【推荐1】Gang (团伙) tensions were rising at Southwood High School. Some community activists held a(n) _______ meeting with parents and the principal. A group of the fathers _______ decided it was time to make their _______ known on campus.

That’s how Dads on Duty was born with its goal — make sure the kids are safe. Around 40 men organized into six-person shifts, with two shifts on campus every day. They _______ the day after the meeting. These people _______ their own schedules and commitments without complaint. Some of them are fathers of kids at the school, while others are not but expect the youth in their community to know they have an entire village behind them.

Now, anyone who wants to enter the school with _______ will have to avoid energetic papa bears, big smiles and many dad jokes. It’s hard to be a tough guy when somebody’s uncle has just _______ you into checking your shoelaces for countless times, only to find that they are not, in fact, untied.

Since Dads on Duty arrived on campus, gang battles have dramatically declined. “The school has been happy, you can feel it,” said one student. Another told the Washington Post, “They _______ all the kids like we’re their own children.”

The dads aren’t meant to _______ security guards. If they do see a fight may occur, they get security on the scene as soon as possible. Their presence is meant to be more ________ than reactionary.

【推荐2】It was a cold Sunday. The parking lot to the church was_________ quickly. I noticed fellow church members were_________as they walked in the church.

As I got closer, I saw a man leaned_________ the wall outside the church. He had on a long worn-out coat, a hat covering his_________. He wore shoes that looked 30years old, too small for his feet, with_________all over them and his toes stuck out.

I assumed this man was _________, and asleep, so I walked on by through the doors of the church. We talked for a few minutes, and someone _________ the man lying outside. People gossiped (说闲话) but_________ asked him to come in including me.

A few _________ later church began. We all waited for the Preacher (传教士) to take his __________ and give us the Word, when the door opened. In __________ the “homeless man” with his head down. He made his way onto the platform where he__________ his hat and coat. My heart __________.

There stood our preacher. He took his Bible and __________ it on his desk. “Folks, I don’t think I have to tell you what I am preaching about today. If you __________ people, you have no time to love them.”

【推荐3】I was walking home from school one day. It happened to be a particularly ________ day and I forgot to take my hat and gloves with me in the morning. So my cheeks were ________ and my hands were as cold as they could be.

All of a sudden, a young man ________ up beside me and asked if I would like a ________ . His ________ smile made me forget my parents’ advice that I should never talk to ________ when I was alone! In the car, we had a very nice chat. It turned out that he was such a（n） ________ man. I asked for his ________ and telephone number before he dropped me off in front of my home.

I didn’t see him or talk to him for about a month and one night as I ________ his kindness, I decided to return the favor. So, I made a lot of ________ and walked down to his house. At first, I was a bit ________ that he wouldn’t remember me or think that I was a bad girl with poisoned cookies. But luckily, I was ________ wrong. He was so happy that he hugged me. He seemed so ________ that I would do something like that!

When I got home he ________ me on the phone that he ________ the cookies very much. He added he had never ________ such delicious cookies in his life! His comment was a real ________ since it was the first time that I had ever cooked! At the very moment, I also realized that my ________ were not always right, at least not with this ________ man. If all of us can step out our way to give others a hand, life will be much ________ !

【推荐2】Our group was about to board a plane. I was ________, not because of flying, but because of what waited for me in my ________. “I could turn around now,” I said to myself. “Nobody would ________ me. There are choices open to me.” But I’d never turned away from adventure, so ________ the rest of the group, I got on the plane to Tanzania Little did I know I would be ________ by the next weeks at that moment.

The travel was part of a university program. We did many exciting things there, but it was our time of ________ at a community center with poor conditions that stuck with me. It allowed me to truly ________ the locals — playing with kids and visiting their homes. These experiences were ________. I found almost every aspect of their lives looked nothing like mine. But ________ being uneasy and backing away, I learned to appreciate the ________, trying their clothes and learning their culture. The Tanzanians were so positive, seeing how few ________ they had and how happy they were blew my mind.

________, I was happy to return home after those weeks, but I was confident that it wouldn’t be the ________ of my adventure. I knew I would ________ more lands, meet people from different backgrounds, and continue helping others, because seeing the smiles on their faces makes me have a feeling that cannot be ________ by anything else.

【推荐3】In Washington DC, at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, a man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2000 people went through the _________, most of them on their way to _________.

About four minutes later, the violinist received his first _________. A woman threw money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk. At six minutes, a young man leaned _________ the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again. At ten minutes, a three-year old boy stopped, but his mother pulled him along_________. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the _________ pushed hard and the child continued to walk,_________ his head the whole time.

At forty-five minutes, the musician played continuously. Only six people stopped and listened for a short while. About twenty gave money but continued to walk at their normal _________. The man collected a total of $32.

After one hour, he finished playing and silence _________. No one noticed and no one applauded. There was no __________ at all.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most __________ pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold out a __________ in Boston where the seats averaged $100 each to sit and listen to him play the same music.

In a common-place environment, at an __________ hour, do we perceive beauty?

If so, do we stop to __________ it? If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made... How many other things are we missing as we __________ through life?