【推荐2】Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story _________ their children. And they must have realized how difficult it is to write a _________ children’s book. Either the author has aimed too _________, so that children can’t follow what is in his ( or more often, her ) story, _________ the story seems to be talking to the readers.

The best children’s books are _________ very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy the _________ who hears the story and the adult who _________ it. Unfortunately, there are in fact few books like this, _________ the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not _________ to solve. This may be why many of the books regarded as __________ of children’s literature were in fact written for __________.“Alice in Wonderland” is perhaps the most obvious of this.

Children, left for themselves, often __________ the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in a bookshop or a __________ and he will more willingly choose the books written in an unimaginative (并非想象的) way, or have a look at the most children’s comics(连环图书), full of the stories and jokes which are the rejections of teachers and righting­thinking parents.

Perhaps we parents should stop __________ to brainwash (洗脑) children into accepting our taste in literature. After all, children and adults are so __________ that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose we’ll just have to compromise(妥协)over the bedtime story.

【推荐3】Emily Bhatnagar is a shy girl who has always loved reading. She says, “The books sort of became my best friends when I didn’t have one.”

When Bhatnagar was 16, her father was diagnosed (诊断) with cancer. The news was________for the family. Books became an even bigger ________, and she started thinking about families in similar situations. When her father recovered, she ________a plan to help others. “The idea came from not just great thanks that the doctors were able to ________such a miracle (奇迹),”she said, “but also a little of ________ that there were kids who were ________ the same battle.”

Bhatnagar started a ________ in her hometown. The goal was to collect books and give them to kids being ________ for cancer in local hospitals. Since the start of the book drive, which she called For Love & Buttercup, Bhatnagar has ________ more than 10,000 books.

Bhatnagar had no idea how much ________ her work would get. She started by posting on social media, asking people in her area to donate. “I was expecting maybe two or three ________ from neighbors,” she said. But it ended up blowing up, ________ when news stations began reporting it. “The public response has been super great,” her father said.

Bhatnagar continues to run the book drive, with a little help from her parents. She hopes to expand the project to ________ more kids one day. The memory of the first time she visited those children who’d ________ her books sticks with her. “It was the best ________ of my life,” she said. “I realized I wanted to do this type of work forever.”

【推荐2】Just five months earlier, I would never have thought that I would act in a play in front of so many people. Without the encouragement of my teacher, Mrs. Sather, I might never have found that courage.

I was an extremely ___________ girl. It just wasn’t in my personality to make a sound in public. I used to hide myself in my writing. Mrs. Sather also encouraged me to write more. I think she was one of the first people to see my real _________ and know how to help me.

One day, she told us that we were going to _________ a play The Wizard of Oz. “I need someone to play the lead part of Dorothy,” she said. A lot of hands shot up. Mine, of course, was not one of them.

After school, Mrs. Sather said to me, “Dallas, I was _______ you didn’t raise your hand. You’re great at memorizing things, and you have such a sweet personality. I’m sure you are _________ for Dorothy! I have you in mind for Dorothy and want you to write the play too! If you really don’t want to, though, I won’t make you. It’s your ___________.”

Encouraged by her _________, I suddenly wanted to see what I really could do. I _________ the role. After five months of practicing, we were ready.

At the end of the play, when my teacher and my classmates stood up and _________, I knew they were not just congratulating for my performance that night, but for the success that they knew would come in later years because of my newly found ____________.

【推荐3】Emily Bhatnagar is a shy girl who has always loved reading. She says, “The books sort of became my best friends when I didn’t have one.”

When Bhatnagar was 16, her father was diagnosed (诊断) with cancer. The news was________for the family. Books became an even bigger ________, and she started thinking about families in similar situations. When her father recovered, she ________a plan to help others. “The idea came from not just great thanks that the doctors were able to ________such a miracle (奇迹),”she said, “but also a little of ________ that there were kids who were ________ the same battle.”

Bhatnagar started a ________ in her hometown. The goal was to collect books and give them to kids being ________ for cancer in local hospitals. Since the start of the book drive, which she called For Love & Buttercup, Bhatnagar has ________ more than 10,000 books.

Bhatnagar had no idea how much ________ her work would get. She started by posting on social media, asking people in her area to donate. “I was expecting maybe two or three ________ from neighbors,” she said. But it ended up blowing up, ________ when news stations began reporting it. “The public response has been super great,” her father said.

Bhatnagar continues to run the book drive, with a little help from her parents. She hopes to expand the project to ________ more kids one day. The memory of the first time she visited those children who’d ________ her books sticks with her. “It was the best ________ of my life,” she said. “I realized I wanted to do this type of work forever.”

【推荐3】Darlene Leeson was in hotel isolation(隔离)after returning to Australia from a trip to Hawaii. She was calling a friend, joking about the idea of putting a(n) ______ on her hotel window as it faced offices across the road. Getting the gentle encouragement of her friend, Leeson wrote on some notes: “Day 4 I need ______. Room 623” and then stuck them up.

The first ______ from those in the outside world was laughter. She got a few smiles and waves from office workers and workers on a nearby rooftop. “It was more done to ______ myself during the boring isolation,” she said. “I wasn't thinking anyone would take it ______.”

Then her hotel room phone rang. “I ______ thought it was the hotel ringing to tell me to ______ them off. It was the wife of one of the rooftop workers who had rung reception asking to ______ to my room,” she said. “They then asked what chocolate I ______.”

The traveller said she was in ______ and didn’t make her choice of treat clear. “We chatted and she said I could ______ an Uber delivery soon.” Within an hour, the chocolate arrived. Soon, TimTams (a brand of chocolate) arrived for her at reception. Leeson later learned a woman in a nearby office building made the ______ delivery. More chocolate had arrived, and a group of workers had all ______.

“Being in hotel isolation, I can’t ______ my room where there are only a few short minutes when the sun can shine in,” Leeson said. “Though, the kindness of these ______ brightened my day beyond any amount of sunshine possible.”