【推荐1】My life as a tax-paying (纳税的) employed person began in middle school, when, for three whole days, I worked in a baking (烘焙的) factory.

My best friend Betsy’s father was a manager at Hough Bakeries, which, at Easter time, ______ little bunny (兔子) cakes for all its ______ throughout Cleveland. It happened that the factory downtown needed eight kids for ______ help during our spring break, for which I had no ______ beyond listening to my favorite records. I’d ______ the lowest wage (工资). I’d see how a factory _______. My parents thought all of this was a great idea and called Betsy’s dad with their ________

Our_____ in the factory were simple: Place cakes on a moving belt. Attach icing (糖霜) ears. Apply icing eyes and nose. ____ bunny from the belt. This was _____ than it sounds. _____ a bit and the cakes pile (堆) up. As I told my parents at dinner that first night, it was all a little more high-pressure than I’d _______.

Dad _______. The son of a grocer, he’d spent the summers of his childhood ______ food in Bemardsville, New Jersey. This was the sort of work that made you ______ the dollars you earned and respect those who did the work, he told me.

【推荐2】I have always been hardworking in school. And I enjoyed gaining new understanding about study. One way was making _______.

Math has always been my favorite subject. During each math class, while _______, I waited for my golden opportunities to show myself, which were _______. When they came, I would raise   my hand. Answering them _______ made me feel I was recognized by my classmates and teacher. The only problem was that I wanted to be _______ －to be right every time.

As it turned out, living up to this standard was impossible. In one class, I stood up confidently but gave a _______ answer. Even though I knew this was certainly not my first mistake in life, something   _______   had come at that moment. I thought that my classmates might think I was_______. The beautiful castle that I had built up _______ after my mistake.

In the following classes, I was in low spirits and became silent. Even if I may have known the answer, I was   __________ to take the risk of damaging my selfconfidence any more. Noticing my __________, my math teacher talked with me and learned my problem. She told me that mistakes are an important part of learning __________ they can point out our weaknesses and help us __________. I should set up the principle of   making mistakes.

From that experience, I realized that even though I thought I was right about most things, I was wrong in my ________. School is not a place to________   but a place to learn. What I now know is that by holding fast to humility (谦虚) and learning to grow from my mistakes, I can truly learn in a way I could never in the past.

【推荐3】Today all kinds of interesting interactions occurred.First, at a soup kitchen (赈济处),one of the gentlemen______me several candies! That's the first time that I have ever______it! It was so sweet and I am happy to______his kindness.

Another one is that a lady needed me to______ her and asked me to pray for her husband.I ______her and said of course I would.I always love hearing their______if they want to______So, so much love in just dissolving any barrier between"you' and"me"and seeing all of us as family.

Afterwards I went to a cafe to do some paper work and had a sandwich______heading off to one of my friends' party, I noticed there was an elderly lady who was looking for a(n)______table.Since there were no empty tables, I pushed my papers aside and______to her,She understood, and then came to.______ across from me.That then led me to getting to listen to her______World War Two survivor's life story( She is 84 years old !).It was such a ______ to share lunch with her! ______I had to leave after a while, but it was so lovely to have lunch with a______b and feel connected to her.As she said, "The only things that ______ in life are health, family and______.

As I was______to a friend's party, I couldn't help but reflect on the beauty of the day in all of the interactions I had and then I was just shocked by this full rainbow that I could see right next to my car..like the universe saying "Yeah, you got it! " I will smile to myself for the______of my life.So much______ in each day.

【推荐2】A woman professor was giving a lesson to her students on stress management.As she raised a glass of water,everyone in the class _________they would be asked the "half-empty or half-full' question.

_________ ,with a smile on her face.she asked the students."How _________ do you think this glass of water weighs?"

Answers called out _________from 100ml to 300ml.

She quieted the students down and then replied,"It does not matter on the absolute weight.It _________ on how long you hold it.If I hold it for a minute,it is OK.If I hold it for an hour,I will have an ache in my right _________.If I hold it for a day,my arm will feel numb.In each case,the _________ of the glass of water doesn't change,but the _________   I hold it,the heavier it becomes.Why?"

Lost in _________,all the students kept silent and listened to the professor carefully.

"Our __________ and worries in life are like that glass of water.If we __________ our burdens all the time,sooner or later,we will feel exhausted,even __________ to carry on.__________ you have to do is put all your burdens down as __________ in the evening as possible.Don't carry __________ through the evening into the night; by doing this,we can get __________ next morning and are able to move forward．More __________ than not,life gets terrible when we think too much．And the moment you __________ your burdens，you'll find yourself feeling so much more relaxed.

So rather than being upset and feeling __________ for yourself,start doing something about it.After all,life is too __________ to abandon yourself to anything that is not making you happy.

【推荐1】Each day, 10-year-old Seth asked his mom for more and more lunch money. Yet he seemed ________ than ever and came home from school hungry. It ________ that Seth was handing his lunch money to a fifth-grader, who was threatening to beat him up if he didn’t pay.

Kayla, 13, thought things were going well at her new school, ________ all the popular girls were being so nice to her. But then she found out that one of them had posted ________ rumors about her. Kayla cried herself to sleep that night and refused to go to school.

In national surveys, most kids and teens say that bullying happens at school. A bully can turn something like going to the wash room or recess (隐秘处) into a/an ________ for kids. Bullying can leave deep emotional scars. And in ________ situations, it can involve violent threats, property damage, or someone getting seriously hurt. Therefore, it’s necessary to help your child identify bullying and cope with it as well as ________ its lasting impact.

Most kids have been ________ by a sibling or a friend at some point. And it’s not usually harmful when done in a playful, friendly, and mutual way, and both kids find it funny. But when it becomes hurtful, unkind, and constant, it   ________ the line into bullying and needs to stop.

It’s important to take bullying ________   and not just brush it off as something that kids have to “tough out.” The effects can be serious and affect kids’ sense of safety and ________. In severe cases, bullying has ________   tragedies, such as suicides and school shootings.

If your child tells you about being bullied, listen   ________   and offer comfort and support. Kids are often   ________ to tell adults about bullying because they feel embarrassed and ashamed that it’s happening. Therefore, praise your child for doing the right thing by talking to you about it. Let someone at school (the principal, school nurse, or a counselor or teacher) know about the situation.

They are often   ________ to monitor and take steps to prevent further problems.

【推荐2】To escape my mother's firm grasp, I rushed forward. However, I made a vain _______. She insisted it would only_______for a second, and then it would be all over. But inside my four-year-old mind, I could only_______ great pain. Fearful tears streamed down my light pink cheeks_______ she slowly lifted up mu shirtsleeve. I attempted to break _______again, but she was clever and held me tight. She stared at the Band-Aid(创可贴) on my skin, urging me to _______, and she placed her hand on my pale skin, and in one quick movement, _______ the Band-Aid. I screamed.

Ever since that _______day twelve years ago, I have not been a fan. of Band-Aids. Their _______is to protect a wound, but is it really worth the suffering one ________at the end of it? Life gave me the ________I have been called “the indecisive one” in my family for years. Whether I am asked to make simple decisions about what to have for dinner or what movie to watch, my________is typically a meaningless shrug(耸肩).

One day, while I was driving a car, I came across a ________Superheroes by The Script filled me with a powerful feeling,________ me not to be afraid of decisions. I realized that in past years, the trust bonds I formed with others had been broken, which led me to being________. The faith and love I placed in a friend ________ after he repeatedly betrayed me. I built a firm wall around myself. The situation was like Band-Aids that________ pain.

Replaying the song over and over again, I made the ________to rip off(撕掉) the Band-Aids. It was. ________ that it would not be easy and that ________ did exist, but it had to be done.

【推荐3】The other day, I truly saw a love at my work place that brought me to tears.

I work as a _________at a hotel. That night this elderly white and wealthy couple_________the restaurant My co-worker_________them. We usually arrange_________by ourselves, but because we were very_________that night, we helped each other out. At one point the elderly couple gave me a_________to come over.

The husband began_________and started stuttering（结巴）to the degree that I5ve never heard before. It was very clear that he had a_________disorder. I could tell that the wife had_________her husband extensively（广泛地）what she wanted, as a way for him to__________ordering. It took a while for him to order.__________, she was sitting there and looked so__________although her husband had stuttered.

__________the whole thing just did something to me. It was beautiful and just made me realize that a huge part of love is to accept,__________and support others. She could have made the order and made things a lot__________ for her husband and avoid the__________from other tables, but she didn't. Instead she supported him and was proud to see him__________it. Another thing I__________was that life is difficult for all of us. I thought these__________people had everything going for them and I'm sure they do, but it just reminded me that all of us have our own__________.