【推荐1】I’m sure many of you are familiar with the New Year’s resolution (决心) — “get _______”. After a Christmas of staying _______,   watching television and eating far too much chocolate, I decided enough was enough. January was going to be _______．January was going to be the start of the new, healthy me — less chocolate, more _______, an all­round healthier lifestyle. But how was I going to do this? As I browsed the Internet looking for _______, I realised just how little I knew about ways to get fit. In terms of exercise, I had always _______ you either played a team sport like football or went to the gym. And with the arrival of January snow, playing football outside didn’t seem like the best option, and as I have a deep­rooted _______ of falling off running machines, the gym wasn’t going to work out either. Plus I’ve never quite understood the concept of _______ to run inside when you could run outside for free!

_______, I knew that I needed to research my options further.The first thing I found was the world of YouTube exercise videos. There are videos for ________ about everything. The good thing about YouTube videos is that they are free, they are flexible (you can do them whenever you want)and you don’t have to ________your nice warm house to do them. But unless you do them with a friend it’s difficult to motivate yourself to keep going, and without an instructor there with you it’s sometimes hard to know if you’re doing the move ________．

I then researched local fitness classes and found my small town to be absolutely swimming with ________! I quickly signed up to the overall sports club, had a look at the weekly timetable and ________ to try them all out. So far I have tried out most of them.My ________ ones are by far the dance­based ones that take place to music, because it makes exercise so much more fun!

【推荐2】A beloved school worker received a special surprise last week at his retirement(退休)party. John Lockett, also called Mr. John, cried tears of _________ when the gentle old man was greeted by 685 _________ at Sand Hill Elementary School in Carollton, Georgia. “He was so surprised that he just _________ with the students,” headmaster Carla Meigs told Good Morning American. Finally, she said, “The scene was so _________. He is very modest, hard-working, and _________ to his job, so everyone loves him. ”

Mr. John was _________ to retire on May 24, but the school threw him a retirement party one week early. On that day, when Mr. John _________ for work as usual, he found the passage of the hall lined with students of that very school _________ there to wish him a very happy day! The students _________ him a crown and a cape and told him that it was “Mr. John Day”. Many students were __________ banners(横幅)and shouting “Mr. John Day! Mr. John Day!” while many others walked up to him to give him a __________! Mr. John, was truly touched by the surprise. “They are all like my __________. I love the kids,” Mr. John told Good Morning American. “It was the perfect day to __________ my retirement and make it about me.” “The school __________ so much to me, and I really love my job; it is for students,”he wrote in an email. The 83-year-old man had been a gatekeeper for more than a decade after previously having a __________ in construction(建筑).

【推荐3】I almost can’t believe my eyes. Here in Majorca, Spain, my husband and three kids are playing in the Mediterranean, splashing and diving and floating in the picture-perfect sea! How did the five of us _______ here, many kilometers from our home in Victoria?

For as long as I can remember, my husband and I _______ taking our kids on a trip around the world. It was something we _______ wanted to do one day after our kids came into the world. The dream was _______. We would pack a few things, get on a flight across the Atlantic and just _______ the sun and our interest. Putting the plan into _______, however, was a little more complicated.

In the blink（眨眼）of the eye and 14 years later, we have three delightful boys who are growing up fast. It was time to _______ those plans. We spent dozens of hours discussing, researching, planning, and booking flights and cars and places to stay. We planned a _______ around Europe and South Africa, to Australia, around Asia and then, for the last few months, to South America. We had to arrange time off from work. We _______ how many children’s necessities we need, went to the ________ to have the boys' teeth checked, renewed our passports, and then ________ our luggage. By July, we were as ________ as we could be.

Of course, dreams never turn out ________ as planned. Our first week, after being a little too ________ in our camper vehicle in Iceland, we miscalculated and ________ our flights to Ireland by a day. We didn't want to pay too much to rebook our ________, so we got on another plane to Paris, and had a(n) ________ weekend there, right ________ for the World Cup. It was almost as if we had ________ it that way.

After having been traveling for two months, we are learning as we go, and we seem to be finding our travel ________ as we journey together.

【推荐1】John, an old man, lived in the middle of town. One day he found his watch lost in his own store. It _________ a lot to him because it was from his wife. After searching _________ in the store for a long while, he decided to ask for help from a group of children playing outside the store. He _________ them that the person who found it would be rewarded. Hearing this, the children hurried inside the store, went through and around the _________ store, but still could not find the watch.

Soon the man felt disappointed and _________. Even worse, he wanted to _________. Just at that moment, a little boy went up to him and asked for another _________. The man looked at him and thought, "Why not? _________, this kid looks sincere enough." So the man sent him back in the store. After a while, the boy _________ with the watch in his hand! The man was very __________, and he asked the boy how he found it while the others had __________. The boy replied, "I did nothing but sat on the ground and __________. Then I heard the ticking (嘀嗒声) of the watch and just looked for it in that __________."

We usually do something in a hurry and don't think about our own needs, which can't bring peace into our mind. __________, we need to think about ourselves and keep peaceful for a while, which can produce a good result. So allow a few minutes of __________ to your mind every day, and see how it helps you deal with your work and make progress as you expect to!

【推荐2】“Every morning is an opportunity for rebirth.”

Artist Robert Alejandro _________ a moving message as he continues his fight against cancer. In his _________on January 2, Alejandro announced that his doctors _________ him his health developed complications (并发症) . “December last year, I was _________ . No amount of painkillers could_________ the pain I was feeling. The doctors found the cancer had _________ all over my body. The doctors could not do anything for me,”he said.

Despite this condition, Alejandro was _________ for the opportunity to still be alive. “Every morning is a(n) _________ for rebirth,” he said. In the same post, he _________“But here I am still alive. I still have ____________ and I have no idea how much time I have ____________” For him, being able to make it this far was his “greatest ____________

“What a gift this has been for me. I am no longer ____________ with the mistakes of my past. I have no worries about the future. All that is left is gratitude for the ____________I am loved and I have so much to love. This is my greatest gift,” he said.

This ____________ touched many social media users. As of writing, his post earned 9,200 reactions and 501 shares. Of the ____________ , there are 4,700 heart emojis, 2,200 likes, and 2,200 care emojis. The comments section was ____________ good wishes and prayers for Alejandro’s ____________

“Wishing for miraculous healing for you Robert! You still ____________ a purpose in this lifetime. Your smile is infectious,” one user said.

“You are such an ____________. Healing be with you,” another user added.

【推荐3】One weekend, 11-year-old Abbie had an accident. She knew_________for several days. On June 5, Abbie was finally awake and aware enough to be told her leg was_________. And according to Metge, her daughter had a wonderful_________from the beginning.

“She had an amazing view,” Metge said. “After a hard, frightening first night, Abbie got up, her usual huge smile_________, and said ‘I only have to find one _________ from the basket now!’” Over the past months, Abbie’s been_________with an artificial leg and learned how to get _________ to her new life. “Mostly, she’s done well,” Metge said. When she’s up and busy, nothing can_________ her. But evening is hard because it’s when all emotions and suffering _________over her and she’s very tired. But __________, morning always comes and she wakes up__________.

Abbie said, her optimism came from all the __________she has received. “So many people help and inspire me,” Abbie said. “I can’t even imagine __________ something this hard without them.” A big part is from Abbie’s cheer squad (啦啦队) teammates who hold her up. Abbie dreams of being a one-legged flyer. “I’m much __________ without the weight of one entire leg, even more suitable for the role. I really expect the experience of__________ .”