【推荐2】Six people gather in a bar after receiving an anonymous (匿名的) message. Suddenly, the door closes. They ________ when hearing a hidden woman say, “All of you are ________! You should be punished!”

Don’t be scared. This is just a ________ from Under Mask, a drama performed by Senior 2 students to ________ their school’s House Theatre Festival.

The drama tells the story of a girl (played by Lu Jia), who suffers from campus bullying, cyber violence and emotional abuse from her family while in senior high school. ________, she plans revenge (复仇) secretly on those who harmed her by setting fire to a bar. In the end, she chooses to forgive them, ________ her hate and carries on with her life.

“We want to ________ those problems because they are ________ related to our daily life,” said playwright Lu Chen.

To stage the show, the cast encountered many difficulties. “The ________ script had so many logical problems that we revised it at least 10 times,” the director Qiu Tian said. “To some extent, we just ________ a new one.”

Also, for these inexperienced students, their body movements and facial expressions looked rigid (僵硬的) and ________. For example, Liu Xi, who plays the girl’s boyfriend, had no ________ about drama and performance. He couldn’t play the role confidently ________. Lu Jia was ________ by playing a character who is totally different from herself. “I don’t know how to present her ________ and pain when she was bullied and ignored by her family. She is timid (胆怯的) and ________.” But they gradually made ________ with the help of their tutor.

“At first, those children ________ many issues. But they figured out the problems through heated ________. They know the meaning of ________ as a team,” the tutor said.

【推荐3】There has been a battle spreading in my living room since I was a child of nine. It all ________ when my parents purchased n second-hand piano to ________ my continuing musical training. I characterized it as love-hate ________ between us.

On the “hate” side there were plenty of frustrating hours spent practicing, the ________ performances for relatives, the trimmed (修剪的) fingernails. And the ________ I had to shoulder, as piano lessons were ________ for my working-class family. But my teachers said I had (a) ________ and truthfully my heart said so, too. But all too often it felt like a ________.

There was also ________ on that piano bench. There were times when I could feel the music ________ through the room. I ________ a sense of community through playing duet with a friend. When music landed on my audience it made me want to ________ forever.

But my music talent did not ________ my teenage year. It was no ________ against the freedom I always fought for: freedom to grow my ________ out and freedom to have hours back to talk on the phone with my friends.

When I had my own home, the piano became a centerpiece in the living room, sitting ________. So I must say ________ to something that doesn’t ________ my current and future life. Now I am playing my last tune ________ it is taken away. It appears to be time to lift that damper pedal (延音踏板) that has been sustaining a lifetime of unpleasant vibrations. Time to clear the air to ________ a different melody.

【推荐1】Over the past three years, Leah has made many changes to her lifestyle. Today, a large part of her social life is filled with fun activities. In addition to _________, she enjoys hiking, biking, and swimming with her friends.

At the age of 23, Leah was not _________ active. Being overweight, her blood pressure levels were prematurely raised. One day, a program called Minutes in Motion _________ her greatly. Afterwards, she created a wish list. Among her _________ was to improve her health.

She began to _________ herself with 130 minute so of physical activity each day. Initially, her _________ were on fire and her knees hurt. _________, she started seeing the positive benefits unfold. As Leah _________ to push herself, she began feeling better and achieving more goals. She started losing _________, sleeping better and feeling more energetic. Soon, Leah achieved __________ goals she never thought were possible. “I still remember my first race. And seeing everyone run past me, I wanted to ____________. My lungs felt like they were exploding, but I kept telling myself, ‘You can make it! Keep running!’ Crossing the finish line, I was extremely __________ to find I ran my best time ever.” she says.

Leah credits Minutes in Motion for __________ her to make changes that have forever impacted her life. “It is   __________ how much my life has changed,” she says. In the past three years, she has lost 90 pounds. In particular, Leah has overcome multiple medical setbacks — all while __________ her family and friends along the way.