【推荐3】Dancing brings me the best of my life.

For several months, I kept learning skills just for a _________. It sounds _________, I know. I had to prepare everything as well as I could in order to get the best result and try to avoid bringing _________ on myself.

I started to learn Latin dance three months ago at my school’s dance sport club. The _________ idea was just to help me to exercise, but the activity gradually became one of my _________.

When I was asked if I would like to compete with dancers from other local schools at the upcoming Orange Blossom Ball (舞会), I _________ immediately. I didn’t believe a (n) _________ could take part in a dancing competition. But then a second thought _________ me. I would not dance to compete, but to _________ what it felt like to dance with people watching me. I also thought it would encourage me to __________ more. __________, I put my name down on the sign-up table for rumba (伦巴).

The competition began on a sunny Saturday morning. After watching several rounds, I finally understood the __________ of the game: since there were many groups of __________ in the competition, the judge randomly (随机) __________ groups to dance. The best would go into the next round.

When we were called, we got on the floor with the other couples and got into __________, ready for our round. When the music __________, I, too nervous, hesitated to start and had to eye my __________ for help. He quickly understood and __________ to help me count the steps. I slowly calmed down and began to focused on dance __________ like the walk, the spin (旋转) and the turn, my brain __________ and I forgot about everything else. Thanks to him, we finished the dance smoothly. We came fourth in the competition.

【推荐2】A year after Benjamin Canlas died at 17, his love of helping others lives on. Through a foundation ___ by his parents, this kind young man is ___ making the world a better place — one bike at a time.   

In the Philippines, many jobs have been lost as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thousands of people have to travel to take ___ jobs to survive. But public transportation has been ___ limited. So many people must walk for hours in the sun or rain to get to these jobs. Benjamin’s parents had the idea to ___ bikes to deserving individuals who are ___ by their friends, family members or coworkers.

At first, their ___ was to donate seven bicycles. But then they received more than fifty ___. And then 27 people got bicycles. These bicycles were ___ to help make their lives a little easier.   

Among the ____ was Ronaldo del Rosario Jr. He sold rice cakes in the morning and smoked fish in the afternoon. ____ many kilometers each day caused the borrowed bike to break often. So, he often spent ____ time and some of his earnings on repairs.   

There are many people still in need and much more ____ needs to be offered. The foundation is working on launching more sustainable ____. The goal is that these programs will help more people while also ____ others to be kind and help those in need.

【推荐3】When my husband and I got married, he worked as a mechanic (机修工) from midnight to 8 a.m. However, I worked during the _______. So as he came home from work each morning, I was getting ready to _______.

We had very little _______ then, so when Valentine's Day (情人节) came around that first year, I knew we couldn't _______ anything for each other. After he left to go to work the night before Valentine's Day, I decided to _______ and make a Valentine's Day card for him. I _______ wrote a poem on the front of the card. When he came home the next _______， I felt foolish as I handed him the card, _______ that he wouldn't laugh at it. When he had finished _______ it, he slowly raised his head and looked at me. Then he reached down into his pocket. When he pulled his ________ out, he was holding ________.

He told me that he had ________ it for me during his lunch hour, but he had been ________ to give it to me because he thought I might think it was ________，and that I might laugh at it.

It was a small heart made out of aluminum (铝). ________ I had stayed up all night making him a valentine card, he had been cutting out a ________ for me. I still have the aluminum heart, and I ________ it in my desk. Every time I see it, all those ________ come flooding back to me. Over the years, we've been able to buy each other very nice, ________ presents for Valentine's Day. But none has ever been as dear or ________ as much as those handmade gifts made from our hearts the first year that we were married.