【推荐1】In my whole life I’ve been interested in martial arts. But it was only when I _______ in another city where there was a kung fu club that I really enjoyed it and fully understood why they call it an art. It is fighting and _______ yourself, but it’s also understanding your body more, making it stronger and healthier. Kung fu is a big _______ of Chinese culture. I have always watched kung fu movies (who doesn’t know Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan or Jet Li?), because I love their _______. When I started to practise kung fu, I realised how _______ it was and a simple kick demanded months of practice. But I loved it! A whole new world was opening to me.

After I _______ four years of kung fu in New York, I wanted to go to the _______ where this martial art originated. I went to China with a travel organisation. It was a trip that included some kung fu and tai chi lessons. It was a(n) _______ group, so there were people from all over the world. We went from Hong Kong to Guilin,Yangshuo, Xi’an, Luoyang and Shaolin Temple and _______ Beijing. We did two kung fu lessons in Yangshuo with the brothers Gao, who had a family style which was ________ Bu Di Zhen. We did one tai chi lesson in Xi’an and two more kung fu lessons in Shaolin Temple. I was ________ by Yangshuo and the Gao brothers. Yangshuo is a beautiful town in the middle of mountains and near the Li river. The Gao brothers’ family ________ of kung fu practice was close to mine in New York. I could only ________ of my next trip to China.

The next year my dream ________: I went to China again, together with some friends of my kung fu club. We ________ one month in Yangshuo, just to practise kung fu, which made me understand more of the rich culture of China.

【推荐1】As I was walking along a river this evening, I intended to do something nice for a stranger. I started to look around for a _________ to do a random act of kindness. Two minutes later I was _________ by a complete stranger. I wasn’t sure why he came close to me, _________ I could tell he was drunk. I just stayed _________ and kept walking ahead. There were hundreds of people sitting on _________ nearby, so I wasn’t really worried.

As I tried to walk along, he _________ saying bad things to me. Then I tried to change my _________ and he kept following me, coming closer each time. I got really scared and didn’t know what to _________. I was praying that one of the many people sitting on benches nearby would be _________ enough to help me out of this situation.

Seconds later, just when I felt really __________, a couple had seen everything happen. The lady __________ and linked her arm into mine, saying “Dear, why don’t you come with us?” and __________ walking me away from the guy. The guy started __________ and getting angry, while this sweet lady was __________ me, saying “Don’t worry.” Finally, once he __________, she said, “You’d better carry on __________ where you were going and we’ll make sure he goes the other way.”

As I rushed away, I was shaken up, but at the same time had feelings of __________ for that couple. I started with the __________ of doing a random act of kindness. __________, I ended up on the receiving end. One thing is for certain though — it is equally important to learn how to receive and to feel grateful for the __________ of others.

【推荐2】In one of my son’s favorite TV shows, Herkie, the Helicopter has to perform a good deed in order to earn a Merit Badge. Herkie spends the entire show attempting to perform a remarkable, heroic deed, only to ______ again and again. Finally, Herkie ______. However, at the end of the show, he is surprised to find he has earned the award after all by doing a ______ act.

Years ago, as my pregnancy has progressed, I’ve had more and more trouble ______. People have suggested I get a pregnancy pillow to help me find a comfortable position, but all of the pillows I saw were so ______ that they didn’t seem worth it for a few months’ relief. Finally, I spotted one on the Internet whose price was right — $10, even I was willing to ______ something for that!

When the pillow arrived, I was, ______, disappointed. It ______ exactly like a blue wedge of cheese, and it left me wondering how such an ______ product could be any help at all. But, as I didn’t want to ______ $10, I diligently took it to bed with me, jamming it under my belly as instructed on the box.

What a ______! Sleep was no longer a problem for me. And, the Cheese’s small size proved to be a(n) ______ as well, as it easily fit into my suitcase on a trip.

So often in my life, I’ve felt like Herkie, needing to perform a big awesome act to _______ And, it is easy for me to start to feel pretty useless since heroic acts are few. ______, we all have much more of an opportunity to be like the Cheese doing something small that we may not even ______, but others appreciate tremendously.

【推荐3】A few weeks ago my family and I went on a trip by car. This has become our ___________ on Sundays over the past several months of the pandemic (疫情). Over the past nine months, we had to stay indoors except on weekends. On a recent morning, we ___________ about 30 minutes to Los Dinamos, a mountainous thickly forested national park.

I listened to the _________ of rushing water from the river below and the singing of birds ___________ in the trees. I ___________ the tiny hand of our ___________ 2- year- old daughter, who was glad to go out playing. And then I surprisingly ___________ we were alone. In a city of millions, we had ___________ ourselves to another world.

I often tell people what I ___________ most about prepandemic life is the liveliness and excitement of the city. But I’ve come to realize that I also need these ____________ on pine- needle- covered (铺满松针的) ways with my young daughters, ____________ things they had never seen or calling out the ____________ of the flowers we pass along the way. I ____________ truly fresh air. I need to attract my kids and my husband ahead with promises of delicious food and a perfect ____________ place where we could sit on the blanket and enjoy the food.

It’s a ____________ that there’s life all around me, even if I can’t spend time mixing with others.