【推荐2】On July 15, a small community in Colorado witnessed an extraordinary act of bravery during a fierce wildfire. Firefighter John Smith should have completed his ________ hours earlier, but his decision to stay saved a family’s home from destruction. His motivation came from the ________ to protect his community.

As reported by local news, Smith was nearing the end of his shift when he noticed a house in the path of the ______ flames. Without hesitation, he ________ to the scene, aware that every second ________. He quickly assessed the situation and realized that with additional assistance, he might save the house.

He geared up and grabbed a hose(水龙带), ________ the flames with intense focus. After hours of relentless (不懈的) effort, he managed to ________ the fire, preventing it from spreading to the nearby residential area.

Once the danger had passed, the homeowners were ________ and couldn’t express enough ________ to Smith. They knew that their home would have been reduced to ashes without his ________ efforts.

________ Smith, he remained humble about his heroic actions. “I was just doing my job,” he said ________. In his view, it was not an achievement, but rather a duty. “Anyone in my ________ would have done the same,” he added.

________ Smith and the family were strangers before the incident, they have since formed a strong bond. Smith may not have won any official ________, but his act of selflessness and courage won the hearts of the entire community.

【推荐3】There I stood with tears in my eyes.I looked at a face which was so_______that I might mistake it for my own.I stared_______ her in disbelief. It felt like a dream.I hugged her; she was real.

Adopted at a very young age, I_______surrounded by people I loved as family._______, the faces weren’t like mine. They were people that loved me.As I got older, the curiosity to learn more about myself took hold and didn’t_______.Who was I? Where did I come from?

At the age of 21, I was given the chance to_______it out thanks to my adoptive parent’s the process of_______.They accompanied me to the adoption agency.Then the staff_______the process of finding my birth mother. But the process was_______and I didn’t expect there would be many complex procedures. And the agency also had caution to move the procedures to ensure both parties’ privacy especially__________my birth mother didn’t choose to meet me.

Months later the agency told me that my birth mother was found and that she __________to meet me.We were excited.My parents said my birth mother made great sacrifice as she gave me away,__________allowed them to support the family. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been possible on their own. I was __________what my birth mother might be doing and what she might look like. I created a(n) __________in my head.

After a long process, the moment finally came―we reunited.

She said she had made a(n) __________decision, when watching me leave with only the hope that another family could provide what she couldn’t. She said she hesitated for long but knew she was right. I knew she loved me very much.

【推荐3】Someone recently asked me when I became more confident about my abilities as an entrepreneur. I thought it was a funny question, _________ I’m not very confident at all, and constantly filled with _________ about every decision I make.

It doesn’t exactly hold me back in my work; it is just that I am very _______ of what I do, and I’m always _______ on the way I work, think and talk. I have also learned over the years that making a decision is often more important than making the right decision. Preferably your decisions are the right ones, but inaction or indecisiveness is more _______ than making the wrong decision every now and then.

There is one thing I have learned over the years that I wish I had learned earlier in my career. And that is the _______ that I am not stupid.

It sounds logical, but I often sat in on meetings and heard people explain things and then _______ to myself, “I don’t understand that. Maybe I’m stupid?” or I would hear about a startup and I would not _______ their business model and think I’m stupid. Or I would hear an entrepreneur speak and think, “That all _______ like bullshit, but I must be stupid, because other people seem to love it.”

A couple of years ago, I came to the ________ that I was not stupid at all. When people in meetings say things I don’t understand I speak up and tell them so. Usually, I hear a sigh of ________ in the room and find out nobody understood what was being talked about.

When I don’t understand a business model it usually means there is not one, or it sucks. Turns out I’m not stupid and ________ I don’t understand it, most people won’t understand it at all. ________ doubting my own abilities I’ve learned to trust my “bullshit radar” a bit more and not understanding something is a clear sign that something is off.

My advice to young entrepreneurs is this: you are not stupid! If something does not make ________, if it sounds stupid, if you do not understand it, something is wrong! Trust your gut (本能的) ________. Feel free to not know and be honest when you don’t understand something!