【推荐1】Stephen was on campus to register when I first met him.

One summer day ______ I was heading for the administration building, I heard someone call my name. I ______ around and saw Philip, one of my colleagues standing with another young man. As Philip introduced me to the young man, named Stephen, he reminded him that he would be taking one of my ______, Introduction to Literature. With a somewhat ______ expression, Stephen asked if my class was going to be “hard”. Would he be able to pass? I ______ he was concerned about failing before the ______ day of classes. We talked about what the class would ______ and I saw Stephen’s eyes getting big with ______.

Then I remembered a bit of classical dialogue:

Question: “How do you eat an elephant?”

Answer: “One bite at a time.”

I told him to ______ his work that way. Do his assignments, all of them, and get them in on time. I ______ that most successful students I knew made a timetable of all the assignments so they could ______ their workload in advance.

As time went on, I learned more of Stephen’s story. He had ______ in middle school. It had taken him longer to finish than most young people. Family members, including his mother, kept reminding him that he was a ______. Now, in the face of their negative-saying he had been admitted into college. He told me that before coming to our campus no one had believed he had much ______.

Stephen didn’t become an “A” student. He didn’t make any honor rolls. ______, he managed to pass most of his courses by being in class every day, turning in all of his assignments on time and ______ his studying into bite-sized digestible parts. By passing course after course he began to gain a measure of self-respect. He was a great singer and he was ______ the school’s cross-country team.

Every time I saw him on campus, he would brighten up and say, “One bite at a time.” Whenever he introduced me to his friends, he would tell them that he was ______ when he was supposed to be failing. His ______, he said, was that he was ______ what I taught him before classes ever started: “Take it one bite at a time.”

【推荐2】I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And unless otherwise assigned (指定) a seat by the teacher. I always_________to sit at the back of the classroom.

All this_________after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy_________because I didn’t have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the_________to keep pace with the others on the team and they would laugh at me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “_________for it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try.

Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the_________of it! When I first started_________the practice sessions (练习赛), I didn’t even know the rules of the game, much less what I was doing. Sometimes I’d get_________and take a shot at the wrong direction — which made me feel really stupid._________, I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to__________learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t know “just yet”.

I practiced and practiced. Soon I__________the rules and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive__________in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned__________to play and made friends in the process — friends who respected my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!

With my__________self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from“__________” in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself to raising my hand — even when I sometimes wasn’t 100 percent sure I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.

【推荐3】Miss Swan couldn’t take being a Sunday school teacher any longer. Not for another Sunday. Some _______ teenagers chewed gum during prayer time and read magazines during Bible study. “I have had it with you. I _______.” she screamed at the students. “Cool,” Rick said nodding in _______. He was the rudest kid she’d ever met.

It took two months to find a new _______ for that Sunday school class. The pastor (牧师) _______.

Miss Betty Ray in to meet the angelic but naughty group. New in town, she hadn’t heard of their reputation for _______ teachers. By the look of her pink dress, one size too small, and her bad hair style, the students _______ felt they had an easy mark. Soon bets were taken as to how long Miss Betty would _______.

Betty introduced herself, _______ that she recently came from the South. She certainly looked like a southern belle who wore outdated clothes. Laughter and whispers __________ in the room as she searched through the huge old-fashioned shoulder bag.

Pulling up a long tube, she __________ a map of the world and pointed at her hometown. “What else do you have in there? Lunch?” Someone joked. Betty smiled __________ and answered, “Snacks for later.” “Cool!” Rick seated in his chair was impressed by this teacher. Betty __________ again in her bag, this time pulling out __________ old pictures along with a tin of __________. They passed the three wrinkled pictures around, viewing each with great interest __________ they bit into the dessert.

Sunday after Sunday, Betty came to class, __________ her lessons to their everyday lives. She told the teens __________ they could make a difference right now.

Betty taught that Sunday school class for twenty years. At last, the town even regarded her as a (an) __________ parent since she taught two generations of children. Every year she received letters from students who are doctors, scientists, businessmen and many teachers __________ them.

【推荐1】I'm standing in a class of wild 14-year-old girls as they throw paper and howl with laughter. They won't listen to me. I never wanted to________. I wanted to be a writer. But when I arrived in London, they were________ of teachers.

My efforts at teaching were________. When the bell finally rang, I________ to the staff room, red with anger. The other teachers weren't________. “That's 4B, the worst class in the school.”

But I couldn't give up. I________ formal lessons. Instead, I brought topics for class________. One of the liveliest talks was about the arguments they had________ their parents. They paid attention and________ about their lives. I was very interested,________, I had them write about themselves. As time went on, their articles became a________ between us. I admired their humor, toughness and insight, and I think they________ my interest in their lives.

The musical My Fair Lady was playing in the West End, I asked if they'd like to see the musical. They thought I was joking and did not take it________, since no teacher had ever________ taking them out. A few weeks later, 4B and I were sitting in a theater. They________ the music and the characters. It was the highlight of their year, and they talked about it for days.

Near the end of________, someone knocked on the door of the staff room. The two most rebellious(叛逆的) girls in 4B were there-- with flowers. I was________ to know I had touched their lives, but they had also touched mine. I enjoyed teaching and getting along with________.

When I returned to Australia several years later, I still________ to be a writer. Teaching wasn't the end of my writing career, it was the________.

【推荐2】My former teacher, Katelyn Varga, was an amazing teacher. The first day I had her social studies class, I knew we would have a great _________. Her style of teaching was so _________ that almost every student of hers loved studying social studies.

My favourite _________ was from our class about the American Civil War. Each student _________ a person from the American Civil War to research and then explained his or her findings in class. I chose Abraham Lincoln while other classmates chose other _________ people of the time like Jefferson Davis. The students would walk around _________ about the other students’ characters and their roles in the tragic time period. Mrs Varga could always find useful ways to make her students well understood while they have _________ at the same time. Besides, she always _________ us to explore new things.

To be honest, Mrs Varga had a great _________ on me. I remember I behaved badly before. __________, I met Mrs. Varga and she made me become the best student that I could be. I really appreciate her coming to our school. During my eighth-grade year when I was __________ where to go to high school, she was one of the biggest reasons I continued to __________ Conrad Schools of Science. The last day of school was a(n) __________ one for us, because she would no longer teach us. __________ our graduation ceremony was over, I went to her office to say goodbye to her. Mrs Varga gave me a big hug. Both of us stood there crying in each other’s arms.

Mrs Varga is one of the best teachers that I have ever had. She pours everything she has into her __________. Thanks to Mrs Varga, I had a great time at Conrad Schools of Science.

My son, Sam, struggled through elementary school. But his sixth-grade teacher took the time to __1__ Sam’s strengths and inspired him to be a better student.

On Valentine’s Day, my eleven-year-old son Sam __2__ me to allow him to buy his teacher a big red heart filled with delectable(美味的) chocolates. We __3__, and he bought her a small but respectably sized heart. On his small __4__, $4.99 was a huge investment, and I was touched by his__5__.

Sam has not always loved teachers. Once he publicly admitted that he __6__ school, and he was __7__ with some class projects.

Last year, Sam’s most __8__ achievement was having the longest “missing assignment” list in the entire fifth grade. He __9__ all year to keep his head above the academic sea. Many nights Sam sank into tears of __10__ while working his way through another pile of homework.

I must admit I was __11__ when I first met Mrs. Hogan. She was a __12__ teacher. She seemed so young and sweet and inexperienced. How was this new teacher going to __13__ a boy who had learned to hate school?

As I observed this teacher’s __14__ with my son at the end of each day, I realized that Sam’s inattentiveness and disorganization were not the __15__ things that Mrs. Hogan noticed about him. She recognized Sam as a knowledgeable, capable student who loved to read. He, in return, rose to her expectations __16__.

Sam began to do his homework without numerous __17__ or a major search through his crowded backpack. He brought home less and less classwork. He __18__ six A’s on his second-quarter report card.

I still don’t know how much of this __19__is due to the magic of Mrs. Hogan. I do know that my son loves his sixth–grade teacher, and I think there is a magic in relationships that can __20__ children when nothing else will.

【推荐1】I met my current step mom for the first time when I moved to America and was reunited with my father.I remember when I first _______ her at the airport. It was different, but not _____. Over the past years there is _____ I needed that she did not provide. I’m the young woman I am today because she made sure to _____ me properly. Yesterday I went to see her for Mother’s Day. When I gave her ______, she held my face in both of her hands and kissed me straight on the mouth ______ I had the flu.

Her simple act of affection ______ me back to my first night in America. After I was ______ up from the airport we went home and she ______ my luggage and took me shopping for new clothes. That night before I went to bed, she came to my room, the first room I had ever had for my own. She told me she was ______ to have me and that she would take good care of me. Before she ______, she asked me for a hug. That was my ______ first hug and I was 11 years old at that time.

I’m 23 years old now and I have received many hugs over the past years, ______ none has given me a greater _____ or deeper impression. I regard her as my birth mother because my new life began when I came to _____ with her.

【推荐2】The phone call came one cool winter day. I was _________ that my father was seriously ill.

It had been long since I had seen my father. Ever since his _________ from my mom, my father had lived alone in a small trailer(房车)in California, 500 miles away from me. The real _________ between us seemed so much greater. I was in no hurry to _________ that, but somehow I heard myself _________ to the owner of the trailer to be there the next day.

The whole drive down, _________ flashed through my mind. I remembered my father, the proud Marine. He made sure the first song I _________ was the Marine Hymn(美国海军陆战队队歌). He snatched of (扯下)the Christmas _________ all the decorations the rest of us had _________ and rehung them so there was of the __________ same space between them. But we need not __________ those military orders, as we were not soldiers. I remembered __________ the battles he had with my mother. I remembered hoping to hear my father say __________ once, "I love you, Patty", only to have him __________ at me, "You can't do anything right!'

And now here I was standing outside his trailer, trying to __________ my courage to face him once more. I knocked on the door, my hand and my whole body __________ . No answer. Slowly I opened the door. I took a few __________ inside and stopped, too shocked to believe my eyes.

My father was sitting on his sofa, looking confused and crying This wasn't the __________ man I had known growing up. He seemed broken.

A sense of __________ overtook me, and I knew what I had to do. He would be my father forever. Without __________ , I went back inside and packed up all of my father's things . I would take him to my home---our home.

【推荐3】A woman, who had spent the afternoon at Tom’s bar, couldn’t find her wallet. She didn’t care about her ID, credit card or cash but her wedding _______ .

Tom didn’t like the idea that a(n) _______ could have occurred at his place. So he spent hours on cameras, _______ the woman’s every step in the bar _______ she went to sit on a bench outside and left. Soon, a young man _______ the bench, put something into his pocket, and walked off. Tom _______ a photo online, hoping someone could know him.

Within hours, Tom got a text from 17-year-old Danny who _______ having taken the wallet because he hadn’ t eaten in two days. He thought the ring was _________, so he took the money and _______ the wallet off the public docks(码头) into the ocean. Danny wasn’ t __________ with his family and had been living in the __________ for a week. Tom, a father of two, saw the boy for what he was: more of a kid than a criminal, __________ to help him.

Tom called in two divers to __________ the wallet. An hour passed, but there was no __________ of the ring at all. Tom grew __________. Each passing minute increased the __________ that Danny would be arrested(逮捕).

Then a diver popped up. In his hand was the __________, and inside was the ring. Tom called the wallet’ s owner. She immediately dropped the __________ against Danny for stealing the ring.

But it wasn’t __________ for Tom. He’ d been troubled about Danny sleeping in the cold woods. With his home big enough to give Danny a place to live for a while, Tom told the teen he could __________ with his family until the boy got on his feet again.