【推荐1】I loved my first-grade teacher, Mrs. Gross. She had such a sweet smile and was ______to us. I wasn’t sure what her ______was at the time but she already looked very motherly. She never ______her students. To me it felt like having a second mother as my teacher. I always _______the times I spent in her classroom.

One such memory is still with me to this day. We were doing math problems while Mrs. Gross walked through the classroom ______our work. I finished first and lifted my ______ up just as Mrs. Gross walked up behind me. She looked at my work and______, saying, “Well done, Joe. You’re a______ boy.” It felt good to be______ . From that moment on I always tried my best. I always wanted to be what she considered me to be. She awakened a______ in me to be the best person I could be. With her gentle love and ______ I started down a wonderful path that I am still on today.

David Whyte wrote, “People are hungry, and one good word is______ for a thousand.” I think the good words Mrs. Gross gave me helped me______ my own good words with others. I think the______ Mrs. Gross showed me helped me give love to others. Kind words, loving acts and a helping hand are______ in the eyes of someone in need. Make your life a gift of love.

【推荐2】A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To his _______, she agreed. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher _______ his mother and he felt _______ of her appearance. There was a severe scar that _______ nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to _______ why or how she got the scar.

At the meeting, the people were _______ by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother despite the _______, but the little boy _______ himself from everyone. He did, however, get within _______ of a talk between his mother and his teacher.

The teacher asked ________, “How did you get the scar on your face?”

The mother replied, “________ my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in because the fire was ________, so I went in. A piece of wood came down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him.” She ________ the burned side of her face. “This scar will be ________, but to this day, I have never regretted what I did.”

At this point, the little boy came out with ________ in his eyes. He held her in his arms and thanked his mother for what she had done for him.

【推荐3】I had a quick thirty-minute stopover (中途停留) in Detroit before heading home to Toronto. After______up the passage in a hurry, I realized that my gate was on the opposite end of the airport. Luckily, I got there with five minutes to______and stood waiting to be called.

I was tired and had a______scheduled right after I was home. But then came the______, “It seems we have overbooked the flight. Would anyone volunteer to stay for the______flight?” There were 100-plus people and not a______person said a word.

The next flight was in four hours. I______and saw businessmen needing to get home for work, mothers to see their kids, kids to see their friends, and more______, I saw people that needed to be helped. Even though I______to be home just as much as anyone, something inside me said that I should volunteer and offer some______to this group of strangers. The gate attendant (服务员) had said that the flight couldn’t board until someone volunteered.

I picked up my bag, ______to the gate attendant and said, “I volunteer!” A big______spread over her face.

As she was______my ticket, I got my meeting rescheduled. The attendant______me my new boarding pass. All the______boarding their flight, I was happy that I had been able to______.

When boarding the plane, I was surprised to______that I was arranged (安排) to be seated in first class. How______I was for everything that had happened. With no thought of______, I gave with the intention to serve others, and that kindness was______to me with an upgrade to first class!

【推荐2】You can tell a lot about a man by how he treats his dogs.

For many years,I enjoyed living with my dogs,Tilly and Chance. Their________ was nearly enough to keep my loneliness at bay. Nearly. Last year,I started dating, but with reservations. When I first dated Steve,I ________ he had a dog, Molly, and a cat, Flora. While I was________ that he was an animal lover, I ________ that three dogs were perhaps too many, and my dogs might attack ________,the cat.

The next week we________our dogs together. It was a hot day.When we paused to catch our ________, Steve got down on one knee. Was he proposing (求婚)?I liked him too, but so soon? He poured water from a bottle into his hand and offered it to my dogs.________, I began to fall for him.

We ________to date, though neither of us brought up the future.And then in late November, Tilly had an operation on her________. I took the dogs out four times a day, and I worried that Tilly ________ climbing the stairs could reopen the wound. Then Steve suggested his house. All worked ________. The three dogs formed a pack that, with coaching, respected Flora’s space; Steve and I formed a good team ________ for Tilly. We made good housemates.

A year later, much to my delight, this man produced a little box with a ring and proposed to me. He did not kneel (跪) down, nor did I________ him to. That’s only for giving ________to the dogs that brought us together.