【推荐2】Breath of Life

As Norwood drove through St. Petersburg, Florida, the laughter from the four teenage girls inside her car ______gave way to screams. They were hit by another car and ______ into a tree.

Then smoke ______ from the car. A bystander shouted, “It's about to ______! Get out!” Norwood immediately crawled out. Along with two of her friends, who'd also managed to ______ themselves, she ran for her ______.

But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn't with them. Norwood ran back and found Simmons stuck in the back ______. “She wasn't ______,” Norwood told Inside Edition. She ______open the back door and pulled her friend out. She dragged Simmons a few feet to safety and laid her on the ______. “I checked her pulse and put my ______ against her chest.” No sign of life. “That’s when I started CPR (心肺复苏术).”

______ on the lawn and looking down at her dying friend, Norwood started ______ Simmons's chest. She breathed into her friend's mouth in hopes of filling her lungs with the ______ of life. Fortunately, Simmons began coughing and breathing for air.

Soon, paramedics (医务人员) arrived and rushed Simmons to hospital. When she heard how Norwood had saved her life, “I wasn't ______,” Simmons said. “She always backs me up.”

【推荐3】As a writer on an adventure sports magazine, I’d always refuse to do the adventurous stuff myself. I preferred to observe others and _________ their experiences to readers. Thus, when I was challenged to _________ a mountain in aid of charity — and to write about it afterwards—I was _________.

Then it was _________ that I had a brilliant coach called Keith, who gave me knowledge about everything from building muscle groups to how to_________tiredness. It quickly became obvious that the techniques of climbing were more _________than I had imagined. Aware of the challenge, I forced myself to _________ a detailed action plan Keith made, working out _________ at the gym. My self-belief _________ alongside my muscle power, and I became confident about finishing the climb.

All too soon I was on a plane to my destination. That day, when I looked up at the mountain, I thought of __________it. But then I remembered all the__________I’d made and how upset Keith would be if I gave up — not to mention the sense of __________I’d experience myself. With a deep breath fear__________courage, I headed into the sunshine to meet the rest of the group.   

And as I am sitting here now, tapping on my laptop, I’m amazed at all the details I can recall: the burning __________and the tiredness. Could I have been better prepared? Possibly. Would I be back for another go? Thankfully not. The feeling of being excited when standing on top of the world is definitely a __________experience but one I will cherish forever.

【推荐1】“What are you doing?” my fifth-grade teacher asked as I bent over the side of my desk. “I’m _______ my backpack. The bell rings in a few minutes.”

“Unpack your assignments. You still have five minutes. We _______ until the clock runs out. The more you do here in class, the less you have to do at home,” she said. She was a very kind woman, but I knew she was _______ this time.

Having no option, I _______ pulled my math assignment back out and _______ one problem at a time as the minutes on the clock ticked away. The bell finally _______, and I stuffed my homework in my backpack as _______ as possible and ran out.

I cannot remember how many times per day she would say, “Use your time wisely.” It worked. It became second _______ for me to work until the bell rang. In middle school, I continued the _______ she instilled (灌输) in me. I worked on my assignments until the bell rang. And she was ________. The more I did in class, the more time off I had at home for projects and hobbies. I instilled that mindset in nearly every ________ of my adult life: my education, my career, and my family.

At age ten, I didn’t ________. I do now. Learning how to use your time wisely also means learning what’s ________ to you. It’s not just a ________ in using the time you have, but in enjoying those moments and ________ the time spent with loved ones.

【推荐3】It was a busy morning, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s, came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am.

The nurse had him take a _________in the waiting area, _________ him it would be at least 40 minutes before someone could see him. I saw him _________ his watch and decided, since I was not busy — my patient didn’t _________ at point hours, I would exam his wound. While taking care of him, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment.

The gentleman told me no and told me that he _________to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his _________. He told me she has special disease. I asked if she would be _________ if he was a bit late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not been able to _________ him in five years now. I was _________, “And you __________ go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?”

He smiled as he patted my hand and said, “She doesn’t know me, but I know who she is.” I had to hold back __________ as he left.

Now I realized that in marriages, true love is __________of all that is. The happiest people don’t __________ have the best of everything; they just __________the best of everything they have. __________ isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.