【推荐2】Miriam Schreiber of Hartford, Connecticut, is proof that it’s never too late to make your dreams come true.

At 7, the Poland native’s ________ life was gone when World War II began. School was no longer a ________ as she and her family members spent years ________ the enemies-the Nazis. While Miriam came out a survivor, she’s always wished she could have ________ her education. This year, she finally made that dream come true by transforming her ________ into a well-deserved achievement!

_____ starting first grade in September 1939, Miriam, with her family, was _________and on the move for months, hiding from enemies in villages and forests, but ________, it didn’t last long. They were ________ and sent to a slave labor camp in Siberia, where for six years Miriam watched her loved ones’ ________

At long last, they were ________ when Miriam was 14. Many years later, she married fellow survivor Saul Schreiber in Germany. ________, they moved to the U.S., where they raised their two sons. She refused to stop ________, while Miriam never got the _________to go back to school! She ________ knew Polish and Yiddish and went on to teach herself English, German, Hebrew, and Swedish.

“I ________ myself,” she said. “I read books day and night. I still do.” Inspired by her ________, each student at Hartford’s New England Jewish Academy agreed that she ________ an honorary diploma. So on August 16, 2020, the 88-year-old finally achieved her dream of ________ high school!

“When I got the ________, I burst into tears,” she said. “I just couldn’t believe it was mine.”

【推荐3】The Power of Fresh Starts

Thirty years ago, I began my first year of teaching in Grade 2.One of the most unforgettable _________ was a little boy who had a serious ADD(多动症).I had no_________in dealing with such a case, and I_________the year studying how to help him become a(n)_______learner.There were many disappointing moments, but there was something_________about the boy who moved excitedly around my classroom.

_______the end of the school year came near, I heard a talk. The Grade 3 teachers were_________of having Stephen the following year. I considered it a lot, and I_________that I would be the best person to_________Stephen into Grade 3.My headmaster looked at me in________, but he agreed to my plan.

I will never forget that day when Stephen came to ask__________he was in my class again.I looked him in the eye and said, “Well, Stephen, you’re in my__________because I asked for you.” The little boy looked surprised.“You did? Why?” he asked.“Because I like you and want to keep ________with you,” I answered.

Stephen just__________at me.After a few moments, he__________and walked back to his seat.We never spoke of it again, but the two of us had many ________learning breakthroughs(突破) that year.I believe those__________ were more of a result of Stephen’s knowing that I had put his previous year’s mistakes behind him.

Now I come to know that when I__________for one, I can improve his soul.Each season is a new beginning, a new way of thinking. Many students ________a new start and are determined to act upon it.We need to pay attention to even the smallest__________that students are looking for help.

【推荐2】When I asked my mom for piano lessons in 2010, we were in the fallout of the recession (经济衰退). She said a polite “No”.

That didn’t stop me. I googled the ________ for a keyboard, drew the keys on a piece of paper and ________ it on my desk. I would click notes on an online ________ and “play” them back on my paper one—keeping the ________ they made on the computer in my head. Once my mom saw that I was ________, she borrowed money and bought me 10 lessons.

I still remember the first one. I was ________ by how real the sound of the piano was. I ________ my grade one test after eight lessons. But when I started secondary school, we couldn’t ________ lessons again. I passed grade five, practicing only on my piece of paper.

When I was about 13, my mom said she had a ________ for me; it was an electronic keyboard, bought with ________ borrowed money. It was the first time I’d played for her.

Later I found the Purcell School for young musicians. The tryouts were ________. Some of the questions ________ an assessment of the composer or when the music was written. I felt stressed out. To my amazement, I was offered a ________. At Purcell, I saved enough to buy my first piano.

When I left Purcell, I was awarded the senior academic music prize. I am now at the Guildhall School in London, one of the world’s leading music schools. I feel proud: it’s been 10 years ________ I drew my paper piano. I continue to do a lot of my practice away from the piano: what we call ________ practice. The paper piano helped solve my curiosity about how music works and what forms the masterpieces.