【推荐1】In the August sun, it was unbearably hot in my car. I was in Vancouver, ________ the Knight Street Bridge as I tried to get home after work. ________ was already slowing down and then it came to a full stop. I was ________ even before getting on the bridge.

Ahead of me was a heavily jammed road. I stared at the endless rows of ________, depressed. But I stayed     ________. When the cars did move, I moved carefully, making sure not to crash into other vehicles. Finally, I made it onto the ________. The traffic was still moving ________ at a snail’s pace. Tired and hungry, I became very anxious.

Just then, I heard a faint sound ________. The sound gradually became louder, until I could ________ it as an emergency vehicle drawing near from behind. What did we do? The bridge was ________. There was no room for us to move.

But I was wrong. Every single car quickly, yet carefully, moved to the side. Without thinking, I ________. The lane remained open for a few seconds during which the ambulance ________ through.

Afterwards, every car moved back into formation (队形), and we continued our patient ________. I forgot my exhaustion and hunger. My anxiety was gone.

How did we do that? Despite our exhaustion, we collectively decided to help the stranger who needed the time more ________ than we did. We drew on our sympathy and intelligence, requiring no ________. Together we could make the impossible possible.

【推荐3】One day, a boy was playing in a garden. He was running after butterflies and trying to catch them. He was very _______ to see the colorful flowers, too. Then he saw a frog skipping and _______. As he ran behind the frog, it went into the pond. A cow was eating grass in the garden. He saw how the cow was _______ grass. A fly then came there and buzzed over the _______. It swung its tail to make the fly move away. The child clapped and _______ .

The boy was enjoying the beauty of nature. He said, “Nature is _______. Its beauty attracts everyone.”

When he saw a squirrel, he ran after it and _______ near the bed of roses. He tried to pick some of the roses, but a thorn (刺) _______ his finger. It was very painful. The boy started _______ and ran to his mother who was in the ________.

His mother asked him, “What is the matter?” The boy said, “The thorn of the rose ________my finger while I was picking it and now I feel ________ pain.” His mother said, “That was your ________. You should not have tried to pick the flower. The flowers are meant to be ________ and not to be picked. Besides, natural beauty should never be ________. We should help to protect nature.” The son said, “I will ________ remember what you have just told me, Mom.” The mother said, “Let me know what you have ________ today.” Her son explained, “We should protect ________living beings, whether animals or ________. We should never harm them. We should not harm nature. ________ we do, it may harm us in the long run, too.”

【推荐1】It was pouring outside when we all waited inside the door of the Wal-Mart. Some were patient while others _______ , because nature messed up their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens _________ the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child in the rain awoke in me as a short relief of the _________ of my day.

Then, a sweet voice broke the atmosphere, “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”

“What?” Mom asked.

“Let’s run through the rain!” She _________ .

“No, honey. We’ll wait until it _________ a bit.” Mom replied.

This young child waited about another minute and repeated it again.

“We’ll get wet if we do.” Mom said.

“No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said firmly.

“This morning? What did I say?”

“Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said if God could get us through this, he could get us through anything!”

The entire crowd stopped, _________ silent. I swear you couldn’t hear anything but the rain. Mom _________ and thought for a moment about what to say.

Now some would laugh it off and scolded her for being silly. Some might even _________ what was said. _______ this was a moment of confirmation in a young child’s life and a moment when ________ can be developed into faith. “Honey, you are absolutely __________ . If we get wet, we’ll maybe just need washing.” Mom said. Then they ran off, holding their shopping bags over their __________ just in case.

They got wet. But they were followed by a few who __________ and laughed like children all the way to their cars. And yes, I did. I got wet. I needed washing.

Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, including __________ and health. But no one can ever take away your precious ________ . So don’t forget to take the opportunities to make memories every day!

【推荐2】Anansi was about to eat when his friend Turtle walked by. “Hello, Anansi,” said Turtle. “That smells great!” Anansi didn’t like to _________. But in spider culture, you always share your _________ with friends. So Anansi said, “Come in and eat with me.” Turtle sat down. But before Turtle started eating, Anansi said, “Turtle, your hands are dirty! In my culture we wash our hands before eating.” Turtle looked his dirty hands and felt _________. He apologized to Anansi and went to the river to wash.

When he got back, Anansi was _________ eating. “I didn’t want the food to get_________,” Anansi explained. Turtle sat down and he was _________ hungry. But Anansi said, “Your hands are still dirty!” Turtle looked down. Anansi was _________! “I’m so sorry! I’ll wash them again,” Turtle said. This time, Turtle walked back with clean hands. But to his _________, all food was gone! “I’m sorry, Turtle, but you took so long! I couldn’t wait,” Anansi _________.

The next day Turtle invited Anansi to have lunch. They swam to the ____________ of the river. There, Anansi saw a table covered with food. But there was a problem. Every time he tried to sit down, he ____________ back to the surface of the river. Anansi had a (an)____________. He put some rocks in his pockets and swam back. He sat down at the table and smiled. But before he could eat ____________, Turtle said, “In my culture, we____________ our jackets at the table.” Anansi saw that Turtle wasn’t wearing a jacket, and he felt ashamed. But as soon as his jacket was off his ____________, he popped back up to the surface again. On the river bottom below, clever Turtle smiled and started eating.