【推荐1】I walked through the Prudential Center wearing my old black sweatpants and a simple T-shirt. Then the bright lights from the window nearby _________ my eye and I came near to it. The window was _________ with the new collection and some classics. That was when I saw those beautiful but _________ Gucci T-shirts. The green and red stripes a key _________ of any Gucci product that everybody knows, shouted _________ loud that I could hear their cries through the glass. What’s more, all of he pictures of those Gucci T-shirts I had seen _________ me that I needed them.

Bu then I collected my thoughts and asked myself, “Do I truly _________ the design of them, or do I want them just for _________ (to let my friends and even strangers notice that I have Gucci T-shirts)? After thinking _________, I figured out that those T-shirts aren’t really __________ to me and that they wouldn’t help me improve myself.

In my opinion, it is __________ to rely on luxuries (奢侈品) to make us feel special. __________ not only do these brands lead us to spend a lot of money, but they also fool us into thinking these items are going to make us get __________ by a particular group. A sense of true __________ should come from what you have added to the world and how you have __________ other people’s lives in a good way.

【推荐3】I woke to another day of feeling lonely. _________ came in the form of my four-year-old daughter, who _________onto my chest for her last twenty minutes of sleep. _________, I rested a palm on her head. Her deep, contented breathing was a   _______ that I had to figure out something to ensure she could feel that peace for days to come. I could not rest.

After all, I was the one who had gone against a _________ ruined by fear, disrespect, and isolation (孤立). This was my choice, but now I faced the consequences and the need to _________ my children.

As I awaited the end of my divorce, I was overwhelmed by _________ thoughts. I was at rock bottom, filled with_________ and blaming myself. Why was I unlovable? Wasn’t I good enough? I was _________. Beyond repair. Or so I thought.

There is a process in Japanese art called kintsugiin which broken pottery pieces are __________ together with gold. On this morning, after rising from the sofa, that __________ began in my life. I decided to return to __________. Pastor (牧师) Elwood Matthews began to lead me through the lower levels of my rock bottom up to a middle ground. I was shown how to __________ my imperfections in order to produce a more beautiful piece of art. He spearheaded (带头) the process to __________ a stronger me held together by the pure gold of love, patience, self-control, and understanding.

Piece by piece, I began to __________ again. I knew if I could just make it through the pain and work of rebuilding, we would be okay. Now I know that I have always been worthy. I have always been lovable.

【推荐1】On the final day of my second year of high school, I was hit in the face with a baseball bat. Shocked and _______ I was unaware of how _______ I had been injured (受伤).

When I finally woke up, I discovered that I had lost my ability to_______ like a player. And I became painfully aware of how far I had to go when I returned to the baseball field one year _______ . Baseball had always been a _______ part of my life and I had a dream of playing professionally. After months of recovery, what I wanted more than anything was to get back on the _______.

But my _______ to baseball was not smooth. When the season rolled around, I was the only junior to be cut from the university baseball team. I had been _______ since age four, and for someone who had spent so much time and _______ on the sport, getting cut made me feel ________ .

The turning point came two years after my injury when I began ________ at Denisoa University. I knew that if things were going to ________ I was the one responsible for making it happen. Therefore, while my classmates ________ out with friends or played video games, Ｉconcentrated on ________ training day in and day out. The everyday improvements were small, but they gave me a sense of control over my life.

Finally, I managed to become a college athlete. Now, despite my hard high school years, I have started to rebuild my ________ again.

【推荐3】It was Canada’s first World Cup match in 36 years. This was the moment when 22-year-old Alphonso Davies found out that he took part in one of the biggest sporting ________ in the world.

Undoubtedly, Davies is a Canada’s ________ —not just a world-class player, but a massive marketing and social media presence and one of the faces of the successful United States, Mexico and Canada World Cup 2026 bid.

Davies was born in a refugee camp in Ghana. “But when I was 5, Canada ________ us in, and the boys on the football team made me ________.”

Davies was only 11 when Marco Bossio first saw him ________. Bossio ________ soccer at a junior high school. Scouting(物色) for new players, he said Davies would ________ immediately. He had this amazing talent and ________ that were just off the charts. The way he would move around the field and his ability to ________ the ball were just excellent at that age.

He said, “My goal is to play, to reach ________ level and probably play with some of the top athletes.” And he was as good as his word. At just 15, he ________ a contract with Major League Soccer’s Vancouver Whitecaps. Then in 2017, he became a Canadian citizen, which meant he could play for Canada’s national ________ . Two years later, he joined one of the biggest clubs in the world, Bayern Munich in Germany.

Davies’ success at the sport and his team’s World Cup appearance have made an ________ on others. After making the roster (名单，花名册) for the World Cup team, Davies tweeted, “A kid born in a refugee camp wasn’t supposed to ________ it, but here we are going to the World Cup! Don’t let anyone tell you that your dreams are ________.”