【推荐1】I moved to Arizona about two weeks before the start of my junior year of high school. Not only was this a new school for me but also a new state, ______ I did not know anyone.

During lunch on the first day of school, I sat down at a(n) ______ table in the canteen. As I began to eat, I looked around and saw a girl who was also sitting alone. I decided to ______ with her, thinking there was no reason for me to have a whole table to myself, and maybe I could ______ a friend. I walked to her and said, “Excuse me, do you ______ if I sit with you?” She was ______ at first, but then smiled and said, “Sure!”

After that, we became close friends throughout the next two ______. In our senior year, she told me that she'd been ______ by a college and would be moving away after graduation. I was sad, and I knew I would ______ her. But at the same time, I was really ______ for her.

She then shared a(n) ______ with me. “Do you remember the first day of school when you ______ and sat down with me during lunch?” she asked.

“I want you to know how special you are and how much of a ______ you made.”

“I was very ______ that day and even made detailed plans on how I was going to ______ myself I was bullied(欺凌) for the whole first half of the day, and it had just ______ me down. But when you reached out, it     ____ me. If you hadn't done that, I would have probably killed myself when I got home. I might be hard to     ____, but you saved my life, and all it took was being a friend,”

It has been almost 15 years since this incident. Isil chat with her occasionally on Facebook. I can't help but ______ every time. It showed me that a simple kind act has the incredible ______ to change lives.

【推荐2】Every act of kindness starts with something small, something we all can and should do every single day. I’m Will Ruhio, one of the _______ of BYUtv’s Random Acts show. We take hidden cameras to unexpected places to _______ random acts of kindness. We’ve filmed acts _________ from building disabled-friendly facilities(设施) for those who are badly _______ them but can’t afford them to returning a lost wallet.

On Random Acts, it may be a neighbor or a colleague who recognizes a need and _______an incredible chain reaction of service._______ the story of Emmalene Meyers for example. Like many young girls, Emmalene was_______to be a ballet dancer, but her physical disability makes even everyday tasks a(n)_______. Instead of seeing a limitation, Emmalene’s friend Lily _______________ an opportunity. Lily imagined Emmalene’s dream being brought to life onstage and persuaded Random Acts to help make her plan __________.

So, where can you start? The key is to be like Lily: look for an opportunity to make a__________ to those in need, and then take action to make it happen. Being __________ and involved in service is __________ like any other goal you want to achieve. You have to __________ it.

After two seasons of hosting Random Acts, the joy of   __________ burdens and brightening lives doesn’t fade. I sometimes __________Random Acts might lose its feature eventually, but that couldn’t be further from the __________. When I finally meet the people we’ve been working to __________ and see their genuine shock and appreciation, it __________ me in the feel every time. I cry more than anyone else on the show.

Be that person doing acts of kindness out of the __________ of your heart—be the nice you want to see in the world!

【推荐3】If our kids don’t fall, they don’t learn to get up.

One day in my high school, my mom _____ to pick me up from school. She had a(n) _____day with my three naughty sisters and no doubt it had slipped her mind. After _____ at school for an hour, I walked the three miles home. I stormed into the kitchen _____ and screamed at my mom that she’d forgotten me.

Later that night, my dad told me I no longer had a _____ to school the next day. I _____my mom would still take me. _____, when the morning came, she _____. It was the day for midterm tests, and being _____ wasn’t an option. In my mind, ______ these tests would’ve been the ______of my academic career. I told her she was ruining my future and everything I’d worked ______. But she stuck to her ______, and that day, I walked to school. And I missed my tests.

My mom didn’t rescue me from ______. She let me suffer through it. She let me figure it out. She let me learn.

And now, I’ve ______ that I want my kids to experience failure because experiencing failure is ______ we grow, learn and think outside of ourselves. So, next time you want to ______ your child from skinned knees, remember that you might be cheating them out of the greatest ______ they could ever have: the power of knowing that there are natural ______ for their actions, and that they are finally ______ for the choices they make.

【推荐1】When we're small, we don't think about the difficulties of learning something new; we just go right ahead and do it, sometimes with funny results. One _______ is when I was learning to paint. I was very small so the paint got everywhere. But _______ getting angry, everybody would be patient with me, _______ me and showing me the correct way to hold the paintbrush, and after some time I was able to paint _______.

This is an important _______ to learn when we learn another language. Many people only need one language, because their friends and family can speak the same language. As a _______ , when these people try to learn a new language, it is usually more difficult. This can be for a number of _______. First, the best way to improve in anything is to have the chance to _______ . In the case of a language, this means having the chance to _______ with speakers of the language they want to learn. If this chance is not there, it can ________ the pace (速度) at which the language can be learned. Second, it is easier for the learner to lose interest because they have less chance to see their ________. Without this ability to see how much improvement has taken place, it is ________ for the learner to keep believing that development is happening.

It is ________ to learn something slowly, and then move at a pace which is right for the individual (个别的) learner, than to rush into learning too fast. It is a ________ I try to follow in my own teaching, and I hope my students benefit (得益) from a teaching method which ________ them to learn at their own pace.

【推荐2】Summer was here, and it was hot one! Cora ,the hedgehog(刺猬), was out looking for food, trying to stay _________. She saw her friend Heather was_________ around in a little pool outside.

“Hi Heather!” Cora called. “_________ did you get a pool?”

“Hi Cora! I just got it yesterday. It’s really helping cool me down. Would you like to_________ me?” Heather replied.

“I would love to, thanks!” Cora had a lot of_________ for Heather about the pool. She asked who Heather bought it from, if it was expensive, and if Heather thought she was going to_________ it a lot this summer.

“I_________ an advertisement for a pool company(公司), which got me thinking about how _________ a pool would be. I looked at_________ to see if other people liked their pools, and if the company did a good job. When I saw that the company did a good job, I decided to__________ one! I would recommend(推荐) them to you. I think I’m going to love having a pool on hot days like this one!” Heather told Cora.

Cora __________ Heather for letting her cool off, and continued to look for__________. But she could not stop thinking about the __________. She decided to do some research of her own before making a__________.

She looked up hedgehog-sized pools, and the __________ Heather talked about was the first listing. She read the prices and the reviews other hedgehogs left about the company and pools. It looked like they did a great job, and she __________ watched a video of the advertisement Heather had seen! Then Cora looked up other companies. They all looked __________, but since Heather had a __________ experience with this company, Cora decided to go with the same one.

A week later, Cora was __________ swimming in her own pool! Heather walked by, and Cora thanked her for the recommendation. It was one of the __________ summers ever!

【推荐3】There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know a thing about being a good father. I couldn’t   ______ him ever saying the words “I _______you.” It seems to me his only purpose in life was to say “No” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a _________Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses. Not my dad—he said that I’d have to get a job and buy my own.

So that is what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and _______every penny I could and________I had enough to buy my car, I did! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to________it off to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, I’ll only________you five dollars.” I offered with a smile. “I see,” was all he said.

One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a ________to work. The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house, _______it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a(n) ________day. As I dropped my dad off, I_______him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his _____ from the truck (车尾箱) of my car. Watching his sun weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were ________lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad works for the family. My father is a cement finisher (水泥修整工).

In that instant, it_________to me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete (混凝土) to make a living for his family. And he did this day in and day out, however hot it got. Never, not once, had I heard him _____   about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he “ _____” us for it.

When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to     _____me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s my ______. Don’t work too hard. I love you.”

His _______ met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he_______ his throat and said, “Oh, and… me, too.”

【推荐1】When Matthew Shifrin turned 13, he got a life-changing birthday present from his friend, Lilya Finkel.

It was an 843-piece Middle Easten _______ palace. And with it were instructions that Finkel made _______for it. Finkel invented a unique name for every piece in the palace set. Then she spent countless hours typing building _______ in Braille (盲文) that spelled out how to _______ them all together.

His mind was _______. As a blind person, he had never before been able to complete a Lego set on his own, Shifrin knew immediately that he had to help other blind children find the same _______.

Shifrin says, “For blind people, Lego sets act as small 3D_______ for real-life buildings instead of two-dimensional photographs. Lego bricks allow me to see things that are _______ to explore by touch.”

For years after that incredible Lego experience, he created similar instructions for about 45 other Lego sets, together with Finkel, all published on a website they created, “Lego for the _______”.

Shifrin began ________ to Lego several years ago to discuss his work, ________ it was in 2017, when Finkel died of cancer, that he finally connected with the right person.

His years-long devotion ________ when the Lego company released its first audio and Braille building instructions. The project is a high-tech version of what Shifrin and Finkel did for their ________.

It couldn’t have been completed without Shifrin’s ________ or without his determination.

He just wished Finkel had been here to see it. “I think she’d be very glad that we came this ________,” Shifrin said.

【推荐3】Cam’s grandfather’s 81st birthday was around the corner and he wanted to do something ________ for him. So, he ________ to make his grandfather’s dream come true.

Cam’s family had a 1957 Chevy Bel Air in his grandfather’s garage (车库). The old car ________ running in the 70’s, so it was left sitting there, waiting for someone to ________ it. He and his grandfather always talked about getting it running again, but they ________ really had the time to do it.

So Cam knew it would be the perfect ________ for his grandfather, his best friend, to have the car restored (修复). Cam saved up money for so many years and even sold parts of his own car to ________ what he needed to finish restoring the Chevy Bel Air. He still had a little bit more ________ to get it done, but by his grandfather’s 81st birthday, he would have had the car ________ enough to be able to surprise his grandfather with it.

The restorations ________ to a total of $20,000. But that did not matter. Cam said that it was worth every cent to see the ________ on his grandfather’s face when he showed the surprise.

Cam gathered the family around in a parking lot to present his grandfather with his ________ restored car. He covered his grandfather’s eyes with a blindfold (眼罩). And when Cam ________ the blindfold from his eyes, his grandfather was excited to see the restored car! He began to cry and ________ Cam for the birthday present.

Now Cam and his grandfather are ready to go on some road ________ together and travel in classic style.