【推荐1】I went to a camp last month, and I met this strange girl, Elizabeth. When I saw her sitting alone in the sun at lunch,I said,"Want to come and _________ with us under that tree over there?"

When we _________ another person for our volleyball team and invited Elizabeth to play with us, Elizabeth said,"_________ I wanted to play volleyball, I'd _________ be playing volleyball."

After a few more _________ comments (评论) like that, I _________ to stay away from Elizabeth. But _________, I was paired with her on a natural walk.

"What do you like to do for fun?" I said, trying to make small talk _________ we started out.

"I like to walk in peace and quiet, "Elizabeth replied.

"OK" I said, getting the _________ .

Then we had the quietest, most peaceful walk in human history. Until—

"Hey!"I said. "Why is that __________ in the middle of the path?"

"Oh no! "said Elizabeth, "I think he is hurt!

As we got __________ , the bird flew away.

"That's good. "I said. "He might be taking a rest over there.

Elizabeth whisper (小声说道),"But what if he's in __________, like my granddad?"

"Your granddad?" I said.

Elizabeth looked at the ground. "He fell and broke his leg the day camp started. He's __________ in the hospital and in so much pain."

"Oh, no — that's __________!" I said. "I'm so sorry."

Elizabeth shook her head. " I'm sorry. For some __________, whenever I get really sad, I'm __________. I guess it's cause I just want to be __________or something."

"I__________ it," I said. "I don't always know how to __________ it when I'm feeling down."

"Thanks," she said.

"I really __________ your granddad gets better soon, too," I said.

"Thank you," he said, smiling.

【推荐3】It’s never too late to make your dreams come true. After more than half a _________ since his last class at the University of Cincinnati, Paul Blom, 94, _________ received an associate’s degree (副学士学位).

The World War II ex-soldier first enrolled (注册) at the _________ in 1946, after _________ in the Navy for three years. “I came down to UC _________ I was going to go to school, but, you know, it was _________, it was almost August, and there wasn’t room for me,” Blom told WCPO-TV. However, Blom enrolled in UC’s evening college program where he took night_________ for nine years. But as he became too _________ with the family business, he decided to stop _________ .

He said, “I think I only lacked maybe two __________ for some reason or another. I just didn’t ever go back and __________ all the courses.”

Back in May 2020, Blom’s daughter, Paula Baxter, __________ UC to see if her father could receive a(n) __________ degree and the university found that it could __________ him much more.

After __________ that Blom received more than enough credits to get a __________ for an associated degree through a regional college within the University of Cincinnati, university officials were able to issue him the associate’s degree he had__________ in full all those years ago.

“It’s very__________ to see a part of the Greatest Generation receive his degree,” said an official of the university. “It just goes to __________ that you’re never too old to see your __________ come true.”

【推荐2】Starting a career in engineering can be challenging. You know what you_______: experience, a network, and often the confidence that everything will_______.

My advice to young engineers is: Focus on your_______, and stop worrying about your weaknesses. Of course, you must_______problems in areas where you are weak, but_______spending too much effort on them. Chances are that you will never be perfect in those areas, so it makes no_______in wasting your energy.

Of course, there will be times when things are hard, but if you believe in yourself and have a_______of where you want to go and develop your strengths——they’ll_______you apart, you will go far.

The biggest challenge I have faced in my career is being a woman in a_______profession. When I started working, I was the only female engineer in my division. Though I was as________as my colleagues, it was tough to get them to accept me as their________. Instead of feeling upset, I chose to focus on my strengths as a woman engineer to earn their respect. ________, they accepted me.

Thankfully, the gender________has improved since I first started. Now, I have several female engineers working in my team. As the head, I get a thrill from________people in roles and on projects according to their abilities and seeing them achieve great results. Helping a person________by focusing on her strengths gives me a huge amount of satisfaction.

【推荐1】One day, my son Ryan said, ‌“I’m going to keep working until everyone in Africa has clean water.” I thought, oh, boy! But I’d heard about encouraging children to be _______ and dream big dreams. So I didn’t want to say that he couldn’t make a _______ .

At first, he planned to make money to build a _______ in Africa. But when he _______ his first $70 made by doing chores in neighborhood to a charity (慈善机构), he was told that it actually _______ $2000 to build a well. It was a lot of money, but Ryan didn’t _______ . He persuaded his classmates and neighbors to give money. And I wrote to the local newspaper to make his story go _______ . After several months, Ryan had _______ the $2000, with which a well was built near a primary school in Uganda. The children at the school _______ needed to walk for hours to get water. They were ________ to him and invited him to visit.

In Uganda, Ryan saw the well with his own eyes and hundreds of students who had turned out to ________ him. Seeing that he really had ________ these children, he broke into a ________ smile.

Now there is a Ryan’s Well Foundation. His dream has ________ the lives of so many people, though most of whom we will never meet. Ryan has shown me what the ________ of dreams can do.

【推荐3】Bravery Over Bullying（欺凌）

Lizzie is 26 years old now. She was born with an undiagnosed syndrome（综合症）. Around age 24一25, she ________ got an accurate diagnosis, I don't remember the specific name, but it is a（n）________ syndrome with one part ________ she has vision problems, bone issues and a lot of ________ with the large aorta（主动脉）in her heart. The other part means she cannot gain weight.

This combination means she looks ________ from everyone around her.

Her family never ________ her like she was anything different than any of them. ________ in elementary school the bullying began. With the ________of family and some in the schools, Lizzie was ________ by other students and ended up doing well in school.

________, in high school, she was on Facebook and saw a website about the ________ woman in the world. It was about her. Her ________ encouraged her not to ________ that , as her father wanted her to ________ whoever had posted this.

This docudrama （纪录剧情片）tells Lizzie's ________ and how she has moved beyond the bullying. She is now ________ others about the dangers of bullying, and ________cyberbullying（网络 欺凌）. She has given at least one TED talk and has spoken in many occasions all over the world.

I cried a lot as I watched this, but I am also so ________ by Lizzie and how she has faced the ________ in her life. As she puts it："I am ________       in a different way. "       

She is walking in beauty.