【推荐1】While food bank lines have grown longer, millions of pounds of produce are still going to waste. When several Stanford University students heard about the huge amount of food _________ every day, they were shocked and they knew they had to _________.

That’s why they _________ the Farm Link Project, a grassroots movement that not only _________ supplies to charities, but also helps farmers earn money.

“The farmers want to donate their surplus (盈余) Mood, but they can’t _________ to take on the related _________, like packaging and transporting a student explained.

That’s where FarmLink comes in. Funded by donations, they _________ food from farmers and pay truckers to deliver _________ to food bank distributors.

Their first projects in April alone transported 50,000 pounds of onions and 10,000 eggs and _________ 644, 000 pounds of food across many states. The group quickly ____________ to include 20 students and graduates from five different colleges. “Our ____________ is to get produce where it is needed most,’’ said another student. “No food bank should have to turn people away.”

With so many devoted, caring individuals working ____________ to make that happen, we have no doubt they’ll ____________ their goal!

Talk about making a difference!____________ FarmLink families across the country won’t have to worry about going ____________.

【推荐1】After graduation I managed to work at a news organization. As I was new to the world of ______, I was often sent to finish ______ assignments, but I was eager to ______myself in tough things. All I wanted was to make a ______impression on my seniors.

I ______ a senior colleague named Joy to let me follow him to his meeting with a major leader. Joy ____________me with recording the process on tape. After we got back to the office, Joy asked me to ______ the tapes for editing. To my______ they were all blank! Was this going to cost me my job? Tears welled up in my eyes. I could imagine him angry at my ______ and asking me to leave.

When Joy asked me for the tapes, I ______ and cried, apologetic and embarrassed. “I think I saved them, but...” I said. However, Joy, with a lot of ______ as a journalist, had strange ______ on his face. “You have to make ______ to learn how you can do the job better next time, right?” he smiled.

I was shocked and grateful. He taught me the most important lesson in my life: Mistakes are ______ and what we learn from them is what ______ the course of our success.

【推荐3】John Oens was an enthusiastic hunter and enjoyed being in the woods. Once into the Wisconsin wilderness in November, his team encountered something unbelievable when he checked the _______.

Instead of a coyote, he saw a huge timber wolf, which is on the endangered species list, trying to get free. John realized he couldn’t _______ this wolf, since the animal might die of exposure. However, he had to put his _______ on the line to free the creature. His heart was pounding while he prepared.

His dad ran to the truck to get a gun as a precaution and some plywood(夹板). _______, they could figure it out without the gun.

A little time had passed since they found the wolf, but it seemed like an eternity(永恒) to John. When his dad returned, John put the plan in motion. He _______ the plywood, using it as his shield(盾牌). While all that happened, his friend filmed everything. His dad was also available to fire the gun if the wolf decided to attack. They were prepared but _______!

John _______ closer and closer all the while. His dad was a reassuring sight for him. John looked at his friend for moral support, _______ that now was when the action started.

Finally, John freed the wolf’s paw from the trap. It took one moment for it to spin and fly away. The three men were happy because the wolf was free, and John was still safe.

When they viewed the video to see it all _______ later, they noticed the wolf look at John for a brief moment before running back to the woods. Was it his way of showing appreciation? Anyhow, John made the best __________!

【推荐1】In mid-October many years ago, I, with my little sick daughter, needed to pick up my youngest son from school. In a station, I fueled(加油) my car with my last dollar.

Once out of the station, the tire was flat(爆胎) and I was out of _______. I tried to change a tire. However, my daughter was so sick that I couldn’t leave her_______. So I called AAA for help, and they _______ me to wait for about one hour.

I _______ my son and husband of the situation. Putting the _______ down, I found a young man beating on my window. He_______ asked if I needed help. I said I had assistance _______. He responded, “Yeah, but I’m here _______!” I considered all the factors: a sick child, another child _______ me, husband working too far away, still an hour wait for AAA in the cold wind.

Then, I thanked him, telling him I couldn’t ________ to pay him. He laughed, saying he hadn’t asked for money. Together, we worked to ________ the tire. He did the ________ since I had to watch my daughter. Within 15 minutes he had me ________ to drive. When I asked him his ________, he said Tracey, walking off before I could say anything else.

Tracey stopped to help a ________ for no reason at all. He showed me something I must learn.

【推荐2】Achenyo soon arrived at the water’s edge with her pot, and she found a huge surprise. The river was _________! In its place was a blanket of dark green leaves and lavender-colored (淡紫色的) flowers.

“Oh no!” Achenyo heard the adults crying, “They’ve _________ again!” It seemed Mama wouldn’t have water to mix the dyes (染料) for her weaving.

Last year, the rainy season had brought a(n) _________ of water hyacinths (水葫芦). The plants had covered the river and left no _________ to dip a pot. Every day, people had to walk into the water and clear enough plants to get water.

What a shame to _________ such pretty flowers, Achenyo thought as she _________ the plants with others and threw them on the riverbank. Then, she had an idea. Carrying the plants under her arm, she got Mama’s water and ran home _________.

“Mama, will you teach me to weave?” asked Achenyo. Mama laughed. It was her wish to pass on the _________ to her daughter. But looking at the thick stalks, she was _________. Achenyo showed her how difficult it was to break and begged __________ Mama said yes. Then they wove together every day after school. It was __________ weaving the stalks into different shapes, but she was __________.

One afternoon, Achenyo held up her finished work to Mama. It was neatly woven and well decorated. “What a nice mat!” They showed it to their neighbours, who were __________ and began to use the stalks to make things. By the end of the rainy season, the __________ no longer thought of the plant as an invader, but a __________.

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It was a Sunday afternoon in May. Paul Blachut was busy working at a restaurant in scenic Augsburg, Germany. Many tourists came for food at the pretty place beside the river, where the meltwater was cold at this time of year.

A mother and her daughter were _______ the cooling water by the riverbank. They were playing with an inflatable tube happily when _______ the girl lost her footing and was caught in the river’s current. It happened so fast that the girl desperately grabbed (抓) on to the tube, which her mother was sitting in, throwing her into the river, too.

Blachut heard the sudden shout, “Two women are drowning in the river!” Then he hurried to the _______ , where he spotted them trying to grab anything they could. He was horrified to see that one of them kept sinking. Blachut’s mind _______ , “How can I help them?” _______ having no lifesaving training, he rushed down to the riverbank. Quickly he _______ his T-shirt and jumped into the river. He didn’t care about the cold; all he could think about was saving the women. It was obvious they were _______ .

As Blachut got closer to them, he could _______ that the mother seemed to be in the most trouble. She was drowning. He _______ a film in which a lifeguard grabbed a drowning victim’s body, pulling the person ashore while swimming on his back. Blachut tried this, but the woman’s clothing made her so ________ ; he kept being dragged under, too. He needed a new ________. He quickly dived under the drowning woman, ________ her upward and using that momentum (水势) to take her toward the shore. At that time, an onlooker was able to ________ the woman’s hand, pulling her ashore. Then Blachut jumped into the river again. He swam downstream, got hold of the daughter, and was able to get her out in the same way, too.

Several onlookers expressed their ________ for Blachut following the incident. However, Blachut was ________ about his role, “The whole rescue only took several minutes and I am happy to receive your praise.”