【推荐1】Mary and Alice are two good friends. They both _________ an ordinary life, having ordinary houses and ordinary jobs. There is really nothing _________ about their lives. And _________ they are both satisfied, Mary is happier than Alice. Whenever Alice comes to_________ Mary, Mary is always happy. It looks like nothing can _________ her. And whenever there is a party, she is always the focus of it, wearing a big _________ on her face and _________ others’ attention.

Alice can_________ stop thinking about this-how can Mary _________ to do that when they both have similar life experiences? They go to the __________ grocery store and cinema, and __________ the same movies. How is it that Mary can be so happy and carefree when faced with so much__________ about work, thinking about what her boss wants and __________ when she will be promoted? There seems no way one can be so happy and pressure-free. After all, there are always many things to __________ But whenever Alice asks Mary about the secret of happiness, Mary always says, “I just take life as it comes. ”

What is the__________ between these two friends? How is it that Mary can have a__________ attitude to life most of the time? Maybe the problem with Alice is that she thinks too much and__________ to do everything at once. However, in the daily life, Mary takes everything one step__________. That is to say, she reminds herself to do only one thing each time. She is where she is, and stays in the __________ moment.

So when you live in the moment and__________ life to the fullest, you will be happy every day.

【推荐1】Ethan Reynolds of Columbus, Indiana, has always been a helper.

The 11-year-old loves to ________ at a local nursing home and an animal shelter. ________ asking for toys or video games last Christmas, he wanted lawn mowing (割草) equipment so he could start his own ________!

When COVID-19 began, he ________ more people who were holding cardboard signs asking for food in his area. Thinking of his own $10, he ________ found a way to help. He ________ it by buying as much food as he could. ________ he put everything on a table in his family’s front lawn with a sign saying, “________ Food.”

When the neighbors ________ Ethan’s table, they started ________ their own donations, such as canned fruit and meat. Even better, his ________ was reported by a local news station, and soon, ________ were coming from all over the city to make donations of cash and goods! As Ethan’s table got larger, the ________ fifth-grader started up his lawn care service to bring in some extra ________ for his new charity. Of course, his neighbors were more than happy to ________ him to mow their lawns.

But Ethan’s mower kept ________ in the middle of jobs, so his community got together and decided to ________ him with a brand new push mower! When Ethan came home and saw it sitting in the driveway, he fell over with ________! We’ve never seen someone this ________ get so delighted over lawn equipment, but Ethan is no ordinary child. He’ll use it for a ________ he’s valued.

What a great kid! We know he’s going to put that mower to good use.

【推荐2】I had never been more anxious in my life. I had just spent the last three hours trying to get to the airport. Now, as I saw my luggage on the airport sidewalk, I realized that my frustration had only just ______.

This was my first visit to the international terminal (航空站) of the airport, and nothing was ______. I could not make sense of any of the ______. Where was the “Check-in counter”? Where was “Customs”? I didn’t know the way around. I began to ______.

I tried to ask a passenger for ______, but my words came out wrong. Maybe I said something that offended him. He just looked at me ______ and walked away. What had happened? I had been in this country for a whole semester, and I could not even remember how to ask for ______. Just then, a bus arrived, and the passengers came out. Here was my chance! I could ______ them to the customs, and I would not have to say a word.

I went after the group and reached the ______. Oh, no! There was not enough ______ for me. I watched in despair as the elevator door closed. When the elevator returned, I got on. The elevator slowly climbed up to the 3rd floor. As the door opened, tears appeared because I realized that I was ______ again. Just then, a kind man appeared. He saw me and gave me his handkerchief to dry my eyes as I told him my difficulty. He smiled and led me down a hallway and, ______, there was customs!

When I turned to ______ him, he was gone. I will never know that kind man’s name, but I will always remember his ______ kindness. He helped me when I badly needed it. I can only hope that one day I will be able to do the same for another traveler ______ through a journey.

【推荐3】My husband Dan and I were just finishing breakfast at a busy diner when a young soldier, his wife and their two school-aged children were seated at the table next to us. As they all sat down, the woman ________ her handbag and opened a small blue wallet.

“Eighteen,” she said softly to her husband after ________ counting out the bills inside. “And a few loose coins.” He nodded silently and then began ________ the menu, reading off food ________ to the children.

The kids ordered the silver-dollar pancakes while their parents requested scrambled eggs and sausage. “Can we get strawberries, too, puh-leeeeeeeze?” the kids asked with ________ . Mother and father exchanged a(n)________ look. “Sure,” the man spoke up. And the couple looked at the menus again, ________ their options. The soldier suggested they split something but his wife insisted she would just get toast. ________they spoke in hushed tones, we couldn’t help but overhear them in the ________ space.

Then we went to settle the bill at the ________, where Dan handed the cashier our check and asked if she could also add in a $25 restaurant ________ card.

“Sure,” the cashier responded. “Whose birthday?” Dan looked at her ________, a bit confused that she had immediately ________ this was a birthday gift.

“Oh, I just figured one of them was having a birthday today,” the cashier________, “because you’re the third person in the last few minutes who bought a gift card to send to that ________ table.”