【推荐1】The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an _______, and one friend slapped the other one in the _______.

The one who got slapped was hurt, but without _______ anything, he wrote in the sand: "Today my best friend slapped me in the face."

They _______walking until they found an oasis（绿洲）, where they decided to take a _______. The one who had been slapped got _______in the mire （沼泽）and started _______, but the friend saved him.

After he _______ from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: "Today my best friend saved my _______."  The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "________ I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?"

The other friend ________,"When someone hurts us we should write it ________ in the sand where winds of ________ can erase it away. But when someone does something ________ for us, we must engrave it in the stone where no wind can ever erase it."

Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your ________ in the stone.

They say it ________ a minute to find a special person, an hour to ________, a day to love them, but a(n) ________ life to forget them.

________ this phrase to the people you’ll never forget. It’s a short message to let them ________ that you’ll never forget them.

【推荐2】One day I went to a mall to search for a job. I saw a guard in tidy uniform (制服). I was drawn by it, so I walked to her and _______ her, and in return, she said hello to me with a smile, appearing very _______. I asked her the name of her company and where it lay. She answered nicely. I said to myself I _______ to work like her.

When I got home I _______ my first CV (简历). The following day I went to the exact company where the guard worked and was told there were no _______ currently. I begged her to keep my CV and hand it in when there were jobs offered and she kept it. After a month the company _______ me, inviting me to come for an interview. I really _______ the chance.

The interviewers were very satisfied, so I was invited to a month long training. I _______ the training and the trainer put me on the first group due to the good _______ I got in the training. I was ________ at the same place as the lady, which ________ me.

From that day on I told myself nothing is ________ in life. If you dream it and fight for it, then you can ________ it. We are always limiting ourselves by saying the sky is the limit, but the ________ is that only you can limit yourself. So only you can go beyond the ________.

【推荐3】This year marked my five-year violin anniversary. Five years ago I entered a music shop and asked, “Do you______violin lessons?”I was standing in a room filled with beautiful ______and felt like a stranger in a new land. I had little ______in playing the violin although I had loved violin music for years. I wanted to learn to play it at that moment．

The music shop signed me up for ______and it soon became clear to me how ______it was for a novice（新手）to learn to play the violin. I once watched a skilled violinist play and it looked simple. Actually, it was more difficult than I had expected. Little did I know there was nothing natural about the ______in which one held the instrument. There was no margin(偏差) for error—a ______misplaced finger sends a note out of tune. If I had known how challenging it would be, I might never have started. However, my love for violin music ______all the difficulties. Though it was a big challenge, I made it at last. I won first place in the violin contest in our city last year．

____the past five years with my violin, I realized I've learned much more than how to make music. I believe mistakes are not ______. They are pointing you toward where to ______your attention. Besides, you'd better not ______yourself with others. If you find you’re not as good as someone, you will feel depressed. If so, remember ______you started. For me，it was because I loved the violin music and it made me happy. What's more, remember that developing a new skill ______repetition. The more you practice，the more you learn．Progress happens even when you are taking ______baby steps (like practicing for a few minutes at a time). Take the time to celebrate your successes. When you ______something you've been working on, acknowledge it with a “Yay me! Look what I did!”Give yourself rewards for what you've learned and enjoy your ______, which will lead you to the next accomplishment．______，you need to persevere（坚持不懈） no matter how difficult the situation is．I firmly believe these lessons______anything we take on．

Learning something new isn't always easy. Sometimes it's more demanding than you expected, but you are richly ______in more ways than you could have imagined for the trying．

【推荐3】In March 2020, when I stood alone in the middle of the main road to the Lake District，it felt like the end of the world. As a local _______ , I’ve grown used to the heavy traffic. But suddenly, everything _______. The lockdown(因疫情封锁)brought quietness to the area, and I did feel a sense of relief(放松)to be done with the _______ for a while.

Just off the main road is Matterdale, where I _______ with my family. We own a farm and our work _______ tending farm animals. Like many who live in tourist attractions, we have been _______ by some visitors. My farming would have been significantly _______ without people parking in gateways, walking through the fields of lambs(羊羔)with running pet dogs _______ them, or giving up their tents along the river.

_______ my complaints(抱怨), however, I would never refuse visitors’ presence. I do understand their need for ________ after months of busy city life. In fact, I think I ________ them too. Of course, communities like ours rely on the income that ________ creates. But to me, there is something more personal. I once took my kids to the lake. Near the shore, we saw boys and girls playing together. A young dad was ________ his kid’s hand as she tiptoed through the shallows(浅水处). An elderly couple were sitting in the shade, ________ the view. I found myself content knowing that I was ________ this landscape(景色)with others.

As lockdown restrictions(限制)have ________ and visitors started to come back, I wonder how we can coexist ________ . For those who are reading this, I hope that my words can encourage you to ________ the communities you visit, and understand the responsibilities that come with ________ those places. Our love can coexist, even if it sometimes makes life a little ________.

【推荐1】A young English teacher saved the lives of 30 students when he took ______ of a bus after its driver suffered a serious heart attack. Guy Harvold, 24, had ______ the students and three course leaders from Gatwick airport, and they were travelling to Bournemouth to ______ their host families. They were going to take a course at the ABC Language School in Bournemouth where Harvold works as a teacher.

Harvold, who has not ______ his driving test, said, “I realized the bus was out of control when I was speaking to the students.” The bus ran into trees at the side of the road and he ______ the driver was slumped (倒伏)over the wheel (方向盘). The driver didn’t ______ He was unconscious (昏迷的). The bus ______ a lamp post (电线杆) and it broke the glass on the front door before Harvold ______ to bring the bus to a stop. Police ______ the young teacher’s quick thinking. If he hadn’t reacted quickly, there could have been a terrible ______ .

The bus driver died at East Surrey Hospital. He had worked regularly with the school and was very well regarded by the teachers and students. Harvold said, was ______ that no one else was hurt, but I hoped that the driver would ______ .

The head of the language school told the local newspaper that the school is going to send Harvold on a weekend   ______ to Dublin with a friend, thanking him for his ______ . A local driving school has also offered him six ______ driving lessons.

【推荐2】My kids and I were heading into the supermarket over the weekend. On the way ,we spotted a man holding a piece of paper that said, “ _______ my job. Family to Feed.”

At this store, a _______ like this is not normal. My 10-year-old noticed him and make a comment ( 评论) on how bad it must be to have to stand _________ in the cold wind.

In the store, I asked each of my kids to _______ something they thought our “friend” there would appreciate. They got apples, a sandwich and a bottle of juice. Then my 17-year-old suggested giving him a _________. I thought about it. We were _______ on cash ourselves, but… well, sometimes _______ from our need instead of our abundance is just what we need to do! All the kids   declared something they could do away with for the week.

When we handed him the bag of _______, he lit up and thanked us with _______ eyes. When I handed him the gift card, saying he could use it for __________his family might need, he burst into tears.

This has been a wonderful ________ for our family. For days the kids have been looking for others we can ________! Things would have played out so ________ if I had simply said, “No, we really don’t have money to give more.” Stepping out not only helped a brother in ________, it also gave my kids the ________ taste of helping others. It’ll go a long way with them.