【推荐3】What was the best moment I’ve ever had in a class? I’ve had many great moments, but perhaps the best moment took place in my English class about a month ago.

I had a 15-minute presentations, and I felt pretty _________. Thirty minutes before my presentation, I _________ to use an actor for my presentation. I felt even more confident, assured that I would _________ the audience. When my presentation started, I gave a _________ to my actor that led me to _________ my eight notecards all over the floor. I quickly _________ all the notecards off the floor. I became _________, listening to the _________ of the audience as I tried to rearrange the cards. My anxiety levels _________, and the disorganized cards just added __________. I placed the cards down and felt a great sense of __________. My words, my explanations and my connections all __________ out of my mouth, and I felt more natural and free as I presented my topic.

I felt like a __________ different person. By the end of the presentation, I was __________ with sweat, not because I was __________, but because I left it all on the floor. I realized that the __________ to presenting to people was not just getting their attention by visual aids. You need to let your heart __________ so that you can __________ their hearts and minds. You can’t just be the center of attention; you need to give the audience attention, and you need to talk to them. First and foremost, you can’t present without __________.

Anything you present should be built off of __________. As long as you can be passionate and find a connection between yourself and the topic, you will keep the audience entertained.

【推荐3】In Tennessee, you will find a “secret society” that consists of 9 women who call themselves “The 9 Nanas”. The ______ is simple- to spread happiness by performing ______ acts of kindness for whoever in need. The 9 Nanas have been carrying out this in secret for over 30 years. Even their husbands had no idea what the ladies were up to!

Several of them were ______ by MaMaw and PaPaw, a couple always doing good for the community. So, one day when the ladies got together, they ______ recalled how MaMaw Ruth used to bake and send pound cakes to families who had recently ______ someone. They wanted to start doing good for their community too. To do so, they knew they needed money. And that’s when they decided to do all of their own laundry, ______ the money saved to fund their good deeds. The ladies kept their ears open. Whenever they heard of someone in need, they’d ______ in to help.

And soon, they started to ______ their efforts. “We’d drive through low-income neighborhoods and look for homes that had fans in the window. That told us the people who lived there didn’t have air-conditioning. ______ we’d see that there were no lights on at night, which meant there was a good chance their utilities had been turned off. Then we’d ______ a little care package.”

The group operated in secret for 30 years! But by then, the husbands had started to ______ . When one husband questioned his wife about the activity, the ladies knew it was time to tell them. Soon, the husbands introduced the ladies to the ______ of the Internet, where MaMaw Ruth’s pound cakes could be sold. The business instantly ______ .

Now, over 5 years since the husbands ______ their wives’ secret, the 9 Nanas are still going strong. And the ______ of kindness started by MaMaw and PaPaw lives on.

【推荐1】The bond shared between teachers and students is special. First-grade teacher Hodges found out just how ______ that bond can be when her students came to her ______ after she experienced a medical ______ while teaching last month.

Hodges, a first-grade teacher at Hill Elementary, was ______ a small group lesson on the morning of January 20, when she began to feel off.

“I sat down, and one of my students sitting at the table — I couldn’t even ______ the children at the table,” Hodges said. “He asked me what was going on, and at that time I knew something was ______, so I asked them to get help, and they ______, and that’s the last thing I remember.”

Soon after requesting help, Hodges began ______. She didn’t know it at the time, but she was experiencing a sudden ______ caused by COVID-19.

“At first, they thought I was just ______ because we had been singing and dancing, and when they saw me trembling, they just thought that it was ______ I was doing, but then they ______ that it was much more than that,” she said.

When Hodges became ______ and unresponsive, her students didn’t ______. They quickly found help.

“On that day, they were courageous, demonstrated their strength and ______, and now have a real ______ to tell,” Hodges said in Facebook post.

On February 16, Hodges’ students, now known as Hodges’ Heroes, were ______ in a special ceremony attended by classmates and family members.

Today, Ms. Hodges is ______ recovered and glad to be back ______ her little heroes. “I think I was at the right place at the right time because had I been home, I would have been ______,” Hodges said. “I just thank God every day for them.”

【推荐2】Vincenza Sparacino has always loved travelling by air. After______ all over the world, she returned to “travel car camping style” with her best friend. She bought a van(面包车) using her ______,building it out with friends’ help. Vin said, “The ______things about van life are the impressive places and the endless ______.I never know what the day or week has waiting for me ______and I love that feeling!” Vin’s friends have supported her ______from day one, and will even fly to______her for a week or two whenever she’s parked up somewhere cool.

She has recently begun to make a(n)______through TikTok to keep her life going, where she opens up about everything from “easy van life recipes” to how she keeps her cats safe while______.Her videos also cover______questions people might have about van life, from how she______clothes, to what her monthly expenses look like.

Although Vin mainly gets______reactions to her way of life, she has had to deal with a few negative assumptions but doesn’t let them get her down. There are of course some______, but she believes nothing would ever make her ______ van life.

Offering advice to others wanting to follow in her footsteps, Vin said, “Just do it! It’s such a(n)______way of life and it’s so worth taking the risk!”