【推荐1】I am a vegetarian and I have different skin color, which always make me feel distinct from everybody else at school. I started getting bullied (霸凌). I _______ who I was, tied up my bright red hair, and wore really _______ clothes and thus I wouldn’t attract as much _______. Eventually, I _______ to another school which was much more _______. There, I felt brave enough to show the _______ sides of my personality and made friends who loved me for who I was.

Recently, I have _______ with confidence in my skin. I started getting bad cystic acne (痤疮). I didn’t want to go outside, and if I had to, I would _______ makeup. I have learned that I cannot constantly control my _______, but I can control how I ________ myself. When I tell myself I am ________, or take a few minutes for skin care, I wake up the next morning feeling content.

Many of the popular TV show Riverdale fans made the assumption that I was as ________ as Cheryl in the show, so I started a YouTube channel for them to get to know my true ________. And so many of them ask for ________ about how to handle bullying. Playing a mean girl has helped me see the reasons I was bullied. I tell them, whoever is treating you that way is ________ something themselves, and it has ________ to do with you. Like for Cheryl, every time her ________ erupts, it has to do with how she is feeling about herself ________ the other characters. Cheryl behaves in a way that ________ reflects her own problems, not others’.

My motto: if you ________ yourself, you will always feel confident and happy.

【推荐2】When most of us get a text message on our cell phone from an unknown person, we usually say ＂sorry, ________ number!＂ and move on. But when Dennis Williams __________ a text that clearly wasn’t intended for him, he did something __________.

On March 19, Dennis got a group text __________ him that a couple he didn’t know were at the hospital, waiting for the __________ of a baby.

＂Congratulations! But I think someone was mistaken,＂ Dennis __________. The baby was born and update texts were __________ quickly from the overjoyed grandmother, Teresa. In her __________, she didn’t seem to realize that she was __________ the baby’s photos with a complete stranger. ＂Well, I don’t __________ you all but I will get there to take pictures with the baby,＂ replied Dennis before asking which room the new __________ were in.

Much to the family’s surprise, Dennis stuck to his __________! He turned up at the hospital __________ gifts for the new mother Lindsey and her baby boy. Lindsey’s husband was totally __________ by the unexpected visit. ＂I don’t think we would have randomly invited him over but we __________ it and the gifts.＂

Teresa __________ a photo of the chance meeting on a social networking website __________ by the touching words: ＂What a __________ this young man was to our family! He was so __________ and kind to do this.＂ The post has since gained the __________ of social media users all over the world, receiving more than 184,000 shares and 61,500 likes in just three days.

【推荐3】When I first began to learn photography, a photographer offered me a simple ________ for taking a good picture.

Don’t just “point and ________”, as one camera used to advertise. After ________ your intended subject through the lens pause and think about how you feel in the moment. Then after deciding the specific part of your subject that ________ that emotion, simply cut away everything else and press the button.

This advice could also be ________ to life. Focus on what matters most; ________ everything else. When we go about our lives with little challenge or difficulty, we may be tempted to “take it all in”, ________ to focus on what matters most and then find it ________ to get rid of unnecessary things.

Often it is not until our lives are in ________ that we suddenly realize that we’ve ________ our focus. We have ________ paid attention to the important aspects of existence — justice, kindness, and humanity. ________, we actually have a chance to focus again. As we make difficult ________ about what offers meaning and purpose, we may discover that even ________ things have the potential to turn good and beautiful. We just need to reframe the picture before us. Then we can ________ and pay attention to the meaningful things of life.

【推荐2】Since first grade, I had always done well on tests. When it came to fifth grade science, however, I was _______. I couldn’t seem to understand or _______ it no matter how hard I tried.

My mom and dad had always been so _______ of my grades, and I didn’t want to let them disappointed. So just before the test I had written several _______ from the textbook on my desk in pencil. The writing was so light that it could hardly be seen. I went _______ as the teacher started to hand out the test paper. I didn’t want to be caught, but I didn’t want to _______ either.

As the teacher was starting down my row, suddenly the _______ went off. We all _______ the door and stood together, waiting to be allowed back into the building.

As I stood outside in the warm sunshine, I realized what a fool I had been. I knew my mom and dad would still love me no matter what my _______ were. As soon as we came into the classroom, I walked to my desk and ________ the notes away. I had been given a second chance, and I wasn’t going to ________ it. I took the test, did my best and felt ________. I don’t remember what my grade was, but what happened that day has stayed in my mind ever since.

Life is full of second chances, but you have to be willing to ________ them. You have to be willing to accept your ________ and grow from them. When you are given a second chance in life, cherish it! And use it ________!

【推荐3】When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Week by week her list grew: I was very _________, I wasn’t a good student, I_________ too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to bear all this _________I could. But at last, I became very _________. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

He listened to me _________. Then he asked, “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re like? Well, you now have that girl’s _________. Go and make a list of everything she said and _________ the points that are true. Pay _________attention to the other things she said.”

I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t _________(like being very thin), but a good number I could — and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a clear __________of myself.

I brought the list back to Daddy. He __________to take it. “That’s just for __________,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the __________about yourself. But you have to learn to __________, not just close your ears in anger feeling __________. When something said about you is true , you’ll find it will be of __________to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, __________hear the truth and do what you know is the __________ thing to do.

Daddy’s advice has __________me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a __________piece of advice.

【推荐1】It was 4 o’clock in the morning when I received the phone call.

“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just ______ in with serious burns on his face, neck and arms.” The doctor described the ______ , which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. Unfortunately, the charcoal (木炭) burst into flames because they had sprayed too much petrol. The flames ______ my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.

______ , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and ______ him on the grass. While it saved his life, there was not enough ______ to save him from fearful burns and the terrible scars (伤疤).

After he recovered from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery (整形手术) for 6 months ______ it took that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So he had to return to college with typical scars of burns.

When I was a child, my mother told my sister who had a very ______ 10-inch scar on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not ______ it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”

I ______ this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to heart and returned to school with his head held high — glad he was alive. By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not ______ , so he made the ______ to give up any plastic surgery.

We all have “scars” that we believe will ______ people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better. But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same ______ standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value ______ yourself, and your beauty will shine through.

【推荐3】Jess, a 12- year-old girl, lives in Mallacoota, a small town in Australia. She is one of many children having been through mental _______ and heartbreak in the New Year bush fires.

She _______ the bush fires with fear. “I’ve never been so scared. The sky was turned to blood red, and the embers (灰烬) were _______ all around us. It was much worse than any _______ film.” she said.

Jess, along with her family, spent two terrifying days on the local boat where rsidents stayed for _______ , and it was also a place where _______ could not be broken. Jess and her little companions planned to _______ their community garden and the house for chickens.

One blessing for Mallacoota is that no one _______ their life during the disaster. Roads into and out of the town are beginning to reopen.Wandering alone among the houses _______ to the ground, Jess still managed to find a ________ side and said at least now she would not have to clean her bedroom anymore. In no time she and her companions ________ started to rebuild the community garden and even ________ a family of chickens to the new “home”, making something bad into something good.

It’s a long road back to ________ life. But it is surely ________ if we have the will. As Jess said, “My beloved hometown will ________ again.”