【推荐1】He met her at a party. She was outstanding; many boys were after her, but nobody paid any _______ to him. After the party, he invited her for coffee. She was surprised. In order not to _______ rude, she went along.

_______ they sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything. Suddenly, he asked the waiter, “Could you please _______ me some salt? I’d like to put it in my coffee.”

The girl stared at him. His face turned red, but when the salt came, he put it in his coffee and drank. _______, she asked, “Why salt with coffee?” He explained, “When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked playing on the sea… I could _______ its taste—salty, like salty coffee. Now every time I drink it, I think of my _______ and my hometown. I miss it and my parents, who are still there.”

She was deeply _______. A man who can admit that he’s homesick must love his home and care about his family. He must be _______.

She talked too, about her faraway hometown, her childhood and her __________. That was the start to their love story.

They continued to date (约会). She found that he met all her __________. He was kind, warn, and careful. She would have missed the man if it had not been for the salty coffee.

So they __________ and lived happily together. Every time she made coffee for him, she put in some salt, the __________he liked it.

After 40 years, he passed away and left her a letter which said, “My dearest, please forgive my lifelong __________. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous that I asked for salt instead of sugar. If I could live a second time, I hope we can be together again, __________ it means that I have to drink salty coffee for the rest of my life.”

【推荐2】There is an older homeless woman who sometimes is sitting near where I am living, begging for money. _________, the better city places are often being _________ by younger men and women, she has to _________ such a place.

Whenever I see her, I will give her something. If I don’t take some money with me, I will _________ to her for a few seconds at least.

Today I was passing her again, giving her some _________, and asked how she was. She _________ me by saying she wanted to thank me, because I used to _________ my time talking to her,

She _________ how hard it is for her to have so little money that she has to beg. She often feels _________. She has prepared for several days to say __________ to me for my attitude towards her. People walk by, sometimes drop some money, but __________ make eye contact with her. This makes her feel even more __________. She said she was __________ me to pass by because she knew I would see her as a __________ person and probably stop to talk to her. On hearing all this, I had __________ in my eyes. I decide to treat her better, making sure to talk to her as often as possible!

【推荐3】On December 21, 1943, in the Tanana River valley of Alaska, not far from the Arctic Circle, a warplane crashed. Crane, the only________of the five pilots, was lost in the mountain covered with thick________.

________, he had a few supplies to keep him warm until help arrived. He stayed for a few days hoping the air base would come to his________. In fact, the hunt for him continued several days, but no luck. Crane________that his best-chance of survival was to leave the crash area and________a path out of the mountains downstream.

He walked and walked down a stream with great________and there was no sign of________. With each step, he had to push snow aside. Not a single step landed. easily. He________to find a house with a fire and a family after each bent, but bend after bend, it was just more hills.

As he blindly________on, a log cabin came into view, where he________cocoa, dried milk, sugar and a box of biscuits. These were________by former mountain climbers on purpose. He then made a sled,________it with food and supplies and moved on. The walk was quite difficult and it took him weeks to find a trail and________it. Finally, 53. days after the________, Crane came back to civilization again.

【推荐1】Volunteering has been a way of life for me for the past five years since I was fifteen.

In 2020 I ______ with a newly founded social enterprise, which conducted cooking lessons for visually impaired (视障) trainee ______. I absolutely loved it as it involved meaningful ______ with people and I was fully ______ throughout the entire time I was there. This was unlike some other types of volunteering, which may involve mostly behind-the-scenes work that can get ______ after a while.

We called ourselves “sighted assistants” and each of us was ______ with a visually impaired trainee chef. As a volunteer, I would walk with the trainee to the Enabling Village ______, and then ensure their ______ as they learned to cook a new dish. This included helping them ______ the position of the sink, ensuring proper use of electrical appliances, ______ boiling and hot objects, as well as being careful with knives among other things.

Being there with them made me truly ______ how difficult life can be when you are ______or completely blind. Every tiny task ______ massive effort. There are so many people with ______, I realised. While medicine still does not have the power to cure all of these conditions, we are never short of ways to empower these individuals by making life ______ and more meaningful for them.

【推荐3】I’d like to take you back about seven years in my life.  I was called into a meeting that was already in _______. That meeting turned out to be my exit interview. I was _______, along with several others. I was 64 years old at the time.  I signed a stack of papers, gathered my _______ belongings, and left to join my wife who was waiting for me at a nearby _______, completely unaware. Fast-forward several hours, we both got really silly drunk.

So, 40 plus years of continuous _______ for a variety of companies was over. I thought I’d be just _______. I was an engineer in manufacturing and packaging.  Retirement was, like for so many people, _______ not an option for me.

And then an idea began to _______ root, born from my concern for our _______. I wanted to ________ my own business, designing, manufacturing green packaging from waste and ________ the toxic, disposable plastic packaging to which we’ve all become ________. This is called clean technology, and it ________ really meaningful to me. A venture that could help to reduce the billions of pounds of single-use plastic _________ dumped each year.

And so now at age 66, with 40 years of ________, I became an entrepreneur for the very first time. However, there are lots of issues to ________ for a start-up, but hardly ________ for me. But five years later, I’m proud to ________ with you that we have no debt, and our patent was ________, with 20 awards for the work that we’ve done. But ________, we’ve made a small dent(进展) in the worldwide plastic pollution crisis.

【推荐1】Wang Shun became China’s first Olympic champion in the men’s individual medley event in Tokyo 2020. In a live chat, Wang reveals how years of struggles and setbacks _________ him into a world-beater.

Recalling his childhood, Wang has pleasant _________ of the moment that raised his initial curiosity about _________ . After that, Wang set a great goal that he wanted to be an Olympic _________ . He always trained seriously and often _________ to stay in the pool for long hours.

During his training, Wang _________ many setbacks and difficulties, and realized it would not be_________to reach the top of swimming. In 2019, _________ , his performances were not ideal and he was really upset at the time about this. Then in June, he injured his ankle, which forced him to _________ two-week training and the recovery process was pretty __________ and he even thought about quitting.

__________, Wang has a considerate coach Zhu Zhigen, who __________ with Wang and kept helping him improve mentally and physically. Zhu acts like parents toward his __________ — a level of care he displays for Wang to this day. Before the final at the Tokyo Olympics, the coach __________ guarded the door for Wang to ensure he slept well, because 10 athletes shared a room. With the help of his coach, Wang overcame all the __________ and got the first prize in Tokyo 2020.

【推荐2】When Kashif was one year old, his parents were told that their son had cerebral palsy (脑瘫). Kashif’s mother said, “We knew nothing about the_______, but we were happy to learn that his intelligence (智力) was_______.”

When he was old enough, Kashif started attending school. He_______the ability to read and write. In 2009 Kashif announced his plan to_______. The family kept telling him that he was_______and could not do tasks that other people could. His_______went on till early 2012, when a relative, Sham Latiff, had a_______with Kashif. “I want to work and_______people like me,” Kashif said. Sham realized that Kashif really wanted to have a_______in society.

After much discussion, Kashif’s family made his dream come true. On his 24th birthday, Kashif’s family________him with his “present”. With his________fingers, Kashif used an iPad to create a Facebook page called the “I Am Speciable” Movement. Kashif himself________the word “speciable”, a combination of the words “special” and “able”.

To date, the movement has organised many activities. Kashif also sells “I Am Speciable” T-shirts through his page to________money. Kashif has helped many students like him in his community through his________.

The family’s support made Kashif a________member of society — a superman taking up a cause for his own community.