【推荐1】In 1991, I went to visit my grandma in an old folks’ home. At the time, she was 89, and I was 28. I felt a bit _______, because the place was full of people at the last stage of their life. I didn’t know how to ________ that.

When I saw Grandma, they were having a ________ in the hall. After she introduced me, a woman in a wheelchair beside told me how much she ________ dancing. So I asked her to dance and she ________ accepted my invitation with a big smile. I ________ her to the open area, and I lifted her arm up and spun her wheelchair around, and we laughed a lot. When I wheeled her back, I ________ a lot of little old ladies smiling at me. So I ________ with them and we snowballed the party into a great dancing ball.

Of course, I danced with Grandma. While dancing, I asked how she dealt with ________. She said: “Just accept the number of candles on the cake. Life won’t stay the same. So accept the ________ and make every day count. There’s a ________ that golden years are a time to celebrate accomplishments and ________ gained from experience.” Then I realized how ________ it was for me to see the old as they saw themselves. They weren’t thinking that much about growing older. ________, they lived at the moment and ________ that room like stars.

【推荐2】Scientific studies show that laughter (笑声) produces chemicals to make people feel better, which means clown doctors can be helpful.

I chose this _________ because of my experience of going to hospital when I was a kid. Al though the doctors and nurses did a great job, hospitals weren’t really designed for children. I stayed there feeling _________ and a little bored.

After years’ _________ training, I work as part of a program known as “hospital clowning”. Being a clown doctor means I can help people by _________ them.

One day, _________ my curly rainbow wig (假发) and big red nose, I walked into the waiting area, where there was a familiar atmosphere of _________ and tension. At that time I noticed a small girl crying in pain, with her ankle (脚踝) was twice its _________ size. Her _________ parents were sitting uncomfortably on plastic chairs, trying their best to comfort the nervous and crying girl.

While the doctor focused on _________ her ankle, I got her __________ by doing a magic trick. Although she was clearly still in some pain, her scared and anxious look had been __________ first by a small smile and then by loud laughter as I __________ produced her sock from out of my pocket. Seeing their daughter so much happier has __________ made her parents more relaxed. My magic medicine did indeed seem to do the trick.

Even today, I am still __________ a broad smile as I remember all the fun and laughter of the day. While there might be more hospital visits ahead for Lara and others, I hope that clown doctors help make it a friendlier place to visit. After all, it really is true that __________ is the best medicine.

【推荐3】When I re-entered the full-time workforce a few years ago after a decade of lonely self-employment, there was one thing I was looking forward to the most: the opportunity to have work friends once again. It wasn't until I entered the corporate world that I realized, for me at least, being friends with colleagues didn't emerge as a(n) _______ at all. This is surprising when you consider the prevailing emphasis by scholars and trainers and managers on the importance of cultivating close _______ relationships at work. So much research has explored the way in which collegial（同事的）ties can help overcome a range of workplace issues _______ productivity and the quality of work output such as team-based conflict, jealousy, undermining anger, and more.

Perhaps my expectations of lunches, water-cooler gossip and caring, deep-and-meaningful conversations were a _______ of the last time I was in that kind of office environment. Whereas now, as I near the end of my fourth decade, I realize work can be fully functional and entirely fulfilling without _______ to be best mates with the people sitting next to you.

In an academic analysis just published in the profoundly-respected Journal of Management, researchers have looked at the concept of "indifferent relationships", a simple term that summarizes the fact that relationships at work can _______ be non-interpersonal, inconsequential, unimportant and even, dare I say it, disposable or substitutable.

Indifferent relationships are neither positive nor negative. The limited research conducted thus far indicates they're especially _______ among those who value independence over cooperation, and harmony over confrontation. Indifference is also the _______ option among those who are socially lazy. Maintaining relationships over the long term takes effort, which, for some of us, is much too _______.

As noted above, indifferent relationships may not always be the most ________ approach in resolving some of the issues that pop up at work. But there are nevertheless several apparently proven benefits. One of those is ________. Less time chatting and socializing means more time working and churning(产出).

The other is ________. As human beings, we're programmed to compare ourselves to each other in what is an anxiety-causing phenomenon. Apparently, we look down on acquaintances(泛泛之交)more so than friends. Since the former is very common among those ________ to indifferent relationships, their predominance can promote individuals' sense of self-worth.

Ego aside, a third advantage is that the emotional ________ of indifferent relationships has been found to enhance critical evaluation, to strengthen one's focus on task resolution, and to gain greater access to valuable information. None of that might be as ________ as after-work socializing but, hey, I'll take it anyway.

【推荐2】We were silently waiting on the platform in the late afternoon. There he was, my 50-year old _________ with his grey hair and there I was, a teenager girl in my jeans and T-shirt. His aged _________still clear blue eyes were taking in the scene. I was wondering_________ I was going to get through the next two days. “Why did I agree to be with my strange grandpa on a _________ ride from our city to another?” I asked myself.

No one else wanted to be the fellow traveler since my grandfather _________ to take a plane. _________ him, I loved to fly because I wanted to get to the destination as quickly as possible. No matter what anyone told my grandfather about the comfort and safety of flying, he refused to _________ a flight, saying, “It’s not just the trip. It’s the adventure of getting there. ”

With my first step onto the train, the journey was already _________what I expected. The train was modern and it was filled with _________ travelers. We all smiled and nodded to greet each other.

My grandpa and I seated ourselves in the __________car. While watching the scenery pass, we could enjoy food and drinks. __________ listening to my music, I became a willing audience and I learned family history that I had never had the time or patience to learn about. I felt I __________ him for the first time. I was __________ for our time together on the train.

In this rapidly changing world, we often __________ important moments. It is necessary for us to __________ and listen to elders who offer a piece of their history or experience.

Life isn’t just about the destination; it’s about the journey.

【推荐2】McCoy was looking for a safe place to do drugs. He had been there for just a minute or so when something clearly out of _________ caught his eye: a luxurious brown leather handbag. When he picked it up, he found that it had been _________ of everything but an electric bill. Remembering how angered he’d been by his own _________, he determined to return it to its owner.

He decided to start with the _________ on the electric bill. It was on the other side of the city. On the way, a couple of people asked to buy the handbag, but he _________. After traveling much of the day and approaching the address, he luckily_________ the owner, Kaitlyn Smith, on the street.

McCoy wasn’t in good shape then, looking exhausted and sick. At Smith’s _________, McCoy told her his story. He’d been in _________ of a landscaping business until 2018, when a car accident left him _________ to drugs. Smith,__________ at what this stranger had done, asked whether there was anything she could do to help. “I’m a drug addict,” McCoy __________. “I don’t want to disturb your life; I’m probably gonna let you down.” Smith gave him her phone number,__________.

Two days later, she got a call. Realizing that McCoy was __________ about making a fresh start, she bought him a plane ticket to Florida. After 28 days in the rehab(戒毒)program, McCoy is drug-free. His life is back on __________ now, all because one crime victim(受害者)could feel __________ for another’s loss.

【推荐3】I was on my cellphone sharing my excitement about the stories we received for a new book about resolutions. When I _______my call, my 11-year-old son Bailey asked if he could write a story. I was amazed by his _______and asked if he had “resolved” to do something_______in his life. His reply_______me. He said, “I have resolved to be nicer to younger children.”

Bailey has always been generous with older kids. _______, when it comes to younger kids, he falls _______. He gets angry when they touch his Lego creations or_______to understand how to play his video games.

My husband and I have many friends with younger children who _______regularly. Each time before they arrive, we tell Bailey how we would _______ it if he were more patient with the younger kids. He starts out great, but as the night wears on, his patience________out. I found it interesting that he was________making a change.

Later, I________our conversation and realized that Bailey had actually taken action. The last time our friends’ son, Braden, ________, Bailey invited him to play with his Legos. Instead of getting angry that Braden was not________correctly, according to Baileys________, he allowed him to create his own version of an airplane. When playing video games, instead of telling Braden he was too________to understand the concept, he gave him an unplugged (没插电的)________and let Braden believe he was fighting alongside Bailey.

As parents, we often feel as if our________ fall on deaf ears, but now I realize that my son has been listening all along. He is________to be a better person and I am________of him.