【推荐1】The doctor examined Nuala’s leg. Nuala tried not to cry, but it was a (n) _________. Her leg really ached. “How did you _________ yourself?” asked the doctor.

“I jumped off a swing,” said Nuala. “Is it _________?”

“It sure is,” said the doctor, holding out the X-ray. “See right here?”

Two hours later, Nuala left the hospital on crutches (拐杖). Her leg was in a cast (石膏). “What will I tell Ms. Chang? I shouldn’t have…” She felt a deep _________.

Ms. Chang was Nuala’s dance teacher. The spring dance performance was _________ two weeks away. Nuala’s cast would be on for at least six weeks!

“She’s going to be so _________ with me!” groaned Nuala. But Ms. Chang wasn’t. She said, “We’ll think of something.”

Nuala felt _________ going on stage with her crutches. “I look stupid,” she _________. “I can’t dance with these.”

“Have you ever heard of the _________, ‘The show must go on?’” said Ms. Chang. Together, they __________ the dance. They thought of how Nuala could move to the music. They brainstormed ways for her to dance on __________.

The night of the __________, Ms. Chang almost had to __________ Nuala onto the stage. Nuala’s cast looked __________ and awkward, but she went out and danced. At the end, the audience went wild clapping. They threw roses at Nuala’s feet! The show did __________!

【推荐2】I spent many childhood afternoons looking at airplanes passing over my house. I ________ what the pilots were doing in those silver ________. I hoped to fly an airplane one day, but people said that was only men's ________.

After earning my driver's license, I drove to a local ________. For twenty dollars, I took an introductory flying lesson and flew up into the sky with an instructor.

Such lessons were ________, though. I was only a student. Then, I had an ________. I applied to the school owner to ________ for them in exchange(交换) for flying lessons. He ________. Soon, I was busy behind the front desk after school, working hard to ________ my time in the air. Flying airplanes made me feel alive in a way I never knew was ________. But away from the airport, I was so afraid of being ________ that I kept my flying lessons a secret. ________, everyone knew girls couldn't be pilots; it would be ________ to even try.

I fell in deeper love with flight with every ________ into the sky, but that joy was not what ________ allowed me to break free from both the ________ and self-imposed(自我强加的) limits I had long ________. What freed me to believe I could do anything was the way I was ________ at the airport. There, I was surrounded by people who believed in me and supported me, and for the first time I believed in myself, too.

One simple ________ to the airport led me to the unexpected journey to become a woman ________, whose number is small in the man-charged airline industry.

【推荐3】This morning, a former student sent me a message, telling me he is living a happy life. He said he often thinks of me and that he especially misses my _________ classes.

My thoughts went back to that shy, overweight boy who _________ to our school in his fifth grade. He was quiet and _________. Some of the boys teased him about his lack of _________ ability. When they played games, Gibby would often be left standing alone. Several times I went to the playground and asked to _________ a team. I would call out several _________ and then, around the fourth or fifth spot, I would call Gibby and a few others who never seemed to get _________ by their peers. My team may not have been the best, but we were the happiest and definitely the most _________ and loyal.

That spring I decided to give my students more _________. We began by running, but after one or two circles around the playground, Gibby would lag far behind, __________. However, after a month, he lost a few pounds and could __________ the group easier. Then we added floor exercises to the program. Gibby was still there, stretching and bending, lifting and kicking, as __________ as ever. He never gave up or made __________. Many students admired his __________ and in time, he gained confidence and began to smile and talk more. He was no longer the new kid.

Messages of this kind always call up sweet memories. Yes, as a (n) __________ teacher, I love all my students and help them become what they can be.

【推荐1】Standing in the store, I looked at the painting supplies excitedly.

“Are you sure these are what you want for your birthday?” my husband asked _________.

“I’m very sure. I really want to give it a _________,” I replied. I was smiling with _________. He looked at me hesitantly and _________ his head.

_________, this was a secret I’d kept for a while. Every day, my husband went to work. I’d look after my son, clean the house and prepare dinner. It had been a decade since I took any time to pursue my own _________. I had become a drudge (苦工). I wanted excitement and creative expression, but mostly I wanted colors. So I _________ the most interesting supplies.

“I have a feeling that you’re going to put all these in a toolbox and never _________ them again,” my husband said.

For the first month, he was _________. I put the supplies into a toolbox. I admired them every day, but I couldn’t seem to find the time to start painting. I found one reason or another not to __________.

One day, when my son caught me __________ the toolbox again, he asked curiously, “Mommy, when are you going to __________?”

“No __________ day than today,” I announced and brought out all the materials.

From then on, my house seemed to never be perfectly clean, but my life was full of __________. Most importantly, I no longer felt like a drudge. I had a new __________.

【推荐2】I once took a bus journey from Kampung Pulai to Butterworth during my school holidays. I was to_________my family who had already gone there ahead of me._________in Butterworth during the December holidays was a yearly routine (惯例) for my family, as my grandparents were_________natives of the island. This was the first time that I was _________on my own and I was a little upset.

But the different sceneries along the way_________my fears. I was enjoying myself so much just watching the _________that I didi not realize that my stomach was protesting in_________. The bus stopped at a market where sellers had _________ stands to sell wares (货物). I got off the bus and_________myself to a juicy Danny’s burger. Had my mother been with me, I would never have been__________to buy it. So I enjoyed my__________greatly.

By this time, I had made friends with two other boys traveling up to Butterworth on__________We struck up a __________and got along well once we realized that we had a lot in common. __________, we went around the market looking at the wares and eating oily but__________food. We had a really interesting but__________time!

When the bus__________reached the bus stop where I was lo take a__________across to Butterworth, I had the pleasure of knowing that I had__________greatly from the journey. I had made two new friends while feasting (尽情享受) both physically as well as__________. It was really an enjoyable trip!