【推荐1】When Julie got back home from school that afternoon, she noticed a pigeon. It was sitting very closely to the front door of her ______. It seemed the pigeon hadn’t moved at all. Julie moved ______. She noticed the pigeon had a wound on its wing. She was worried that a dog or a cat would eat the ______ animal. Julie ran upstairs to tell her mom about the pigeon.

"We have to help it!" Julie ______. Julie's mom made a disgusted face. "I don't want to. Pigeons have ______," she said. Julie began to cry. This made Julie's mom feel bad. She ______, but she gave Julie some ______. The pigeon had to stay in the kitchen in a storage bin. Julie's mom didn't want to touch the ______ bird.

While Julie tried to feed the bird bits of moist bread, Julie's mom looked online for local animal ______ organizations. She felt silly trying to save an injured pigeon though. Finally she found an organization that would ______ the bird, but not until the next morning. Julie stayed up all night ______the bird.

The next morning Julia and her mother took the ______ to the bird rescue organization. Many people on the train gave Julie and her mother ______ looks. Julie's mother just shrugged. When they got to the ______, the worker smiled warmly, "It's so kind of you to do this. This ______ a lot to the pigeon!" ______ goodbye to the worker, Julie looked so ______ with a slight flush on her cheeks. On their way home, leaning on her mother' shoulder, Julie said ______, "Thank you, mom, for your support and ______. " Julie's mom patted her head, "I'm proud of you, sweetheart. You've taught me ______: Every life deserves to be respected and loved."

【推荐2】Animal Rights

Every conscious being has interests that should be respected. No being who is conscious of being alive should be devalued to thinghood, dominated, and used as a resource or _________. The key point of the idea known as animal rights is a movement to extend moral consideration to all _________ beings. Nobody should have to demonstrate a specific level of intelligence or be judged beautiful to be given moral consideration. No being should have to be useful to humanity or capable of accepting “duties” in order to be extended moral consideration. _________, what other animals need from us is being free from duties to us.

Animal rights is about letting animals live on their own terms. It can be written into our laws, but is not an actual list or bill of rights as we have for human society. It begins with our promises not to act like _________ of others. Animal rights is about justice — treating animals fairly.

Why is animal rights _________? It is because we humans often act as though we are the only beings on the planet. Although we depend on other animals for our very survival, humans are the only animals that have upset the balance of nature. There are lots of ways that humans _________ animals. We domesticate them and use them for food, even though our nutritional needs can be completely supplied by a(n) _________ diet. Although other materials are available, we use animal’s skin and other body parts for clothing, furs, hats, boots, jewellery and even pet toys. Humans can talk about it but animals cannot. All animals wish to experience life in its fullness. Unlike many animals who have to kill to survive, humans do not. Why should humans cause _________ to other beings when it’s not necessary?

As we do, animals protect their children; they feel fear; they warn each other of dangers; they play. We might differ from other animals in some ways, but that doesn’t give us the right to _________ them down, take their lands, pollute their waters, or use them for our conveniences. Animals also experience pain and it’s not difficult to observe ____________ of pain in the way a conscious being reacts to it. We take advantage, cause distress, and act ____________ when we use animals for amusement. Lots of pets are ____________ on the streets when their owners no longer find it convenient or affordable to keep or care for them.

Whether we admit it or not, it’s a prejudice to think we are ____________ to animals and that it is our right to control them, which can only make people act mean, hateful or neglectful. However, each of us has within us the power to ____________. We can adopt a different attitude, one that reshape our destiny. This will have wonderful effects on the planet’s other communities, for life is ____________ avoiding suffering. It is interacting, singing, pursuing joy. We humans can learn to live responsibly, with respect, kindness and love.

【推荐3】When Ariel rode her bike to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York, last November, she planned to go hiking and bird-watching. Bingo! A mile into her walk, she ________ a female mute swan (疣鼻天鹅) near the water’s edge. Ariel, 30, who had worked at the Wild Bird Fund rehabilitation center (康复中心) in Manhattan, knew that mute swans can be ________. But as she approached this one, it didn’t move.

She was certain that the bird needed ________ attention. Ariel covered her jacket ________ the bird’s head to keep it calm, ________ picked it up, and cradled it in her arms. And then a thought ________ her: What do I do now?

How was she going to ________ a 17-pound swan on her bike all that way? Luckily, some strangers driving by offered her, her bike, and the swan a ________ to a nearby subway station.

On the subway, no one seemed particularly ________ by the feathered passenger. One guy, says Ariel, was “sitting right in front of me on his phone. I don’t know if he noticed there was a swan in front of him.”

Ariel called David, an animal-care manager in the rehab center to picked her up at the subway station and drove bird, bike and ________ to the facility. There, staff members determined that the swan might have lead (铅) poisoning. Sadly, even with all that TLC, the swan ________ a bacterial infection. Two months after Ariel came to her rescue, she ________.

It’s a ________ ending, but the real story is just ________ some people are willing to go to save a swan in the big city. In all, Ariel traveled two hours by foot, car, and subway (while dragging her bike). Says David, ”That’s the perfect ________ of who she is.”

【推荐2】When my daughter was in grade school, she brought home four tiny branches one day. They were small _________ given to the students to plant. None of them looked very strong, but with a _________ for the future, I planted them in our backyard. Over the years the _________ soil brought an end to three of them.

All that was _________ was a single evergreen. It never got very tall and _________ to one side. Then, I noticed that it was starting to _________. The lower branches were becoming brown. Only the top ones of the tree were still _________.

I did my best to _________ it by feeding it a lot of fertilizer (肥料), but it seemed hopeless. One morning I went out and looked at it again, _________ if it would be better to just cut it down. As I walked over to take a closer look at it, __________, I noticed something moving among the branches. It was a bird __________ building a nest (巢) in the topmost branches. I smiled and __________ that maybe this old tree had some life and usefulness left in it yet. It may not be healthy or pretty, but it was still giving a bird a __________.

This tree __________ me that all of our lives have a purpose. It doesn’t matter if we are young and strong, or old and sick. Until our last __________ we still have things to do: love for us to give, and joy for us to share. We can help to make this world a better and lovelier place.

【推荐3】Most little boys love their dogs. But for 10﹣year﹣old Connor Jayne，his 4﹣year﹣old Copper is more than just his best friend. When the Jaynes got Copper，they _____him just to be a family pet， but the big﹣hearted dog   _____becoming so much more.

Two years ago， Connor was seeing specialists_____to diagnose（诊断） his tiredness， aches，and night terrors. In spite of medications， tests and diet_____，they were making little progress.

"One evening Copper began barking at the door _____I go inside his room，'' writes his mom，Jennifer. "It was then that I _____my son having a seizure （发作）； and I was _____. "

Connor's seizures at night weren't diagnosed at the time so，thanks to Copper，hismom was able to capture（拍摄） the event on camera，show it to the doctor and get Connor on_____medication. Since then，Copper has been able to_____when an anxiety attack is coming on ？ pushing his body up against Connor to_____him.

However，recently Copper has been _____to walk，which has affected his _____to help Connor. To diagnose and treat Copper，animal doctors need to perform an MRI（磁共振），but the_____and resulting treatment are expensive，and Jennifer is a single mom with limited money. To help pay for diagnosis and treatment， Connor came up with a（n）_____to sell some of his toys._____，his mom created a GoFundMe account， with hopes of raising ﹩2，800 to_____the cost of the initial test.At the time of _____，over ﹩17，000 has been raised.

Copper has visited the animal doctor，and he's_____laser treatment at present. Jennifer says the family has been_____by the outpouring of support and love they've received and   they'll_____Copper's progress on the Facebook page.

【推荐2】I received a private message on Facebook. It began harmlessly enough. "Hi, girl. Wanted to ________ you to join my next challenge group—We will be ________ on 60 minutes of exercise and balanced nutrition." It was all becoming too much. Facebook was ________ my life, not me.

But what killed Facebook for me was when I ________ a photo and my son asked me how many "likes" it had got. His question was a/an ________ call. "Likes" are signs of acceptance and ________. I had forgotten they both need to come from within and had ________ set him a bad example.

To recreate the simplicity of those days and set a/an ________ example for my son, I deactivated(解除) my Facebook ________. I had been in the habit of ________ Facebook many times a day, so I had to come up with some new habits. I ________ a novel and a crossword puzzle book around with me. I rediscovered knitting and yoga classes.

I started to ________ a few things. My body is fine just the way it is. I have friends who will help me out when I am ________. I do my best to be a good mother and our son is happy and healthy.

I stopped looking at the world through my cell phone. I felt completely ________ in the moment. The ________ left me feeling better about myself, my family, my home and my life.

Less social media is more.