【推荐2】A senior has been reunited with his long lost brother and sister after more than 20 years, which is incredible. It was owing to the ________ he received when his dog and he picked up litter. 80-year-old Alfie Kitson and his five-year-old Spanish Podenco ________ in a video just before Christmas with the dog Millie tidying up ________ and putting it into the bin.

Kitson and Millie was a ________ sight on the streets of Hereford, because they had that for a few years. It was after the filming that Alfie was ________ by his sister’s husband as Millie was helping ________ the streets. The family was then ________ to track down Alfie to the village of Ulingswick, where he lives with his wife Judy.

________, Alfie has reunited with brother Dave, who’s 84, and 71-year-old sister Anne for the first time in more than two decades. Alfie had ________ from his siblings after moving to Coin in Málaga two decades ago. Alfie said, “My brother ________ to London years ago and my sister went elsewhere too.”

“I received a ________ recently from my granddaughter. On the phone she said my sister Anne was ________ to find me, I was only eight miles away.” I came back home one day and ________ there was my sister. She then got in touch with my brother Dave. “We all ________ up in Hereford, and now we have all been reunited,” Alfie says. “It has been ________.”

【推荐3】Sweat dropped down my forehead and back, but I was determined to push forward. Though I’d never been much of a _________ , I had a crucial target—to _________my little girl, Bridie. Born in January 2017, she was diagnosed (诊断为) with sagittal craniosynostosis.

Doctors explained that she’d need _________. They also noticed that her limbs (四肢) and fingers were measuring quite short, so Bridie _________ genetic testing to find out why. When the _________ came back, we met with the specialist. He told us that the rare _________ would cause retinal degeneration (视网膜恶化), meaning she could go blind and develop kidney (肾脏) disease.

By December that year, her specialist _________ her kidneys were only functioning at 30 per cent. He admitted that a transplant (移植) might be _________ sooner. It broke my heart, and I knew I had to   _________ to help save my girl. So I __________ to give her one of my kidneys right away. After reducing my weight by running and undergoing multiple tests, I was declared a __________.

The big day finally arrived. When I came to several hours later, I was __________ that Bridie’s surgery was considered to have been a(n) __________. After two days, I was finally well enough to visit my __________ daughter. Giving her a big hug, it felt so good to see a smile on her face.

People have called me a hero, but I think any parent would do the same to save their child. Seeing the smile on our beautiful Bridie's face makes it all   __________.

【推荐3】I’ve spent my life avoiding uncomfortable or dangerous situations. I’ve always sought _________in the path of least resistance, choosing comfort and routine.

Hearing I felt trapped and lived a life of fear, a _________friend who is brave and capable(有能力的), gave me the_________that changed my life. “Starting today，do something_________every day that terrifies you. Magic may exist in those little things.”

Knowing something in my life needed to_________,I took her advice and accepted fear willingly. I gave myself permission to_________new opportunities. My wise friend’s advice became my motto. It_________me to be intentional with my thoughts and actions. In the years to come, following this advice opened doors that I didn’t_________know had been closed.

Years of_________ being brave meant that bravery became easier and easier. I felt__________confident and capable for the first time. This newfound bravery of mine was__________one day when my husband presented me with the real__________of moving to a foreign country. For years, he had__________of moving our family overseas to pursue(追寻)a different avenue for his career. Held back by__________,never before would I have considered taking this giant__________.However, this was the new me who didn’t__________ before a challenge. I was capable of anything.

Now one year into our life__________,the days are still beautiful though__________at times. I get to try and fail, feel fear and choose to be brave every single day. I have learned__________my place in the world or the comfort of my surroundings, I will be okay. Fear is a teacher that taught us how to face the__________.

【推荐2】Zainab Amjad, a 24-year-old girl, is working on an oil rig (钻井架) as an engineer in Iraq, where companies _________ deep into the ground to look for oil.

Most of her women colleagues work in an office._________, Amjad chose to work in the oil fields. It is not a _________ job for women from conservative communities.

Petrochemical programs in the country's engineering schools are for students with the best _________. Amjad was in the top 5 percent of her graduating class at Basra University in 2018. She is part of a new generation of Iraqi women who are going against tribal _________. “ Many times many locals _________, ‘Sure, we'll see you out there,’ telling me I wouldn't be able to make it,” said Amjad, “But this only _________ me harder.”

Amjad hopes to help _________ a labor rights group for Iraqi _________ engineers in the future. In this war-tom country, women are more than likely to be __________, under-educated, employed in low-wage or unpaid work, and subject to __________ for getting married or having children.

Not only does Amjad face __________ within the industry, she also faces ongoing protests by local tribes (部落) and violence toward oil workers. But the woman is willing to __________ difficulties, such as poor services and high unemployment. Amjad said she has little __________ to even consider these difficulties, for even at night she is often working. “The drilling never __________.” she said.