【推荐1】One day there was a lady and a boy on a plane. It was a very _________ day when the plane took off from the airport. When the plane was at the middle of its _________ the thunder, lightning and heavy winds began. Great _________ were felt inside the plane. Passengers were afraid and _________ and then quickly grabbed (抓住) her seat belt. _________, the boy was calm and still playing his games. The lady was _________ why the boy was just calm and wasn’t afraid of what would happen next. The boy suddenly _________ went to the rest room and then happily went back to his _________. She asked the boy, “Hey! Aren’t you afraid what will happen next?” The boy _________ answered her, “No, I am not.”

The lady was ____________. Then she asked him, “We are in ____________. Why aren’t you afraid?” The boy then answered the lady ____________ with a smile on his face. “I should not be afraid and will not be afraid, ____________ the one who is driving the airplane is my father.”

Sometimes in life we are afraid of what will happen to us and we tend to ____________ that someone is in control for all the ____________ that we experience. We tend to lose our ____________ in the one who is the great designer and the one who ____________ us life, our parents. We don’t believe in the one who can ____________ all that is happening. We need to be like the boy in the story. We should stop ____________ because everything is under control. We should not lose our faith in the person who can make things ____________ for us.

【推荐2】I am a vegetarian and I have different skin color, which always make me feel distinct from everybody else at school, I started getting bullied (霸凌). I _______ who I was, tied up my bright red hair, and wore really _______ clothes and thus I wouldn't attract as much _______. Eventually, I _______ to another school which was much more _______. There, I felt brave enough to show the _______ sides of my personality and made friends who loved me for who I was.

Recently, I have _______ with confidence in my skin. I started getting bad cystic acne(痤疮). I didn't want to go outside, and if I had to, I would _______ makeup. I have learned that I cannot constantly control my _______, but I can control how I ________ myself. When I tell myself I am ________, or take a few minutes for skin care, I wake up the next morning feeling content.

Many of the popular TV show Riverdale fans made the assumption that I was as ________ as Cheryl in the show, so I started a YouTube channel for them to get to know my true ________. And so many of them ask for ________ about how to handle bullying. Playing a mean girl has helped me see the reasons I was bullied. I tell them, whoever is treating you that way is ________ something themselves, and it has ________ to do with you. Like for Cheryl, every time her ________ erupts, it has to do with how she is feeling about herself ________ the other characters. Cheryl behaves in a way that ________ reflects her own problems, not others'.

My motto: if you ________ yourself, you will always feel confident and happy.

【推荐3】It was a dark night. Thick, dark, gray clouds had made sure that there was no starlight or moonlight to ________ me as I walked out on my porch. Still, I kept the porch light off because I didn’t want to be _______ by bugs and moths on this sticky_______   evening. I stood there for a while letting my eyes adjust to the lack of ________.

It was then, though, that I saw them. First one blink of light at the far end of the meadow followed by another and then another. I ________. I recognized them at once as my firefly(萤火虫) ________, my lightning bug buddies who always ______ this time of the year.

When I was little I used to sit in the grass and watch them ________ fly around blinking on and off. I never ________ and put one in a jar as some kids did because I never wanted to hurt these messengers of light. Their time on this earth was so ________ as it was. I tried to enjoy them each night they were here. It always ________ me when they disappeared in the fall and it always made my heart ________ when they reappeared the next summer.

We are like them in a lot of ways. Our ________ here on earth is brief. Often our light and love are more like on and off blinks rather than a ________ shine. Still, we do our best to share it and take ________ in knowing that others will be shining their light long after we are gone.

【推荐1】Never criticize someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes. During the past twenty-five years, I’ve often found that the message used to be on my fridge has helped me see ______ from a different view.

Once I was on my way to a party with several ______. As we were leaving the office, we met another colleague, Wendy, who had ______ planned to attend the event. We asked her to go together, but she ______ our invitation roughly. My other colleagues were quite annoyed and clearly ______ with Wendy’s behavior.

______ how tired Wendy appeared, I commented that perhaps we should forgive her. She was ______ having a bad day, and it wasn’t worth holding a grudge(恶意) against her if we weren’t ______ of what led to her unusual behavior. A week later, I ______ that Wendy had a serious illness. Wendy wasn’t being ______ to us but she had just received very bad news.

Whether it’s a family member who let me ______, a friend who betrayed my ______, or a difficult colleague, the words ______ me. Although it’s not always easy to ________, I’ve been able to get rid of a lot of ______ over the years by focusing on my magical sentence.

【推荐2】During my recent tour to Kunming in Yunnan Province, I met a young Australian at Liuzhou railway station. I helped him get on board the_________with his luggage, and then we started_________in English. I_________that he was 21 years old, studying_________literature and history at University of Sydney, for he is fond_________eastern culture.

What surprised me was that, _________as he was, he had traveled a lot, not only in China but also in many other_________of Asia. He seemed to_________so much about Asian culture and history, and was_________familiar with Chinese literature and philosophy__________ such as Confucius, Lu Xun, Mao Dun and Mo Yan.

He is a college student, __________he does not limit himself to classroom reading only. He said if one really wants to know the__________, he or she should go out to see, hear and__________ real life. Besides, many students like him in Australia do__________jobs after class in order to make a living and save enough for__________.

I am a bit older than he is. But I find myself less__________than he is about many things in the world. Like some of my classmates at college, I often felt__________of being a college student. Now I come to realize we should__________the world to broaden our mind and__________a sense of responsibility for the world we live in. At the same time, as a Chinese, we should hold on to our traditional__________and spread it to the rest of the world.

【推荐3】Cold and windy, it wasn't like the first day of spring. The COVID-19 pandemic(流行病) was spreading around the world, and there were feelings of _______ and loneliness everywhere. Here the schools had been closed, restaurants _______ and people had been told to work _______ home whenever they could. Even the sheltered workshop(车间) where my son worked had been closed until further _______. People had made a run on the stores and large areas of the shelves were _______. On the news, the number of the sick and dead continued to rise _______. It felt like there was a _______ on everyone in the world.

My own family was _______ at home as much as possible. One day, looking out of my window, I wondered how long the crisis (危机) would last. It was then, _______, that I saw something that lifted that weight off my mind and made my face ________ again. On the street below my ________, there was an old friend of mine who was a teacher. He and a tall man were __________ door to door school lunches for the __________ children who were stuck at home. Watching them, I thought of our childhood neighbor Mr. Roger' s words “In the bad times, always look for the ________.”

I have no doubt that this crisis will __________, as all the crises before. But it is our ________ on whether it brings out the best or the worst in us. Let it bring out__________ in you. Use it to __________ your faith. Use it to free __________ from fear. Use it to grow kinder, more __________ and more loving. Become a helper to all those in need, and you will be doing angels' work today and in all the days to come.

【推荐1】When I was a college student, I did a lot of traveling abroad. That was because a professor_________ me to do so. She said, “To travel around the world can _________ your knowledge through actual experiences and make you have fun.” I _________ her.

Since I started to work for a _________ company, however, I have done most of my traveling through the Internet. With the help of the Internet, I have seen the _________of many cities on my computer screen. And I have really made business _________ , too. I have also got _________ about food in different countries.

Therefore, I was beginning to feel that actual trips were _________ necessary until I happened to read a famous chef’s(厨师) comment on the Internet. He said, “When we enjoy food and the _________ around us at the same time, why don’t you fly over to Italy and enjoy real Italian ____________?” Those words reminded me of my ____________ advice. As information technology ____________, you might be able to do it without making a real trip. But this also means that you will miss the various ____________ you can get from traveling.

Today there are people who ____________ direct communication with others and spend much of their time on the Internet. It is not surprising to see a group of people ____________ not with each other but into their microphones. It seems as if such people are ____________ by an invisible(无形的) wall. They seem to be losing out on a good chance to ____________ and talk with other people. I do not think that they are taking good advantage of information technology. We should use information technology as a tool to make our daily ____________ more fruitful. However, we should never let it ____________ our time for face-to-face communication. Let’s make use of information technology more ____________, and have great fun in experiencing the actual world.

【推荐3】It was 28 years ago. I was a young dad with two babies under three. My mom and dad had_________us to their home for Thanksgiving dinner. The kitchen table was full of delicious food and we were eating with plates on our laps. We sat around each other with_________so as not to run over our overflowing plates and_________glasses. Old memories were being shared with laughter and love, as different_________were going on at once.

Is at off to the side,_________sipping(小口喝) my sweet tea, I saw my baby girl in her high chair with her face covered in mashed potatoes, who was _________to eat by herself. My mom was _________the pumpkin pie for dessert with a smile on her face. My wife and sisters-in-law were talking in one comer while my dad and two brothers were laughing and joking with each other in the living room. As I _________it all, suddenly I had a feeling in the center of my chest. It was a wonderful mixture of peace satisfaction, love and joy. I realized then what I was feeling: a moment of simple _________on Thanksgiving Day.

So many years has gone by since then. Still, that __________lives on in my heart like it was yesterday. It wasn’t the food that made it so__________.It was the coming together as a __________in love. My brothers and I don’t see each other as much as I would like. Yet, I can still feel their __________for me. I carry it always in my heart and soul.

Thanksgiving isn’t just a holiday that we __________once a year. It is a way of life. When we __________that love with others, we make this world what it is meant to be.