【推荐1】My aunt came to my home with her six-year-old daughter Alice this morning. While my aunt was talking with my mom at home, my cousin felt a bit _______. So I suggested that I go out with her. My aunt happily agreed. So we went to the park near my home together. There we bought two _______ and started flying them. While we were doing that, Alice couldn’t help _______. She jumped up and down and I knew she was _______ having great fun. And I must _______ that I haven’t enjoyed myself like that for a long time.

Later, we sat down on a bench, looking at the gardens. As we were _______ there, Alice looked up at me and said, “What a _______ day today!” I smiled at her and agreed. I then started _______ what we had done that day. We did something quite _______, yet we were very happy.

Many people wait for their “best days”. But I think today is our ________ day. That’s a lesson I learned today. As adults, we often make plans carefully in order to have a great day. Some people think that they can have a nice day through spending a lot of ________. I think we should be more like ________. They don’t think about money or what will happen tomorrow. They really live in the moment and enjoy the moment!

We often hear the expression that we should live in the ________. How do we do that? We’re not doing such a good job. Remember today is important as we are exchanging (交换) a day of our ________ for it. Yesterday is a history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a ________. That’s why it is called present. So seize (把握) the day!

【推荐2】I was driving my car the other day.The sun was out，the radio was playing，and I was singing along.The song was an enjoyable one.Even my weak voice sounded good singing it.Then it happened，however.The sweet sound of the music _____ and there came the bad news.Vegetable prices went up again.Fans of two sports teams got into fight.I shook my head and wondered about this _____ world we live in.

_____，I could stand no more and turned off the radio._____ seemed better than listening to anything else about the crazy，competitive world we live in.I slowed down as I drove into a town and watched the people as I _____ by.A tall man was helping an old lady _____ a car and helping her place her walker (助行架) so she could go into store.A smiling woman was throwing food onto the square while a dozen birds flew down to _____ the food laid out before them.A young man was walking along，carrying his daughter safely in his arms.When the daughter pulled the hat off his head，they both _____．I laughed too as I looked at all of his kindness.The radio in the car was certainly_____，but in my heart I was still singing.

In fact，this world could have more kindness and less competition.Kindness makes us all winners in our life and our life is ______ kindness，love and joy.

【推荐3】“Father, I don’t like to go to school,” said Harry Williams one morning. “I wish you would let me stay at home. Charles Parker’s father doesn’t make him go to school.”

Mr Williams______his little boy by the hand, and said _______to him, “Come, my son. I want to show you _____ in the garden.”

Harry walked into the garden with his_______, who led him along until they came to a bed in which peas(豌豆) were growing. Not a weed(杂草) was to be ______about their roots.

“See how beautifully these peas are ______, my son,” said Mr. Williams. “How clean and healthy the vines(藤) look. We shall have a good ______. Now let me show you the vines in Mr. Parker’s garden.”

Mr. Williams then______Harry to look at Mr. Parker’s pea vines.

After a few moments, Mr. Williams asked, “Well, my son, what do you ______Mr. Parker’s pea vines?”

“Oh, Father!” replied the little boy. “I never saw such______looking peas in my life! The weeds are nearly as_____ as the peas themselves. There won’t be half a crop!”

“_______are they so much worse than ours, Harry?”

“Because they have been left to grow as they______. I suppose Mr. Parker just planted them, and never took any care of them______”

“ Yes. A garden will soon be overrun with weeds_______it is not taken good care of,” Mr. Williams   ____, “and so it is with the human garden. Children’s minds are like garden beds. They must be   ____ cared for. I send you to school in order that the garden of your ______may have good seeds and _____ plentifully. Now which would you_____, to stay at home or go to school?”

“I would rather go to school,” said Harry.

【推荐1】Expect the unexpected

“Nothing is ever easy!” A couple of days ago, my grandfather was explaining his favorite expression. The following day, as I completed my work, I ______ a bee on the skylight. Though the skylight was particularly high, I thought ______ the bee would take only five minutes. An hour later, the bee still remained. What had changed was that the room was messy and that I was ______ from looking up into the sunlight. I didn’t expect to waste an hour on such a tiny insect, but by doing so, I understood what my grandfather meant.

It is not only time we tend to underestimate-we don’t account for unexpected costs. We often imagine what work in our ______, but seldom consider negative things that could ______ us. However, it is important to remember that things might not go as ______, which is normal. It is ______ acceptable to feel challenged—even a simple task, because that is part of life.

If you accept that, life might seem more ______. In middle school, I thought high school might be easier because I could choose the ______ I wanted to take. In high school, I thought college might be easier because I would have a ______ suited for myself. Yet each time, I was wrong and ______. After accepting school wouldn’t be easy, I found myself with a more ______ attitude.

Certainly, there should be preparations to take costs and time into consideration. It can help you ______ your goals in a better way. However there is no ______ to blame ourselves when something stands in our path. Maybe we cannot see a bee coming our way, but we can give ourselves the ______ time to catch it.

【推荐2】Nearly seven years ago, I hitchhiked （搭顺风车） across Canada. It was an exciting experience, which allowed me to look into the ______ of humanity.

Once, I was dropped off in front of a（n）______ woman, who had pulled over because her   ______ had broken down. I approached to make sure she was ______. She assured me she was fine and that her husband was on his way with a truck. So I went back to my ______, standing about 150 metres away. Her husband arrived. And ______ they had picked up the broken-down car, the old couple ______ to bring me back to their place for lunch. I ______ agreed.

But our ______ was very funny. I could not—for the life of me—figure out what her husband was ______. He spoke English, but his strong accent made it ______ to understand. Every time he spoke to me, I’ d have to ______, “I m sorry, but what did you say?” And every time I said this, his wife would ______: “He saaaaaaid...” and then ______ her husband’s words. But we had a good time together.

This old couple’ s random ______ was just what I enjoyed about hitchhiking.   You have non-stop social interactions（互动） that are authentic but only in a ______ time. A person becomes an important part of your life for an hour or two and then they ______. However, the beauty of these ______ being so kind never gets old.

Each meeting I had was ______ into my little treasury （宝库） of memories that has begun to ______ with time. But together, they paint a broader picture of harmony in this country.

【推荐3】One businessman was in debt and couldn’t figure out a way out of it when an old man appeared before him.

“Is something bothering you?” he said. After listening to the _______businessman, the old man said: “ I think I can help you.” He wrote him a _______, saying: “Take this money. We will meet here _______in one year, and you will be able to _______it to me at that time.” Then, he turned around and disappeared just as_______as he appeared.

The businessman saw the check in his hands for an amount of 500 thousand dollars, _______by John Rockefeller, one of the _______people in the world at that time! But instead of using the money, he put the check into his safe. The thought about its _______gave him strength to find a solution to save his business.

_______the return of his courage, he concluded profitable deals. Months ________and he got out of ________and started to earn money again. Exactly one year ________, he returned to the park with the same check. At the ________time the old man appeared again. But ________the businessman wanted to return the check and share his story of ________, a nurse ran up and grabbed the old man.

“I’m so glad, I caught him!” She exclaimed. “I hope he wasn’t ________ you. He always runs away from the house and ________he is John Rockefeller.”

The businessman was puzzled, and suddenly he understood that it’s not the money, ________or imaginary, that turned his life up. It was his new ________and belief that gave him strength to   ________ everything that he had now.

【推荐2】One day, a boy was playing in a garden. He was running after butterflies and trying to catch them. He was very _______ to see the colorful flowers, too. Then he saw a frog skipping and _______. As he ran behind the frog, it went into the pond. A cow was eating grass in the garden. He saw how the cow was _______ grass. A fly then came there and buzzed over the _______. It swung its tail to make the fly move away. The child clapped and _______ .

The boy was enjoying the beauty of nature. He said, “Nature is _______. Its beauty attracts everyone.”

When he saw a squirrel, he ran after it and _______ near the bed of roses. He tried to pick some of the roses, but a thorn (刺) _______ his finger. It was very painful. The boy started _______ and ran to his mother who was in the ________.

His mother asked him, “What is the matter?” The boy said, “The thorn of the rose ________my finger while I was picking it and now I feel ________ pain.” His mother said, “That was your ________. You should not have tried to pick the flower. The flowers are meant to be ________ and not to be picked. Besides, natural beauty should never be ________. We should help to protect nature.” The son said, “I will ________ remember what you have just told me, Mom.” The mother said, “Let me know what you have ________ today.” Her son explained, “We should protect ________living beings, whether animals or ________. We should never harm them. We should not harm nature. ________ we do, it may harm us in the long run, too.”