【推荐1】I was sitting with my study group when I received an email from my landlord. “Your apartment has lost ______.” This was my first spring in Montreal. I’m from ______ Saskatoon in winter — so no stranger to cold weather — but the damage an ice storm could ______ wasn’t something I was used to.

A dozen thoughts raced through my head. With no Wi-Fi or heat, how would I cook supper or finish my ______ for grad school? “You can come and stay with me.” My new friend Kanika’s voice cut through the noise of my ______. I hesitated because I didn’t want to ______ her with a house guest at such short notice. But she ______.

An hour later, I watched in ______ as the friend I had met only six months ago quickly and generously prepared her own room for me to use. Our night ______ continued into the morning, from what we wanted to do after our graduate studies to our ______ childhood cartoon characters. It turned out that we had much in common.

During my ______, never once did Kanika ask how much longer I was going to be at her place. ______ she always assured me that I was welcome to stay for as long as I needed. When my power finally came back, we were both sad that our adventure together had come to an end, but ______ that we had made so many memories. What I ______ would be a stressful, lonely week turned into one of friendship and fond memories. And I’ll remember that ______ when I see someone else in need.

【推荐3】Thanks to a local writer, deliverymen dropped off many hot pizzas to warming centers across Vancouver. The story happened in winter. As temperatures dropped in Vancouver, homeless guests ______ into warming centers across the city. These emergency centers provided temporary ______ for the guests. However, they ______ offered meals to them. In this ______ weather, everyone gathered together there and instantly became warm.

On Wednesday, Gabrielle Peters, a ______ writer in Vancouver, posted on the website, asking for ______ from pizza shops to help feed the homeless staying in warming centers. “I knew that there was nothing there for people to ______,” said Gabrielle. “I thought what if we ______ pizzas?” As a talented and ______ lady, she had great determination ______ her disability. Her action ______ many people.

Soon the website received a ______ from Mo Amir, host of This is Vancolour, which brought in a steady stream of the ______. Actually, Mo Amir often supported people in ______. Gabrielle not only received free pizzas but also raised much money which was ______ to supply more pizzas to 15 different warming centers across the city. ______, adequate pizzas were delivered that night to the right places according to TV news.

Since free pizzas from community residents continued to ______ the next day, including some cash. Gabrielle felt pleased to have enough pizzas delivered to more locations. She said she could not have been ______ with how the week unfolded.

“Community is a verb, not just a noun,” she said. “It is acting. It makes things ______ in some way.” Most often food is really helpful to some people, which will let them feel ______ in the world.

【推荐3】TJ Lawlor has been working at Whole Foods Market in Redwood, California, for 12 years now. He _______ to go out there early to start a great day at work. It was his friendly face and great disposition (性情) that made connecting to his customers _______. The connection he made with a particular _______ was extra special. Now 19 years old, Riley Dehne is a young man with Down syndrome (唐氏综合征) who is _______ about everything “frozen.” It was his love for the movie, Frozen, that _______ him to anything cold or frozen.

Six years ago, he went to Whole Foods Market with his mom. He _______ went to the Frozen Section, and that’s where he met TJ. After a short _______, this kind store clerk _______ Riley to fill up the freezers with goods. He even gave him a popsicle (冰棍). _______, Riley enjoyed visiting the store, which no one ________ would last for years. Riley visited every week, and he helped TJ put goods on the shelves and ________ the rubbish. All of these things were done while his mom, Andi, ________.

“It honestly ________ my heart,” Riley’s mom said. “Sometimes, when there’s someone with a ________, it can be harder to get to know them. TJ took ________ to get to know Riley, to ________ his strengths and build on them.” Andi ________ TJ a lot and she even wrote an article about their special friendship in her local paper.

TJ also drew ________ and strength from this young boy. “Every time this guy comes in, nothing but love, nothing but smiles,” TJ said. “When something in life ________ me, this guy cheers me up. He cheers me up, and I cheer him up. That’s what I look for in a ________ ”.