【推荐2】On Wednesday I was at Planet Fitness when a girl _________ wearing a great-looking jacket. I had a desire for it, but didn’t say anything. Time _________ and I noticed she was about to leave. I was _________ to someone with the words? “Hey, there’s that girl in that _________ jacket. I’m going over and tell her how much I like it.”

I wasn’t sure how some _________ would react to my enthusiasm about her jacket, but it didn’t stop me. I _________ walked over and introduced myself and told her how much I loved her jacket. She _________and said her name was Amanda and she worked for this company that _________ the jacket. She went on to _________ me how everything was American made. She then __________ me a business card with her name on it.

Yesterday, I got __________ looking for ADDIX Gear—the name of the __________ I could see they __________ made sports clothing for teams. I sent a __________ and was told they didn’t sell retail (零售), but they were thinking of __________.

I wasn’t sure I would ever see Amanda again, __________ she was in the locker room when I got to Planet Fitness yesterday. I told her how I had gotten online etc.

Amanda __________ me that she had her phone number on the card. She told me to __________ her and she would have a jacket like hers made __________ for me. I asked how much it would cost and she said it will be __________ for me! WOW!

【推荐3】When I was 15, I joined an exchange student program. I was sent to Germany alone and lived with a host family. Many people might think how _______ this girl is! Well, the moment I decided to join the program, I didn’t _______ a lot. Actually, it was my curiosity that _______ me to say yes to this adventure. At first, I thought it would be a very nice and _______ trip, while my lack of knowing about the challenge of the trip made it even more _______.

The first day I went to the local high school was a huge _______ for me. I thought that my special background would _______ many people who would come over to talk to me or even just to _______ me. However, the _______ was that no one came, and I remained alone for a very long time. Soon, I felt especially ________, and I wondered why I had come to this __________

Had my mother and host family not helped me, I wouldn’t have ________ from the bad mood I found myself in. As soon as my host family found out that I had no ________ in school, my host mom came and talked to me. She gave me some ________ on how to make friends, such as ________ a sports club and inviting my classmates to watch a movie.

Surprisingly, all of the tips she gave me worked! ________, after three weeks, I made some good friends. She also told me that I could ________ my culture to my classmates. Then, I started to prepare a PowerPoint and a short ________ for my classmates.

My teacher gave me an hour to present it. To my astonishment, they all loved Chinese culture and had a good ________ listening to my introduction. After those experiences, I’ve learned that everything may be ________ at first, but when I face a problem and try to solve it, I’m halfway to success.

【推荐2】That morning, I got on the train as always. I was a publishing director and was reading my newspaper ______. But that day, I read it very ______. I thought I must be tired. At the office, I sat down, turned on my   ______ and found I couldn’t read the message on the screen.

Eventually, worried_______drove me to hospital. There, confirmation came that I suffered from aphasia(失语症), a condition that______ it’s difficult or impossible to receive and produce language.

I was back at home a week later, and my _____was to get better and return to work in a couple of months. I started ____ a speech therapist(治疗专家) three times a week, and was given homework to help_______my vocabulary and grammar. After a month, my own speech became ______—“Could you pass the salt?” “Shall we go for a walk?” — but I couldn’t have a conversation. I couldn’t read the newspaper.

For 25 years, I was used to a(n) ______ day of meetings, and bringing three manuscripts home with me each night. I didn’t feel _______to say goodbye to my old self.

In the darkest months, I devoted myself to ______. I would spend hours writing a description of something________like a pencil. I couldn’t______ novels or newspapers, so I tried reading poetry, and found the shorter lines easier to ______. My speech came back, and I learned how to read again, ______ much more slowly. I spent more time with my family, and ______myself to slow down.

Now, 10 years later, my relationship with my ______is deeper than ever. We have _____ to be very patient with each other. I’m no longer a high-achieving publisher or someone who _____10 books a week. I’m a family man with aphasia, and if I read 10 books a year, that’s good.

【推荐3】Our university is located in the far area. Considering our ________, the school employs some private legal officers to ________ us. The situation is not as scary as they think but they do have to ________ around the clock to keep us safe, ________ the university all night. For the most part it’s not a grateful job as most people ________ seeing officers all around, so that they even ________ notice their presence. How could we show them our ________?

Well, we decided to take a large sized coffee maker and make some hot chocolate. Then, we found a taxi driver and asked him to ________ us around the university where we knew the ________ would be. And at midnight we ________ them each a cup of hot chocolate from our big pot in the back of the ________.

The taxi driver was at first a bit ________ about the entire plan but after a while he was sure to help us ________ officers and our good spirit had ________ to him as well. We were met with many smiles and grateful ________ like “thanks a million” and “it’s very kind of you” from the officers as well as puzzlement（迷惑）as they said students seldom noticed their ________ in work.

Finally, the hot chocolate seemed less ________ than their interest in meeting us. In fact, what they valued more was our attitude to them. We went around in the back of the taxi with a big pot of hot chocolate on that beautiful ________, talking and laughing. It was ________ to see how a small simple ________ of generosity（慷慨）can lift everyone’s spirit.