【推荐1】Most teens I meet these days lack basic social courtesy (礼仪) when dealing with people.

My own son, who basically grew up with his grandmother, the original _______ guru (专家), has perfect table manners. This is partly because he was _______to manners at a very young age. However, when we eat at home, he would not   _______manners. So I asked him why. He said, “I behave the way I am supposed to _______ when I’m out, but when I am at home I want to be   _______.”

That’s when I realized that most parents, myself included, do_______ their children the proper way to behave outside the home, but they are also _______to believe that at home, anything goes.

My _________to him was “good behavior has nothing to do with where you are or whom you are with”.

Then he answered, “But I behave _______when I’m with others so that they think better of me.” And that is when I realized that I was doing things all   ________. I explained to him that it had nothing to do with what people think. This ________him even more.

So I went on to explain that behavior, whether in your everyday   ________with people or at the dining table at home, is an   ________of who you are. Well, at the age of 13, he got it.

So basically, what I am saying is that teaching your children   ________comes with the underlying lesson that it is not about   ________to do or not to do, but rather, who they are. This way it is not   ________; it comes from within.

Teach your teens or children the ________courtesy of greeting their friends’ parents and ________themselves when they go to someone’s home. Teach teenage boys to open the door of a car, or any door   ________ anyone who matters, for any girl, whether they are their girlfriends or not. This includes holding elevator doors or letting women step out of the elevator first.

Just   ________that teenage boys who practice good manners’ and courtesy grow up to become men who respect people in general.

【推荐2】I love football. I started playing when I was nine years old, and football got me through difficult periods. It helped make me who I am today. And even though I did not _________ the National Football League (NFL), I sometimes think I got more from _________ that dream, but not realizing it.

My romance with football started when my dad _________ me, kicking and screaming, to join a league. I had no _________ to be there. I was naturally _________ and the smallest kid by far. _________ turned to awe when I met my coach, Jim Graham, a huge and strong guy. And he was really _________ and old-fashioned.

Coach Graham used to push me _________. I remember one practice _________. “You’re doing it all wrong, Pausch. Go back! Do it again!” I tried to do what he wanted. It wasn’t enough. “You __________ me, Pausch! Go to do push-ups after __________!”

When I was finally __________, one of the __________ coaches came up to me. “Coach Graham pushed you pretty hard, didn’t he?” he said.

“That’s a good thing,” the assistant told me. “When you’re doing badly and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they’ve __________ you.”

That __________ has influenced my whole life. When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody’s willing to tell you anymore, that’s a bad place to be. You may not want to hear it, but your __________ are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you __________.

When Coach Graham first got hold of me, I was such a weak kid with no __________ and no physical strength. But he made me realize that if I work hard enough, there will be things I can do __________ that I can’t do today. Even now, having just turned forty-seven, I can give you a three-point stance that any NFL lineman would be __________ of. I really felt grateful to Coach Graham for what he had done to me, though it surely didn’t feel good at that time to do so many push-ups after practice.

【推荐3】Nearly everyone I meet comments on my bright pink hair. I love it too and feel more _______ than ever before.Although I have my own hair now, it was the pink wig(假发) I wore during breast cancer treatment that _______ the way I look. Losing my hair made me realize how _______ it is to have access to a decent(得体的)wig.

I was 31 when my life changed forever. With a high-pressure job in HR and a(n) _______social life,my days were busy. One day, I started to get great pain in my breasts. Deep down I knew I was probably facing cancer, ______ the diagnosis(诊断) four weeks later was still a big _______. I remember saying to the nurse, “Are you joking? Have you got my _______ mixed up with someone else’s?”

Following tests and scans,I was told I should be treated with chemotherapy(化疗). I couldn’t _______ the thought of being bald(秃顶的),so the first thing I asked was,”Am I going to lose my hair?”

When it was made _______ that I would,I immediately asked about wig options. __________,after a lot of research, I bought a £400 natural-hair wig.

1 __________ the thought that many patients had no access to something so important to their well-being,so I started collecting money from my sick bed. So far I’ve __________£20,000 for patients to buy wigs. I’m hoping to offer the __________ at other hospitals in poor areas too.

Even though I have a broken heart,it’s still full of __________ and I will always have a desire to help others. None of us knows what the future __________,but the most important thing to me is to stay positive and love life.

【推荐1】When Deborah hiked cycling to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in New York last November, she _________ a female mute swan near the water’s edge. Deborah, 30, who had worked at the Wild Bird Fund rehab (康复) center, knew that mute swans can be aggressive. But as she _________ this one, it didn’t move.

She was certain that the bird needed _________ attention. Deborah covered her jacket over the bird’s head, _________ picked it up, and cradled it in her arms. And then a thought _________ her: What should I do now?

Her best choice was the rehab center, _________ that was across the East River and clear on the other side of town. How was she going to _________ a 17-pound swan on her bike all that way? Luckily, some confused strangers driving by offered them a(n) _________ to a nearby subway station.

On the subway, no one seemed particularly disturbed by the _________ passenger. “One guy,” says Deborah, “was sitting right in front of me on his __________. I don’t know if he noticed the swan before him when talking with the person on the other end.”

Deborah called the rehab center on the way, and Tristan Higginbotham, an animal-care manager, __________ her up at the subway station and drove the bird, the bike, and the __________ to the center. There, staff members determined the swan might have lead (铅) poisoning, caused by __________ weights on fishing lines.

The staff got the swan back up on her webbed feet (蹼足). The swan even made a __________ at the center—another injured swan. __________, even with all that TLC (tender loving care), the swan had a bacterial infection. Two months __________ Deborah came to her rescue, she passed away early this January.

It’s a(n) __________ ending, but the real story is just __________ some people are willing to go to save a swan in the big city—literally. In all, Deborah traveled two hours by foot, __________, and subway (while hauling her bike). Higginbotham says, “That’s the perfect __________ of who she is.”

【推荐2】I enjoy feeding birds in my garden. About three years ago, a baby chipmunk (花栗鼠) which I named Chip came to this festive display. Over that summer, I watched it ______. The next summer, the chipmunk was back, and I wondered whether it would ______ me to feed it by hand or let me pet it. Before Chip would approach, I’d ______ its favorite food, bend down and keep very still. I’d leave my open hand______, unmoving, so the animal would know I wouldn’t ______ it. I continued doing this for a few weeks.

Finally, late in that second summer, Chip did show more trust. One day as I offered a seed with my fingertips, it approached and ______ took the seed into its mouth. It never bit my fingers. I was happy that Chip and I had make a(n) ______ of trust.

After about two months of this ______, I went further. With my index finger, I ______ its back once gently. I’m not even sure Chip felt it, but it didn’t ______. I then moved my two fingers slowly and gently over it. ______, Chip stayed calm, eating seeds, before running quickly back into the bush. Today, the chipmunk comes out of hiding when I call its name, and lets me pet its soft, silky body.

A friend once mentioned that after she ______ a dog, she noticed that her high blood pressure had approached ______ without medication, and she became calmer and could handle stress better. I think I, too, feel calmer from my interactions with Chip. I’ve also developed a greater ______ for nature and its creatures and the opportunity to observe, protect and save wildlife. Most of all, I am amazed by the ______ of a tiny chipmunk to meet me halfway in trust.

【推荐3】A meadow in bloom （鲜花盛开的草甸）cannot be more appealing for British. The swinging wild flowers at their peak show essence（精髓）of the season and are perfect for ______ with your video camera. But that is a thing of the ______.

Motorways, new towns, factories―Britain has ______ much damage to its natural scenery, and every year more land of the countryside is ______ to tall buildings. While no wildlife habitat has escaped the ______ of the developer’s bulldozer （推土机）, none has ______ a greater impact than the meadow. Around 93% of Britain’s meadows have ______ in the past 70 years.

The blooming meadow was a much-loved ______ of the English countryside poetry for generations, as ______ to the summer as white snow to the winter. Nowadays, scenes of a farmer’s field ______ of colorful wild flowers are more ______ to be seen on greeting cards than on country roads in July.

Although expansion of cities has ______ England’s green land, the primary cause for the loss was the post-war trend of frequent ______ practice. These wildflower-rich habitats began to decrease during wartime when traditionally managed grassland was ______ to serve as farmland. The sowing of highly productive crops, such as potatoes, ______ the practice after the war. More of the grassland was,______, gone forever.

In terms of biodiversity, the ______ of the habitat cannot be overstated: a common old meadow can ______ around 130 different plant species. Many of them are ______, since they flower for just a few days in midsummer. An uncut meadow is also a ______ for many of Britain’s threatened birds to keep away from enemies.

【推荐2】Many of us dream of making all the difference—earning a lot of money. A great scientist has achieved that big success and _______ all the money to help others. Professor Nicola Curtin of the University of Newcastle successfully _______ a new drug for cancer, but when the time came for her big _______, she chose to give some of the profits away to help the _______ people to make their life better.

The drug Rubraca is the _______ of 30 years of research and helps people who have a gene known to lead to an increasing _______of breast cancer. Rubraca helps target the cancerous cells so as to repair their DNA and finally _______ tumour cells (肿瘤细胞).The University of Newcastle _______ rights of the medication (药物)for $40. 8 million to a company, which is a pretty penny. Instead of _______herself, Curtin used her $1.2 million share to ________ The Curtin PARP Fund.

The fund ________ to help the disabled, the homeless, and anyone experiencing a disadvantage. It helps them to develop the skills to ________ difficulties so that they can get education or employment. "Those people’s ________ makes me think about life. I have ________ had everything that I need in life _________ there are many people who are leading a hard life. ________, through The Curtin PARP Fund, I want to leave a（n）________ legacy (遗产)by helping them master the basic skills for life. And I feel ________ of what I have done. ” said Curtin.

What Curtin has done tells that we can help others in many ________ by using our talent to help, and by ________ and offering much assistance, etc.