【推荐3】I turned off the classroom light, only to find a _________ Laura outside the door. “Sister Jo, can I talk to you? Do you have time?”

Switching the light _________ again, I smiled, “I always have time for you, honey.” Honestly speaking, Laura’s troubled face left me no choice. We sat in the empty classroom _________ she described the _________ her dad’s alcoholism (酗酒) was having. I listened, handing her tissues. After half an hour, she said, “I know you can’t do anything about it, but thanks for listening. My mom keeps saying, ‘He’s sick! Alcoholism is a disease!’” I gave her a hug.

The next day was just as lovely. “Today I’ll walk!” I thought. But at 3:00 pm, my colleague Brian was at the door. “Hi, can I talk to you?” “Sure.” I answered. “But it’s such perfect weather. Can we _________ a walk?” Then we _________ the small lake near our school and talked about helping _________ troubled kids. Suddenly, it hit me why I hadn’t taken Laura out walking with me. On Laura’s next visit, she happily _________ my invitation to walk. I had a _________ as her classmate Tom had given me brochures from Alateen (a program for teenagers affected by someone else’s drinking). “Someone in your class said his mother had the same __________.” I told Laura, “If I may share your story, he’ll drive you to Alateen meetings. By __________ Alateen meetings, young people gain an understanding of alcoholism and feel the __________ of realizing they are not alone with an alcoholic __________.” She agreed to give it a try. And so, it became a pattern. Whoever came to chat with me after school was invited to __________. In the walks, these kids find __________ from the pressure and frustrations they face. And I’ve lost ten pounds!

【推荐3】I pushed hard at the gate. “God, it's windy,” I whispered. Suddenly a ________ wind picked me up off my feet and struck me against a post. My left arm got totally ________ and I was extremely painful.

My husband Owen called the ________ immediately. Over the next 11 days, I had nine ________ . After the operations, I found the arm ________ function. When I tried to hug my little granddaughter Alicia, it just hung on my side. “I want this off,” I said to my husband. After months of discussions with the doctors, I had it ________ .

Back home after the operation, everything was a ________ . Owen tried to help me, but I wanted to be ________ . In order to live ________ , I tried to find ways to adapt. I learned to put toothpaste（牙膏）onto the toothbrush. I even ________ how to use the toilet paper without dropping it onto the floor.

But what I really wanted to do was get back into ________ . Before the ________ , I'd competed in Iron Man challenges. But since the operation I had been in ________ and very weak. I thought that getting ________ would aid my recovery, so I started going to the ________ . One day, I ________ Owen to go to the swimming pool with me. I wasn't sure if I'd fail or successfully ________ in circles with one arm. I kept going and finally ________ to get to the end of the 25-meter lane（游道）.

“You did it,” Owen said. I also learned how to balance the bike with one ________ . Within a year, I became New Zealand's outstanding paratriathlete（残疾人铁人三项运动员）and ________ silver medals at the Paratriathlon World Cup.

【推荐1】Rogers saw a woman sitting on the side of the road. She had long hair and expressive eyes. What he didn’t see was that she was also in ________. Her right leg was injured. She tried to stand but failed. So she dragged herself to the ________, like a badly wounded animal preparing to die. She’d called a ________, but after 30 minutes, her friend said he was lost.

At first, Rogers tried to play it cool. He ________ to ride by-at a slower speed and ________ asked if he could help. The woman ________ her problem and asked for help.

With Rogers holding her ________, she tried to hop(单脚跳) along, but the pain was too severe. After a brief discussion, Rogers decided to ________ her down the 0.6-mile trail over his shoulder.

To avoid the ________, the pair introduced themselves, discussed life goals and future plans. ________ laughed a lot along the way. 40 minutes later, they arrived at the parking lot, where her friend was waiting.

Rogers ________ loaded her into the back seat. Though she was in pain, she looked at Rogers through expectant eyes, wishing he would make the first move. Rogers also wanted to ask for her number, but felt that the ________ wasn’t right. After she was rushed to the hospital, Rogers went to get his bike.

At the hospital, the girl looked for Rogers on Facebook. No luck. At the same time, Rogers was ________ her online, with no luck, either. On the trail, they’d fallen so deeply into conversation that such details as last names had seemed ________. So she contacted the local newspaper, which published her story the next day. Rogers happened to read the article.

Immediately, he got in touch with her and arranged their first ________: a trip to the same spot after her recovery.

【推荐2】The Smith’s home was always buzzing with activity, with Mrs. Smith seemingly at the ________ of it all. She often sighed heavily complaining to her son little Johnny, “Your father never ________ a hand. I’m left to do everything!”

One day, little Johnny felt a surge of ________ after hearing his mother’s familiar complaint. “But Mom,” he ________, his eyes wide and earnest, “Dad does a lot.”Mrs. Smith paused, eyebrows wrinkled in ________. “What do you mean?” she asked. “Have you noticed our yard?” began Johnny, his voice ________. “It’s Dad who keeps it neat, pulling out weeds and ________ fallen branches, and that’s not all,” he continued. “He’s always dashing off to bring back ________ and other supplies we need.” Mrs. Smith stood still for a moment, a wave of realization ________ her. She had been so focused on her own tasks that she failed to notice the ________ contributions her husband made to their home.

From that day forward, Mrs. Smith started seeing the housework in a new ________. She realized that the chores weren’t just about cooking and cleaning. They also included ________ the yard, restocking supplies and countless other tasks; not all efforts are ________visible but they are equally crucial. She also realized that it wasn’t ________ to complain about her husband in front of Johnny. She began to ________ more her husband’s silent efforts and made sure to express her gratitude.

【推荐3】In the early 1800's boy named John lived in an orphanage(孤儿院) with several other children. Every day was _________ working and Christmas was the one day of the year when the _________ did not work and received a gift — an orange. The children _________ it so much that they kept it for weeks, and even _________ smelling it, touching it and loving it. Usually they tried to preserve(保护) it for so long that it often went bad before they ate it.

This year John knew he would soon be _________ enough to leave. He would save the orange until his birthday in July. If he preserved it _________, he might be able to eat it on his birthday.

Christmas day finally came. The children were so _________ as they entered the dining hall. In his excitement. John knocked over something, causing a big _________. Immediately the master shouted, “John, leave the hall and there will be no orange for you." John’s heart _________. He turned and ran back to the cold room so that the children wouldn't see his tears.

Then he heard the door open and the children entered Little Elizabeth with a __________ on her face held out her small hands. “Here John," she said, “this is for you." As John __________ his head, he saw a big juicy orange all peeled and quartered... Each child had sacrificed(献出)their own orange by __________ a quarter and had created a big, beautiful orange for him.

John never forgot the sharing, love and personal __________ his friends had shown him that Christmas day. __________ that day, after he became rich, every year he would send oranges all over the world to children everywhere. His __________ was that no child would ever spend Christmas without a special Christmas fruit!