【推荐2】A club called We Dine Together was formed at Boca High School in Florida last autumn.During each lunch period, ___ make their way around the school courtyard looking for students who are eating ___ They then introduce themselves and get to know the students.

Denis Estimon, who came to the US from Haiti in the first grade, is one of four students who____ We Dine Together. In an interview with CBS Evening News, Estimon ____his reason for the club. He said having been the____ kid before, he knew how it felt to be____. And he didn't want any other kid to have ___ problems.

“When I first arrived at this school, I had a great feeling of loneliness, which is more____ during my lunch break," said Estimon.“If we don't try to make that____，who's going to do it?"

Allie Sealy, who also helped organize the club, got emotional while ____ what it was like to sit alone at lunch.

“I came from a school where I_ ___ had friends but upon coming to Boca High school, I ____ nobody. It's not a good felling---you're ____. And that's something I don't want anybody to ___,”said Allie.“Meeting someone who actually ____ and listens to what you have to say really make a difference. So we formed the club to ___students have some company at lunchtime."

Since the club was formed, dozens of____and friendships have already been formed between teens who may not have met ____. Denis and his friends are planning to____ the success.“We'll open clubs in schools across the country---SO no matter where anyone lives, they have the chance to make ___.”

【推荐3】“I tried to play with some kids at recess（课间休息）and one of them pushed me away. So I _______played by myself," my daughter told me after her first day at primary school. For most people it was no big deal, but I felt quite _______.

I never really_______school. It didn't help that my family moved around a lot so it felt like I was always moving to a_______school. This also_______that I spent much time as a child playing by myself. I _______most children don't like playing by themselves. A_______child is not usually a happy child.

Despite(尽 管)this before my daughter started school I remained pretty _______ . My daughter had a happy time in kindergarten（幼儿园）.She made many friends and was considered as a(n)_______ girl. I knew it wouldn't be ________ for her to make friends at school.

Throughout I wasn't worried or nervous. I'd chosen a local public school for my daughter and many people said the school was a(n)________one. And yet only two days in she'd been by herself at recess—I was close to losing my ________I found myself at midnight searching for the local private schools. A look at fees(费用),however,put an end to that ________

It was then that I stopped and gave myself another reality ________—my daughter had only been in school for two days and I was already considering ________ schools. I needed to give her a ________ to work things out before I made any rash(轻率的）decisions. I________ that I shouldn't let my past experiences influence that of my daughter who is going to________experiences of her own. I also told myself that the start of school can often not be a(n) ________one, and like every new beginning it takes ________to get used to it.

【推荐1】My palms were sweating. I was sure that I could hear my heart beating fast. This was the worst. I _______ feeling this way, but I had to do what I was about to do. I drew on a small bit of my inner strength and opened my _________.

“Excuse me. I was just _________. Would it be possible to maybe get that table over there by the window _________?” I asked. My voice sounded _________ to me, as if a stranger from a _________ had asked the question instead of me. I _________.

“No, I’m sorry, but that table is _________,” the hostess replied kindly as she _________ me into the dining area. ____________ I followed her to my table, I realized that the earth had not opened up and ____________ me. I had not passed out or died of ____________. The entire population of the restaurant was not ____________ my bravery for asking for a table by the window. I had asked and been told “no.” That was all. Nothing more.

For someone like me, who is always ____________ and unconfident, asking for a different table was a huge ____________. But I’ve started doing it on a regular basis ____________ a simple piece of advice my mother told me: “The worst they can say is ‘no.’ ”

And so, I’ve learned to actually ____________ for what I want. I’ve learned to reach for my dreams and pursue my goals. I got a job that I wanted. I’ve even gotten prices ____________ on a huge variety of items. Because I asked. Because my mom was right.

Sure, I have been turned down. I can’t say I have never been ____________. I have been, but I keep__________. I will continue to ask for what I want out of life and from other people. What could happen? The worst they can say is “no.”

【推荐2】Bobby the mountain climber was famous for his attempts to climb the big snowy mountain. He had tried it at least thirty times, but had always failed halfway.

For the sake of _________ Bobby to try again, Old Peeper, the town optician, who bore witness to his _________, presented him with a pair of special sunglasses. “If it starts clouding over or if your feet start hurting, put on these glasses. They’ll help you.” Bobby accepted the gift without giving it much _________, but when his feet started _________ again he remembered his words and put on the glasses. Then misfortune came as usual in the form of cloud cover, _________ seemingly not so thick this time. So Bobby kept climbing, leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his _________, and finally arriving at the summit. It was certainly worth it. His feeling of triumph was _________ and almost as magnificent as that wonderful view. The mountain below was surrounded by a dense sea of clouds. Bobby didn’t remember the clouds being as _________ as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and _________ everything.

Peeper had carved a light image on the lenses (镜片), in the form of the snow-covered summit. It was made in such a way that you could only __________ it if you looked upwards. Peeper had understood that whenever Bobby lost sight of his __________, he would similarly lose sight of his dream, and his __________ to continue would weaken.

Bobby realized that the only obstacle to reaching the summit had been his own __________. When he could no longer see the top of the mountain, the problems __________. He thanked Peeper for using that little__________ to help him see that his aims were not impossible, and that they were still there, where they had always been.

【推荐3】“Smile!” I shouted, flashing a bright yellow poster at a crowd of people in Seattle.

We were 3,000 miles away from home on a Random Acts of Kindness road trip. Our _______was to try out our new “Smile!” signs and see how much kindness and joy we could _______

We weren't sure how people would _______ our signs. It's so easy to walk past a busy crowd, lost in your own world, _______ to make eye contact with strangers and feeling _______ while surrounded by hundreds of people. I _______ raised up a sign and shouted, “Hi there!” to a young couple. They looked over, _______, then read my sign and broke into smiles. They even nudged (轻推) a person beside them, gesturing to our sign so their friend could _______, too.

This might _______, I thought.

Before long, our signs were ________ . Tourists wanted photos with us. Strangers stopped to ask us about our ________ and we told them the story of our Acts of Kindness road trip. The famous fish vendors (小贩) changed their ________ from “FISH! FRESH FISH”' to “HEY! SMILE, EVERYONE.”

Sometimes I'd see a(n) ________ face and feel nervous to show my sign, but I tried not to judge. I'd ________be rewarded with a big grin (咧嘴笑),as suddenly a frowning elderly woman turned into my ________ old grandmother.

Some people ________ if they could have a “Smile!” sign to take with them. One bus driver put a sign in his window; a bicyclist that ________ one of our signs emailed us several years later to say he still uses it whenever he races.

The signs are more than a(n) ________to smile — they're an excuse to connect with ________and to remember we're not alone. This world is full of ________ people we just don't know yet.

【推荐3】Jonathan Jones, 12, was overcome with emotion after his principal, who is also color-blind, let him _______ his unique glasses during science class last week.

As soon as Jones put the glasses on, he appeared to be immediately _______ . He initially smiled and laughed, _______ he broke down moments later. He then walked around the classroom excitedly, _______ the now-vivid colors around him.

“I was feeling joy that I could _______ see all this color, and a little bit of _______ that I couldn’t see color my whole life,” Jonathan told ABC news.

The boy’s mother posted a(n) _______ of Jonathan seeing color for the first time online and started a GoFundMe campaign to buy a pair of the unique glasses for Jonathan, which reportedly cost $350. However, so many people were _______ by Jonathan’s story, and the campaign actually ended up _______ more than $25,000.

She wrote: “After posting the video we’ve been touched by how many ________ people have wanted to help him. We’ve had multiple pairs donated to Jonathan and will use 100% of ________ funds to purchase color-blind glasses for those who can’t ________ them.” “The glasses company will match every pair we purchase with a free pair, which ________ the number of people we can ________ ,” she continued.

For Jonathan, with the new glasses comes a new ________ of the world. He said his favorite color is blue and he’s excited to visit the Caribbean this winter so he can see the ocean in all its glory.