【推荐1】I worked in a saw mill (锯木厂) for just above the lowest wage. As I got ready to go to work I _________ band-aids (创可贴) around my _________ and put more in my pockets, because I would cut and pack wood for 8 hours a day, which _________ my fingers to split (开裂) and bleed at their tips in the cold, dry, winter air. That day at work was _________ than normal. The machines kept _________. On top of it all the heaters in the building weren’t working.

When the work day finally _________, I took off my work gloves and inspected (检查) my _________ fingers. The splits were worse than ever. I don’t think I had ever felt so _________ and hurting before. I wondered how long I could keep doing this, if things would ever get any _________.

I tried to put a __________ on my face as I __________ my front door but instead someone __________ naturally. My daughter ran up to me happily, and wrapped her little arms around my neck. I held her tight and my heart explode with love. I didn’t __________ so tired anymore. My aches and pains disappeared into her hug. In that second, I remembered again that I was here for love.

I think we all have bleeding fingers and band-aid days in our lives here. But with __________ we can make it through them all.__________, work may give us a living, but it is love that gives us a life.

【推荐2】At the end of the last year, my life changed dramatically when I lost my job working as a radio presenter. I love my show and _________. I love my team and the sense of _________ we got from all working together toward something we believe in. It was hard for me to be _________ from a post I love so much, but soon I _________ that my experience is a very _________ one.

In fact, I meet unemployed people almost every day, in all kinds of jobs. Whoever you are, losing jobs will leave you feeling _________. I didn't sleep much for months and I _________ an addiction to ice cream. But I eventually _______.

I thought I would have more time to do all the things I _________ did when I had a job, like having the ________clean house I have always __________ . However, it's just as __________ as it always was. I also thought I would exercise every day, but it turns out I am just full of __________. It's always too hot, or too cold. __________ my new free time doesn't lead to __________ doing something I thought I wanted to, it does __________ me to discover new things about myself.

On the upside (从好的方面看), now that I make my own hours, life moves at a __________ pace. Now, I can stop to chat to people on the street in my neighborhood. The best part is that I am only doing the projects that excite me and ________ my personal interests：writing, filming and appearing on TV. I do __________ working in radio, and I'll definitely go back to it one day. But doing my own thing has led me to develop a(n) __________ of unimagined fulfillment (满足).

【推荐3】I can’t miss the little old lady standing at a bus stop. With her kerchief(方头巾)on her head, a black umbrella ________all over, I can tell she is freezing. I’m driving by, late for my early morning shift(轮班). I decide to stop and offer her a________.

________ , she declines, but when I ask again and________, finally, she gets in the car. I take her to her________, and by the time she gets out of my car, she is smiling and thanks me.

I was________for work that day, but I was so glad that I stopped. That was 40 years ago, and the beginning of a new________, one that continues when I’m out driving in bad weather.

If there’s someone at a bus stop, especially if it’s an elderly person waiting at________hours and in bad weather, I will________and ask if they need a ride. Once a woman jumped in without hesitation, which made me feel good.

The best part of my ride offers is the________. I do tend to ask a lot of questions: where are you from, where are you going, family, background, pets and whatever else comes to mind.________, everyone wants to chat. We are usually laughing by the time the ride is over. “What a shame!” I often think when they hop out, as the stories were just getting ________.

As the years________, perhaps I will be the one standing at the bus stop. Perhaps there will be somebody who ________down a window and offers me a seat for a little ride. I will continue to take that leap of________in the kindness of strangers.