【推荐1】Happiness always lies in giving help to others. And Steven Smith   has just set us a good _____.

Donald Austin is a teacher.   He had a _____ accident several months ago. And he had to _____ three months in hospital. He also had part of his left _____ cut off.

Now he was able to go back home. Donald thought he could go _____ the steps to the     front door of his home using walking sticks. But he wasn't as _____ as he had hoped. And the wheelchair was too _____. His wife, Jennifer Austin, couldn't lift it up the steps, even with   his mother's help. Donald _____ at last. And the family all felt very _____ They were out of strength and almost lost _____.

Just then, a car _____ their eyes. It had driven past but was slowly _____ back. The     stranger, Steven Smith _____ set the brake and asked if he could help. The family watched Smith help Donald inside the house and place him _____ on the sofa. But Smith knew there was still more to do.

He thought Donald might have to _____ those steps many times in the future. So, the   next day, Smith came to Donald's house again. He asked if he could _____ a ramp (斜坡) in front of the house. With some other helping hands, Smith _____ built a ramp over the steps. And now the wheelchair can go up and down easily. The kind act brought the family to _____

“This stranger has _____ the day for us twice within 24 hours,” Jennifer _____ on Facebook. “He brought us hope and made our day more beautiful.”

【推荐2】The Afrikaner culture that I grew up in has a delicious tradition — baking lots of different types of cookies at Christmas. We bake for days on end to _____________ our cookie tins, and prepare cookie baskets and boxes to _____________ to friends and neighbors. As an adult, I choose not to continue many of the Christmas traditions. However, this is still one of my favorite Christmas activities.

I have a friend from a different _____________ background. She also loves cooking and baking. When she heard that I was planning a baking day, she _____________ me to teach her how to bake my Christmas cookies. A week before Christmas, it was usually baking time. We both envisioned (想象) the beautiful and tasty treats that we would make for our families, friends and neighbors. Our baking got off to a slow but _____________ start. The techniques and skills that I’d used countless times were new to my friend. And some of them would be even _____________ to an experienced baker, let alone a first-timer. On my own, I’d have done it quickly and correctly. But by midday, I could feel my _____________ rising. Teaching my friend had put us well behind _____________. There was, of course, an easy solution: I could _____________ and just let her watch. But I had promised that I would teach her. So we decided to reduce the variety of cookies, bake more of the ______________ versions and get creative with the icing. At the end of the second day, we had 20 beautiful gift boxes, each displaying a mouth-watering selection of cookies.

My friend couldn’t wait to get home and share the ______________ of her labors with her family. Seeing how proud she was, I was doubly ______________ that I didn’t act on my thought to do everything myself just because it would be ______________. Not only would I have robbed her of an opportunity to ______________ but I would have robbed her of that new-found ______________ and the pride she felt at having achieved something new.

【推荐3】About five years ago, I was part of a pilot(试点的)group for my company. The group’s task is to _______and guide people with disabilities and make them successful in work.

I led the_______process and hired a candidate with autism(孤独症). Before that, we only hired physically impaired(有缺陷的)people. Despite the candidate’s _______for our company, our interview panel felt that this disability would prevent him from learning skills and succeeding in his position. I_______my peers to give him a role. Our HR department didn’t support us to take the _______so we could only hire him as a temporary employee.

The candidate slowly and surely_______in the workplace and I gave him a lot of encouragement. Having experienced many setbacks, the candidate was_______accepted by his colleagues and his leadership. I_______to guide him closely, helping him get through many challenges his disability presented at work and at home. The candidate also won_______and many friends at the workplace. Five years passed in a flash, and he________me last night, telling that he got a formal offer yesterday from his manager as a ________employee with a job title.

I congratulated him and told him how________I was with his success. He said, “Sir, without ________all these years, I would not be here.” I told him “Your success is the________of your hard work and persistence. You are an inspiration to a lot of people with disabilities.”

How wonderful it is for a disabled person to succeed in his work and make his family________!

【推荐1】Pass Your Love On

Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, an air hostess approached me and asked, “Would you mind   _____ your seat? A couple would like to sit together.” The only ____   seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts (石膏绷带), a black-and-blue face, and a sad expression. “ ____   am I going to sit there,” I thought immediately. But a soft voice spoke, “She needs help.” Finally, I ____ to move to that seat.

The girl was named Kathy. She   ____   in a car accident and now was on her way for   ______

When the snack and juice arrived, it did not take me long to   ____   that Kathy would not be able to   ____   herself. I considered   _____ to feed her but hesitated, as it seemed too   _____ to offer a service to a   ____ . But then I realized that Kathy’s need was more   _____ than my discomfort. I offered to help her eat, and   _____ she was uncomfortable to accept, she   _____ as I expected. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five-hour trip, my heart   _____, and the   _____ was really better spent than if I had just sat by myself.

I was very glad I had reached   _____ my comfort zone to sit next to Kathy and feed her. Love     ____ flows beyond human borders and removes the fears that keep us _____. When we stretch to serve   _____   , we grow to live in a larger and more rewarding world.