【推荐3】After having a child, I found my regular exercise interrupted. I was not only busy: I also lacked the motivation. Solo gym sessions or some quick_________following the DVD while the baby sleeps didn’t attract me at all. So I decided to sign up for a hiking_________in Peru, hoping that it would get me_________again.

Looking over my travel arrangements before I left, I scanned phrases such as “3-hour hike _________primitive forests” and “sliding with a rope down waterfalls”, and I started to feel a little_________.

However, as we made our way through the forests and were_________with amazing views of _________waterfalls, this team of strangers_________me to go on. Being physically active with a group motivated me to reach the summit or the valley below — rather than simply lying down on the forest floor and giving up,_________I might have done if I were alone.

__________confirm my experience: Group exercise can really start a new attitude toward fitness. “People get a better workout in a group than they do on their own,” said Allison Kimmel, a group__________instructor. That’s because other people__________both support and competition. “Humans are__________animals and the shared experience of facing a challenge together is compelling (不可抗拒的),” said David Ezell, the CEO of fitness provider Darien Wellness.

With the__________of a group, I’m slowly getting back into a__________lifestyle.

【推荐1】I grew up in a small town in Ohio, where everyone knew a man called Tom. Uneducated, he couldn’t talk plainly. And because he was _______ and not very smart, everyone teased him. I guess he was an easy mark.

One day, he came walking by. I was about 12 and thought it would make me feel grown-up to _______ him like the adults did.

He asked how I was doing. I told him my father was _______ , and that we lacked money. I could hear my friends _______ in the background so I went on with the lie. I had him _______ so completely that every time he inquired about the situation, I would make it seem increasingly worrying.

I knew he made a _______ by doing odd jobs (打零工), so it seemed _______ when he asked me if we needed anything. I told him that we didn’t know if we would starve (饿死) . He responded, “You poor thing. I will _______ for you. ”

That night I heard the _______ rattle (作响) softly. Thinking it was the wind beating against it, I ________ it. Later when I opened the door to go outside, I found a box of groceries. I knew who had given the food. I ________ the small box of canned food with tears in my eyes. I felt ________ , and wanted to return the groceries.

My father would not let me take the box ________ . He said it would hurt Tom. Each day when we were to have dinner, my father would ask, “What side dish are we having from the ________ box today?

It was ________ for me to eat the food. I knew Tom had given sacrificially. He gave the best he had, but I did not deserve the gift.

【推荐3】I was doing some last-minute Christmas shopping in a toy store. A nicely dressed little girl was _________ the teddy bears beside her father _________ she saw a little boy walk in and stop in front of the Pokémon toys. His jacket was obviously too small. He had money in his hand. _________,it looked no more than five dollars at most. He was with his father as well, and _________ picking up the Pokémon video games. Each time he showed one to his father, his father shook his head, “No”.

Rather _________ , the boy gave up and chose a book of stickers instead. After they walked away, the little girl ran over to the Pokémon video games. She excitedly picked up one _________ on top of the others, and raced down toward the check-out(结账处). I picked up my goods and followed the girl and her father.

Then, much to the little girl’s _________ , the little boy and his father got in line _________   her and me. After the video was paid for and bagged, the little girl handed it back to the cashier(收银员) and _________ something to her. The cashier smiled and put the __________ under the counter(柜台). I was putting things in my bag when the little boy came up to the cashier. The cashier said, “__________ , you’re my hundredth customer today, and you win a prize!” and she handed the boy the Pokémon game. The boy could only __________ in disbelief. It was, he said, __________ what he had wanted! The little girl and her father had been standing at the doorway, and I saw the biggest and __________ smile on that little girl.

It suddenly __________ me that the world is not divided into the strong who care and the weak who are cared for. We must each in turn care and be cared.