【推荐3】Every Tuesday, Louis helps by rocking, feeding, and burping premature babies (早产儿) at USA Children's and Women's Hospital in Mobile. What he learned along the way _________ him to open his wallet.

For the last year and a half, 81-year-old Louis has been _________ babies in the Neonatal (新生儿的) Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the hospital. The NICU _________ volunteers to spend time with premature babies whose _________   can't be there 24 hours per day. Louis is more than _________ to help.

“I love to look at their _________ when I rock them.” Louis said. “This one is smiling at me right now, and it just makes my day to do that.” _________ his time volunteering there, Louis became so impressed by the NICU medical staff that he recently _________ the unit $1million.

Everyone was shocked by the _________ donation. “For him to come with his time alone is wonderful, but then the donation! It was __________ surprising.” Nurse Manager Renee said. “We're __________ to Louis for donating more than $1 million __________ for Louis’s volunteer service to our tiniest __________ .” she added.

The Louis’s donation will __________ a fund, allowing medical staff to make up for un-expected needs. “We wanted the __________ to be large enough so funds would be __________ to caregivers, when their needs might not be in the budget.” Louis explained.

“Lots of people have________what a wonderful place this is, what they do here and how many lives they ________.” Louis continued. “It’s a(n) ________for us to share our blessings, and we can't________ a better place to do it than here.”

【推荐1】“Every morning is an opportunity for rebirth.”

Artist Robert Alejandro ________ a moving message as he continues his fight against cancer. In his ________ on January 2, Alejandro announced that his doctors ________ him he developed complications (并发症). “In December last year, I was ________ and suffered a lot. No amount of painkillers could ________ the pain I was feeling. The doctors found the cancer had ________ all over my body. The doctors could not do anything for me,” he said.

Despite this condition, Alejandro was ________ for the opportunity to still be alive. “Every morning is a (n) ________ for rebirth,” he said. In the same post, he ________ , “But here I am still alive. I still have ________ and I have no idea how much time I have ________ .” For him, being able to make it this far was his “greatest ________ ”.

“What a gift this has been for me. I am no longer ________ with the mistakes of my past. I have no worries about the future. All that is left is gratitude for the ________ time. I am loved and I have so much to love. This is my greatest gift,” he said.

This ________ touched many social media users. Since its appearance, his post has earned 9,200 reactions and 501 shares. Of the ________ , there are 4,700 heart emojis, 2,200 likes, and 2,200 care emojis. The comment section was ________ good wishes and prayers for Alejandro’s ________ .

“Wishing for miraculous healing for you. Robert! You still ________ a purpose in this lifetime. Your smile is infectious,” one user said. “You are such a (n) ________ . Healing be with you,” another user added.

【推荐2】Brian sat outside his house.He really wanted a new ________.Joe had just gotten one for his birthday,and Tyler’s was ________ about a year old.Brian had had his for five years.The seat was up as high as it could go,yet his legs were still too ________ for his bike.Brian wanted a bike like Joe and Tyler had ________ their bikes were fast and strong.If only he had $110,but all he could come up with was $33.67.Where could he get the rest of the ________ he needed? 

Brian did a lot of ________.His birthday was ________ five months away.What could he do to get the money?Maybe his ________ would advance(预付) him some money for the next few months.He got three dollars every Friday if he did all his chores.His dad had ________ to do this once before,when Brian needed an extra six dollars.Maybe his sister would ________ him the money.She had a lot of money saved up from babysitting. 

While he was thinking,the phone rang.Mrs Timmons’________ had gotten out again.She asked Brian if he could ________ Fifi for her.Brian said he would be ________ to help her.She was getting so old and couldn’t ________ Fifi anymore.Brian found Fifi behind a tree. 

After catching the dog,he ________ her to Mrs Timmons.She was so ________ that she handed Brian two dollars.Brian thanked Mrs Timmons,but told her she didn’t have to ________ him.Then Brian had a(n)________.He would set up a pet service centre.He could ________ people’s pets when they were away.In his neighbourhood there were at least 12 dogs he could take care of,a few cats,and even some fish.Brian would realise his ________ in no time!

【推荐3】The most powerful hurricane in the year was crashing into coastlines in Virginia. Lucky Dog Animal Rescue planned to take the 21 dogs, affected by the disaster, to a ________ in South Carolina, which became crowded as people near the coast were evacuating.

Mirah Horowitz is the head of Lucky Dog in Arlington, Virginia. “It’s a double ________,” she said. Her group found it hard to help the dogs as well as drive them from Virginia to South Carolina ________ a seven-hour trip. Then they have to put dogs in wooden boxes and bring them to the Washington, D.C., area. Finally, they had to make sure there were enough families to ________ the dogs.

The group tried to ________ more dogs from South Carolina over the weekend. They were going to hold an adoption (领养) event on September 8 at the shelter in the Washington, D.C., area. Horowitz and her colleagues decided to take some dogs and emailed ________ that night looking for families to adopt the dogs. “We had to find people to take those animals between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.” Horowitz said. ________, they were getting many replies until 2 a.m. from people who were willing to help, after hours of ________ waiting.

Lucky Dog was also talking to an animal shelter on the island of Grand Bahama in the Bahamas. That was where the hurricane had caused the most ________ so far. The workers there did not know the dogs’ situations. ________, they heard reports of heavy flooding that had ________ the shelter. Horowitz’s group also has a helicopter which is ready to offer flights to ________ some emergency supplies.

Horowitz said, “I really ________ the help from those families. It feels nice to save animals from areas ________ by severe weather and it is ________ to make all the efforts.”