【推荐3】I’m a foreign English teacher at a school in Japan. I have a weekly English music broadcast(广播) where I_______different English songs. I try to_______the students to recommend songs to me for the broadcast. At the broadcast, I usually announce(宣布) who recommended the song and then play it for everyone to_______during lunchtime. I encourage everyone to_______themselves through their music, including one_______student of mine. This student often fights with the other students and doesn’ t study. Most of us_______push him away. I knew that he just needed a friend, or at least someone he can connect with.

I could_______he was friendly to me over the last year. I told him to think of a song he likes and that I’ll play it on the broadcast for him._______, he recommended a song. So I put it in on the broadcast and_______his name. Everyone knew that he________and recommended such a great song. The boy was________and he’s been much happier and________in English class ever since. While everyone else________him and pushed him away, I knew that he just needed someone who acknowledged(认可) him and give him a(n)________. He recently walked by me and gave me the truest smile that I’ve ever seen. His maths teacher________me and said, “I’ve never seen him smile like that before.” “I gave him a chance,” I said, “through just one song.”

【推荐1】After trying to convince members of his community to pick up trash, an Indonesian man put on a superhero outfit (服装). 36-year-old Rudi Hartono, a cafe worker from Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi, had long been trying to_________people of his small coastal community to keep their home clean by picking up trash on streets and beaches, but had little _________.

He put on a Spiderman suit just to _________his nephew, but he found that people started to take notice of him. “At first, I did the same _________without wearing this costume and it did not attract the public's _________to joining and helping pick up trash,” said the 36-year-old Hartono. “After wearing this costume, it turns out_________.”

Rudi bought the Spiderman costume in 2018, _________a way to entertain his 2-year-old nephew, but his nephew only got _________and started crying whenever he saw Rudi _________as the popular superhero, so the costume was ____________for about a year. Then, one day, he ____________got the idea to put it on before cleaning trash, and the ____________from the community made him excited.

People who had ____________ignored him when he was cleaning streets and beaches of plastic trash as a normal man, started ____________his example when they saw him dressed as Spiderman. The effect was so ____________that he took to Facebook and made a video dressed as the Marvel superhero, inviting more people to ____________against littering and pollution.

Despite only putting on the Spiderman for only a few months, Rudi has got many awards and become an important ____________in the local community. He has also ____________in national newspapers, and on several national television shows, ____________these opportunities to appeal to people to do ____________part in keeping the Earth clean.

【推荐2】The rose bushes were finally in full bloom on that spring morning.

The _______ Of roses always brings to mind Wanda's childhood memories. Then the family had no _______ to buy extra things, so even a tired rose was something to _______.

Currently, to have a backyard full of different roses is pure _______. And her husband, Dale, devotedly _______ the roses. _______ that she loves the very first blooms, he picked some on this particular morning.

But as Dale returned, he came across a neighbor who had _______ for a quick visit. As the woman turned to go, Dale generously gave the _______ to her. And even though their visitor _______ she didn't want to take them. She was ________ assured(确信)that the flowers were hers to keep.

Seeing her precious first blooms go out of the door ________ Wanda with regret, and a bit of ________.She knew it was "better to give than to receive". ________, she wished she could have kept the roses for herself.

Later that day, the couple headed to the post office, where Wanda waited outside in the car.

Then, without ________, an older woman suddenly appeared at the open window, and gave her a bunch of fresh roses! "These are for you. They're my first blooms this spring.”

Completely ________, Wanda thanked the woman and ________ for a moment to breathe in the rich fragrance. When she looked back, the mysterious visitor was gone.

That special ________ changed Wanda. It made her understand the true meaning of ________ unexpected gifts. Now, she always ________, her first blooms to others, as a(n) ________ that someone is thinking of them.

【推荐3】Exploring the peaks of the world’s highest mountains has become almost second nature for Poorna Malavath and Kavya Manyapu. It has taken Manyapu to NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) where her research has included designing ________ suits, and Malavath to the top of Mount Everest when in 2014, she became the youngest ever woman to ________ the top of the world’s highest mountain at 13.

Now, these two women have channeled their ________ spirit into climbing some of the world’s most difficult mountains as part of their campaign, Project Shakthi, which ________ money to fund girls’ education. At the end of August, they climbed a 6,012m virgin peak in Ladakh, India — one previously unmapped and ________ by human expeditions.

Never climbed before, the mountain ________ difficult challenges for even an experienced mountaineer like Malavath, for there were neither trails to follow nor ________ from previous climbers to stick to. “We have to prepare ourselves ________ to accept everything,” Malavath said. “So it’s completely different and it’s given me so much knowledge to ________ others.”

Complex weather conditions that turned to snow at high ________ added to the complexities of climbing a virgin peak. The night when they were to set out it ________, which meant avalanche (雪崩) conditions off the mountain. They had to ________ come back as a team, make a safety call and then prepare for the next day. So it was very challenging.

And for a relatively ________ climber like Manyapu, though she had trained extensively, the challenges were even greater.

“When we were, in the ________, we would talk about: ‘What if, you know, we won’t be able to make it to the summit, you know, what if this? What if that?’” Manyapu says. “But then we would always like to go back and encourage each other and ________ each other that, you know, let’s just take it one step at a time.”