【推荐1】Several years ago, my husband and I were travelling through Italy and stopped in Venice for days. Anyone who’s ever been to Venice _______ about the maze-like(迷宫一样的)streets and how easy it is to get _______ . We were on a crowded narrow street consulting our map when I happened to look up and see a 4-year-old Asian girl _______ a red dress coming towards us on the other side of the street. As she looked around     _______ , I knew this little girl was lost.

In the next instant, a tall man wearing a belted brown raincoat swept up beside her, _______ her hand, and continued walking. Immediately, and without thinking, I ran across the street and _______ right in front of him. I pointed my finger in his face and _______ , “NO!” He was at least three inches taller than me and _______ built, but I was totally fearless. His mouth dropped open as he gaped at(目瞪口呆地看)me. He let go of the child’s _______ and I quickly pulled her to the side of the street as she ________ on walking.

About 30 seconds later, her parents ________ the corner. I’ll never forget the horrified ________ on their faces and how they were ________ when they saw her with me.

Sometime during my later years, I decided that I wanted to be someone who was ________ rather than harmful. I began to see goodness everywhere, which strengthened my ________ that there is more good than bad in this world.

【推荐2】Shuai Xiaoyun is a 41-year-old doctor in Qituo village in Apengjiang, Southwest China’s Chongqing. And she has ________ the health and well-being of the locals for almost two decades.

The village was always hit by heavy snowfall, which resulted in layers of ________ snow and ice covering the roads. Shuai knew this would trouble those seeking ________, so she visited her patients on foot and offered her ________ door to door. “I cannot ________ the villagers’ illnesses just because the road is hard to ________.” said Shuai.

A graduate from a junior college of Western medicine in 1995, Shuai ________ worked away from Qituo at a pharmacy (药店) in the city of Chongqing. As she felt ________ over the years, she eventually decided to ________ to Apengjiang she missed day and night and ________ a small shop in her hometown. After learning how ________ it was for the villagers of Qituo to ________ proper medical treatment due to the lack of doctors, Shuai wanted to help the place where she ________with her medical expertise. Putting her ________ into action, she became a maternal and child health care worker for all 963 villagers in 393 households.

Over the years, Shuai has dropped in at every corner of the village. She ________ the hearts of the villagers with her enthusiasm and professionalism and they ________ her as their own daughter and sister. “Shuai Xiaoyun is quite ________ every time asking about illnesses in detail. We all love her very much and treat her like a ________,” said Zhang Yugui, a resident of Qituo.

“We are not family by blood but we are as close as a family. There is a ________ between us,” said Shuai, “I will continue working and provide treatments whenever a need is ________.”

【推荐1】When life gets hard, you don’t have to do it by yourself. Just ask Lynn. An interaction made Lynn feel like she could ________ the life she wants to have.

One day in 2022, Lynn visited one of her favorite ________, known for its clear water. She ________ her car and headed for the shore with everything she needed for the day: a chair, a beach umbrella, a cooler and so on. It was ________ work. “It was just really hard to take along so many ________ things, and I was struggling,” she said. She ________ a part of the beach entrance where there was a large ________ down. Unsure if she could take it ________, she hesitated, wondering what to do.

“When I ________ there, a young, kind-of 30-something-year-old man ________ me and asked, ‘Do you need some ________ ?’ And I said, ‘Sure!’” she recalled. The man ________ some of the things she was ________ . Then he gave his hand to help her down the step. Lynn felt ________ .

“As I age, I’m feeling a little ________ and unable to do the things that I want to do as I was young,” she said. “Having that kind of help and ________ at just that right moment felt like, ‘I can continue the life that I want to have.’” The man’s act of ________ extremely comforted Lynn and it occurred to her that when life gets ________, you don’t have to do it ________ .

“If you feel like there will be somebody there who will help, you can keep the ________ that you want in your life. Without the young man, I couldn’t enjoy myself that day. So that’s why I’m grateful to him,” she said.

【推荐2】Before reading McCarty’s story I had thought that a smile just invited unwanted attention. Afterwards I had a new opinion. I found that smiling could _______ myself and the people around me.

Recently I became a driver in my son’s school. The more I drove the more I heard the other drivers _______ about a new crossing guard, the person who _______ the flow of traffic so that cars can get in and out of the school area _______ and safely. The guard, not having much _______, seemed unsure when he made a decision, which often caused long lines of heavy traffic. Most days he looked worried. I saw cars pass by him with the _______ drivers. I wanted to do something just to make the guard _______.

Then I realized I did have the _______ to change at least one interaction (互动) in his day. One morning when the crossing guard gave me a(n) _______ to pull into the school, I moved my car forward. Then, just before I began my turn, I gave him a big smile. He saw me, and then his face ________. He smiled back at me as I continued my turn.

That’s it. That’s all it took. I knew I had made a ________ in his day. And ________ I have not spoken a word to this man, I know he ________ me because we smiled to each other every time he sees me behind the wheel.

Now, I always smile toward people around me. I can’t speak for the people who have ________ these smiles, but I can say my life is so much ________, so much more joyous, that I can’t imagine how I lived without such a smile. I hope I can make others share their happiness just as freely.

【推荐3】Marty Verel, a 50-year-old kidney transplant recipient in Ohio, should have been near the top of the list to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. _________ like millions of others, he wasn't having any luck scheduling an appointment. Marty and his wife, Nancy Verel, would sit with computers on their laps trying for hours to book an appointment on different sites, all of which were slow and _________ . “I felt _________ ,”Nancy says.

Then Nancy heard about Marla Zwinggi, a 40-year-old mom of three from a Cleveland suburb who was spending up to ten hours a day online trying to get appointments for   _________   individuals. So Nancy _________ Zwinggi on Facebook: Can you help? Twenty-five minutes later, Zwinggi responded by asking for Marty's legal name, date of birth, and other _________ .Nine minutes after that, Zwinggi reported back—Marty had an appointment to get the vaccine.

Zwinggi's vaccine _________ started on February 1, when she learned that her parents—her father has leukemia and her mother is a breast cancer survivor with a heart condition—were _________ to get appointments themselves. She hated that they had to wait. Clicking around on vaccine registration sites, Zwinggi, who has helped her husband develop websites, discovered just how _________ it was to book an appointment. “It was like trying to get a World Series ticket,” she says.

She applied strategies that web insiders are __________ with ( keeping multiple browsers open, refreshing sites every 20 seconds, erasing cookies) and added a few of her special skills. “I work __________. I drink a lot of coffee, and I'm a fast typer,” she says. Soon enough, Zwinggi had secured appointments for her __________.

Zwinggi decided that helping others would be her way of __________ to the society. “I feel like I need to will us out of this pandemic,” she says. On February 10, she logged on to Facebook to let people know that she was __________ with bookings. By March 2, she'd secured appointments for 400 people, a feat that made Nancy conclude, “Marla is some sort of COVID-19 __________.”

【推荐2】Zibo city has unexpectedly become famous overnight on Chinese social media since late February for its local barbecue. The latest promotion gives visitors ______ admission to 10 tourist attractions in the city with their train ticket as long as their final ______ is Zibo.

This measure ______ the previous round-trip “barbecue tour” train between Jinan and Zibo. Passengers on the train are ______ by a banner (横幅) reading “Welcome to the Special BBQ Train”. They also ______ items including leaflets about Zibo’s culture, small gifts and snacks. Many also took videos and posted them on social media, drawing more visitors. “The high-speed trains are ______ with passengers,” wrote one netizen.

Barbecue is popular in China, ______ Zibo’s barbecue is unique. It’s made on a stove, and is ______ with flatbread (薄饼) and dressings (蘸料). The skewers (烤肉串) are 70-80 percent cooked before they are brought to the table, where diners can finish cooking them on their own stoves, which lends a sense of ______.

The barbecue ______ became a hit after a group of college students shot videos of themselves enjoying a meal and ______ them. Since then, many people, mostly the young, have ______ the city to try the dish. On several streets, ______ can be seen outside barbecue restaurants, which stretch for more than 100 meters.

Zibo barbecue is bringing more and more people to the city, and the local government needs to think about how to ______ the city as a whole, and its culture and tourism. The trend will eventually end if the local government doesn’t take ______ follow-up measures.