【推荐2】After my graduation from college, I was always worried about my financial (财务的) situation. Things changed when I got a job at a library and also accepted a part-time job. I became _________ about future. But how was I going to _________ two jobs at the same time? I thought, looking out of the window.

A squirrel (松鼠) was making his way down a tree. It was _________ for him to climb up and down easily like other squirrels with a piece of bread in his mouth. How was he going to manage that? I held my breath and cheered him on in my _________. He moved down with _________, holding onto the tree. When he finally _________ the ground, he pulled the bread behind him. His journey was not _________ yet, so he kept trying! It was _________ that this squirrel and I had a lot in common. I had my own bread to _________ and my own trees to climb. I moved from one __________ to another to follow the __________ of the squirrel’s action. Slowly but surely, he __________ it to the roadside and stopped to check on the traffic. Finally, the squirrel crossed the road __________ with his meal. When he entered the bushes (灌木丛), I cheered even though I couldn’t watch his next __________. Then I went upstairs to get ready for the __________ before me. “You can do it,” I told myself.

【推荐3】Last week, my 9-year-old son Shine and I were grocery shopping. At the checkout, a mother was trying to______her bill, but she didn't have enough money for her milk and cheese. The grocery store manager________the items from her cart and carried them away to the________section. I________to my son and told him to run and get the manager back with the items. He was________. He didn't understand me. I was trying to do a________act of kindness, but it went wrong.

The lady left with her son and________groceries than she had planned. I told the checkout guy to charge me________her milk and cheese and that we'd run to the parking lot and catch her. He immediately called________back, rang up my items and hers and my son and I ran to the parking lot. But the mom and her son were________in 60 seconds and with them went my chance to gift these________but necessary items.

I kept thinking about my hesitation, because I didn't want to________her, didn't want to cause a surprise…All reasons my mind was working to convince me to________a necessary kindness.________I didn't believe any of them, processing them slowed me down.

So I ask myself and you dear friends, if we allow our________to slow our actions towards acting for love and kindness, is it________an act of kindness? I think I try to make kindness from thin story only to get the possibility of my son and I forgiving ourselves for our delay. Perhaps because of this our future acts will be________delivered.

I send my________and intend kindness to that mama and her little one. May they have more than they________this week. I am deeply grateful for the lesson they taught me:________too, is an act of kindness.

【推荐1】Since my childhood, I always dreamed of becoming a full - time writer. Two years after my graduation, I ______ my job and made up my mind to realize my _______

No one could tell me ______ I would succeed or not. I rented a cold storage room in a building, set up a used desk and ______ to write. I had too many things to write and I had to write because the _______ was full of my heart.

After a year or so, however, I began to doubt myself. I found it _____ to earn my living by selling what I wrote. I can’t remember how many times my novels were _____ during that year. But I _____ to put my dream to the test—even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of _______I believed anyone with a dream must learn to struggle for the _____ .

During the most difficult period of my life, one of my classmates came to see me and tried to _____ me, “Yun, come to our company, and we will _____ you 2,000 yuan a month.” 2,000 yuan was really a big ______ at that time. It would enable me to live _______ As the money were dancing in my _____, something cleared my senses. Hadn’t I dreamed of being a writer A full - time writer.

“Thanks, but no,” I said _______ , “I’m going to stick to writing.”

Again and again, I said to myself, “I will be _______ . People will love my novels.”

Finally my first novel was ______ in 1991. I had the kind of fame and success that few writers ever __________.

Twenty years have passed, but the effect it had on my life has lasted. Now I often ___ the time working in that cold storage room. I will say, “Anyone with a dream, courage and persistence will be successful.”

【推荐2】A 35-year-old Australian mother makes around $ 58,000 a year by hugging strangers. “As human beings, one thing we often ___________ in our daily life is the physical touch. Without it, we can fall into mental health problems. To ___________ this need, I’ve become professional in hugging treatment,” said Jessica.

Jessica says that her hugs can ___________ those who are suffering from loneliness or low self-confidence. A year ago, Jessica was a popular masseuse (女按摩师). She noticed that when she ___________ her customers during treatment, they became relaxed and ___________ her more. “I could see their tension disappear. Then I could get to their heart and do what I could to ___________ them,” Jessica said. “Everyone has a ___________ different story. But the most common ___________ are loneliness, depression and anxiety. They all just have that desire to ___________with someone. I believe my hug helps me and my ____________ connect on a mental level.”

Jessica says most of her customers are male, ____________ she has a surprising number of female customers ____________. Though many people think she must be crazy to do such work, Jessica is confident that she’s made the right ____________. “It’s so much more rewarding (值得做的) than just working as a masseuse,” said Jessica. “In today’s digital age, many people are ____________ than ever before. For people whose lives ____________ physical interaction, hugging therapy (疗法) can have an obvious effect on their mental health.”

【推荐3】It was the 2019 summer break. I traveled to a town in rural Xiamen for two weeks to_________local children with after-school courses.

Although Xiamen is a developed city, there are still many left-behind children in the rural areas who need_________to summer activities. I overcame many difficulties there, including mosquitoes and the_________schedule. I also experienced, for the first time in my life, planting rice in the fields, standing ankle-deep in_________.That experience was a(n)_________part of my life._________teaching the students, we were also receiving life lessons in overcoming difficulties.

The experience of working at the_________level also broadened my horizons and provided insights I could never have_________in the college library.

Nowadays, many college students are willing to_________ volunteer work to their graduation choices. I think they will be more down-to-earth and gain a deeper understanding of__________ conditions after seeing a different China, a country in times of__________.

Like me, most university students are their family’s only child, and they have __________met difficulties. As such, they have to__________their living environment and the rural working by themselves. By__________volunteer work, they learn unforgettable lessons in life and become more sensible and__________.

I have been looking forward to my holidays, which brings happiness to me. When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My _______ took me by train or by car to a hotel by the _______. All day, I seem to remember, I _______on the sands with strange _______ children. We made houses and gardens, and _______ the tide destroy them. When the tide went out, we _______over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.

In those days the _______ seemed to shine always brightly ______ the water was always warm. Sometimes we _______beach and walked in the country, exploring (搜寻) ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were ________ in one’s pockets or good places where one could ________ ice creams. Each day seemed a life-time.

Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good ________   is much the same as it was. I ________ like the sun and warm sand and the sound of________ beating the rocks. I no longer wish to ________ any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. ________ , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers. Sometimes I ________ what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am ________. All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about ________ who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves ________ on too many ice creams.

【推荐2】I became a magician by accident. When I was nine I learned how to make a coin disappear. At first the magic wasn't any good; it was just a bad _________ I spent hours each day practising in the bathroom, running through the secret _________ in front of the mirror.

One day I made the coin disappear on the playground. What a miracle(奇迹)! Dozens of people were _________. I showed the coin to everyone. Then it disappeared. The kids _________ and laughed. It was great. Everyone went _________.

The teacher on duty crossed the playground to _________ more about it. Mrs. Tanner was a(n) _________ woman who controlled her class with an appetite for punishing students. She marched toward me and _________ to know what was going on.

The coin disappeared for her too. “Do it again,” she said angrily, and I did. My hands were _________, but when I looked up, everything had __________. I would remember the look on her face — the look of wide-eyed, open-mouthed __________.

I kept seeing my teacher's face — the strict look __________ into great wonder and joy all at once. The kids' too. They had been __________ immediately from an indifferent(冷漠的)pack of creatures into real people. When the __________   of worry or pain had gone, the faces that shone without it were amazing.

Magicians get to see people at their very best, and in this transformation we can see what can only be described as real, actual __________.

【推荐3】Until a few years ago, I had what most people would call a good life. I had a _____ job that paid the bills; I had a good family that I was close to, and I had a place to live and money in the bank for trips and _____, and there was nothing much wrong in my life. However, I was bored.

I wanted more. I wanted to live _____ and loudly and make sharp memories instead of the grey ones of everyday life. But I was _____. I have never had any confidence in myself. As a child, even buying something in a shop caused me a great deal of _____, and even though I did get better as I got older, I never quite _____ that childhood shyness.

And I tried everything, like reading books about confidence. I also took tiny steps leading to my goals. But none of them really _____.

So I _____ that the small steps weren’t enough. I signed up for an internship (实习期的工作) of teaching English in Vietnam, an _____ huge step, one that terrified me as much as it excited me. And then the day came and I left my home and my loved ones. I was alone in a country where the food was ______ and the streets were unfamiliar. I had no idea whether I would be able to ______ everything that this very strange environment would ______ at me.

I spent five months in Vietnam, teaching, exploring and laughing, I’d learnt to ______ myself, my skills, my abilities and my decisions. I returned home unrecognizable, even to myself, let alone to others. The ______ that had controlled my life and the self­doubt were ______.

That one big chance changed everything for me, and in me.

【推荐1】I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She seemed so ___, but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her ___ nobody could.

I began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand, playing ___. She practised dribbling and ___ over and over.

One day I asked Sally why she ___ so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a ___. I’m going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe that if I am ___enough, I will get one. My father has told me that if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t ___.”

I ___ her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her team to ____. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting on the grass, her head ____ in her arms. Slowly and quietly, I ____ and sat down beside her. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply, “I am just too short.” The ____ told her that at 165cm she would probably never play for a top team — still less she would be ____ a scholarship — so she should stop dreaming about college.

I felt she was extremely ____. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were ____. They didn’t understand the ____ of a dream.

The next year, Sally was seen by a college basketball coach after a big game. She was ____ offered a scholarship and ____ to the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had ____ and worked toward for all those years.

It’s true: if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.

【推荐3】I checked my equipment one final time. It was my first ______to climb the highest volcano in the world, Ojos del Salado, in South America.

I’d ______ to climb with a local guide. I left camp just after midnight. “You go first and I’ll be behind you,” he said. As the hours passed and the terrain (地形) became more dangerous, I wondered if I’d made a huge ______ . Looking into the_______ behind me, I listened out for the sound of my guide’s steps but I was all_______ . Finding my way by ______, I knew the icy conditions were merciless. Breathing heavily, I realised I’d run out of ______ soon.

Back home, 11,000 km away in Melbourne, my dad was following my ______with my GPS tracker. ______ , now alone on the side of a volcano, all I could do was to ______ my energy as I climbed higher and higher.

Reaching the top was the ultimate goal, but really it was only half the ______ . As my breathing became more laboured, ______ set in. Had I gone too far this time? I knew all too well how frightening it was to be ______ , for I’d suffered from chronic asthma (慢性哮喘) as a child.

Pushing on, I ______ made it to the top, where I ______ the breathtaking views. But I only spent a few minutes taking photos before I went down the mountain. I was ______ to see my guide on the way down and it turned out that he had______ a climber in danger and had to ______ our exploration to save him.

Through blood, ______ and frozen tears, the last 10 years had taken me all over the globe. And with every high and painful low, I learnt more about myself. I’d pushed my ______ , both in body and mind.