【推荐1】Bothell is considered one of the nicest places in America. Here's one of the _______ .Will Tinkham, 32, was born _______ with developmental disabilities, but always loves people and finds _______ in the smallest things. Beca Nistrian, an owner of a coffee house, offered him an _______. If Tinkham showed up every day for an hour and _______ with the customers at her drive-through window, she'd give him free drink. He did it well. Soon an hour turned into a whole day. Beca decided to make a _______. “Now Beca pays me money. She is so _______ and I have fun communicating with people here!” Tinkham said.

However, not everybody _______ Tinkham's special brand of enthusiasm. “One customer was extremely disrespectful,” Beca said. She gave him his _______ for free and asked him never to come back. She was so _______ about it that she posted an article praising Tinkham on her community blog. She also _______ his approaching birthday. Without any more planning, neighbors showed up to _______ with Tinkham on his big day. _______ and delighted, he greeted everyone.

Beca was so _______ by such spirit that she suggested that Bothell _______ every May 10, Tinkham’s birthday, as Cup of Kindness Day. The city agreed and _______ declared Tinkham to be “a perfect conversationalist with a nice, joyous soul”. On the first Cup of Kindness Day, Beca closed her _______ and delivered cookies to the police firefighters and others “who _______ other people, but not for the money”. It didn’t take long for others to join in the _______.

You don’t have to wait a year though to see folks being nice there, for that _______ every day, which best explains why Bothell is called the nicest city.

【推荐2】I was walking home from school one day and it happened to be a particularly _______and windy day. It was cold and I was crazy enough to forget my hat and scarf. You can imagine my cheeks were rosy red and my hands were as numb(麻木的) as they could be.

All of a sudden, an old lady _______ up beside me and asked if I would like a ride home. At first, I said it was OK and her _______ smile melted (融化)away the thought that I should never talk to _______! We had an amazing chat and she was just such a good woman. She told me her _______ and she dropped me off.

I didn't see her or talk to her for about a month and one night as I _______ her kind gesture (姿势) I decided to return the favor. So, I made a lot of _______ and walked down to her house with my friend. At first I was a bit _______ that she wouldn't remember me or think that I was a bad man who poisoned cookies but luckily, I was _______ wrong. She was so happy, and she hugged me and kissed me and seemed so __________ that someone would do something like that!

When I got home my mom told me that she __________ and told my mom on the phone that she __________ because she was so touched. She said she would never __________ the kindness that was given to her! That filled me with such __________! There really is nothing else joyful like __________ others and making someone’s day brighter!

Let us never forget the joy we get by giving others a hand!

【推荐3】Early in my teaching career, I heard countless excuses from my students for not having their homework. Many of them were made up and __________. And, yes, “the dog ate it” was one of them. As time passed, I was __________ of hearing “I don’t have my homework because….”. “No excuses. No __________!” I, out of anger, __________ my eighth graders.

Then, one afternoon, Anthony __________ me and said shyly, not taking his eyes off the floor, “I know you said it doesn’t __________ why we don’t have our homework done, but my dad moved out and my mom waits tables at night, so I have to __________ my little brothers.” Feeling shocked and __________ for him, I put my hand on Anthony’s thin shoulder. “Why are you just now telling me...?” I stopped in mid-sentence. I knew why. So I __________ the question, “Would it __________ if you stay in my classroom after school and work on it before you go home?” He nodded.

The next day, I __________ to all my students that I’d offer an after-school study hall. Anthony was the first student to __________. Before long, I had a room full of eighth graders who stayed to work on their homework. I soon had a large collection of “I don’t have my homework because...” __________ like Anthony. All were very __________. Most importantly, I learned that “I’ll __________” works a lot better than “No excuses”.

【推荐1】A man in Tokyo who rents himself out to other people “to do nothing” has received many requests (请求)—and now he’s getting paid for it.

Shoji Morimoto, 37, started _________ himself as a person who can “eat and drink, and give simple feedback (反馈), but do nothing more” in June, 20l8.

“I offer myself for rent, as a person who does _________,” Morimoto _________ in his first tweet about this _________ service. “Is it difficult for you to enter a shop on your own? Are you _________ a player on your team? Do you need someone to keep a place for you? I can’t do anything except _________ things.”

Since then, he’s received over 3, 000 request. He originally offered his _________ for free, but now _________ 10, 000 yen (roughly $96) just to reduce the number of requests and to _________ the time-wasters.

Morimoto says he sees on average three to four clients (客户) a day. People rent him for a variety of ____________ but most are bored and ____________ and simply want to be listened to.

He ____________ weddings, accompanied those filing for divorce, and caught butterflies with ____________ in the park.

“I’m glad I was able to take a walk with someone while keeping a(n) ____________ distance, where we didn’t have to talk but could if we wanted to,” one client ____________ online.

One client says she has rented Morimoto on at least 10 occasions. She asked him to stay beside her when ____________ a man for the first time, and also had him ____________ her talk about her views on love, which she did not feel comfortable talking about to her friends.

Morimoto currently has nearly 268, 000 Twitter followers and has quit his full-time publishing job to “do nothing”. When ____________ why he thinks so many people are interested in his services, he said, “I’m not a ____________ or an acquaintance (熟人). I’m free of the bothersome things that accompany relationships, but can ____________ people’s sense of loneliness. Maybe it’s something like that for me.”

【推荐3】I’m just a senior in high school who works at a local Baskin Robbins. In and outside of______, I always wear a smile and try to show my kind ______ towards customers. But lately, I’ve been inspired by the stories here to reach out kindness in other ways beyond just acting______. So, today, when I went to work, I ______ I would take my first step and truly help a complete stranger.

Two young girls came into the store and ______. I offered them my usual “ Welcome to Baskin Robbins!”______. One of them finally decided upon a chocolate chip. So I made a gig scoop (勺), weighed it and handed it to her. Interestingly, though, the other girl didn’t get anything ______ I could tell she was looking at a variety of creams.

It was when she gave me the money that the other girl, who ______was the younger sister, ______out, “ I wish I could have something. ” When I heard this comment I knew that it was my ______ to give a little something to her. So, I told her that I would ______ for her scoop. She was in disbelief at my words. I asked her what flavor she wanted and handed it to her. I then______the $ 3 for it and gave it to the cashier(收银员).

She appeared so ______. It was truly wonderful to help this young girl and make her feel special for a moment. It was funny, though, how my co-workers looked at me like I was crazy. But, I did not ______that I spent a little, because the feeling______ from my action was worth a million dollars. What a meaningful thing!