【推荐2】My daughter Emma complained I always got mad at her. I had to admit I’ve been ________ to every little problem. I couldn’t help looking on the dark side. The doctor said I was ________. I had to find some way to get out of this ________ of negativity.

Soon after, a friend showed me his macro lens (微距镜头), which he ________ to his smartphone to take extremely close-up photographs. His photos made very small subjects look larger than life. I was attracted to it immediately

I got one for myself. I headed out into the yard. I spotted a butterfly. Through my new lens, I could see how it changed its color, depending on the ________ of light. Every day I went to the yard to look for something interesting to photograph. Some insects flew away as soon as I ________ them, so I trained myself to slow my breathing and relax my body. Anything bothering me would ________. Looking through my macro lens took me to amazing things I had walked past without ________ I’d capture a leaf, and a spider. Focusing my energy and lens on something so small brought me the ________ I’d never felt.

Macrophotography became my ________ . It also went into other parts of my life. One day when Emma displeased me, I took deep breaths. Then I ________ explained why her behavior ________ me.

I’ve made peace with depression after I discovered macrophotography. I can ________ darker days now. I can feel my anger or sadness, and then find a way out. It takes ________ and shadow to make an interesting photograph. I think the same is ________ of life.

【推荐3】A mother and daughter living in my community are two of the most unfriendly people I have ever come across in my life. They are totally_______, mixing with nobody.

On moving into this neighbourhood, I was_______ of these two but decided I would make up my own mind. This proved quite a _______   to me as more than once either the mother or the daughter would knock on my door and blast(猛烈抨击) me with some complaints or other.

I _______answered politely and made sure I _________as they went past my place and also made the effort now and then to make a kind remark about their garden or pets.

Time passed and in October, as part of the Kindness Rock Give, I_______ to place a kindness rock in their garden. Their _______   remained unchanged, however, and I continued to be as friendly as possible. During the Easter Give, we decided once again to_______ these two unhappy ladies to our list and _______a packet of cookies on their gate. Imagine my ________when two days later they ________ at my gate and jokingly said they are considering hanging their Christmas stocking on their gate, and they________ me a bunch of flowers!

So, my fellow givers, do not ________ your gifts of kindness. You may never know just     what this________ to others, nor how many hard-hearted people you may just change with a simple act of________.

【推荐1】Afroz Shah, a lawyer in Mumbai, hasn’t had a weekend off in four years. But he hasn’t spent this time preparing for _________.

His mission? Saving the world’s oceans from _________ pollution.

It’s a calling he found in 2015 after moving to a community in Mumbai called Versova Beach. He had played there as a child and was_________to see how much it had _________. The sand was no longer _________ because it was covered by a layer of garbage more than five feet thick — most of it plastic waste.

“The whole beach was like a_________of plastic,” he said. “It hurt me. The _________ mess.” What Shah had seen is part of a global environmental crisis. More than 8 million tons of plastic _________in the world’s oceans each year. It’s predicted that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. “Plastic in the ocean is a _________. And the sea species have no choice at all, ” Shah said. “We are ______________ their habitats.”

In October 2015, Shah began ________________ up plastic waste from the beach every Sunday morning. At first, it was just him and a neighbor, and then he began calling on others to join in. Word ________________ and with the help from social media, more volunteers got ________________.

For Shah, the work has always been a ________________ journey, but it has earned global attention. After he was ________________ as a Champion of the Earth by the United Nations in 2016, Shah now devotes nearly all of his free time to this ________________.

He’s now spent 209 weekends on this mission, ________________ more than 200,000 volunteers, some of whom are young students, to join him in what’s been called the world’s biggest beach cleanup. By October 2018, Versova Beach was ________________ clean and Shah’s cleanups expanded to another beach as well as a stretch of the Mithi River and other regions of India.

“This world talks too much. I think we must talk ________________ and do action more, ” he said when interviewed by CNN in October 2019.“We are a smart species. Well adapt. We’ll learn. And with these youngsters rising up, I see ________________.”

【推荐2】I won’t forget my voluntary experience a while back. It always reminds me what people truly need is not always so _________. This story is a lesson which has stayed with me and helped me ever since.

It was Thanksgiving and I was _________ with my mother at a shelter for the needy. We stood behind the counter distributing (分发) food to _________ came in. It seemed that most of our diners had been having _________ times. Their clothes were ragged, worn and dirty; they were hungry and tired. _________, they looked needy!

When we were busy with the unlucky fellows, a well-dressed man came in who looked _________ but poor. I wondered what he was doing there and my jaw dropped in amazement when he _________ the line for food. The closer he came to my service station, the more I muttered (小声嘀咕). What was this man doing? I wanted to know. Surely he wasn’t going to take the food _________ for those really in need! He had small talks with _________ and the look on his face suggested that he just ____________ to escape being alone.

Then my mother ____________ took me to one side, saying, “You have ____________ that the needs of the people who come here must be purely ____________: hunger, inadequate shelter, clothing, etc. But this gentleman seems to have none of those problems. What if his needs are ____________? What if he needs comfort, friends, or just to be among other human beings?” Her words ____________ me like a ton of bricks! I felt like I should apologize to the man, but I didn’t.

About a week later, from an unknown source, the shelter received a large ____________. I can’t help but ____________ if it came from that man.

Now, whenever I meet others, I remember my mother’s words and try to send kindness and blessings to them, ____________ how they look. Needs aren’t always visible. Maybe emotional ____________ is not only the loneliest feeling, but the most difficult need to get ____________. But kindness always makes a difference.

【推荐1】How do you pass the time during your subway commute(通勤)? Scrolling on your phone? Listening to music? Or just staring at the _______ ? Sabrina Bahsoon, a 22-year-old girl who now lives in London for her college education, turns the subway into her _______ .

Her self-shot videos of energetic dance routines _______ on London’s subways have quickly _______ TikTok, making her an overnight sensation(轰动). Her _______ has sparked a trend, inspiring others to be confident and do what they want regardless of what other people think of them.

_______ in Malaysia, Bahsoon developed a confident character. While listening to some music, she felt like making a short TikTok video on the subway on one typical commuting night. But with no _______ willing to help her, she finished the short film dancing to a joyful song, alone and _______ .

Inspired by Bahsoon, many viewers soon left friendly _______ to praise her bravery and confidence. Some also shared their own “Tube Girl” ________ on social media. This concept has gradually become a(an) “________” about embracing self-confidence.

However, some described her behavior as “________”. But these “haters” do not ________ Bahsoon at all. ________ , she thinks it is quite normal for girls to enjoy and ________ themselves on their values. “Just be yourself, ” Bahsoon told BBC News.