【推荐3】When my mom was in kindergarten, she rode the school bus home every day. She was really_______then. Her normal bus driver was really nice, but one day the driver_______ to come and there was a substitute driver who was not kind enough.

When the bus got to my mom's house, it didn't_______. This_______my mom. She kept as quiet as possible, huddled (缩成一团) in her seat. The bus driver drove back to school, got off and came back to_______the bus. He swept from seat to seat, checking for_______. When reaching the last seat, he saw my_______ . Like any bus driver did when seeing a kid _______on the bus, the bus driver screamed. Then my mom started crying! The driver then calmed himself down, asking my mom in a_______voice, ''Why are you still on the bus?" My mom said nervously, ''You________my house.''

The driver felt________and then took my mom to the school office and called my grandma.but my grandma didn't________the phone because she was waiting for the bus and she had a poor hearing. My mom tried hard not to cry. Nobody wants to cry in front of________ ,unless they're their parents.

Just then Mr Mueller went in. His kid was in the same class as my mom. He said, "Let's________ your mom one more time, and if she doesn't answer, then I will take you home in my truck.”They called my grandma, and________ she didn't answer. My mom then went home with Mr Mueller unhappily.

My mom________to her mom immediately she got home, told her the________, and burst into tears. My grandma expressed her________to Mr Mueller before he left. When my mom stopped________ hard after quite a long time, my grandma________my mom to write down this incident. And thanks to that, I can know her story today.

【推荐1】When I was young, I struggled with body image and disordered eating. I used disordered eating to deal with my _________ and feel more in control of my life. Afterwards, I’d over-exercise to _________ my body for what I’d eaten, especially if I thought the _________ too much.

But later I realized how unhealthy my _________ were. A happier life was possible, in which I’d hang out with friends and join in enjoyable exercises in my free time _________. I wanted to have a wonderful life filled with amazing _________. In response to it, I stopped punishing my body and began to _________ it right. My body and I had done nothing _________ in eating and enjoying food, but my life would be happier once I was healthier.

Once I became healthier, I dove back into _________ I attended Zumba classes with an old roommate. I __________ how cool it was and how privileged I was that my body could do so many fancy dance moves. I even became one of the __________ of the technique award.

We live in a world where feeling okay about our eating and body image is close to __________ sometimes. But a life free of diet culture and body __________ is the one that everyone should fight for. I’m so __________ that I’m able to exercise my body through dancing, and here I want to __________ other particular body’s abilities.

【推荐2】Pass Your Love On

Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, an air hostess approached me and asked, “Would you mind   _____ your seat? A couple would like to sit together.” The only ____   seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts (石膏绷带), a black-and-blue face, and a sad expression. “ ____   am I going to sit there,” I thought immediately. But a soft voice spoke, “She needs help.” Finally, I ____ to move to that seat.

The girl was named Kathy. She   ____   in a car accident and now was on her way for   ______

When the snack and juice arrived, it did not take me long to   ____   that Kathy would not be able to   ____   herself. I considered   _____ to feed her but hesitated, as it seemed too   _____ to offer a service to a   ____ . But then I realized that Kathy’s need was more   _____ than my discomfort. I offered to help her eat, and   _____ she was uncomfortable to accept, she   _____ as I expected. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five-hour trip, my heart   _____, and the   _____ was really better spent than if I had just sat by myself.

I was very glad I had reached   _____ my comfort zone to sit next to Kathy and feed her. Love     ____ flows beyond human borders and removes the fears that keep us _____. When we stretch to serve   _____   , we grow to live in a larger and more rewarding world.

【推荐3】What no one ever tells college students is how little they’ll be prepared for the real world. Many graduates will not get the _________ they wanted and the one they do get will be different from what they dreamed about.

After graduating, I packed my bags and headed _________ to the big city for a well paying job with good potential (潜力). I hoped this would be my _________ to expand my professional experience and figure out what I was supposed to do with my life.

But I was _________ . Before I knew it, I was swept into the entry level job world: long hours before a_________, service calls from rude customers and repetitive work I wasn’t _________in. Having studied Psychology, English, and Sociology, I was supposed to be working in a job that _________ me to use my passion, not to _________ it. This was not at all what I had_________. So I decided to hand in my __________ .

Two weeks later I __________again and moved back to my college town. I found a full time job working with kids with special needs and began a part time __________ career. And I found out special needs kids are the greatest and that writing is__________and easy.

The key to __________ may very well be doing what you love. What you need to do is just to follow your heart and make a __________ to bring back your joy.

【推荐2】There is such a thing as a free lunch, as a New Mexico schoolboy and his mom can proudly say.

Josette Duran was ________ when her son Dylan, 14, asked her to pack him an extra snack in his school lunch. When she asked him why, his ________ was truly touching.

“I asked, 'Why? Are you not getting full? What's going on?' And he says, 'No. I want to ________ one for my friend,'” Duran recalled.

It turned out that Dylan had a classmate whose single mother had recently lost her job and could no longer afford her son's ________. After learning this, Duran was even more eager to ________.

“I was homeless a few years ago. I know how ________ it is to ask for help. You get ashamed and feel embarrassed,” said Duran.

When the young boy's mother learned of Duran's generosity, she called her up and ________ to pay her back for everything, but Duran couldn't ________ it. “I don't think I did anything ________,” Duran said. “I just think I did what a human being is supposed to do.”

The kindness doesn't ________ there. Duran is the coach of the girls' volleyball team of the local school. Her ________ raised $ 400 to cover the cost of all the extra lunches Duran had made out of her own ________. But Duran refused to keep the cash, and ________, she donated it to the cafeteria at her son's school. “Now everyone can eat,” Duran said. “What makes me particularly ________ is that it all started with my son. Being kind doesn't have to come in the form of money. Just know that if you're having a good day — someone else is having a bad day and you should ________ that.”