【推荐1】I am a vegetarian and I have different skin color, which always make me feel distinct from everybody else at school. I started getting bullied (霸凌). I _______ who I was, tied up my bright red hair, and wore really _______ clothes and thus I wouldn’t attract as much _______. Eventually, I _______ to another school which was much more _______. There, I felt brave enough to show the _______ sides of my personality and made friends who loved me for who I was.

Recently, I have _______ with confidence in my skin. I started getting bad cystic acne (痤疮). I didn’t want to go outside, and if I had to, I would _______ makeup. I have learned that I cannot constantly control my _______, but I can control how I ________ myself. When I tell myself I am ________, or take a few minutes for skin care, I wake up the next morning feeling content.

Many of the popular TV show Riverdale fans made the assumption that I was as ________ as Cheryl in the show, so I started a YouTube channel for them to get to know my true ________. And so many of them ask for ________ about how to handle bullying. Playing a mean girl has helped me see the reasons I was bullied. I tell them, whoever is treating you that way is ________ something themselves, and it has ________ to do with you. Like for Cheryl, every time her ________ erupts, it has to do with how she is feeling about herself ________ the other characters. Cheryl behaves in a way that ________ reflects her own problems, not others’.

My motto: if you ________ yourself, you will always feel confident and happy.

【推荐2】I had an experience with a stranger recently that really touched me. In February, I lost my mom and I flew to my _________to tackle a few things. After a few days with my family, it was time to head back. I _________ the plane to find a young man sitting in the window seat, next to me. Somehow that day I _________ wanted that seat — I could just put on my headphones and sleep.

I asked him shyly if we could _________ seats. Upon my request, he did it and I _________ him many times. After the plane began to taxi to the runway, the _________ began to hit. Leaving the place I grew up and knowing Mom was no longer there, I _________ . The ground grew more and more _________ outside the window and my eyes became _________ as tears welled up.

Then I felt a tap on my elbow as I ____________ them away. That same young man was ____________ on me. He asked me if I was OK and I told him I lost someone I loved. Without ____________, he said he was there if I needed to talk. ____________, we had a three hour flight sitting in the same row.

I told him I wasn't ____________to talk, adding that his words made me feel better. Honestly, I felt ____________

Actually, I felt like I wasn't ____________ on that plane. Although I never took him up on his ____________ , I was touched that a ____________ knew that I may need someone at that moment.

That moment has led me to seek ways to serve and help others. They may seem ____________, but they may be big to that person. ____________ can be displayed in a simple but grand way.

【推荐3】When I first married, we only had a car for work. I worked earlier so my husband _______ me off and waited until work time. In the afternoon, I would _______ three miles to his workplace and we returned together.

One day, while waiting for him in the car, I saw the _______ woman I had ever seen off the movie screen driving a fancy car. She looked like Liz Taylor. Our eyes made _______ and she smiled at me. She was wearing a blue shirt that just _______ her car. It was all I could do to _______. Then, a nice-looking man came and they left.

Sitting there in my jeans, I wanted to _______. How could some people _______ it all? In the following weeks, it became almost a _______ to see her. She seemed ________ and always waved in a big smile. My ________ lingered(逗留) long after she drove away. I had always ________ to see her full length. Finally, I could see very well as she walked very ________ with a walking stick. The lady had a prosthesis(义肢)!

I couldn’t watch any more because tears were ________ me. For weeks, I’d envied this woman ________ I had been able to walk three miles! I told my husband about the ________ and he said he knew her story. Both of her parents were killed in an accident and she was ________ injured at only 12.

Suddenly, I realized how ________ I was to have my parents, the ability to walk and many wonderful things. When you meet a person who seems much ________ off than you, don’t be fooled. Looks can be ________.

【推荐2】As we all know, eyes are considered as the window of the souls. Through one’s eyes, we can _____sorrow, happiness or encouragement and many other _____. Eyes are always one of the fastest and most direct organs to ______ our thoughts.

I still remember an ______ experience, which happened when I took part in a singing contest at the age of nine. It was the ______ of my mother’s eyes that encouraged me to go for it. I had showed great ______ in singing before that. But I was too shy to sing in ______. So one day my mother took me to ______ up for the singing contest. With my mother’s ______and encouragement, I was determined to meet that ______. Standing on the stage, I suddenly found I became the ______ of all the eyes. I got so nervous that I couldn’t even ______ my eyes open. When it was my turn to be introduced to the audience and sing, I became even more ______. I felt my legs were shaking and my memory seemed ______, as I couldn’t remember anything. Searching for help, I______ my mother’s eyes which were sparkling with encouragement and strong power. It seemed that they were ______ to me, “Come on, Baby! Take it easy. I’ll ______ be with you!” I read the message through her eyes and at that moment I ______ my confidence and began to sing my song. When I came down from the stage, she came up to me and gave me a hug, saying, “Great! I’m ______you!” At that time, I found her eyes filled with tears of ______. Sometimes, you see, just the encouraging eyes themselves can make a shy person brave.

【推荐3】Everyone should go to his or her 50th high school reunion. There was a time I thought I’d never go even if the opportunity _________. But now I feel _________ for people who don’t go.

I went to the _________ of my high school on a Saturday evening, and I am glad I did. It was a gift to recognize some _________ classmates right away — and to be recognized. _________, we had name tags and our _________ photos on our clothing to help identify us. I recognized one woman immediately!

The most memorable and moving experience of the night was _________ by a schoolmate and neighbor to whom I was once close. Unfortunately, we had a falling out in the high school. I never saw her after _________, but this time, I saw her name on a place setting. At first, I feared that I would _________ her. But my better self won over, and I __________ her out. I kept looking until I got a __________ on my shoulder. There she was __________. We hugged as if nothing had ever __________ and exchanged affectionate words. When the party __________, my old-new friend walked towards me, __________ me again and wished me well. I returned her good wishes. All the bad __________ melted into thin air.

I am grateful I had this __________ to reunite with old classmates. After all, we are almost __________ the final lap of our lifelong journeys. Some classmates had already left this __________, and their names were deleted from the list. Sometimes we have to walk back into the past because time does heal old wounds. We’re not the __________ people. We are better people.

【推荐1】One Sunday morning my mother walked into my room. “_______!” she said, proudly holding up a yellow _______ with black and white stripes. “I made it just for you. What do you think?”

I _______ my tongue. How could I tell Mom it was the most hideous one I had ever seen? “It’s perfect for _______,” my mother continued. “How I wish someone had made such a stunning piece for me!”

Too small you can’t wear it, I thought. But I knew Mom had spent a lot of time on the dress. Only the world’s most _______ daughter would refuse. Reluctantly, I put it on.

All through church I prayed, Lord, let me get out of here _______ anyone seeing me. Especially Dennis Pearce, the boy I had a crush on. He was one of the cutest guys at Neptune High. Although we were in some of the same classes, Dennis had _______ taken any notice of me.

At the end of the service I _______ for the door. But I had to wait on the steps while my parents chatted with their friends. Just a little while longer.... Then out of the corner of my eye I saw the Pearce’s approaching. _______ I could escape, Dennis was right beside me.

I started gabbing(闲聊) a mile a minute, hoping if I kept it up he wouldn’t ________ my horrible dress. “I am going to college in September,” I said.

“That’s great,” Dennis replied. “I got admitted to the police academy.” Somehow I kept the conversation going. Soon we were walking to the parking lot together. The next thing I remembered was that Dennis asked me ________. We courted through college, and eventually ________. Months after our wedding, I asked Dennis if he remembered the day when he had first asked me out.

“You bet I do,” he said. “You were always ________ in school, almost standoffish (cold-hearted). I didn’t think you’d be much fun. But you were so animated when we talked on the church steps, sparking my ________ in getting to know you better.” Maybe that ________ dress wasn’t what I would have chosen, but that day it was the perfect dress for me.

【推荐2】Ciudad Perdida, Colombia’s “Lost City” is older than Machu Picchu（马丘比丘古城）. There are no trains or buses allowing of ________ travels to reach its ruins. The chance of getting to this remote place is merely ________ on foot: a tiring hike lasting several days nonstop.

Despite this, I couldn’t ________ the opportunity to visit Ciudad Perdida. Twelve other hikers and I went there in ________ with a licensed guide. The dirt path, which ________ through towering palms and dangling vines（藤蔓）, proved ________ right from the start. It’s suggested that hikers have good physical _______, as the journey is difficult. Horses helped to carry basic ________ like food to the cottages where we would sleep. Along the way we also met the ________. They have been left undisturbed for centuries and there’s a deep ________ between them and the land.

The next morning, we were off early to ________ the heat, but high temperatures and muscle pain had already ________ by the time we reached the final stage—1, 200 stone steps to ________. Finally, my eyes rested on the splendid scene that had ________ the hard journey to Ciudad Perdida,________ lifting my painful body up the long flight of stairs.

I looked down and ________ at the beautiful site below. We were among a handful of other groups visiting, which seemed like ________ compared to other crowded tourist attractions. While the return trip included ________ the mental barrier of having already achieved our goal, the experience is the one I would do ________. It is the difficulty that makes the journey a more ________ one. Earned views are always better.