【推荐1】A leadership programme set up by Victoria Azubuike, 23, is teaching girls how to dream. Azubuike came up with the idea while ______ at the University of Warwick. She grew up with four siblings. “Growing up things were very ______ … we came from a very low income household,” she said.

At the age of twelve, Azubuike decided to make her own money. She used to spend some ______ weekends selling cakes with her siblings when they were available. They would save money until New Year and divide it between themselves to buy nice ______.

______to go to university, Azubuike was accepted on a foundation year at the University of Warwick. Surrounded by privately educated students, she became ______ at the lack of young women she could relate to. She realized the situation _______ immediate action. Attending a professional women panel discussion gave her a flash of ______. Then, she organised an event for teenage girls, ______ women who had overcome barriers to success. Since then, her programme has expanded to reach hundreds more ______ 15 to 19 year olds, delivering leadership skills and networking opportunities. It has reached about 600 state school pupils in London and is now ______ other cities.

Emmanuella Zoe, 16, started attending events after ______ an ad on social media, and said she was ______ to overcome her shyness to present on a topic she knew nothing about. “______ being scary, it allowed me to assess my strengths and weaknesses.”

“I really want to show them that their ______ in life doesn’t have to be the final destination,” said Azubuike.

【推荐3】Dalton Shaffer ran a pizza shop in Battle Creek, Michigan. One day he got an unusual call from someone in Indianapolis, over 225 miles away.

Julie and Richard Morgan had once _______ in Battle Creek, and loved their local Steve’s Pizza. “We were young and money was _______ but every pay day, Richard would visit Steve’s Pizza. We moved 25 years ago and _______ many more pizzas, but we never found one we _______ as much as Steve’s,” said Julie.

As a birthday celebration, they had _______ a trip back to Battle Creek, but the _______ was canceled. Rich was _______ rushed to the ICU and diagnosed (诊断) with cancer. He only had a few months to live and wouldn’t be able to have his favourite pizza again.

Julie’s father called Steve’s Pizza, talking about Rich’s _______ wishes. The restaurant’s manager, 18-year-old Dalton Shaffer, answered the _______. Despite the restaurant’s firm take-out-only ________, Shaffer immediately prepared two big pizzas and got in his car. At 2:30 am the following day, Shaffer ________ at the hospital with two pizzas. The journey took him three and a half hours.

Shaffer was greeted with open ________ and an offer to stay at a hotel for the night. He ________ because he had to work seven hours later.

Talking about his good deed (行为), Shaffer said, “I made the midnight ________ just to cheer them up at a really ________ time.”

【推荐2】A simple project to help a family in need changed Luke Mickelson’s life.

In 2012, he and his family were inspired to build and donate (捐赠) a _______ after learning there were local children who _______ on the floor.

“This little girl had a nest of clothes. It _______ a little bird’s nest. And that’s what she slept on,” Mickelson said, “When we gave her the bed, she hugged it _______ and just couldn’t let go.”

_______ to discover how widespread this need was in his community, Mickelson _______ Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a nonprofit (非盈利) charity that builds and _______ beds to children in need.

Born in Idaho, Mickelson, now 41, was a high school PE teacher with a _______ career (事业). He _______ his students’ sports teams and fished in the nearby river. But when he met children who were sleeping on the floor, his comfortable life ________.

“There are kids next door whose parents ________ just to put food on the table, clothes on their back, a ________ over their head. A bed was just a luxury (奢侈品).” Mickelson said.

________ safety guidelines and his daughter’s bed as a model, Mickelson started buying________ to build beds with his own money. He asked friends and family members to ________ around the holidays. They were all happy to make a contribution.

With the motto “No kid sleeps on the floor in our town,” the nonprofit has ________ and donated more than 1,500 free beds since it was set up.

But with the rapid growth, Mickelson was faced with a difficult ________: developing his career or his nonprofit. He chose the ________.

“I found that the need I have isn’t financial,” he said. “The need I have is seeing the ________ on kids’ faces, knowing that I can make a ________.”

【推荐3】One day, I stopped at a local drive thru on a busy morning. I remembered a _______ my high school English teacher told me. Mr. Tackett told me and a couple dozen kids _______ he bought food for the two cars behind him in line at a drive thru. Our young minds could not _______ why he would do such a thing. This school was not in a very _______ neighborhood and some families were definitely struggling to _______.

Years pass and looking back, I have had _______ times, and complete strangers have given me food or money for meals. Now I am in a more abundant (充裕的) place in my life and I can _______ back.

Suddenly I noticed in the rear view (反光镜) the man in the work truck behind me look upset and _______ .When it was my _______ to pay for my meal, I asked the cashier if I could pay for him as well. He seemed ________ , and asked me if I was sure. I said no problem, just happy to ________.

I received my food and was ready to leave. The truck came racing my way, and ________ next to me. I ________ my window and the guy looked so surprised and asked me why I had paid for his meal. I explained to him that I ________ wanted him to have a great day! He was in ________ but I bet his day was off to a better start and that food I hope tasted really good.

【推荐3】Three years ago, a friend of mine lost her dad. One night, I found her sitting alone. I knew it’s easy to say the wrong thing to someone in _________. So I started with how I grew up _________ a father. I told her my dad had drowned when I was 9 months old and I _________ him. I wanted her to realize that she wasn’t alone and that I could totally understand her _________.

But after listening to my words, she _________ me angrily, “Okay, Celeste, you _________. You never had a dad, and I at least got to spend 30 years with mine. I guess I shouldn’t be so _________ about my father’s death.”I was _________. She walked away and I stood there helplessly.

From that day, I started to _________ how I responded to stories of __________. When my son told me his fighting with a kid, I would talk about a girl I had a __________ with. What they needed was for me to __________ them and admit __________ they were going through. Instead, I forced them to listen to me.

These days, I’ve tried to listen more and talk less. I had a __________ conversation with a friend who was going through a failure. In the end, she said, “Thank you for your advice.” But I __________ said a word. I knew she just needed to be heard.