【推荐3】About 15 years ago, I packed my suitcase and traveled to a town a few hours away. I would have an important ______ the next day, so I arrived ______. When I woke up the next morning in the hotel and started to get ______, something came to my notice —I had ______ to pack a white shirt.

This discovery made me get into ______. There was only about an hour left. Without thinking, I ______ went down to the lobby (大厅) immediately and flew to the attendant at the front desk. I explained my ______ situation and asked if he could suggest a nearby store where I could get a new shirt. I received a response before I finished speaking. “Sir, I have got a ______,”The attendant replied. How excited I was when I heard that! But instead of ______ me to a nearby shop, the man did something ______. Without saying a word, he ______ his own white shirt and handed it to me.

I finally arrived on time. Things ______ in the end—I got my dream job. I expressed my ______ when giving back the shirt.

That nice ______ has stuck with me over the years and that man’s behavior has ______ me ever since. And so now, when I see someone who needs anything, I’m willing to share.

【推荐1】Charlie Villanueva, once an NBA player, is known for his ability to shoot hoops(篮筐). He says his success is largely due to what he has _________ since childhood.

Today Villanueva’s career may look successful, but life wasn’t always _________for him. At 10, Villanueva got a skin disease alopecia. It caused his _________loss, which was not life threatening but difficult for a kid to go through. Other kids called him hurtful names. In middle school, he was suspended (停学)for _________ a no-hats rule. _________ a note from his doctor allowed him to wear hats, they only _________ more unfriendly attention.

Through it all, Villanueva’s mother was there for him in good times and bad times. With his mother’s help and _________, Villanueva turned his frustration (挫败)into _________ to play basketball well on the court. As he improved as an athlete; basketball helped him deal with his alopecia.

In fact, over six million Americans have alopecia like Villanueva. They have gifts, abilities and a need to feel _________, Villanueva established the Charlie Villanueva Foundation to help families of kids with alopecia. Villanueva __________kids to feel good about who they are, work hard toward their goals and __________to others. Here’s his __________for them.

“We’re all __________in our own different ways. Embrace it and enjoy life __________. Many didn’t think I’d make it. Thankfully they were __________ about me. Believe in yourself, and all dreams arc possible.”

【推荐2】When I was in the 8th grade in Ohio, a girl named Helen in my class had a terrible accident. As she was running to the bus in order not to _________ it, she slipped on some ice and fell under the wheels of the bus. She _________ the accident, but was paralyzed (瘫痪) from the waist down. I went to see her, in my 13-year-old mind thinking she wouldn’t live _________ from then on. I felt sorry that she would live a life of no quality

Over the years, I moved and didn’t think much about Helen after that. Three years ago, in Florida, my oldest son was hit by a car while riding his bike, _________ a terrible brain injury. While I was looking after my son, a lady who said she was the hospital’s social worker called. It was a _________ tiring day. I burst into tears for no reason and _________ .

A short time later, a beautiful woman, in a wheelchair, _________ into my son’s room with a box of tissues. After 16 years, I still _________ Helen. She smiled, handed me the tissues and hugged me. I told her who I was and after we both got through the _________ of that, she began to tell me about her __________ since we last saw each other. She had married, had children and gotten her degree so that she could smooth the path for those less __________ than her. She told me that if there was anything she could give me, it would be __________ .

Looking at this wonderful, __________ person, I felt small. But I also felt the first hope Helen gave me since learning that my son was hurt. From this person that I thought would have no __________ of life and couldn’t have lived a normal life, I learned that where there is life, there is hope. To our delight, my son recovered and we moved back north, but I __________ Helen a debt that I can never repay.

【推荐3】If you need courage when facing a challenge, learn from Jessica Cox. Born in February 1983 in Sierra Vista, Arizona, Jessica Cox_________her parents. Why? She had no arms. As Cox grew up, her mother _________ that her daughter had the _________to live a normal life by doing things differently._________ independent at a young age, Cox learned to tie her shoes, get dressed and take a_________.   She also got prosthetic(假体的) arms then and used them for 11 years, all the time _________ why she had to live with them. Getting called names like “Robot Girl” made her _________ and quiet. But at age 14, everything changed.

Cox remembers boarding the bus on the first day of 8th grade with a _________ by Eleanor Roosevelt running through her mind. “No one can make you feel inferior(卑微的) without your_________.” She decided to accept her __________ and removed her prosthetic arms for good. Cox says that it is not until we are__________ to ourselves that we are able to overcome our challenges. That year, she also __________ her black belt from the International Taekwondo(跆拳道) Federation!

After college, Cox was __________ by Arizona Daily Star, which kick-started her career as a lecturer. She has spoken to audiences in over 26 countries since then. Cox often __________ people in a humorous way.

Cox conquered her greatest fear-flying and in 2011 became the world’s first armless pilot. She uses her feet to fly the plane! So learn from Jessica Cox—__________are opportunities.