________back four years later, the ten minutes I spent________of giving my speech were really not worth it. My first period of high school________made the day unforgettable in the best way and taught me that Mrs Hutfilz has an awesome sense of________!