【推荐1】When we think of a grocery store, we usually picture aisles of food and everyday necessities. But sometimes, it’s also where unexpected ________ are formed, turning a simple store into a backdrop for heartwarming human connections.

Ellie Walker, ________ at a British grocery store, was known for her friendly demeanor. Ellie enjoyed the daily chat with customers but never ________ how deeply these interactions could impact her life.

It was during one of these ________ conversations that Ellie encountered Edwin Holmes, an elderly regular customer, who ________ that he had no one to spend Christmas with.

This revelation ________ a chord in Ellie’s heart, as she couldn’t bear the thought of Edwin spending the festive season alone.

Edwin had lost his wife in 2006 after 45 years of marriage. His family, including a daughter and grandchildren, lived in Australia, making it ________ for them to be together during the holidays. This left Edwin facing the prospect of a ________ Christmas.

Upset about Edwin’s situation. Ellie decided to ________ a gesture of kindness. She invited him to join her for a Christmas meal, hoping to ________ a memorable and joyous experience for both of them.

“I thought, if it was my granddad and he was alone, I would want someone to talk to him.” Ellie’s invitation to Edwin was more than just a kind ________ it was a start of their friendship.

From that memorable Christmas dinner, a beautiful friendship ________. Ellie and Edwin began meeting regularly for coffee, sharing stories and enjoying each other’s ________.

Their relationship, which started with ________ conversations in a grocery store, had ________ a meaningful and enduring friendship.

【推荐3】Rebuilding a broken friendship can be difficult. The _________ may not be easy to get over, but you should try. Be the first to talk to your friend. If it wasn’t your fault, then it should be easy to _________ your friend. Tell her that her friendship is more _________ to you than any silly misunderstanding. Be generous, and she will accept your apology. Never return to this painful _________ unless she brings it up.

If the fault was yours, tell her so and _________ that you should never have said what you said or done what you did. Don’t send her an email or _________ her. You have to be brave and apologize to her in person. If you’re lucky, she might _________ it at once; otherwise, you will have to give her _________ to recover. Get your shared friends to help if your first attempt has been _________. But don’t give up. Prove to your friend that she’s worth fighting for and that you’re __________ to show how sorry you are by being mature and __________ until she’s ready to forgive you.

A friendship can be broken in a minute due to __________ talk or jealousy. A true friendship however is worth mending but take it __________, step by step. Talk to her about the good times you had and the bad times when you helped each other. Tell her how __________ it would be for you to lose someone you value and respect so much. Show her that your broken friendship must be mended because you cannot __________ to keep it broken forever.

【推荐1】It was the day I graduated from university. The car I was driving ______ an old black truck, bending the driver’s door of my car. It was my dad’s car which I shouldn’t have been driving, but now I had ______ it.

The driver climbed out of his truck, slowly and ______ , and looked at the damage. I sat there crying. My lip was bleeding because I’d bitten it. He was in a hurry to leave, so we managed to exchange names and phone numbers before he ______ . I inspected the ______ door, with tears flowing down my face. But I knew I must go home sooner or later.

My mom ______ when I walked in the door, “What on earth happened?” I hung my ______ and my eyes were filled with tears. I replied, “I ______ Dad’s car.” She rushed to Dad who was cooking. “Stop cooking. We’re not going to eat. Jean has destroyed your car.” He looked at Mom and ______ said, “Is she hurt?” My mom said, “No, ______   biting her lip.” “Well, then, what does that have to do with eating dinner?” He flipped a burger, then put his arm around me and said, “Let’s go in and ______ all about this, if you’re sure you’re all right.” I nodded. I pressed ______ to my lip while my dad smiled at me and whispered, “The car can be ______ , but our emotion cannot.”

I graduated that evening with my family in ______ . University taught me what is important in books. Dad taught me to value what is ______ in life.

【推荐2】Colleen and Terence have known each other for more than 35 years and have been out fishing together more than 500 times. On a freezing ________, they went fishing by boat as usual. And their ________ began when their boat hit a semi-submerged (半沉的) tree on the northern side of Motuihe Island about 4:30 a.m.

After the 4.8m boat ________ in 10 to 15 seconds, Terence, 42, who lost his brother in a boating accident in 1975, said “Oh God, you can’t do this to me twice in my life — losing two people I ________.”

The last bag of air on the boat was almost gone. “But Colleen remained amazingly ________ in the ________ water. We made the decision that I was the ________ swimmer, and I should go for help!” said Terence.

He swam against the tide for more than an hour. He ran into rocks and ________ two toes to get help to save a ________ friend. Meanwhile, Colleen, 53, said she ________ stars to kill time and thought of her family. “I wasn’t afraid because I had ________ in Terence. I knew he would do ________ to save me.”

Colleen was ________ found and picked up by the Marine Rescue Centre. She was ________ by ambulance to hospital. “When they came back and I asked if she had been found alive — they said yes — I just broke down. All had been ________ it,” Terence said.

【推荐1】As a single father, I succeeded in keeping my two children quiet that night. Then I rose slowly and carefully, trying to _________making even the least sound which might make them awake. If they were awake, they would _________more songs and more stories. I tiptoed (蹑手蹑脚地走) out of the room and went downstairs.

Sitting at the dinning room table, I sat down heavily in my chair, _________that this was the first time since I came home from work. I was so busy that I had no time to myself. I had cooked some food and _________ them, encouraging two little ones to eat. I had done the dishes while _________to their many requests for attention. I had helped with their homework and their bath. I had told them stories before they went to bed. The _________was a relief (轻松) for the moment.

Then suddenly it all crowded in on me; the extreme tiredness, the _________of the responsibility, the worry about bills. I felt as though I were at the bottom of a great sea of loneliness. I sat there, _________sobbing (吸泣) not to let them know it.

Just then, a pair of little arms went around my middle and a little face looked up at me.I was _________to be seen crying by my son. “I’m sorry, Ethan, I don’t know you were still awake. I don’t __________ to cry. I’m sorry. I’m just a little sad tonight.”

“It doesn’t matter. It’s okay to cry, you’re my __________and also an ordinary person.” I can’t __________how happy he made me, and this innocent (天真无邪的) little boy, gave me __________to cry. He seemed to be saying that I didn’t have to always be __________, and that it was occasionally possible to allow myself to let out my __________and feel weak.

【推荐3】In 2013, my husband Robin took a new job in Ghana. We relocated from London, where I worked as a photographer, to the capital, Accra.Robin worked,but my visa didn’t permit me to, and I was left homesick and lacking_______.With few people around, I turned to_______.I photographed horses and considered the outdoors the place where I felt most_______.

In September 2018,after one bad thunderstorm,I found a bird,barely a month old,on the ground. He was_______by his flock(群).His eyes were shut, too young to_______alone. I placed him in a cardboard box and stayed up all night, researching how to_______him.I spoke to an expert who said it would take 12 weeks to prepare him for the_______.

For the next 84 days, the_______bird lived on me. He would fly alongside me. As he learned to fly, he’d make short_______from my hand, to my shoulder, and then settled on my hair.I________ named him because I had to________myself that he needed to return to the wild. In return for putting his life back on course, he________me by giving me purpose. Three months later, he was ________ enough and flying farther from me. It was time for him to go. Then on a clear day when his flock returned,Robin and I took him out and the little bird flew away with them.

________him taught me how to live in the present. Last year,I joined local conservation efforts. That, along with the________that any little creature can make a difference, is what he left me.