【推荐1】When I first met Sarah, all I noticed was her drool (口水) running from the corner of her mouth. As Mrs. Wagner pushed the wheelchair toward me, I felt _________. Why was she seated beside me?

For the entire morning, I was uneasy. _________, I nerved myself to ask Mrs. Wagner, “Mrs. Wagner, can I have my seat _________?”

She patted (拍) my shoulder _________ and said, “Natalie, Sarah needs our care. Try it.”

Why? I didn’t need a deskmate with running drool! I decided to _________ Sarah. At three o’clock, our gym teacher came and said, “Kickball time! Put on your gym shoes. ” As I bent over to tie my shoes, Sarah’s caught my attention and I _________ how it feels to never walk. My _________ felt tight.

Mrs. Wagner asked me, “Natalie, although Sarah cannot kick, she can _________ balls. Would you help her in the gym class?”

I had to _________ and push Sarah to the __________.

Firstly, Matt kicked the ball and it came to me. I __________ it to Sarah and she threw it, which just struck Mike’s heel!

“You got him out!” I __________. Sarah laughed happily. Then I laughed, too. The rest of the game was __________ and we all enjoyed ourselves.

At the end of the day, Sarah read a journal entry to us, “My first day of school went well. I __________ playing kickball. I made a nice new friend, Natalie. ”

Sarah smiled at me. I didn’t __________ her drool. What I saw was a new friend, a friend I had almost missed.

【推荐3】It was December 30. My friend Mel Olsen and I_________ to climb 11,250-foot Mount Hood in Oregon. I loved the_________ of overcoming something bigger than me.

It’s_________ to start winter climbs at night when there’s less risk of the sun _________ a snowslide (雪崩). After about five hours, we_________ Devil’s Kitchen, at about 10,000 feet, just before the final_________ to the top. By this point, the wind conditions were_________. Other climbers we met along the way turned back, but Mel and I_________.

When we arrived at the path with ice stairs, I volunteered to go first. Confident that I was safe, I put my full weight on it. Suddenly, a big piece of ice broke off the_________, right under my foot. In an instant, I fell backward. I stuck out my arms and legs, trying to____________ anything. But I was still sliding. After a few seconds, I came to a____________ on a shallow slope (斜坡). I’d fallen 600 feet. My left leg was broken. Before I was rescued I had been lying there for four hours.

The fall has made me more____________. I learn to watch my step while climbing. One____________ on a mountain can change everything. But it has also made me____________, becoming more complete and fully developed. I’ve climbed another 60 mountains since then. One slip won’t____________ me from doing my favorite thing in the world.

【推荐2】It's hard to believe my husband and I will be celebrating our 11th wedding anniversary this year, but I still remember our honeymoon clearly.

After our ________ , we flew to Mexico for our honeymoon. We stayed at a beautiful hotel on the east coast facing a beautiful sea and we had a(n) ________ time! The weather was perfect locals were friendly, and we had plenty of things to ________ while we were there.

At the top of our list of ________ was to swim with dolphins. There was a place down there called Dolphin Discovery and it was included within our honeymoon ________ . We headed over there one afternoon and were ________ with the place. The dolphins looked well kept and happy.

The employees told us that the dolphins ________ interacting with us humans as it entertained them and gave them exercise. They were social animals and loved to play. They spent about 30 minutes ________ us all about these wonderful animals. Then it was our group's ________ .

We ________ clothes and got into the pool. We were given clear ________ so that we could swim with the dolphins as a couple. Gradually. the dolphins ________ us, so it was a great chance for my husband and me to ________ them closer they were so cute and lovely. It ________ let me appreciate dolphins more and made me realize how ________ it was to save and protect them.

【推荐2】David, my cyber friend, now 25, is still searching for something to do with his life. His father, who has ________ their lives, wants to take him into his successful business. After a lifetime of ________ and want, David’s father holds out to him a small sign of hope for a ________ future. “He seems to be sincere in his ________ to make things right with us,” David says. “To have a job, to have a father — it is ________.”

But perhaps not to David’s ________. He hasn’t said much about how she feels about the ________ re-appearance of her ex-husband. But it’s pretty clear that she’s at least ________, if not made extremely angry. David feels that he has to make a ________ between loyalty to his mother, who has been there for him all his life, and forgiveness for his father, who may ________ his hope for the future.

“I ask you for advice,” he writes to me. “I do not wish to ________ my mother, especially not after all she has done for me. But my religion teaches me to ________ all men — including my father.”

Loyalty or forgiveness — which is the greater value?

It seems to me that life’s most ________ choices are not between right and wrong. ________, those choices are pretty easy to make. But choosing between cherished virtues puts our souls on ________.

【推荐3】I recently had a new workmate, who came to town from Colorado. She _______ with me her story.

Her family was in the process of _______ into their new home. During this time a lot of _______ was happening on their bank account. This sent a red flag to the bank. The bank _______ to call them but they were in the process of changing phones, so the bank put a stop on their account. My new workmate, not _______ this, went shopping.

After going to the register they were _______ to see their method of payment was stopped. No cash, and no _______to get cash, they were not sure what to do. At this time, without asking any questions, the lady in front of them placed her card in the machine and _______ their groceries. They tried to get her name to repay her. _______ , the lady just smiled, saying: “Don’t ________ it.” Then she wished them a nice day and ________ the store.

Two weeks later my new workmate ________ her little boy out for his birthday. They went to a Mexican ________ . After being seated, their waitress came up to their ________ . It was the kind smiling lady who had paid for their groceries! They all had a big ________ and for a tip? Yes — the amount of cash she paid for their groceries plus much more than her 20 per cent, a new friend!