【推荐2】To Huang Qin, a caregiver for the elderly, having a mastery of skills is not enough to become a good caregiver—one also needs to have a passion for the job and the ability to _________.

Huang started her_________as a caregiver at the No. 2 Shanghai Social Welfare House in 1992. She _________her second day at work: a resident _________ seizures (癫痫) and hit his head against the corner of a table. “I was so _________that I just froze,” she says. “Our team leader later told me about some of the early warning_________ that led to the occurrence of the seizure. At that moment I understood being a caregiver is also about having _________ skills.”

Her _________ soon led her to invent care­giving _________ that have made the lives of the elderly in her care better. One of the first people she__________was an 89-­year-­old resident. Because of a stroke, she was never able to __________her fingers by herself and therefore, was __________ getting skin infections on her hand whenever the weather was wet.

Inspired by a claw­like weapon she__________ while watching a film, Huang used elastic (有弹性的) cotton cloth to __________a tool, allowing the patient to keep her hands unclenched (松开). These innovations greatly improve the __________ of life for the seniors.

【推荐3】The world always makes way for the dreamer.

When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler. I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler ____ everyone’s spirits up to the ceiling, I ____ there feeling like I could do anything. When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, “Dad, I want to ____ people feel like that.” My father asked me ____ I meant. “I want to be a motivational speaker just like Mr. Zigler,” I replied.A(An) ____ was born.

Recently, I began seeking my dream of motivating others. _____a four-year relationship with Fortune 100 Company____ as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional sales manager, I left the company at the height of my ____. Many people were ____ that I would leave after earning a six-figure income. And they asked ____ I would risk everything for a dream.

I made my ____ to start my own company and leave my secure position after ____ a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company delivered a____ that changed my life. He asked us, “If a god would offer you three wishes, what would they be?” After giving us a/an ____ to write down the three wishes, he then asked us, “Why do you need a ____?” I would never forget the power I felt at that moment. I realized that ____ I had accomplished in the past had prepared me for this moment. I was ready and didn’t need a god’s help to become a motivational speaker. A motivational speaker was ____.

Having made that decision, I was immediately ____. One week after I gave notice, my husband was laid off from his job, and now we had no ____. But I held onto my dream and the wonder really began to happen. In a short time my husband found a better job.And I was able to book several _____engagements(预约) with new customers. I discovered the incredible power of dreams.

【推荐2】Thinking of my good friends, I sense that my attitudes are totally different towards men and women.

My earliest childhood friend is Donald. In the street was a (an) _______ old German truck. No wheels. No doors. Each day, _______ we were flying over the Atlantic in that truck our “airplane” ,there came that wonderful moment: “Engine _______!” I'd shout, “We'll have to jump out.” Glancing at me, he'd say, “I can't _______!” 'Tear not! I'll drag you to the _______.

And when we swam _______ the dust, Donald cried “Sharks!” But I always _______ him. The next day, changing _______, Donald would do the same to me. We saved each other hundreds of times, but when my family really did leave for America, we could do _______. We just cried silently as the train ________.

These days, Jessica is one of my best friends. Recently we were swimming at a beach in the Atlantic, the ________one I had “flown” over in my German truck with Donald. We were far from shore when we both thought we ________a shark! We began swimming ________ toward the shore. Although in ________,I fell back to protect her. In the end, the “shark” proved ________. but not my deep emotional feeling for my friend. We looked into each other's eyes and said, “I love you!”

You see with women I could be ________, emotionally honest and transparent. With male friends, it seemed impossible to ________ caring feelings however deep the friendship was. “Am I normal?” I thought to myself. Much to my ________, researches show that men and women have very different ________ and rational (理性的)processes. I do love all my friends - only the means of expression ________.

【推荐3】One Bite at a Time

Stephen was on campus to register when I first met him.

One summer day _______ I was heading for the administration building, I heard someone call my name. I _______ around and saw Philip, one of my colleagues standing with another young man. As Philip introduced me to the young man, named Stephen, he reminded him that he would be taking one of my _______, Introduction to Literature. With a somewhat _______ expression, Stephen asked if my class was going to be “hard”. Would he be able to pass? I _______ he was concerned about failing before the _______ day of classes. We talked about what the class would _______ and I saw Stephen’s eyes getting big with _______.

Then I remembered a bit of classical dialog:

Question: “How do you eat an elephant?”

Answer: “One bite at a time.”

I told him to _______ his work that way. To do his assignment, all of them, and to get them in on time. I added that most ________ students I knew made a timetable of all the assignment so they could ________ their workload.

As time went on, I learned more of Stephen’s story. He had ________ in middle school. It had taken him longer to finish than most young people. Family members, including his mother, kept reminding him that he was a ________. Now, in the face of their negative-saying he had been admitted into college. He told me that before coming to our campus no one had believed he had much ________.

Stephen didn’t become an “A” student. He didn’t make any honor rolls. Still, he managed to ________ most of his courses by being in class every day, turning in all of his assignment on time and breaking down his studying into ________ digestible parts. By passing course after course he began to gain a measure of self-respect. He was a great singer and he was ________ the school’s cross-country team.

Every time I saw him on campus, he would brighten up and say, “One bite at a time.” Whenever he introduced me to his friends, he would tell them that he was ________ when he was supposed to be failing. His ________, he said, was that he was ________ what I taught him before classes ever started: “Take it one bite at a time.”