【推荐1】I never planned to move back to my hometown in Ohio when I came home from California! I thought I would ________ there for a few weeks and then I could leave as soon as my dad ________. But one of his doctors told me that he couldn’t live alone anymore and suggested that I take him with me.

“Two big ________,” I said to my dad one night. “Stay in Ohio alone? Or go to California with me? It’s like choosing your own adventure.”

My dad ________ for a second and replied, “Based on my ________ and age, I don’t think I can do either one.”

My dad had lived in Ohio for the past 54 years. And then at 75, I asked him to leave all his life behind and come to live with me, his 31-year-old ________ and trust me to take care of him, something I had never done before. To be honest, I was ________, too. I had to ________ apart of my life as well. But I’d rather have us be terrified together.

After sitting in silence for a few seconds, I added, “If I said you had to ________ California and live with me, how would you feel about that?”

I was ________ shocked by his answer: “Oh, great. But...”

I didn’t even let him ________ his but. It was decided. In less than a month. I cheerfully ________ his apartment up, and bought him a ticket to California.

At first, people kept asking me, “Are you ready to take on this responsibility?”

My ________ was always the same: “I’m his daughter and no one is going to ________ him as much as I do.”

Now, he is living happily with me and I’m ________ that I have done what I had to do.

【推荐2】Daniel Delfin used to think only superheroes could change the world. A shy 21-year-old student in the Philippines, Daniel saw himself as one ________ of life and spent all his time ________, socializing and looking after his pet rabbit.

Then his ________ routine was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. ________ to stay home by a community order, Daniel turned to social media, only to find himself ________ by most of the content. Late one night, when he could no longer stand the negative content, he ________ to cancel his social media account. But before he could click the button, a call for ________ for the Young Heroes Organization (YHO) caught his attention. His first thought was, “Am I doing good service to my country?” Daniel ________, before he could answer his own question.

To improve the welfare of children, YHO has provided a place for young people to express their ________ during the pandemic. And it ________ the critically related issues affecting them, including lack of ________ and mental health problems. As a volunteer, Daniel reaches out to strangers and offers them ________ support by listening to their stories and ________ with them. But as much as he has touched their lives, they have also given Daniel ________ for the future.

For his ________ and hard work, Daniel was ________ to be one of the best YHO volunteers. He has even signed up to do more: he has since become a YHO ________ and creates social media content as an advocate for the programme.

“YHO ________ me to be a better version of myself, ________ beyond my expectations,” Daniel said. “I believe that as young people, we can help each other and our communities get through this ________.

【推荐2】The other day, veterinarian (兽医) David Wise was called to a small village in Turkey to attend to a client’s cow. He hadn’t planned on _______ long. But what began as just a routine visit ended as one David won’t soon _______ .

After wrapping up the job he’d come for, David was about to _______ the village. However, something in the distance   _______ his eye. There, trudging (跋涉) toward him on a path thick with snow, was a little girl. And she was not _______ . On her back was a dog. _______ , word had gotten around that a vet would come and that _______ an opportunity which the girl, 8-year- old Cemre Su Türköz, refused to pass up.

Cemre’s dog, named Pamuk, had fallen _______ . Desperate to get him help, she decided to carry Pamuk more than a mile from her home to the spot she’d _______ that David would be visiting.

David, of course, couldn’t turn Cemre and Pamuk away. While the little girl ________ , David performed a(n) ________ . David found Pamuk just had some skin issues. David didn’t ________ Cemre for his services that day. Just seeing her love and ________ to Pamuk was the best payment he could ask for.

David has been back to check on Cemre and Pamuk, ________ that they never need to brave the snow again to get whatever help he can provide. It’s the least he could do, considering the ________ she’d made to find him.

【推荐1】On Sept. 17, 2022, a father and son set out to begin the first of three legs of the Ironman competition in Cambridge, Maryland. Jeff Agar, 59, and his son, Johnny Agar, 28, weren’t the ______ participants. Johnny has cerebral palsy (脑瘫), resulting in his difficulty walking and muscle weakness. Jeff would act as his arms and legs, ______ carrying the weight of his son throughout the race. To ______ as completion, competitors must complete a(n) ______ 140 miles of swimming, bicycling and running in under 17 hours.

From the day Johnny was born, Jeff and his wife refused to let their son be ______ by disability. ______ to show Johnny that he could pursue his dream of being an athlete, when he was 15 years old, they ______ him up with my Team Triumph, an organization that helps kids with ______ engage in endurance (耐力) sports.

Johnny became ______ to racing, and Jeff wanted to be a part of it. Jeff began waking up at 4 am to run while ______ Johnny in a racing chair. Every morning, he ______ himself to run increasingly longer distances.

After 16 hours, 55 minutes and 35 seconds, the father and son ______ the finish line together. As the crowd ______ and congratulated Johnny, Jeff kept a low ______ . “He didn’t want attention to his finish line moment,” says Johnny. “He wanted it to be ______ .”

【推荐2】Carl Allamby grew up in a poor African American neighborhood. As a child, pursuing his dream is ________ but easy for him. His school didn’t offer the advanced science classes that might have led him on the path to ________. Even it had, doing well in school could prove dangerous. There were often times they would be attacked for ________ the class. As a result, he ________ the thought of becoming a doctor.

At age 19, he started working alone in a garage. Over the years it had ________ into two shops, but Carl was ________ for something more. So at 34, he went for his bachelor’s degree in business management and he was ________ he had to take biology to get his degree.

It turned out that it was the ________ thing to have happened. Biology class reawakened a childhood dream he had ________ somewhere deep within himself. Determined to accomplish his dream, he skipped business ________ the science classes for a second career. “It was ________ to become a doctor at around 50. I would ________ become a nurse, or a physician assistant.” Carl reasoned.

But Carl’s chemistry professor ________ him after class one day and talked him out of that thought.

He was right. Carl did well in all his courses. And so in 2015, he cut ________ with his past, selling his two shops and everything in them. In 2019, at 47, Carl Allamby became Carl Allamby, MD. The world may have ________ him around once or twice, but it didn’t defeat him.

“How many people can do something so ________ at such a late stage in their life?” he says. “I fit so many demographics (人口统计数据) that ________ you shouldn’t be a doctor. ________ it’s because of my age, my race, my upbringing, or my career, these are all good ________ suggesting I shouldn’t be here. And ________, here I am.”