【推荐1】One day last summer, my 9-year-old son Ben and I were riding the waves at a popular ocean beach on outer Cape Cod. As we were playing happily with our surfboard, I suddenly noticed an astonishing ________—some whales were spouting (喷水) well within view of where we ________.

We stared and pointed in ________. “Ben, can you believe it?” I cried. “We’re swimming with the whales!” “Mom,” Ben said in reply, “we’re always swimming with the whales. This is their________, not ours!”

Ben’s words took my breath away, more than the dramatic waves and the amazing sight of the________.

He was absolutely________, of course. These whales live in the waters off Cape Cod. This is their home—one that we ________, love and protect. So when we set foot into a ________ space, it’s meaningful and important to ________ that we are visiting something that is beautiful and enjoyable to us, but is not ________ for us.

We each have a part to play in ________space. When we acknowledge our coexistence, as Ben________, we set ourselves up for success in how we interact with each other. This is as ________ in the vastness of the ocean as it is in our ________ where we live, work, play and serve.

How we ________ and support each other in this vast ocean of life—that’s up to us.

【推荐3】I have forgotten the name of the old lady, who was a customer on my newspaper route. Yet it ______ in my memory that she taught me a lesson in ______ that I shall never forget.

On a winter afternoon, a friend and I were ______ stones onto the roof of the old lady's house near her garden. The ______ was to observe how the stones changed into missiles(导弹) as they ______ to the roof 's edge and fell into the yard like comets falling from the ______. I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and threw it. The stone was too ______, however, so it slipped from my hand as I let it go and headed straight for a small ______. At the sound of broken glass, we knew we were in ______. We ran faster than any of our stones flew off her roof.

I was too ______ about getting caught that first night to be ______ about the old lady with the broken window in winter. ______, a few days later, when I was sure that I hadn't been discovered, I started to feel ______ for her trouble. She still greeted me with a smile each day when I gave her the newspaper, but I was no longer able to act ______ when seeing her.

I decided that I would save my paper delivery money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars that I thought would ______ the cost of her window and sent it to her in an envelope.

The next day, I ______ the old lady her paper. She thanked me for the paper and gave me a bag of biscuits she had made herself. I thanked her and ate the biscuits ______ I continued my route.

After several cookies, I felt an envelope and pulled it out of the ______. When I opened the envelope, I was______. Inside were the seven dollars and a short note that______, “I'm proud of you.”

【推荐1】I arrived in the United States on February 6, 2016, but I remember my first day here very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy International Airport at three o'clock in the afternoon. The weather was very ________and it was snowing, but I was too excited to mind. From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my ________. On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the first time and I looked in astonishment at the famous skyscrapers (摩天大楼) and their man-made ________. My friend helped me unpack at the hotel and then left because he had to go back to work. He promised to return the next day.

________ my friend had left, I went to a restaurant near the hotel to get something to eat. Because I couldn’t speak a single ________ of English, I couldn’t tell the waiter what I wanted. I was very upset and started to make some ________, but the waiter didn’t ________ me. Finally, I ordered the same thing the man at the next table was eating. After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway ________ I came to Times Square with its cinemas, theatres, neon lights, and huge crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I ________ to walk around the city. I wanted to see ________ on my first day. I knew it was ________, but I wanted to try.

When I returned to the hotel, I was ________, but I couldn’t ________ because I kept hearing the fire and police sirens (警笛) during the night. I lay ________ and thought about New York. It was a very big and interesting city with many tall buildings and big cars, and full of ________ and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to speak English.

【推荐2】In the eyes of a teenage girl, my dad is not the considerate type. He’s not the father who will prepare a ____ for his daughter’s birthday, and nor is he the man who can easily come up with words to ____ an upset kid. So he is not a ____ father I admire very much.

Being in grade 10 was far more difficult than I had ____. The most horrible thing wasn’t my ____ grades but my lack of confidence. Under the pressure (压力) of both ____ and relationships, I began to doubt if I could finish school ____.

It only took less than half a year before I became ____. Worse still, I didn’t dare to tell my parents ____ about the fact that I had lost all my ____ to study hard.

One difficult Saturday, I felt sad when I couldn’t ____ a math problem. I let tears ____ my face and onto my homework. It was disappointing that my father was right there in the room with me but I still couldn’t ask him for ____.

I was doing my homework ____ Dad silently went out on a burning hot day. I ____ he would be out for the rest of the day. However, this thought turned out to be ____ when he returned home with a big bottle of iced tea for me, and a big smile.

There are surely countless ____ in our way as we grow up. Never be disappointed and the most important thing we need to keep in mind is that our parents are always our ____. They can ____ their characters for us, so why can’t we ____ our real thoughts with them forever and always?

【推荐3】My daughter loved dancing until she didn’t love it. After an ______ first year, I noticed her interest fading week by week. Then, one day, she slowly walked to me before class and asked if she could just ______ it.

My first reaction was to ______ her to “finish what you start”．______, sticking with something difficult can teach perseverance, discipline and confidence. But watching my first­ grader ______ herself into each ballet position, I started to question how much ______ that “blanket advice” made. Is it really in my kid’s best ______, or even practical, to make her stick to every commitment through until she reaches a bitter ______? What if there are different but ______ valuable qualities, which can be gained by ______ the things that are not right for her?

With the winter show approaching, I realized she needed to either ______ her class or commit herself to it. After a few days’ consideration, she ______ dance wasn’t for her — a choice I ______. Quitting is never a black­ and­ white issue. Sometimes, it means ______ a barrier in your way to love something else. In my daughter’s case, ending dance made space for her new hobbies, such as horseback riding and Girl Scouts. She’s into them for now, but it is okay if that ______ changes.

As adults, we are accustomed to ______ the power of saying yes, but what about saying no? The ability to recognize when something isn’t an ______ investment of our time or energy is also important. As my daughter gets older, I want her to feel confident to ______ something that’s no longer meeting her needs. She shouldn’t be held back by the thought that she must ______ something at any cost ______ because she has started.