【推荐1】On a fresh May morning, with my guitar in tow, I ventured down the road to a busy restaurant. I was about to _______ the fear that had held me hostage for 35 years.

As I reflect upon my childhood, I’m _______ of a kind, sensitive kid with long-term struggles. But there was one bright spot in my life: I loved singing and playing the guitar. It was my grandmother, Peg, who _______ a flame within me, kindling an unyielding love for _______ in me. But then, in the blink of an eye that joy was _______.

I was 10 years old and our entire fourth grade was in _______ for our annual choir concert. The substitute choir teacher had _______ me with a solo in the concert’s finale (终曲): “76 Trombones” from The Music Man. But each time my solo _______ , terror kept a firm hold of my voice. The teacher rushed to me, “You’re wasting all of our time. Let someone else sing.” Since then I hadn’t sung in _______ again for 35 years.

The broad road in front of the busy restaurant was filled with people. I pulled out my guitar. As I ________ the first chord, I heard a voice in my head: “You are going to ________ yourself like never before.” But I gathered the courage, and ________ a cascade (瀑布) of songs that had built up inside of me for 35 years. ________ my voice wasn’t beautiful, my passion and excitement won over the crowd. Afterward, I felt a wave of pride, ________, and happiness coursing through my veins (静脉). Eventually, I ________ myself from the clutches of fear and reclaimed the stolen joy.

【推荐3】The snowstorm swept across my city, with biting wind piercing (划破) the silence of the empty street. I was a nurse in the emergency room. It was a (n) ______ quiet day on New Year’s Eve.

Quiet, that is, ______ the nurses who were standing around the nurses’ station ______ about having to work at such a special time.

I was having a cup of hot tea in the nurse’s station when an admitting clerk came and told me I had five patients waiting to be evaluated. So I went straight out and called the first name. Five bodies ______ at my triage desk (分诊台) , a pale little woman and four small children in somewhat ______ clothing.

“Are you all sick?” I asked ______.

“Yes,” she said weakly.

“Okay,” I replied, unconvinced, “Who’s first?” One by one they sat down, and I asked the usual questions. When it came to descriptions of their presenting problems, things got a little ______. Something was wrong with the picture. When I explained that it might be a little while before the doctor could see them, the mother responded, “ ______ . It’s warm in here.” She turned and, with a smile, guided her children into the waiting room.

I checked the registration. No address. I went back to the nurse’s station and mentioned we had a ______ family in the waiting room.

The team went into action. We prepared a ______ for our special guests. We put together candies, fruits and other things available from different departments. ______ in and out, our team made great efforts to make a party to ______ the family who just wanted to be warm on New Year’s Eve. When the party ended, as the family walked to the door to leave, the mother came running back, gave me a ______ and whispered, “Thanks for your ______ today.” As she ran back, they all waved one more time before the door closed. Inside the nurse station, there stood a group of nurses with tears in their eyes. Much as we did when there’s a medical ______ , this was a special one on New Year’s Eve.

【推荐1】I was so sleepy as I drove home one night in the pouring rain. I was driving too fast. I fell _________ and rolled my truck six times. I remember _________ rain on my face and hearing an ambulance. And I remember the doctor who gave me first aid treatment and sent me to the _________.

As I returned home from the hospital, the nurse put a great pile of coats in my arms. They were not _________. So I wondered where they came from. _________, when I was hanging from the truck in the rain, some people helped me. They might have stopped, walked through the broken glass and ruins, and laid their coats over me to _________ me from the wind and rain. I left the hospital with ten coats. Ten strangers _________ me, even though I had made a terrible mistake.

I cleaned the coats and advertised in the paper _________ to return them, but no one ever came forward. I looked at them every day for nearly a year, amazed at the goodness of people. I finally gave the coats to those in _________.

I still have a photo of the truck I damaged. Every time I look at the picture, it will remind me of the __________ of human being.