【推荐1】She’s 14 now, a turbulent (不安的)age.

She walks into the ____. It is night time, and I’m picking her up from an activity, and she is ____. She used to always be happy. ____ it’s a 50-50 matter. She ____ me a picture she wants to post on the Internet of her and a friend. She asks if it’s OK. I ____ her it’s OK. I don’t know if it’s OK; I’m ____ trying hard to keep up with the rules. She is happy.

We sit in the car, and talk about ____.   It is pleasing for a moment not to be asking her about school or homework or friends and ____ for her for a moment not to be ____ about any of it.

“Hey Dad,” she says. “Can I have your phone? I want to ____ some music.”

“Sure,” I say, and I give her the ____. She presses a few buttons ____ - this technology comes second nature to her generation. They don’t need ____. They just know.

The song begins and ____ I know. It’s her favorite _____

I introduced her to this song a while ago. She sings along to every word. I do too.

She looks up at me and ____. Her teeth are straight; the braces(牙箍)are gone. She leans closer to me and says, “Don’t you love this song Daddy?” I hear her say “Daddy,” and think ____ to a time when she raced over to me at the airport ____ I returned from a business trip several years ago. She’s 14 now, a turbulent age. Tomorrow, she may ____ me. But now, in the coolness of the evening, she smiles at me, and we ____ together. We are off key. We are off key together.

【推荐2】When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Week by week her list ______: I was very thin; I wasn’t a ______ student; I talked too much; I was too _____, always feeling superior to（胜过）others, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. _____, I became very angry. I ran to my father with _____ in my eyes.

He listened to me ______, and then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder _____ you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s ______. Go and ____ a list of everything she said and mark the points that are ______. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”

I did ______ he told me. To my great _____, 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 went to a fairly ______ picture of myself.

I brought the list back to Daddy. He ______ to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know _____ than anyone else the truth 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 of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your affairs. Don’t shut your ______. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”

Daddy’s advice has always ______ to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.

【推荐3】As a teenager, I felt I was always letting people down. I was not easygoing and sometimes stubborn (顽固的) outside , but I wanted to be liked________

Once I ________ home to California with my friend Penelope. The trip wasn’t ________, and there were many times I was in danger. This________ in particular kept me grateful to still be alive. When I returned home, I was different, not so strongly________ of myself.

I noticed that Penelope, who was staying with us, was________ my clothes. And my family   seemed to like her ________ than me. I wondered if I would be ________ if I weren’t there. I       pointed out ,“ She is more patient and________ than I have ever been .” My mom said these were wonderful________ , but I was the only person who could________ my role and had my set of ________. There would always be somebody who was better at one of the things I was ________ at ,   but no one in the universe can ________ the quality of my combination of talents , ideas , abilities and even________

My view of myself was ________ I started to try to ________ in ways that I hadn’t liked     before, and I was delighted by who I really was. I felt much more ________ that no one can ever   take my place.

Each of us holds a unique________ in the world, just as there are no two same leaves in the   forests. You are________, no matter what others say.

【推荐1】John graduated from a key university and he was very good at his major. He wished to find a good job. One day, he went to a company to _________for a job. He got the news in a newspaper. He did some research on this company. When he was _________, everything went well. The manager asked him some questions and he answered them _________. John was very satisfied with his performances and was very _________ that he could get the job. But at that moment, the manager’s phone _________. He picked up the phone, listened and nodded. And then he turned around and said to John, “Sorry, I want to get some important _________ now. Please give me the book with the red _________on that desk." John looked around and found books on the desk, so John went to the desk, took one book and handed it to him _________.

Holding the book, the manager _________ the phone and said, “Sorry, we cannot give the job to you.” John was __________ and wondered why. The manager said, “There are three __________. First, when you came into the office room, I found that the third button on your shirt had been missing. Second, there are three books with red covers on that desk, but you didn't ask me which one I needed and you took one randomly(随机地). Third, I was answering the call. You should __________ to the desk to save time. These __________ showed you are not a careful person.” __________ John didn't get the job

We can learn a（n）__________ from John's experience. Some people don't __________ the details in our life. But it is the details that __________. Not only should we value what we learn but also we should pay more attention to the details. Sometimes they can even __________ our success or failure. We should form the habit of being careful and learn to keep the __________of quantity and quality. We should keep it in mind that __________ comes first, without which quantity is of no significance.

【推荐1】After studying Mandarin at a university in London, I decided to further develop my language skills in Hutong School Beijing.

After a 10-hour flight, I ________ early in the morning. I ________ up my suitcase, made my way to the exit and met the Hutong School Beijing representative. He took me to my ________, located in Dongzhimen, a really nice and ________ location, only 2 stops to Tian’anmen Square. However, the apartment was not quite as “nice” as ________ on the website. And I just had two ________ — a German guy who would be there for four months learning ________, and a Spanish guy who worked for Hutong School Beijing.

After ________ in, the representative took me to ________ with the local police. Then, he took me to Hutong School Beijing to ________ a level assessment, arrange my ________ and take me to meet my teachers.

The school is ________ of what one expects or is implied by the ________, not actually located in the Hutongs, but located on the 15th floor of a skyscraper. Obviously, it was less ________, but it did offer great views. Being in China and constantly being completely ________ in Chinese improved my Mandarin so much.

【推荐2】Imran, 22, is in his second year studying community development at college. But after he puts down his books, he spends most of his spare time helping ______ families.

Imran leads a team of 350 youth volunteers at IMVN, an on-profit founded by himself. Since 2020, Imran has ______ more than 200 small social events, like distributing food and raising funds. That’s pretty ______ considering that in 2020, Imran was just 19 years old.

Imran is committed to helping lower-income families, because he ______ first-hand how it was to be in need. When in middle school, he and his family ______ together in a one-room shelter. “It was tough living there because of the ______ constraint (束缚). There was no privacy; it also made studying ______,” Imran recalled. “But it also opened my eyes to the ______ of being less privileged,” he added.

They had to stay in that shelter for two years before managing to ______ for a rental flat. They have been living there since. It was his experiences living in a ______ that influenced his passion for volunteer work. “I know how it feels to have ______, so I really understand how our beneficiaries (受益者) feel, so it gives me ______ to continue assisting them,   says Imran.

His passion for volunteering was something that ______ overtime. ______, he started volunteering because it was a free activity that could keep him occupied. Now, he feels satisfied when he is able to help bring a ______ to people’s face.