【推荐1】On a recent trip to California, I was introduced to Smile Cards. I promised myself to________an act of kindness before I left California. I________thinking about it but I didn’t know what to do.

I reached the airport and the________ was about to begin when I saw an ice-cream store. I went in and told the guy at the store that I________to do an act of kindness. The guy, named Jose, looked confused.________I explained I had just attended a conference (会议), where I was told Smile Cards and________to do an act of kindness. Jose showed ________. I told Jose, “Whoever is your next________, treat them to some ice-cream and then give them this Smile Card.” Jose ________read the card and agreed with a smile that was both grateful and________at the same time.

Since this was my first time, I wanted to know the________of the receiver. “Jose, I have to catch a________, but here is my cell phone number. Would you be________enough to call me and tell me the person’s reaction?” He________.

I went to my gate, and as I was about to board, Jose________. “I did the act of kindness. The person was very________, and asked me to express thanks to the person who paid for them!” I again thanked Jose and boarded the flight feeling________.

I really want to________this practice of kindness. I am a professor and I love my work ________it makes a difference in the lives of others. And now, I realize that I can do that everywhere. The whole world is my________.

【推荐2】Do you have a dream? Is it part of your life? Everybody has dreams. I have a dream, too. When I slept, I would dream of living it; when I _________, I would work for living it.

One day, somebody told me, “To _________ is better than to arrive. ”Hearing this, I just laughed it off, not quite understanding how that was even _________. And I didn’t realize how true it was _________ I had what I wanted. Then I suddenly realized that the person living the dream was different from the one who had _________ for it. Since then, I have made a great effort to work for the realization of my dream. _________, I achieved what I had wanted. I have now become a wiser, calmer, stronger and more passionate person.

The journey has _________ me a lot. I made mistakes and learned from them. I _________ and learned to get up again. I cried and I learned to wipe away my tears. I made friends and learned to value people. I made enemies and learned to value _________. The journey has transformed a caterpillar (毛虫) into a beautiful butterfly, eagerly waiting to __________ the world with her newly- found wings.

We all know that our __________ isn’t as perfect as it is in the fairy tales. It __________ great ambition and courage to fulfill our dreams. But we should remember that even if something gets in our way, nothing will __________ us.

So friends, always remember: “Experience is the best __________ and there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the __________ matters.” So let’s drink to a new journey.

Cheers!

【推荐3】An old carpenter(木匠）about to retire was telling his boss about his plans to stop working with building and enjoy life with his wife and kids. He was so ____ about retiring that he wasn't even looking forward to the ____ of that month. All he wanted was to ______ .

The boss was upset about losing a _____ worker and as a personal favor asked the man to work   _____ the construction(建筑）of one last house. The old carpenter didn't want to ____ it but he couldn't refuse his boss the last favor（帮助，善意的行为）. So he took the job, but it was clear that his ____ wasn't in it. He just wanted to get it finished and get   ____.   As a result, he was careless and ____   bad quality material in the ____   of the house. It was a sad way to finish ____ an excellent career(事业，生涯）with so many years of   ____.

When the house was done， his boss   ____ it. He gave the ____ to the house to the old carpenter and said "This is your house. It's a gift for you after so many years of hard work."

The carpenter was ____. "What a shame!" he thought. If he had known that it was his house he would have done things _____

Remember that you are the ____ of your own life. You construct（建设） your ____ a little bit every day. You hit a nail here, build a wall there and so on. Life is a do-it-yourself _____ Your acts and ____ now will build the house you will live in later on. So do it right.

【推荐2】When I was a boy growing up I cannot once ever remember either my mom or my grandmother wasting food. Anything we didn’t eat at one meal was __________, stored, and served as leftovers later on. I can remember my grandmother making a huge pot of brown beans with a large cake of cornbread. We would all eat until we were _________ but there was always about half of the beans __________. A few days later Grandmother would take those _________ out of the refrigerator, boil pasta, add parsley and __________ them all together into her delicious Pasta Fasule(意大利面食). And I also remember when I __________ my mom fry bacon for us in the mornings, she would always take the butter and carefully pour it into a container. Then she later would _________ it to flavor up (调味) so many other dishes.

I learned their _________ well and after I grew up I tried to never waste food myself. I always __________ the week’s meals ahead of time and only bought what was on my shopping __________ so nothing went to waste. Every meal went into our stomachs and any leftovers were later eaten by either myself, my boys, or my dogs. To me throwing food in the trash was just __________. All the work it took to grow it, harvest it, and prepare it needed to be __________ and not wasted.

I learned something else over the years, however: When it comes to __________ there are no leftovers. Each moment that you don’t live is __________ forever. Life cannot be saved. Life cannot be __________. Life has to be lived, TODAY!

【推荐1】I'm standing in a class of wild 14-year-old girls as they throw paper and howl （大喊）with laughter. They won't ____ me. I was 23 and I didn't know what I was doing. I never wanted to ____ .I wanted to be a writer. But when I arrived in London, they were short of teachers.

My efforts at teaching were _____. When the bell finally rang, I rushed to the staff room, red with anger. The other teachers weren't ____ . "That's 4B, the worst class in school," one said.

I dreaded （害怕）our next _____ , but I couldn't give up. I needed the job. So. I ______ formal lessons. Instead, I brought _____ for class discussions. One of the liveliest talks was about the arguments they had with their parents. They paid attention and shared about their lives. I was _____ . So I had them write about themselves. Most wrote about families with little money and big problems. As time went on, their essays became a ____ between us. I admired their humor, toughness and insight, and I think they ____ my interest in their lives.

The musical My Fair Lady was playing in the West End, but they had never seen a ______stage performance. They lived just a few subway stops from the West End, but none had ever been. 1 asked if they'd like to see the musical. They thought I was _____ . No teacher had ever ______taking them out. A few weeks later，4B and I were sitting in a _______ . They loved the music, the costumes and the characters. It was the _____ of their year, and they talked about it for days.

Near the end of the semester, someone knocked on the door of the staff room. The two most rebellious （叛逆的）girls in 4B were there - with flowers. I was proud to know I had ___their lives. I enjoyed teaching and getting along with _____ .

When I returned to Australia several years later, I still wanted to be a _____ . For the first time in my life, I stopped _____ and started writing. My first story was titled. My Fair Ladies. Teaching wasn't the _____ of my writing career; it was the beginning.