【推荐2】The sound that woke Damian Languell at 8:15 in the morning was so loud that he assumed it came from inside his house. As he got up to _______, he heard another sound, this one coming most definitely from _______. Through his bedroom window, he spied a tree surrounded by _______ about 500 yards away. A _______ wrapped the tree's base, its engine on fire.

_______, Languell grabbed buckets of water and ran to the crash site. The car was_______ nearly in two. No one should have _______ this crash, and yet there was 16-year-old Quintin Thompson, his terrified face pressed _______ the driver's side window, in visible _______. Languell tried ________ the fire with his buckets of water, but with no ________. "That was really awful. When the flame got into the front seats, I ________ I had to get him out of there," he told WAGM-TV.

In an act that a police report described as showing " ________ disregard for his own safety", Languell opened the back door of the car and ________ in. "That's when I noticed how ________ his legs were." Using a pocketknife he'd had with him, he ________ Thompson's seat belt. Then, he ________ the teen out of a back window and dragged him to ________ "before the entire car exploded", the police stated.

Languell thinks about that day often. Displaying the sort of empathy（感同身受）that ________ him to help, he told WAGM-TV, "My ________ goes out to 'Thompson'. When you are that close to that level of hurt, you feel it so directly."

【推荐3】Armed with two over-packed suitcases, we arrived at the airport just in time for my flight. As I watched her unload my luggage, I could see the _______ in her eyes. One last hug and a final good-bye, and I would be on my way to a new life _______. “You’d better go or you'll miss your flight,” she said.

“I’ll _______ you,” I replied , and with those words I _______. By the time I reached the customs I was _______. While boarding the plane I was still crying. I did not have the _______ to put my bag in the overhead locker, so I put it on the empty seat next to mine.

Born barely fifteen months _______, we not only looked alike, we were alike. We both had that same mix of _______ and fear of all things unknown to us. One sunny summer day I was playing outside when she came _______ to me and said, “Want to come to the attic(阁楼)?”The answer was always “__________”. We were frightened of the attic but also __________ by its smells and sounds. Together we would flight many spiders and battle through the numerous boxes __________ we found what we needed.

The plane shook __________ and my bag fell on the floor. My aspirin, hairbrush and some other things were __________ on the floor. I __________ over to gather them up when I saw a (an) __________ little book in the middle of my belongings. It was a diary.

Immediately I __________ my sister's handwriting. “Hi Sis. What a day it has been today. You let me know that you are moving abroad...”Only __________ did I realize that my sister had been __________ a diary for the past month.

I read about my sister’s coming and going during the flight. Even though a large ocean __________ us, at some point it felt like she was actually there.

【推荐2】It was my first attempt to challenge the highest volcano in the world, Ojos del Salado, in South America. I’d decide to ______ with a local guide. I left camp just after midnight. “You go first and I’ll be behind you,” he said. As the hours passed and the terrain (地形) became more ______, I wondered if I’d made a huge mistake. Looking at the view behind me, I listened out for the sound of my guide’s steps but I was all alone, so I had to found my way by ______. Breathing heavily, I realized I’d run out of ______ soon.

Back home, 11,000 km away in Melbourne, my dad was following my _____ with my GPS tracker. However, now ______ on the side of a volcano, all I could do was to ______ my energy as I climbed higher and higher.

______ the top was the ultimate goal, but really it was only half the ______. Had I gone too far this time? As my breathing became more laboured, I felt extremely ______.

Pushing on, I ______ made it to the top, where I took in the breathtaking views. But I only spent a few minutes taking photos before I ______ the mountain. I was surprised to see my guide on the way down and it turned out that he had ______ a climber in danger and had to abandon our exploration to ______ him.

Through blood, sweat and frozen tears, the last 10 years had taken me all over the globe. And with every high and painful low, I learnt more about myself. I’d pushed my ______, both in body and mind.

【推荐3】There is never a need to respond to anything that doesn’t make you feel good. One day I got in a taxi and we _______ for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car _______ out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver stamped on the brake hard. Our car skidded (打滑), and _______ the black car by just inches!

Surprisingly, the driver of the black car _______ his head out and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just _______ and waved at the guy. And I thought he was really friendly. So I asked, “Why? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the _______!”

That was when my taxi driver taught me _______ I now call “the Law of the Garbage Truck ”. He _______ to me that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of _______ (frustration, anger, and disappointment, etc ). As their garbage ________ up, they need a place to dump (倾倒) it and sometimes they’ll dump it on you.

When you meet similar situations, just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. The bottom line is that ________ people do not let garbage trucks ________ their day. Life is too short to wake up in the morning with ________, so we should love the people who are ________ to us and pray for the ones who aren’t. Life is ten percent what you ________ it and ninety percent how you take it.