【推荐1】Troy Kotsur is the second deaf actor to be nominated (提名) for an Academy Award. In his Oscar-nominated performance in Child Of Deaf Adults, Kotsur ________ just one word using sign language.

The movie star, Emilia Jones, acts as the only hearing ________ of a deaf family. To encourage Emilia acting as his daughter to go after her ________ of singing and attending college, Kotsur says, “Go!” “I hope that young people who ________ to be deaf or hard of hearing can get an increased ________,” Kotsur said. “I want those kids to trust themselves more.” The movie has made Kotsur ________ and made history for the deaf community. Kotsur is also the first deaf ________ ever nominated individually for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Kotsur’s road to the Oscars ________ in school. As a child, Kotsur loved cartoons like Tom and Jerry. He would_ ________ the stories for his deaf ________ on the school bus. He later ________ acting at Gallaudet University, a university for the deaf in Washington, D.C. After graduating, he performed with the National Theatre of the Deaf. With few roles in film ________ for deaf actors, Kotsur had to find ________ in stage acting. Beginning with Of Mice and Men in 1994, Kotsur has acted in twenty productions in Los Angeles.

Kotsur wants ________ to change their wrong ideas about what deaf people are like after seeing the film, “We’ve been waiting for so long to recognize deaf actors and it is our hope that deaf actors will not have to ________ so long to be recognized on this level,” he said.

【推荐3】Yu Chenrui, a student majoring in art and design, first met with automata (机关人偶)at an exhibition in 2015. Attracted by automata, he began to _________ it. The pieces that seem to move________ take a beginner a long time to make. It takes Yu over a year to _________ his own craft moves smoothly.

Yu _________ a job in an advertising agency after graduating in 2016, though, for he didn’t know whether he could make a living out of his _________. While working there, Yu kept exploring and _________ his skills in automata. One day, when he walked along a ________ , he watched ducks swimming and diving freely. He envied (羡慕) their ________ to do as they pleased. “When I________ the ducks, I asked myself if I was doing what I wanted, and if I would be ________ as aging,” Yu recalled. Finally，________ the job’s good salary, he thought it was not enough to ________ his true passion. In 2018, Yu resigned and returned to Chengdu to_________ his automata workshop. Over time, Yu’s ________ grew and his business developed quickly.

The ducks   ________ one of his automaton named Search for Self, in which a duckling (小鸭) plays joyfully in a circle，while an older one seemed ________ in life. At an exhibition, when a girl saw the piece and asked why the duckling looked happy, though keeping searching but finding_________. Yu heard the girl’s grandmother’s words, which were exactly how he wanted the piece to be ________. As she said，________ for yourself is a lifelong process. If we live without pursuit and passion,_________ may come with age.

【推荐1】Four months ago, Kira Rumfola of Long Island, New York finished her freshman year at the University of Tampa in Florida. Having said ________ to her roommates, she headed to the airport with her pet fish, Theo.

Kira had ________ with the fish before on another airline, but this time she was told Theo could not ________ the plane. Customer service agent Ismael kindly but ________ told Kira about their policy, which allows dogs and cats in carriers, but no other ________.

With no ________ friends or family to call, Kira didn’t know what to do. Her flight was due to ________ in a moment, but she couldn’t just ________ her pet at the airport. That’s when Ismael made an incredibly sweet and unexpected ________. He said he and his colleague Jamee would watch Theo until Kira came back to ________... four months later!

Kira handed over Theo, and his food, gave him a(n) ________ course in fish care, and exchanged phone numbers so she could ________ him over the summer.

At long last, the summer ________ and Kira headed back to school. As soon as she returned to Tampa, she ________ with Ismael, Jamee, and Theo. She gave Ismael and Jamee a gift card and some candies to thank them for caring for Theo, and she couldn’t be more ________ to the strangers for going so above and beyond!

【推荐3】Recently my wife and I were flying across the country and were about to board our flight when a woman sitting across from us at the gate had a medical episode.

I came back from the restroom and sat down next to my wife, who ________ to me and whispered “something is ___________”. The woman was slumping over more and more and quickly lost ________ of her body. I jumped up and crouched in front of her, asking if she was okay.

I __________ myself as Dr. Joe and asked her name. Let’s call her Jackie to protect her ________. I told Miss Jackie that I’m a chiropractor, not a medical doctor, but I’m here for her to help in any way she needs.

In one hand I ________ hers and with my other hand I supported her head, ________ asking what was happening. She revealed that she had a condition where, when her body is exposed to a lot of stress and stimulus, her body goes into a parasympathetic (副交感神经) overdrive.

Jackie ________ to me that she’s had this condition for thirty years and will be “perfectly fine in just a bit”. She said she forgot her medical _________ at home when she flew across the country to visit her daughter and grandkids.

I asked her if she needed help sitting up and needed a wheelchair to board the plane, to both of which she said yes. I asked my wife to ________ a gate agent and request a wheelchair. I stayed behind to ensure Jackie _________ safely on board, but due to some _________, the gate agent, and a manager, thought Jackie was having a stroke (中风) .

I advocated for Jackie, explaining that, despite her forgetting her papers, her condition will _______ease. The employees of the airline agreed to let her board with my assistance and, just like Jackie said, she was perfectly fine within merely twenty minutes. Fortunately, Jackie just needed someone to listen to her and fight for her. Don’t be ________ to reach out to strangers and _________. Everyone has their own battles and struggles, sometimes we just need someone to care.

【推荐1】I have a cupboard of coffee mugs (马克杯) above my coffeemaker. One day, the cupboard door opened and they_________.

Fortunately, nobody was _________, and I just lost all coffee mugs. What was I to do? I needn’t have _________ . Coffee mugs are something of which everyone has _________. All my friends had them, so everyone was willing to share their extra mugs. Soon, my repaired cupboard was_________with various mugs. I was certainly _________ for the donated mugs, _________some were totally different from what I would have chosen. So here was the strange thing I didn’t _________: I fell in love with them.

The mug is such an attractive canvas (画布) for _________.Many things can be put on a mug. My once boring cupboard was __________ into a rainbow of human experience.

I also discovered there is something satisfying about drinking from a __________ mug. The faded (褪色的) drawings and worn inside are comforting, like a worn T-shirt: something one can __________into. Since much of my collection came from strangers, the cups contain many __________

If you come for coffee with me, you won’t find it served in a neat new cup with a saucer that __________it. Instead, you’ll get a unique example of human__________ .

【推荐2】During my second month of the art school, our teacher gave us a pop quiz(突击小测验). I was a hard-working student and I did well in all the ______. I had finished the questions successfully and easily, until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the ______ who cleans the school?”

Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and about 50 years old, ______ how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the ______ question empty.

Just before class ______, one student asked if the last question would count towards our quiz grade.

“Absolutely(绝对地),” said the teacher. “In your life, you will meet many people.______ people are important and all jobs are important. They deserve(值得) your attention and care, even if all that you do is ______ and say hello.”

I’ve never ______ that lesson. Actually, that was the most ______ lesson in my life. I ______learned her name was Feng Yue.

【推荐3】I woke up one morning with six hungry kids and just 75 cents in my pocket. Their father was gone. He had never been much more than a presence they _______. Now that he had decided to leave, there would be no more beatings, _______ no food either.

I washed the kids and then _______ them into my old 51 Chevy and drove off to find a job.

I tried to _______ whoever would listen that I was willing to learn anything. I had to have a job. The last place we went to was the Big Wheel truck stop. They needed someone from 11 pm to 7 am. They paid $0.65 an hour and I could start immediately.

I called the babysitter and _______ with her. We came to an agreement—$1 a night. So every morning I gave her $1 of my tip money—_______ half of what I averaged every night!

As weeks went by, the tires on my Chevy began to leak. One miserable morning, I _______ myself to the car and found four tires in the back seat. New tires! “Had angels(天使) taken up residence in Indiana?” I _______.

I was now working six nights instead of five and it still wasn’t enough. Christmas was coming and there was no money for toys. Clothes were a worry too.

On Christmas Eve, the usual customers were drinking coffee in the Big Wheel. There were the truckers, Les, Frank, and Jim. These _______ all just sat around and talked. When it was time for me to go home, I found several boxes in my Chevy filled with little jeans, toys and an enormous turkey. I could not believe my eyes!

I was crying with gratitude. And I will never forget the joy on the faces of my little ones that __________ morning.

Yes, there were angels in Indiana that long-ago December morning. And they all hung out at the Big Wheel truck stop.