【推荐1】Last summer,I had just enough money saved to buy a golden ticket—a-month train pass that would take me to the furthest reaches of Europe. Excited for my journey, I_________all the necessary stuff—_________the guidebook.

To be honest, I find the guidebook_________ a journey—like a bossy aunt who is always telling you what to do._________she doesn’t always know what’s best. Experience has taught me that there is a clear distinction between a tourist and a traveler.

While waiting in a queue to see Michelangelo’s Statue of David in Florence, I met a man who showed me his_________of “Top 20 Things to do in Italy” and told us_________that he’d “seen” everything Italy has to offer in just four days.

The problem 1 had with this man’s way of travelling was that he was too focused on_________ the boxes provided by his guidebook. He was_________in the so-called “must-sees” and blind to all that was happening somewhere else.

So, guidebook-less as we were, my companion and I traveled to Estonia. Arriving for no good reason, we had no option but to_________some friendly faces for advice. We chatted happily, which resulted in an invitation to a beautiful Estonian home by a river where we enjoyed a wonderful sauna(桑拿), locally picked forest-mushrooms and the good__________of our five new-found Estonian friends, we sure were glad we had left our bossy aunt a home.

【推荐2】The COVID-19 pandemic (大流行病) prevents a lot of celebrations from being held. During what seemed like an end to the pandemic, Dawn planned a birthday party_________for her son Jack at a park with plenty of space to keep social_________. For one reason or another, kids and their parents_________to stay at home. No guests_________on the celebration.

After the party that nobody went to, this mom_________her heartbreak online. “All parents just want_________for their kids and it was hard to imagine watching your young kid’s excitement_________sadness when none of his friends went to his party.”

Dawn’s video quickly_________hundreds of thousands of views. Other moms talked about their understanding and a lot of viewers wished Jack a happy birthday._________, people offered to send gifts to the boy to make his birthday a little bit better.

Dawn even took it one step further for her boy. She__________a virtual birthday party for Jack by going live online, and almost 30,000 viewers__________in the party. Hundreds of thousands of__________got together just to make the kid feel special on his birthday!

Jack’s mom posted a follow-up video,__________that both she and her son were incredibly__________for those wishing him a happy birthday and wanting to send toys. She said that Jack didn’t want or need toys, but he just wanted to have fun with his friends. Jack even__________that people send toys to their closest Children’s Hospital instead of to him.

【推荐3】Praying for Your Enemies

Last year I was put into a lower-level _______ class. The reason I was in this class had   _______ to do with my math skills. I am blind. The school decided it was _______ it takes me longer to complete assignments(任务) that I would be supposed to learn at a lower level.

The only _______ with being in this class was that I was surrounded by "at-risk" students.

These were kids who did not do well in school. Their home lives were much _______ from mine, and they were constantly in _______ with the school and the law.

One day we had already _______ our lesson for the day, and the kids began to talk about what they had done the past weekend. I tried not to _______, but it was actually too_______. Even though the teacher was still in the room, that didn't __________ them from discussing the parties they had been to and how drunk they had been. I was tired of their stories of drugs and __________.

One Tuesday morning, I went to a Christian Student Union meeting before school. A guest speaker talked about praying for our __________. I prayed and asked God how I could pray for the __________ in my class.

At first, the __________ were mechanical(机械的). When I heard the kids’ voices in class, I would __________ silently to myself, "Dear God, please bless so-and-so…" But as I continued, I began to think of them more often. __________ time went on, my classmates became more than just annoying kids to me. There was something growing inside my __________ for them. They began to feel like family, and I was learning to __________ them in a way I never thought __________.

I now see that praying is such a powerful act. It is prayer that is the most powerful __________ a Christian has.

【推荐1】One evening, Catherine was at home as usual. As her ______ swung between what she was going to do with her life and their dinner plans for the evening, she was unexpectedly ______ by an urgent call from her sister, “Get over here! Turn on NBC and check these guys out. They are just like you...” One Facebook message and a phone interview later, Catherine ______ herself on a bus with 8 strangers in the middle of the sweltering desert heat of Utah, picking up trash and ______ awareness about zero-waste and climate change.

With a deep love of the environment and a desire to make a ______, Catherine, Davey, and a group of self ______ “environmental pick-up artists” went on a coast to coast roadside trash pick-up. As they walked, sometimes only ______ 0. 9 miles in an entire day, they ______ and steadily made their way across the United States for three years, picking up a total of 201,678 pounds of trash.

Catherine and Davey ______ wonderful stories of hope and inspiration that fueled their efforts to continue their journey with us. After spending weeks silently ______ how she would have enough ______ to fly home for their two-week spring break, Catherine found a blank, unidentified envelope ______ with $ 850 cash in the desert—just enough to get her home and back. After their bus ______ outside of Denver, they unexpectedly got help and arrived in Yosemite National Park three weeks later, just in time for the “Yosemite Facelift” where ______ from all over the state came together with a purpose of cleaning up trash all over the park.

Being at the right place at the right time became almost normal, and they realized that much of what they ______ was more than just a coincidence. Together, their team learned to simply devote themselves to their task, and surrender to the journey.

【推荐3】On a cold afternoon in January 2015, Yesenia Diosdado, 11, got off a school bus in Lenexa, Kansas, near the apartment building where she lives with her family. When the _________ pulled away, Yesenia saw police and emergency workers attending to _________ of a three-car accident that had happened at a busy crossroads nearby. Yesenia _________ a small crowd of onlookers across the street.

She noticed that a(n) _________ woman was trying to _________ with an Emergency Medical Service worker using sign language, but he couldn’t understand her. “I heard him _________ an interpreter (翻译员),” Yesenia says.

She ran over to the paramedic (护理人员) to _________— her mother, a former sign language interpreter, had _________ her and her sisters how to _________ (no one in the family is hearing-impaired).

“She said, ‘I sign. Can I help?’” says EMS captain Chris Winger. “I was __________.”

Yesenia was able to __________ to the emergency worker that the woman’s neck was injured and tell them the name of the local hospital she preferred. “She looked really __________,” says Yesenia. “I’m proud that I got to do something to help.”

When her mother, Susan Milidore, 36, heard about Yesenia’s brave actions, she wasn’t surprised. “It’s in her __________ to help,” says Susan. “I was impressed that she recognized the __________ of the situation and took charge. Most adults wouldn’t have done that.”

A few weeks later, paramedics __________ Yesenia with a gold coin and a certificate (证书) of appreciation at her elementary school.

“My mom always says that you never know when sign language might come in handy,” says Yesenia. “That day, it did.”

【推荐1】Borneo is home to some of the most extraordinary wildlife. Several years ago, I decided to go there for a visit. A local person offered to be my guide，which was a great benefit for me. One day, my guide turned off the smooth road and took me across a _________hillside instead. We picked our way carefully when _________a Rafflesia (大王花) popped into my view among those stones. Oh, dear! More than _________, I bent down and put my nose practically inside the flower’score.

_________to my surprise, it was only one of the_________during the trip. As I_________the end of my trip, there was still something I had yet to see. We planned to _________ most fearing creature there，the saltwater crocodile, which can grow to a _________ of 6 meters or more. When we shone a flashlight towards the muddy shore, little sounds_________ in the darkness as if something unseen underwater had broken the__________. Taking a second look, we spotted two greedy __________just above the water line. As we drew near, it__________and we saw clearly it was a crocodile. With great caution, we neared it and finally could________its true dimensions (尺寸). It was a baby-no more than 0. 6 meter long. Aha, whatever, I could now report to the __________back home, who had never been to Borneo, that I had__________a hungry crocodile in the wild and lived to tell the tale.

The world out there is so fascinating. Don’t let work run your life. Why not step outdoors and enjoy the wonders nature offers to you?

【推荐2】At age 5, I always sat with my Dad in his study every night. When he came home from the office, I’d watch as he _______ his personal items: his watch, wallet, and comb. They would always take up the same spot on the table as if he could see imaginary lines drawn _______ for these things, not a centimeter more or less.

What brought _______ to me then was cleaning the comb for him. I would _______ the tap excitedly and brushed it as hard as I could. _______ I’d done a good job, I would proudly return the comb to Dad, who rewarded me with a bright smile.

Two years later, Dad _______ his sales job and started his own business, but it was not doing well and started shaking our steady life. He always came home very late and _______ the usual evening stay with me. Why did he _______ his old job? Why take the risk and place the whole family in trouble? Over the years I refused to wait for him to come home.

Today, everything is better, yet the _______ silence between us remained until two days before. I was about to ________ after carrying his bag into his study when he asked, “Hey, would you like to clean my comb?” After a long ________ I said yes. Later, with the comb clean, Dad ________ placed it on top of his wallet and smiled back as usual. I ________ that he has wrinkles as he smiles, yet his smile is still ________, the smile of a father who wants a good ________ for his family.

【推荐3】I got on an overnight, bus journey from Kolhapur to Aurangabad in India. The bus — an ordinary, air-conditioning-free one — was more than ______. All 55 seats were taken and there were some 20 people ______ in the aisle (过道). The hot day ______ the discomfort of the 10-hour journey. Because I was travelling on a student bus pass I had no choice but to-stand.

After approximately two extended hours, I was wet with _______ in the noise of the bus. I suddenly ______ a hand tapping my hand, asking for ______. Turning around, I found a middle-aged man with a smile looking up at me. He stood up and said I could take his ______ for a little while. I was pleasantly ______ and immediately accepted his offer, my entire body feeling a sense of relief. And the man just stood next to me, looking around. After about 20 minutes, I signaled him to ______ his space. Another man, who was sitting by the window on the other side of the bus, had observed our’ ______.

Just then, something ______ happened. Our observer stood up and offered his seat to another standing man. Unexpectedly, we had caused a chain reaction: almost all the standees got a(n) ______ to be seated. More surprisingly, people-even started chatting with each other while exchanging their positions, and soon began sharing jokes. Needless to say, the rest of the journey was quite ______.

The bus reached its destination the next morning. I stood in the early morning light, waving goodbye to the groups, who-went-their separate routines. But this extraordinary experience has stayed with me after all the years. I am always ______ of an important life lesson — that we can all ______ what we have, including our burdens, and help our co-passengers in the journey of life.