【推荐1】I still remember the day when I came home from work at two o’clock one afternoon. Imagine my _______ when I heard my daughter Megan and her friend Joann laughing in the house since it was the right time for class. They finally _______ that they came home for lunch and never returned to school. But they said they had forgotten to look at the clock.

I told Joann to go home because I needed to speak to Megan _______. When Joann left, I _______myself and managed to ask Megan very quietly, “You forgot to look at the clock?” Megan lowered her head and said, “Well, we were just experimenting to see what it would feel like not to go back to school.” For the moment I was getting angry. I considered _______ her, but instead I said, “I’m very upset by all this. When you’re supposed to be in school, that’s _______ I expect you to be. Now I’m probably going to get a phone call from your teacher.” Megan said, “ Write me an absence note, say I was sick and then you won’t get a call.” I said, “Megan，the note has to come from you and it has to be the _______.”

Well, she wasn’t very _____ about that, but she did write a note saying she was just “experimenting” and that she wouldn’t do it again.

Although the teacher gave her a _______ time over the note, I still felt I did the right thing. I knew I had helped Megan face up to what she did and take ________.

【推荐2】A professor was teaching his class. All the students were listening to his _______ with great interest. But there was one student whose_______ of mind showed he was in a bad mood.

The professor took notice of this student on the first day but did not say anything. But when this _______ for a week, he asked. “You are _______ in spirits all the time. What is the matter? Have some trouble?”

“Sir, that...” the student said. “... something has happened in my past, _______ which I remain troubled. I don’t know what to do.”

The professor was a(n) _______ good person. He called the student at his house in the evening.

When the student _______ the professor’s house, he was greeted with a _______ welcome. The professor went to the kitchen and started making lemonade for his student. He _______put more salt in the lemonade.

__________ the student had a taste of it, his mouth became sour. __________ this, the professor asked, “Did you not like the lemonade?”

“No, sir, this is not the __________. Just a little more salt in the drink,” the student said. “Now it’s useless. I will throw it away.” The professor __________ his hand to get the glass of drink from the student. But the student refused, saying, “No, sir. If you add more__________, the taste will be fine.”

Upon hearing this, the professor became serious and said, “You are right. That’s what I want to__________. Just as salt cannot be taken out of the lemonade, those bad experiences also cannot __________ life. Adding more sugar can change the taste of lemonade. In a(n) __________way, sweetness has to be dissolved (溶解) in life to forget bad experiences. I want you to take the sweetness in your life into __________ now.”

To his relief, the student __________ him and decided from then on he would not be troubled by the __________.

【推荐1】Pilot becomes a real-life hero

I would like to introduce a movie, Sully, which tells us about an airplane crash due to mechanical failure.

After leaving New York City, US Airways Flight 1549 is struck by some birds, which _________ both engines. The _________ of the flight, Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, _________ to make an emergency landing on the Hudson River, as he believes that the damage will keep them from reaching the closest airport. Luckily, all passengers and the crew are _________ evacuated(疏散). However, his decision is _________ by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), as its simulation(模拟)shows that there was enough _________ to reach the closest airport. The NTSB thinks that Sully’s actions put all the people on the _________ at risk. The incident has already hurt Sully’s _________, but he still has to _________ suspicions(怀疑)and rumors. He __________ that the simulation is not reliable, and they should reconsider it. At that moment he didn’t have much __________ to analyze the situations, consider all possible ways and weight the risks before making the final decision. Considering those human factors, the NTSB runs the simulation again and shows that Sully has made the __________ decision.

After watching the movie, I was so __________ by Captain Sully. __________ an emergency that endangers hundreds of people, most leaders might feel fearful and anxious and be unable to think __________. However, he takes responsibility and saves the passengers’ lives. He follows his gut(直觉)and logically defends himself in the hearing(听证会).

【推荐2】One morning in November 2020, my friend Liz and I took out our kayak (皮划艇) to watch the humpback whales (座头鲸) while they’re migrating passing San Luis Obispo, California. We were in awe: to be so close to a(n) ________ that size.

When whales left, we ________ them at a distance — or what we thought was a(n) ________ distance. Suddenly, I felt the kayak lift out of the water and ________ back into the ocean. I figured the whale was going to ________ us down somehow, and I had no idea how ________ we’d be sucked underwater.

What I didn’t realize then was that Liz and I were in the whale’s ________. It had covered my entire body except for my right arm. I was ________. Liz, meanwhile, was looking up into the whale’s jaw which was like a big white wall, thinking she was going to ________.

Anything whales can’t ________, they spit out, for they have huge mouths but tiny throats. Soon we both were ________ out of the water about a metre apart.

A few days later, I ________ the video shot by the nearby people and saw how close I’d come to being killed. I became so much more ________ of life after that day. There’s no ________ to get close to whales again. I want to respect their ________. I’m now very aware of the power of nature and the ocean.