【推荐1】You never know what nature has prepared for you as a gift. Years ago, when walking alone on a beach in remote southwest Florida, I was so _______ to hear splashes（水溅声）coming from the water. As I walked in the _______ of the sounds, I saw a manatee(海牛)show its head out of the water, _______ a great snuffling(带鼻音的) breath. It seemed that it was in _______ and trying to get out of it.

I’d never seen a _______ like this before. I wanted to ask for help, but there was no one _______. So I went into the shallow water and went toward the animal. I came_______ enough to make out the manatee. Then, a second manatee, much smaller, appeared beside it._______, the other manatees were also moving toward me. Soon I was _______ by several manatees. I could clearly see the larger manatee ________ the little one up with her flipper(鳍状肢) and pushed it to the surface beside me.

As the two slipped underwater, two other manatees moved up from behind, one on either side, ________ gently against my body as they swam past. They circled and ________ the action, this time ________ by the mother and her baby. I held my hand out touching their back as they passed me. Since they obviously enjoyed touching me, I began ________ each of them as they swam by.

I stood there enjoying the scene, ________ to move, until finally the rising tide ________ me back to the shore. Later I knew exactly what took place that morning. The manatees involved me in their celebration of a birth and I was welcome to meet the ________ member of their family.

During that unexpected scene, I felt more involved in the rhythms of ________ on our earth than ever. Each year, I head for that ________ for a quiet little birthday picnic on the shore. After all, you never know who might ________ up for your party.

【推荐2】Animals are a great way to combat the struggles experienced by many people suffering from a mental illness, especially depression.

Having a pet is a big responsibility but it is_______ these responsibilities that we develop a relationship with the _______, just like children, become accustomed to routines. They become_______them and can oftentimes lose their cool if the routine is _______. Once a routine of care is established, nurturing(养育）our pet becomes second _______. In learning to care for our animals we ________routines for ourselves. It may _______deciding when the dog will be_______for a walk, but then we have to fit in shopping, getting to the gym, etc. based on the _______we have left. Having a routine gives us a sense of ________that we often feel gets lost when suffering from a mental health illness.

________we nurture and care for our pet, we simultaneously nurture and care for ourselves. ________, having a dog will get you outside, walking, running or just being ________. Exercise has time and time again been shown to help with depression and other ________ illnesses. It can be ________ to convince ourselves to get up for a walk simply to make ourselves feel better, but when we have a(n) ________to our pets we are more likely to do it.

While owning a pet is no ________task, the benefits can seriously outweigh the ________. If you are struggling with your mental illness, keeping a pet might just ________. Imagine the love when you feel when arriving home to see your dog waiting ________at the door. Not only do we love and care for our pets, they unconditionally love us as well.

【推荐1】The books in David’s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street. What he wanted to do was play basketball with Eric, _________ his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first.

He had _________ set foot in a library and he wasn’t about to do so today. He would just _______ the books in the outside return box. But there was a _________: it was locked.

He went into the building, only a few minutes _______ closing time. He put the books into the return box. And after a brief _________ in the toilet, he would be on his way to the playground to _________ Eric.

David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in _______— the library lights were off. The place was _______. The doors had been shut. They __________ be opened from the inside; he was trapped — in a library!

He tried to__________a telephone call, but was unable to ________. What’s more, the pay phones were on the outside of the building. __________ the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found it.

________ he could see. David wrote on a piece of paper: “____________! I’m TRAPPED inside!” and stuck it to the glass door.__________, someone passing by would see it.

He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant, __________. Rows and rows of shelves held books, videos and music. He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf. He settled into a chair and started to __________.

He knew he had to __________, but now, that didn’t seem to be such a __________ thing.

【推荐2】I would like to send a huge shout out Valerie,a manager at Home Depot.I together with my son-a boy with special needs,came in to _______up a refrigerator box that she _______for me. I was _______to use it to build a police car for Halloween around my son’s wheelchair.When I explained the _______to Valerie,she did not _______to offer help.After getting the box,Valerie started to _______down to cut the box for me. My son was happy to _______her and they got along well with each other in doing the work.

After we got the box loaded,Valerie helped us brainstorm and find the other _______ we would need.Then as we neared the checkout,she had the entire order _______. I tried to refuse but she just said that it would bless her ________.My disabled son may not have understood anything ________that Valerie was kind and patient with him,but I really appreciated this huge act of ________.The biggest blessing for me was the way she ________my son and the way he responded to her.

Thanks to Valerie,Home Depot was also ________their Saturday craft work-shops(手工艺作坊)into my son’s school.This way,our special kids could have ________ to a wonderful environment,where they could make their own crafts! Almost all kids in the class were ________ at the activities,which made them feel the value of themselves.It turned out to be ________with all of them at last.

I think one of the most ________things that special-needs parents need to understand is that it's OK to let other people in.Sometimes it's hard to accept others’________,but when you refuse it,you ________stand in the way of letting other people bless you and in turn that blesses them.

【推荐1】As a medical student, I was absorbed in studying and hardly spoke with real patients in a hospital. Then I started visiting local hospitals to gather _________ for my essay (论文)．

One cold evening, I was “hunting” for the final three patients I needed to _________ my study. The records showed a 43­year­old patient, Ms. A, was in the ward (病房) still _________ from her recent stroke (中风), no relatives or friends with her. When I sat down on a chair next to her bed and told her my _________, she agreed. The questionnaire (问卷) was made up of three simple questions. Before I could _________ after finishing it, Ms. A spoke up in her weak voice, “Doc, do you think I can get back to my _________ life?” Deep in my heart, I wished I were her doctor. I replied that _________ I didn’t know much about her case, I could tell her what I had learned about the recovery of stroke patients.

Ms. A then talked about herself. She told me that her husband died and her pay as a cleaner was _________ enough for her kids. I didn’t know what to say. Looking into her eyes, I _________ to remember the lessons from a communication skills class a few years earlier, but my mind was __________. Without realizing it, I had begun holding Ms. A’s hand. Since I didn’t have anything to say, I just sat __________ while she talked. That’s when it __________ me that she was not expecting any __________ from me. She just wanted me to listen. All I did was nodding my head as a way of showing my __________. Finally, Ms. A stopped talking. “I’m very __________ for keeping you here, but I feel __________ now.” Finally, I knew what to say. “It’s OK, Madam. It’s part of my __________.”

Ms. A taught me one of the most important __________ a doctor can learn. Sometimes patients do not need expensive medicine. They just need someone with __________ and willingness to lend an ear and __________ a little of their time.

【推荐2】It was Mother’s Day and I was shopping at the local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were _______, we realized that only minutes earlier an _______ woman had fallen over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground. _______ was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock. _______ a lot of people stopped to help out.

While we were walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very _______ about what had happened to the elderly couple. He _______ to me, “Mom, it’s not much fun falling over in front of _______.” Seeing that there was a flower stall (摊位) at the front of the supermarket, he added, “Why shouldn’t we _______ the lady a flower? It will make her feel better.” I was _______ that he’d come up with this wise idea. So we went over and told the flower seller ________ we wanted. “Just take it,” she replied. “I can’t take your money for such a wonderful ________.”

By now medical staff (医疗团队) had arrived, and were ________ the injured woman. We gave the flower to the woman’s husband and I told him it was ________ my son. At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you very much.” He then turned to me, “You have a ________ son. Happy Mother’s Day to you.”

The man bent down and gave his wife the flower, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with love in her eyes and gave him a little ________.

【推荐3】Last Saturday evening, Mike, who has autism (自闭症), attended a concert with his grandfather, Stephen Mattin at Boston Symphony Hall. As the orchestra (交响乐队) _________ playing, they expected to hear polite applause after a brief _________.

The music was over and there was no sound, but it suddenly was _________ by the “Wow!” heard around the hall. A child’s _________ expressed simple, refreshing amazement at the performance. The elder Mattin felt _________ and turned to people around them, _________ that Mike actually did not _________ to make noise and that he has autism and often expresses himself _________ from other people.

The moment _________ the orchestra so that they released the audio recording of the “Wow!” moment, hoping to __________ the child. Not long after the audio clip (片段) hit the Internet, it became extremely __________, getting thousands of shares across several platforms. Later, David Snead, the president and CEO of the orchestra, gave out his email address, wishing to get a (n) __________ from the parents of the child and __________ them to meet the musician Harry Christophers. It took less than a week for the kid to come forward. His family and the orchestra planned to __________ a date for him to meet the musician.

Mattin expressed his __________ that the society has become more tolerant and understanding of the differences between people.