【推荐2】One day two fishermen were fishing in a nearby lake. They both had fishing equipment and cooking tools. Once they arrived at the lake, they _________ to sit at a good distance from each other. The first fisherman caught a big beautiful fish within a few minutes. He was very _________. He then placed the fish in the ice box to keep it _________. He meant to cook the _________ fish at noon. He spent some more time and caught a few more fish.

After about an hour of _________, the first fisherman offered to help the second fisherman. But the second man politely _________. A few minutes later, the second fisherman also caught a large fish. _________, he threw it back into the lake. Then he caught more big fish but just put them all back into the lake.

The first fisherman was _________ with him and shouted, “Why did you _________ them away? They were beautiful and big!” The second fisherman __________, “I know they are big, but I don’t have a big pan to cook the big fish! So I’m looking for a smaller fish that __________ my cooking pan!” The first fisherman was surprised at the answer. He __________ the second fisherman to cut the big fish into pieces to fit them into the small pan.

Many of us are just like the second fisherman. We always __________ a handful of chances and even fortune that come our way because we are too stubbornly __________ what we want. We need to learn to value every chance and work it out so that it will fit into our lives __________.

【推荐1】Our group was about to board the plane. I was ________, not because of flying, but because of what waited for me in my destination (目的地). “I could turn around now,” I said to myself. “Nobody would ________ me, as there are options open to me.” But never have I turned away from adventure, so ________ the rest of the group, I got on the plane to Tanzania. Little did I know I would be ________ by the next weeks at that moment.

The travel was part of a university program. We did many exciting things there, but it was our time of ________ at a community center with poor conditions that stuck with me. It allowed me to truly ________ the locals ——playing with kids and visiting their homes. These experiences were ________. I found almost every aspect of their life looked nothing like mine. But ________ being uneasy and backing away, I learned to appreciate the ________, offering to try their clothes and learn their culture. The Tanzanians were so positive; seeing how few ________ they had but how happy they were blew my mind.

________, I was happy to return home after those weeks, but I was confident it wouldn’t be the ________ of my adventure. I knew I would ________ more lands, ________ people from various backgrounds, and continue offering people in need a helping hand, because seeing the smiles on their faces is a feeling that cannot be ________ by anything else.

【推荐3】Mr. Steven was a comic actor in his city, who was popular with audience. One day, he went home by subway. When he arrived home, Mr. Steven was surprised as he found somebody’s gold watch had _________appeared in his pocket.

He was puzzled, _________ to guess how this rather expensive thing could get into his pocket. Since Steven had no _________ , he couldn’t find the answer. So the actor made up his mind to take the watch to the police station. The next day the answer to this _________ was found. A postman _________ to Steven an anonymous (匿名的) letter.

“Dear Mr. Steven”, it said, “It is _________ that you wonder who is writing this letter. I am a professional _________ . Yesterday I managed to steal from somebody a _________ gold watch when I was in the subway. But then I _________ you in the subway, and instantly I decided to give it to you as a gift. So I __________ put the watch in your pocket.”

The policemen tried hard to find this elusive (神出鬼没的) pickpocket, but all their efforts were __________. The thievish Steven admirer __________ the thin air. The police didn’t succeed in returning the stolen property to the true owner of the gold watch as it couldn’t find him anywhere. They made a __________ to return that ill-fated watch to the comic actor.

The story was so __________ that it became popular in one day. It became known among the press and in no time __________ the headlines in the newspapers of the city. Soon after this sensation in mass media, Steven received another __________. There was no address and no names. It said “Dear Mr. Steven, about a year ago I was in the subway and someone stole my gold watch. I was very __________ about that, but now I have known that the thief had __________ it to you. I want you to __________ it. I am a big fan of yours, so that is why I’m also sending you a gold chain that would __________ the watch.”