【推荐3】Caitlin Hernandez was regarded as the uncrowned queen of education in America in 2020. When she was in graduate school, she was asked the ________ question over and over again： Can someone who is blind really be a ________? The doubt she heard made her all the more certain that she did want to ________ teaching. She hoped that her students-many of whom have autism, dyslexia, and physical ________—would have a role model who really knew what they were ________ She wanted them to learn from her ________ not to question their own ambitions.

Then came COVID-19, and Ms. Hernandez's blindness made the ________ to online learning all the more ________, But it is not just Ms. Hernandez who is experiencing the difficulties of_________ learning. She has heard from her disabled students that they are ________ emotionally. Most troubling to Ms. Hernandez is the widening ________ between her students who get support from their families at home, and those who have to ________ themselves through virtual learning and even provide child care to their younger siblings, because their parents are struggling too. "It's unfair," she said. "Some students have ________ at home and others just don't."

Ms. Hernandez has provided comfort by arranging activities they can do together ________ "I asked the kids what books they had at home that they really enjoyed." she said. “Then I would ________ it so we could read together."

【推荐2】My mom enjoyed inviting people for Thanksgiving. After my family moved far away from all our _________, Mom started filling the house with _________ guests—whoever had nowhere else to go for Thanksgiving.

I missed our big family gatherings before moving here, but Mom had a(n) _________ heart. This year, when Mom showed me her guest list, almost half the size of our small town’s _________, I was annoyed.

Our first guests arrived: three foreign exchange students. Mom’s original plan was to _________ one. But she was told those unable to go home sometimes _________ in tears, so here came three. The next guests _________ through the door, a single mom and her six kids. With more guests, the volume and the temperature in the house instantly _________. Luckily, dinner was ready before the house or I _________. However, seeing my name card placed among the six kids, I murmured angrily, “How would I get such an __________ seat?”

After dinner, Mom suggested sharing something we were thankful for—another annual __________ at our house. “I’m so __________ to your family for opening up home to us.” The single mom spoke with watery eyes. Then one student expressed how much it __________ to be with a family on Thanksgiving.

Suddenly something __________ me: the essence of generosity and inclusion. Thanksgiving is about more than family—it’s about a shared __________ full of kindness.

【推荐3】One day, a dog got herself left in the cold waters of New York’s East River. At this time, Gabe Castellanos, a college student came and _______ her at the cost of abandoning his own birthday party.

The _______ took place last week in Brooklyn when Harper, the dog, was out on a _______ with her pet sitter. _______ they were walking down the street, the pet sitter was suddenly hit by a taxi that had run through a stop sign. Though the pet sitter only had minor injuries, Harper _______ in a panic and fell into the river.

Meanwhile, Castellanos had been _______ his birthday with some friends on the Brooklyn barge (大型平底船)when they saw the dog in the water. The group at first _______ that the dog could swim and then go to the pier (码头); _______, the dog swam farther and farther away from the pier. Castellanos noticed Harper was quickly losing _______ and he knew that he had to do something. Luckily, Castellanos graduated from the SUNY Maritime (海事的)College. Using his maritime experience, Castellanos took a lifejacket, and ________ into the water.

With scores of pedestrians ________ on him from the shore, Castellanos ________ to swim to Harper. It was a bit ________ because when Harper caught sight of Castellanos ________ towards her, she started to swim away. With much effort, Castellanos ________ her and started pulling her back towards land. ________, Harper was reunited with her ________ pet sitter.

Castellanos told reporters that he is a lover of ________. Seeing the dog was almost drowning, he had deep sympathy for her and he thought he had done a right thing. Harper’s owner said she was ________ for Castellanos’s actions and she said she would like to throw him another birthday party to ________ for his last one.

【推荐1】None of my friends are going to the art camp. Despite my ______ for drawing, I decided not to go because I had a hard time jumping into something with no ______ faces around.

Sitting under the bright sun, I thought about the art camp and wished I felt a little braver. To distract myself, I started sketching a pine. ______ myself I was happy to skip the camp, I drew the pine’s strong trunk and ______ the graceful branches, making sure the upper ones ______ gently toward the sun, At this time, Mr. Weston, my neighbor ______, “You’ve done a great job capturing the strength of that tree on paper.” He added, “Actually, you have to spread out the ______ near the surface so the tree can get enough water and grow tall. If you ______ the root ball too deep, the tree withers (凋零). I learned that root grow out, not down from my experience of planting pine trees.” “That ______,” I said. I made adjustments to the root part and then added shading to the branches to give them depth. “You have a good ______,” Mr. Weston said, and then nodded goodbye.

I thought about what Mr. Weston told me as I ______ at the towering pine. I’d never realized how ______ a tree’s roots stretch outward. It made me think about art camp and my own roots. I wasn’t stretching them out at all. ______, I was planting myself into one deep spot because it felt safer. I ______ realized that if I wanted to grow, I had to start reaching out too. That night, I took a deep breath and filled in the ______ for art camp.

【推荐2】One November day, two weeks before Thanksgiving, my mom was travelling through Kentucky when her old car had trouble. She pulled over, ________ and helpless. Then, a truck carrying chickens pulled up behind her. After the driver knew the ________, he told my mom to leave her car there, convinced her to get in his truck and ________ her to his home.

Seeing my mom, the driver’s wife didn’t ask any questions, but welcomed her ________ and treated her to a delicious dinner. After dinner, the driver and his friends went back to the road and ________ my mom’s car. She was so surprised by the whole situation that she didn’t get their names. Nor did she ________ why these strangers took the time to help her get to ________, introduce her to the driver’s beautiful family with such kindness, and then get her back on the road for free.

Two weeks later, my mom wanted to ________ the family for what they did for her. She ________ to send the family a check for $ 550 and a letter of thanks. She ________ it to “The Chicken Farmer, Bonnieville, Kentucky”, and to her ________,not only the mail carrier got it to the right place, but she received a letter with an amazing story.

It ________ that the money she sent them was the exact amount they ________ to keep their chicken farm from being sold. They took the money, ________ their debt and bought a Thanksgiving dinner with the rest.

Their actions ________ illustrated the meaning of Thanksgiving.