【推荐1】Troy Kotsur is the second deaf actor to be nominated (提名) for an Academy Award. In his Oscar-nominated performance in Child Of Deaf Adults, Kotsur ________ just one word using sign language.

The movie star, Emilia Jones, acts as the only hearing ________ of a deaf family. To encourage Emilia acting as his daughter to go after her ________ of singing and attending college, Kotsur says, “Go!” “I hope that young people who ________ to be deaf or hard of hearing can get an increased ________,” Kotsur said. “I want those kids to trust themselves more.” The movie has made Kotsur ________ and made history for the deaf community. Kotsur is also the first deaf ________ ever nominated individually for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Kotsur’s road to the Oscars ________ in school. As a child, Kotsur loved cartoons like Tom and Jerry. He would_ ________ the stories for his deaf ________ on the school bus. He later ________ acting at Gallaudet University, a university for the deaf in Washington, D.C. After graduating, he performed with the National Theatre of the Deaf. With few roles in film ________ for deaf actors, Kotsur had to find ________ in stage acting. Beginning with Of Mice and Men in 1994, Kotsur has acted in twenty productions in Los Angeles.

Kotsur wants ________ to change their wrong ideas about what deaf people are like after seeing the film, “We’ve been waiting for so long to recognize deaf actors and it is our hope that deaf actors will not have to ________ so long to be recognized on this level,” he said.

【推荐3】When it came to musicals, I thought I was a foreigner to them. They brought me nothing but ________, and I would constantly ________ the time when watching one.

Last month, unexpectedly, my friend Tom invited me to join him to see the musical You’re a Good Man, Jerry. I was not particularly ________, because I guessed that I would repeat the ________ circle of half-hearted attention to the plot and characters, turning to WeChat and TikTok from time to time over the performance. However, not to let him down, I ________ to go with him. ________ it would be like, the performance could pull me out of my house.

The musical began ________ after we found our seats. Jerry took the ________, sitting down with a sandwich. ________ nobody eating with him during the lunch, he was portrayed as a ________ boy. He was about to finish his lunch ________ he ________ a little girl also eating alone on the corner of the stage. After a few seconds of hesitation, he chose to ________ himself to go over to start a talk with her. As expected, the girl didn’t take a look at him at first. However, as the performance progressed, the two children found themselves chatting ________. I was deeply impressed with the ________ of Jerry’s singing a song feeling sorry for his ________ of talent. But he proudly declared, “I’m a(n) ________ and remarkable boy despite some weaknesses.”

Industries are crushing standards on all of us, and we often ________ ourselves by our achievements ________ recognize our basic worth as individuals. Everybody loves Jerry, a clumsy, self-doubting, insecure, but lovable 4-year-old. To see Jerry accept himself was eye-opening.

Not all musicals are ________.

【推荐2】On a cold November night in Times Square, Officer Lawrence DePrimo was working when he saw an old homeless man who wore no shoes. The officer ________ for a moment, and then returned with a new pair of shoes, and ________ the man to put them on.

A tourist ________ the act of kindness. He ________ a picture and posted it on the Internet, making DePrimo an overnight hero.

DePrimo was ________ at the attention as he didn’t expect that. “It was very________ and you could see the blisters (水泡) on the man’s ________,” he said. “To find out the man’s shoe size, we started talking.”

DePrimo went into a shoe store. The manager gave him a discount on a pair of all-weather shoes. DePrimo ________ the receipt (收据). He said, “This will remind me that sometimes people have it worse.”

“Sometimes people have it worse” is a great ________ to all of us. Many people intend to be ________, but they refuse to take daily chances to ________ other people. Often, we walk by ________ we’re too busy at the moment to stop and serve someone else’s needs. Deprimo saw a(n)________, and he exercised selflessness without looking for ________ for doing it. By the way, if we ________to get recognition each time we exercise selflessness, it may not be that selfless.

【推荐3】Haixia was a college student. On the train ride home during winter holiday, she found her seat was _______ by an elderly man. There were so many people that she couldn’t find another _______.

Haixia hesitated for a moment but looked at the _______ face and drooping eyelids (眼皮) of the old man. She felt _______ and chose not to _______ him up. She chose to stand, _______ a book beside the seat.

Before long, the _______ began checking tickets. Haixia deliberately _______ her seat, not wanting to make the old man feel _______ and uncomfortable. However, in the crowded space, she ________ hit into another passenger who gave her a displeased look. Despite feeling aggrieved (愤愤不平的), Haixia ________ to endure it.

When the conductor ________ Haixia’s ticket, he noticed someone sitting in her seat. He was ________ and asked, “Young girl, why don’t you sit in your own seat?” Haixia pointed to her own seat but noticed that the old man was fast asleep. When the conductor ________ to wake him up, Haixia quickly ________ him and said, “I’m young and can stand for a while. The old gentleman is sure not able to stand.”

The conductor listened to Haixia’s words and gave her an approving look. The surrounding ________ also began discussing it. One passenger said, “The young girl is ________. We should learn from her.” Another passenger nodded in agreement, “Yes, ________ the elderly and caring for the young is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation.”

When Haixia heard these words, she felt warm in her heart. She knew that her actions, though insignificant, had received ________ and respect from others. She looked at the peacefully sleeping old man and felt a sense of ________ in her heart.

【推荐2】The outbreak of the epidemic has caused inconvenience to people’s life. Being forced to stay at home during the COVID-19 lockdown has been something of a_________for Olivia Newton John. “I feel _________for saying it, but I’ve actually_________not being able to go anywhere,” the singer admitted on the phone during the lockdown. “My life has always been about being on planes and_________and staying in hotels, so to be in one place for almost a year has been delightful.” “It’s been wonderful having so much time at home,” she says.

The 72-year-old multi-Grammy Award-winner, whose _________have sold over 100 million worldwide, is not _________the laurels (桂冠) she’s earned from nearly six decades in the business. She’s recorded a new_________, prepared an album and_________her own foundation to fund research into the care for cancer. The single , ‘Window in the Wall’, _________a message that’s dear to Olivia’s heart.

The singer was first____________with breast cancer in 1992 but had it under control soon. The cancer came back in 2013 and 2017. However, she’s a fighter who now____________to defeat the disease by the use of medicinal cannabis (大麻制品) and other plant-based____________with the help of her husband John, who____________the Amazon Herb Company in 1990 and who is a(n)____________for herbal wellness treatments. “I’m doing____________well,” Olivia says. “I don’t have pain, and I feel____________.”

Olivia says that she believes there are always going to be____________in life but it’s how you respond to them that ____________the quality of your life. “Your mind and body aren’t separate and if you keep strengthening____________, you’re going to strengthen bad health. That’s why I choose to be positive and____________every day.”