【推荐3】This past summer was really special for Jaequan Faulkner, a 13-year-old boy living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He set up a hot dog ________ outside his home to make some extra money. The boy took care to make sure that all food was fresh and clean. People in the neighborhood ________ the boy's spirit, but there was only one ________—he didn't have a permit.

When the Department of Health received a ________ instead of shutting down Jaequan’s stand, they did something ________. They helped the teenager get a permit so that his business could _________ .

Daniel Huff, director of the department, said they were ________ to help a young man with such a sense of business. The health inspectors helped to pay for his first permit. ________, Huff took another step and helped connect Jaequan with the Economic Opportunity Network, which gave the young businessman tips on ________ a small business.

“I was kind of ________ and so grateful,” Jaequan said about all the ________ . “Because usually I would have one person at a time helping me, but there ________ to be so many kind people at once.”

The food stand now operates with a ________ and is open four hours daily from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jaequan handles 90 percent of the business, and he is also planning to ________ to organizations that assist teenagers in need. With such a ________, the boy surely is going to have a bright future.

【推荐1】I was born with no arms. I won’t pretend my life is ______ but through the love of my parents, I have overcome adversity(逆境)and my life is now filled with ______ and purpose. I love seeing people’s ______ changed for the better. It is my hope that your life is ______ affected by my story.

I wasn’t ______ during my entire childhood, but I did have ups and downs. When I was thirteen, I ______ my foot, which I use to do many things like typing, ______ and washing. The injury made me realize that I need to be more ______ for my abilities and less concentrated upon my ______.

A teacher encouraged me to start ______ about my faith and overcoming adversity when I was 17. The first time I made a speech, I was very ______. Within the first three minutes of my talk, half of the girls on the spot were ______, while most boys were struggling to control their ______. One girl in particular was sobbing hard. Suddenly she put her ______ up, saying, “I was so sorry to ______, but can I come up and hug you?”

She came and ______ me before everyone, and ______ in my ear, “Thank you. No one has ever told me that they loved me and that I am beautiful the way I am.”

Her gratitude ______ me to go across 44 countries and speak 2,000 times. I realized that we all need love and hope. Then, I was in a unique position to ______ this view with people around the world.

Whoever you are, I hope you will be inspired by my story and my ______: Dream big, my friend, and never give up!

【推荐2】Karen Darke was paralyzed (瘫痪的) from the chest down in a climbing accident more than 20 years ago. However, it hasn’t stopped her winning Paralympic gold or continuing her life as an extreme _______.

She was 21 when she fell 10 metres (about 33 feet) off a sea cliff while rock _______ in Scotland. She woke up and was told she was paralyzed from the chest down. She’s been in a _______ ever since.

She had a really hard time. However, what opened her eyes was seeing other patients around her with even less muscle function, and the news of a close friend dying while climbing, only a few months after her own accident. “It just kind of made me _______ that I was still here, and I had to make the most of the situation,” she says.

Her first _______ after her accident was a handbike ride along the Silk Route from Kazakhstan to Pakistan in the Himalayas in 1997, which she still thinks is her most _______ one so far. Other expeditions (远征) _______ , including more Himalayan rides, sit-skiing across Greenland in 2007 and climbing the 3,000-foot cliff El Capitan in Yosemite in 2008.

Darke _______ the British Para-cycling team in 2010 and won silver at the London Paralympics two years later. She was _______ to go one better in Rio, but ________ like a car accident in 2013 and an infection in the fall of 2015 made training ________.

Her latest adventure is Quest 79, a project to ________ a total of nine handbike rides on seven continents while ________ money for charity and encouraging others to take on their own challenges. Darke believes the biggest ________ to living and achieving our dreams isn’t our bodies, but our minds. “Even if in our ________ days when we think we can’t do it anymore, anything is possible.”