【推荐1】I come from one of those families where you have to yell at the dinner table to get in a word. Everyone has a strong _________ and talks at the same time, and no one has a _________ leading to heated arguments. We often talk or even debate with each other on different topics. _________ a family like mine has made me more _________ about the world around me, making me tend to raise questions about anything that anyone tells me. But it has also made me realize that I’m not a good listener. And when I say “Listening”, I’m not _________ to the nodding-your-head-and _________ answering-Uh-huh-or-Ooh-I-see variety. I mean the kind of listening where you find yourself deeply _________ with the person you’re speaking with, when his story becomes so _________ that your world becomes less about you and more about him. No, I was never very good at that.

I spent summer in South Aftica two years ago. I worked for a good non-profit _________ called Noah, which works __________ for children affected by AIDS. But __________ you asked me what I really did in South Africa, I’d tell you one thing: I listened, and I listened. Sometimes I __________ , but mostly listened.

And bad I not spent two months __________, I might have missed the __________ moment when a quiet little girl at one of Noah’s community centers, orphaned（孤儿）at the age of three, whispered after a long __________ “I love you.”

__________ that summer, I knew how to hear. I could sit down with anyone and hear their   __________ and nod and respond at the __________ time—but most of the time I was __________ about the next words out of my own mouth. Ever since my summer in South Africa, I have noticed that it’s in those moments when my mouth is closed and my __________ is wide open that I’ve learned the most about other people, and perhaps about myself.

【推荐2】Once I took a taxi to a hotel in Palm Springs to give a speech. The _______ appeared to be in his 60s and I remember thinking how _______ he was to keep doing this boring job. 

_______, it turned out that he was the retired CFO of a major Chicago-based company. He took a part-time job as a taxi driver, so he could _______ new people and stay in touch with the world. He even _______ giving some good advice to me, a financially inexperienced _______. 

I believe every person deserves _______, and that I can always _______ something new from everyone else. Now, I make a point of listening to people about their _______. From taxi drivers to cleaning women, each person gives me a chance to indirectly visit a place or do a thing I might never ________ myself. I find that most people are ________ if I show an interest in, and respect for what they say. 

Respect doesn’t mean we have to ________ but that we disagree in a polite manner. My work is in high-speed electronic communications, where misunderstandings are common and can lead to ________ disagreements. 

Whether it’s on the Internet or in person, when I meet new people, ________ I’m open, curious and polite, I can learn ________ things. I believe it’s important to treat every person with respect.

【推荐1】A heroic guy named Philip Blanks, a former high school football player, saved a 3-year-old boy falling from a third-floor apartment in Phoenix, Arizona. This wide receiver (接球员) probably caught the best _____ in his life! While playing football in high school, he surely didn't imagine that his ____ will save a life one day.

The_______ incident happened on 3rd July, 2020 and a video shot by a bystander (旁观者) ___ the entire incident. An apartment in Phocnix caught fire and in the midst of rising flames, a mother was scen ____ her son from the third-floor balcony to save him from the fire. The mother, already on fire, remained ___ inside and didn't survive, but she made the ultimate ____ of saving her child from the awful fire.

When the fire _____, Blanks was at a friend's apartment in the same building.   ___ he heard a lot of screaming. People standing outside the building were     __   that the burning building still had people in it. Blanks didn't   _____ to run ahead and catch the falling child. It was almost like an instinct for him. When he saw the child twirling down from the third-floor balcony, he immediately had a tunnel ____ .All he could see for the moment was the __ .

Blanks managed to catch the boy ____ fell on his side, which damaged the child's foot. Blanks ran away from the site immediately with the child in his arms.

It was quite a(n) ____ task to catch a child falling from a building. But this heroic guy made it possible.

【推荐2】Think about all of the elders that I got to spend time with during my grandmother’s five-year stay in the nursing home. I can’t imagine what it’s been like for them without any_________at all. So sad. However, they keep_________each other and keep being kind.

That day, I saw a man alone on a couch, in the front lobby(大厅) that I have been _________frequently, lying with his head on the arm. Earlier he had been_________to push Jean, who has cerebral palsy and can’t move far_________in her wheelchair, with his head, from his wheelchair. The song “inchworm, inchworm” suddenly came to my_________.

I asked if they would mind my pushing Jean the_________of the way. Jean said, “Yes, please!” and the man smiled a(n)_________ “Thank you”. I thanked him for helping and pushed Jean back to her room down the hall.

Now, this same man was alone on the couch and as I got closer, I_________he had only one leg and the one he did have was dry and____________with rashes(疹子). He was scratching it____________. I had a lotion(护肤液) in my bag, which seemed to be able to ____________his discomfort. I____________the lotion to his leg and even the other side as well. It just seemed a____________thing to do. He doesn’t speak English but spoke to me in his home____________, and tears started to come down his face. I____________his tears with tissues and touched his face____________

He kept talking and looking at me as if I____________. I nodded and listened.

We didn’t____________each other and aren’t blood-related and yet, at that moment, we shared a____________ that went beyond blood—heart to heart.

【推荐3】Many years ago I lived in a western country. I left home each morning in time to _________ the 8:05 bus from the main road. One morning I could see the bus _________. I could also see an elderly lady walking with a lovely _________ beside her. The bus arrived and we got on. Unlike in eastern countries, only eight passengers were _________ to travel standing. I was inside the bus when the conductor called, “Only eight standing passengers! Could the _________ one to get on please get off?”

I turned and saw the elderly lady with her dog about to get off. I moved _________ to get in front of her. I encouraged her to stay, _________ very well I would be late that morning, _________ it didn’t bother me. It was only as I moved past her to get off the bus that I realized — she was blind! Her companion was her guide dog!

Well, I _________ got to the office. Time passed quickly and I went to the bus stand in front of my office to make the return journey after the day’s work. What a pleasant amazement! The lady and her dog were there! I was really __________ because I would get a better chance to speak with her. I started the __________ and she __________ my Asian accent! She asked if I was the __________ person who helped her that morning. We sat on the long sideway seats chatting __________ her guide dog between us.

These beautiful memories are still __________ in my mind. By helping others, I feel content!