【推荐1】The other day, my grandfather was explaining his favorite expression, “Nothing is _______" Yesterday, as I tried to complete my day's work, I_________to notice a bee on the skylight （天窗）. The skylight was particularly high up, but I thought_______ the bee would take a few minutes. An hour later, the bee _______     remained. All that had changed was that the living room was _______ and that I was dizzy from looking up into the _______ I did not expect to waste an hour on it, but I understood that expression.

We often imagine what can work in our _______ , but we seldom think of all the negative things. However, it is important to remember your day or year might not go_________, which is normal. It is acceptable to feel _______-- even at a task you thought simple - because that is part of __________ .

If you can __________ nothing will ever be easy, then life might seem slightly more__________ . In middle school, I thought high school might be easier because I could choose the________I wanted to take. In high school, I thought college might be easier because I could have a schedule suited for myself. ________each time, I was wrong. After accepting school wouldn't be easy, I ________ myself with a more positive attitude and improved results.

【推荐2】A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, _________ a bar of chocolate if given the choice. But, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be really tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the _________ he felt and the more he wanted that apple.

He stood on tiptoe _________ as high as he could. Unfortunately, even at his tallest _________ he was unable to touch it. He began to _________ as high as he could, at the _________ of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of _________.

He thought if only he had something to _________ on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to _________ the things inside, like his lunch box and pencil case. Looking ______________ he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or, with ______________, even a ladder. But it was a ______________ neighborhood and there was nothing he could use.

He had tried everything he could think of. Not seeing any other ______________, he gave up and started to walk ______________. At first, he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his ______________ and how much he we wanted that particular apple. The more he ______________ like this, the more unhappy he became.

____________, the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what he wanted. He began to say to himself: “This isn’t ______________! I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling ______________. There’s just nothing more I can do to get the apple, which is unchangeable. But we are supposed to be able to ______________ our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?”

【推荐3】I’ve heard that it’s better to give than to receive. But I’m here to tell you that the ______ of receiving should never be under estimated(低估).

I was nine when my Dad and Mom ______, and took me to my grandparents. I decided at that age, in my loneliness and anger that I’d become fiercely ______, needing no one.

Believe it or not, I took care of everyone in my life, even when I was in worse shape. Once in a while, ______, someone would do something for me at just the moment.

Once, when I was a single parent, I took my son to see Santa Claus.

When he ______ me to buy the photo that was taken, I opened my wallet, only to find that I didn’t have enough money. When I got to the counter to ______ the photo, I was told that someone inline ahead of me had seen me ______ my change and had paid for me. I rushed out to thank the person whose small kindness ______ so much. I found no one in sight. I wanted to ______ that I didn’t need this and I just didn’t have enough cash on that day. I ______ then that it’s okay. It’s okay to let someone do something for me, ______ I could have done it myself.

I have received the blessings (祝福) of those whose acts of kindness and ______ have found me when I needed them most. I believe that it’s not about my strength and independence. It’s about allowing the giver to be blessed when the gift is graciously(优雅地) ______. For me, it’s about a long-lost little girl who is no longer ______. Now I know that ______and receiving are two halves of a whole, each incomplete without the other.

【推荐1】When our girls are brave, they are free to explore in their learning and in life. That exploration leads to the ______of their talents, passions and weaknesses. On Saturday night we saw one of our   students act so bravely that it took my______away.

One of the lead characters of our show, Blue Stockings, was played by a science teacher, Ben Walker.______, Ben broke his nose very   badly   playing   football   on   Saturday   and   as a result couldn’t ______. Ella Jones, a Year-11 student and part of the cast(演员), who _____to rest on Saturday, was_______to play Ben’s role.

Think about that. She had three hours’ _____, playing a role of a _______she had never played   before, in front of a paying audience, and if she couldn’t_______, the effect of the whole play would be reduced. It was not the end of the world, but it would be_______for all concerned.

I would have _______. But Ella rose to the _______. She said, “I was astonished; _____, I figured the show must go on and I wanted to_______. I wasn’t scared_______I arrived at the theatre and realized how much there was to______. It wasn’t just about lines, but it was the stagecraft (舞台表演技巧). I was_______about the other actors because I know how______it is to perform a role with someone who isn’t well-trained, especially if it is an emotional scene.”

Asked how the show________, Ella said, “It was amazing, and the audience seemed to love the male character I played for the first time.” She added, “Just because you’re scared doesn’t mean you can’t be______ . Anyway, I made it.”

【推荐3】Plenty of critics have warned: don’t see the new French movie The Taste of Things on an empty stomach. The actress Juliette Binoche _______ a longtime personal cook for a man who’s a gourmand(喜欢吃喝的人). They share a(n) _______ for food. Filled with glorious meals, the film celebrates food, and all the work and love that go into making it.

When you see a delicious meal in a movie or an advertisement, chances are that it’s _______. Food stylists have been known to substitute glue for milk and _______ meat with motor oil so it shines. All that is a big “No” for Vietnamese French director Tran Anh Hung. He says he wanted “everything” in The Taste of Things “to be real”, from the raw _______ to the menu to the way the cooks _______ in the kitchen.

Easier said than done. Real food can’t always handle _______ takes. Plus Tran needed to show _______ at different stages of preparation. He also had to find vegetables that looked like they were _______ in the field.

After doing ________ research into the history of French cuisine and working with a(n) ________, Tran enlisted Gagnaire to make sure the menu worked in real life. Gagnaire also cooked for Tran for five days so the director could study his movements ________ filming. Tran says watching Gagnaire move around the kitchen ________ him that “simplicity is important and you don’t need to have the perfect ________ for this or that”.

The Taste of Things does not have much dialogue. The action and the intimacy(亲密关系)are in the kitchen. “In life we have two sources of ________. They are love and food.” Tran says. The film brings those two sources together in the kitchen.

【推荐1】I used to hate running. It seemed too hard, and expanding my comfort zone was not something I like. In fact, I wouldn’t have become a runner if it weren’t for my husband Charles. He had been a serious competitive _______ for many years. After our marriage, he wouldn’t stop talking about how much he _______ it. So he picked it up again, and after about a year, I started to join him at the track. Just a few weeks later, Charles signed us _______ up for a five – kilometer race. I hesitated about doing it because it was too soon.

The _______ sent a signal. Thousands of runners pushed forward. The first kilometer was difficult. I was already breathing heavily and painfully aware of the group of runners_______me. Charles was trying to _______ me, to get me focused on something_______my discomfort.

After another minute I saw the three-kilometer _______. “Painful ” couldn’t even describe how I felt. And there was pain, so much pain. I rounded a _______, and saw both sides of the street ________ with people watching the race, all________ the runners up. I tried to keep my legs going. I knew that if I actually ________ this race I would have achieved something. So, I ________ up and went on.

Finally I passed through the finish line. A volunteer put a medal around my neck. I ________   held my medal walking to the post- race celebrations with Charles. My lungs and my ________   zone both expanded.

【推荐2】Trent Johnson just celebrated his graduation from medical school in Ohio with a ceremony at his parents’ home in Florida.

He _________ a couple weeks before his actual ceremony that the college was canceling it because the deadly epidemic (疫情) just _________ and happened over and over again. He was absolutely _________.

His friends _________ him to create a website so that all of his family flying into Columbus originally still could celebrate _________. They _________ the living room with things like flowers and balloons, and _________ it as special as possible to create the _________ of the ceremony. There’s nothing that could have taken the place of that _________ moment.

His twitter where the video immediately __________ a lot of attention has almost half a million views. He was on the news and was __________ in The New York Times.

“I remember picking up the newspaper, __________ my face and thinking I not only became a __________, but I encouraged people all over the world to __________ their dreams. That was truly a(n) __________ moment.”

Johnson was __________ in an underdeveloped area where people would have the low living class and income, and it was the type of the community that he wanted to offer __________ to. Now as a doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, he just has a(n) __________ to do that.

As Johnson __________ into his new living environment, he will continue to spread (传递) his message of hope and __________.

【推荐3】My daughter had just turned five when I took her to go grocery shopping with me one day. There on _________was the most beautiful toilet paper she had never seen, for it was pink. During _________awareness month, the toilet paper company had made their produce pink, with a part of each sale’s _________helping the people in need. And my daughter simply had to have it. She _________with her sweetest pretty pleases. Of course I_________her request, explaining that it was pink to _________awareness of kindness and that _________of the money we were paying was going towards helping others.

My little girl sat in the cart, holding her package of pink toilet paper. She could not contain her _________and talked on and on about how_________the rest of the family would be when she shared her __________with them. On the way out, she retold to the cashier everything she could remember about the__________of the colored toilet paper. he passion spread among the other__________, and several more packages __________the checkouts that morning.

My daughter carried the tower of toilet paper into the house herself and dragged it upstairs, which was a great     __________considering the package stood as __________as she did. That evening, I walked into the bathroom to find all the rolls__________stored in the cupboard, in the shape of a __________castle. She began in all seriousness as she ceremoniously(隆重地)__________a half used white roil on the holder with a new pink one, “ __________ I use it, I will remember to pray for all those people who are__________right now.”