【推荐3】My dad is easy-going and has a gift for chatting. He ________ a fast food restaurant called Queenie’s Weenies, which is specialized in hot dogs. I work with my dad at the ________ on weekends.

One Saturday, we went ________. As we got into the checkout line, I ________ something: our cashier (收银员) was very ________! She ________ no smiles, no greetings and no small talk. Her “anger aura (光环)” was obvious and kind of ________ to me. When we ________ to check out, I was thinking that we should just pay for our things and leave quickly. My dad had a different ________. When it was our turn, he started ________ her.

Dad said, “Hi, how are you today? This is my son. I have a restaurant, and we ________ together. It’s called Queenie’s Weenies. Drop by my restaurant sometime and I will ________ you to my hot dogs. I’m good at cooking them.” By the time we ________ checking out, the cashier was smiling. She said, “Thanks, umm… I hope you and your son have a very nice day.”

Back in the car, Dad said to me, “The cashier was obviously ________ today. It happens to everyone. Smile ________ or give a few kind words, which is all it takes to make one a little more delighted.”

【推荐2】One day a little mouse was thirsty. She looked everywhere for water to drink. She climbed up onto a table. And she saw a bottle on the table. The mouth of the bottle was _________.The little mouse looked inside the bottle. “Aha, there is _________milk in it. That’s great!” She went into it and began to drink.

She drank and drank. After a moment she had drunk enough. Her stomach was too big and she couldn’t come _________the bottle. She cried for help. Just then a cat camp up to the table. When the cat _________the cry he jumped onto the table so _________, and said, “You’ll be my nice lunch!” The little mouse was very clever and she _________for a moment and said. “Brother Cat ,you mustn’t roll the bottle.” _________?” asked the cat. “I would get dizzy (头晕目眩的)”， said the mouse. The cat said that he would let her _________soon. So he began to roll the bottle. Suddenly the bottle fell down onto the floor and broke into _________. The little mouse ran __________as fast as she could. When the cat jumped off the table and ran after her, the mouse had already gone into her home.

【推荐3】Fletcher was a freshman enjoying his college life at Lambuth University when, suddenly, everything changed. On September 10, 2009, he _________ a serious car accident caused by a(n) _________ driver who was texting while driving. This _________ left him paralyzed (瘫痪的) from the chest down, and he would be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.

However, it didn’t stop him from _________ life to the full. Since his recovery, he has traveled to many U. S. destinations and even abroad. He created a new YouTube channel to follow his _________.

As a way to inspire even more people, Fletcher’s new YouTube channel will serve as a means to _________ others on how traveling in a _________ really is. “My channel will _________ my everyday life of being paralyzed as well as how I fly and get around when I travel,” Fletcher said. The most _________ thing is for people to see that traveling can be done even with __________. He’ll highlight the details of how he chooses hotels and places that are __________ to those in similar situations. “It’s exciting because when I was on these trips, people would __________ me and tell me what a(n) __________ I am to them,” Fletcher said.

“Just because you’ve been dealt a bad hand doesn’t mean you lose your __________,” Fletcher explained. “I’m just having __________ and enjoying life.” As he wrote in his book, “Where there’s a wheel, there’s a way.”

【推荐2】This story is about a rickshaw (人力车) driver who happened to take me to my destination that was not far from my home. But during that 10-to-12-minute trip, I ____ and learnt from this 63-year-old man how people can grow and realize their ____ if they are clear about their dreams.

It so ____ that I was waiting for a rickshaw to go to a nearby place for an interview and none of them was ____ to take me. I started walking when I saw this rickshaw and stopped him. When I asked him if he could ____ me at my destination, he quickly agreed. I gave him the exact ____ and asked why so many rickshaw drivers always said no.

His immediate ____   was in English, “These guys are not educated and so they don’t ____   time.”While he was speaking, at the back of my mind I was ____why a rickshaw driver could speak English so ____.

When I was thinking about this, he again started talking with me and what he said really____ me.

“I am a BSC (Bachelor of Science) graduate and ____ my graduation in the year 1975. I worked as a teacher in a school for many years. During those school days, I struggled a lot as my family was very ____ , but that did not stop me from growing. I ____ managed to complete my studies to give my family a better life. Today I am ____and if I am driving a car, it is not just for   ____   , but to keep myself going and to keep ____ so that I don’t feel the burden of being old and doing nothing. I made my kids study and taught them the importance of ____ , which has helped them choose their ____ and go their own way.”

I learnt this from the man: in any circumstances, education is very important in our life. Money and problems may come and go, but education and knowledge will ____ with us forever.