【推荐2】Growing up I've always been very independent. I've never asked my parents for money or help, and I've always lived a pretty _______ life from them. We are _______ , but not in a ''I'm going to tell you every detail of my life'' way.

A little _______     I moved out at 17, went to university, and _______ in my third year. But I go back to school a _______ time. And I find a new house to move into. My car craps out (坏了)   and I need to _______ a new one.

These last two years have been HARD. But I’m _________, I'm happier now than I was. Money is extremely tight, but I'm _______. I was speaking to my _________ a few weeks ago getting caught up and he asked about my ________ situation. I opened up and told him things are fine,________ tight. I'm doing okay.

He then tells me he wants to send me some money to ________ my debts. I tell him it's     ________. $6000 in student loans and $4000 in credit card debt.

He says he is proud of me and the way I've ________ life so far. He's proud of how independent I am. He wants me to ________ this new chapter of my life with a clean slate (石板) and this ________ me to put the money I was putting towards debt repayment into   ________.

I love my dad so much and I'm ________ to him for giving me the gift of no __________ It also feels good to be told that living independently is a good thing. I often feel guilty for not being very open with my parents.

Today I'm feeling all the ________ and I'm excited to start 2020 off on the right foot!

【推荐3】Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for twenty-eight years.

Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my _______was more manageable, I _______ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. _______that was years ago and times have changed. Now I live with mother on a country farm.

Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to _______ my disability pension (残疾抚恤金). _______ I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my choices. I decided that I would consider _______ to singing in restaurants. My family are all musicians, so I was_______when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of _______to get started. And _______you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can ________use.

When I told the owner of the shop about my idea, he gave me a long thoughtful ________. “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.” He led me ________the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand proudly on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your ________and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.” I could have cried. Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose ________that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help. His ________still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.

【推荐2】A crowd cheered Kunle Adeyanju as he turned off his motorbike engine after completing a tiring 41-day trip. The 44-year-old left London on April 19 and arrived in Nigeria’s commercial center Lagos on Sunday after travelling more than 8,000 _________ across 13 countries. He started the impressive journey to _________ funds for Rotary International to deal with polio(小儿麻痹症)in his native Nigeria.

Accompanied by a dozen _________ for the last part of the journey from the Republic of Benin, Adeyanju was welcomed by supporters in Ike ja, in central Lagos. Adeyanju, called “Lion Heart” by fans, won _________ among the public by _________ daily pictures with comments about his journey on social media. At every stop along the way, he was _________ by enthusiastic supporters.

He did face some _________ , like the one in Mali where one of his wheels _________ . “I was standing in the middle of the night, alone in a bush, not knowing what to do, _________ speaking the language,” he said, explaining he had to walk to the nearest village. “ __________ , the locals helped me.” Not all of the challenges he faced were solved __________ . “Mauritania, a country in northwest Africa, was ‘terrible’,” he said, after he got __________ of hundreds of euros. “The worst experience,” he added.

The former Shell employee self-funded his trip with $ 20,400 in savings, hoping to collect up to $48 million for Rotary International. “I have been suffering from a lack of sleep lately __________ I slept only three to four hours per night. But I feel __________ because I finished this challenge.”Adeyanju said just after he arrived, wiping the sweat off his face. Adeyanju added that he is now planning to have a __________ cycling trip to Ghana or a bike ride to Israel to help raise more funds. And he has another dream: to climb Mount Qomolangma.