【推荐1】Last night my husband and I were walking when we saw a man bending (弯腰) over on the ground, crushing (碾碎) something with a rock. He was so focused on his ________ that he didn’t look up at anyone passing by. We kept noticing him and ________ what he could be doing. I thought he was crushing stones to make sand, but why would he do that?

________, we decided to go up and ask him. He was crushing pieces of left-over bread that he had ________ to prepare food for the birds that come there early morning. The large pieces of bread would be ________ for the birds to eat so he crushed them into powder. Every ________, after coming home from his job as a tailor, he goes ________ the villa (乡间别墅), collecting left-over bread from all his neighbors. He then eats a quick meal and comes here, and spends the next 1-2 hours carefully crushing each piece and makes a neat pile for the birds. He has been doing this for the last 3-4 years, which ________ us a lot. When we told him that we took an interest in this, he felt ________, since for him it wasn’t a big ________.

When we asked him what encouraged him to do this act of ________, he said, “It’s just something ________ I do, so that the left-over bread doesn’t go into the rubbish and the birds get food.” We ________ his story with the hope that it would ________ us to be aware of leftovers too and that it might ________ someone to start something similar in their own area.

【推荐2】If life were a book and you were the author, how would you like the story to go? That is the question that _______ my life forever.

One day I went home from the training of snowboarding with what I thought was the flu, and less than 24 hours later, I was in a _______ on life support with less than two percent _______ of living. It wasn’t until days later that the doctors diagnosed (诊断) me with a _______ blood infection. Over the _______ of 2.5 months, I lost the hearing in my left ear and both my legs below the knee. When my parents _______ me out of the hospital, I _______ that I had been put together like a patchwork (拼缝物) doll and I had to live with _______ legs. I was absolutely physically and emotionally broken,_______ streaming down.

But I knew in order to move forward, I had to let go of the Old Amy and ________ the New Amy. It was at this moment that I asked myself that significant ________. And that is when it ________ me that I didn’t have to be five-foot-five anymore,________ I could be as tall as I wanted. And ________ of all, I can make my feet the size of all the shoes. So there were ________ here.

Four months later, I was back upon a ________. And this February, I won two Board World Cup gold medals,________ me the highest ranked snowboarder in the world.

So, instead of looking at our ________ and our limitations as something ________ or bad, we can beg in looking at them as a wonderful ________ that can be used to help us go further than we ever know we could go.

【推荐3】Anna was a 9-year-old girl from a small village. She finished attending primary school till 4^th grade at her village. For the 5^th grade onwards, she would have to get an admission(A) in a school at a city nearby. She became very_______ knowing that she was accepted in a famous school in the city. Today was the first day of her school and she was waiting for her school bus. Once the bus came, she got in it _______. She was very excited.

_______ the bus reached her school, all students started going to their classes. Anna also made it to her classroom. Upon seeing her simple clothing and knowing she was from a small village, other students started making fun of her. The teacher soon arrived. She _______ Anna to the class and told them that she would be studying with them from today.

During the class the teacher told the students to be ready for the surprise _______ now! She told everyone to write down the Seven Wonders of the world. Everyone started writing the answer quickly. But Anna started to write the answer _______.

When everyone except Anna had presented (上交) their answer paper, the teacher asked Anna, “What happened, dear? Don’t _______. Just write what you know as other students have learned about it just a few days back. ”

Anna replied, “There are many things. Which seven can I pick to write?” And then she handed her answer paper to the teacher. The teacher started reading everyone’s answers and the most of them had answered them correctly such as The Great Wall of China, Colosseum, Stonehenge, Great Pyramid of Giza, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Taj Mahal, Hanging Gardens of Babylon etc.

The teacher was happy as students had _______ what she had taught them. At last the teacher picked up Anna’s answer paper and started reading. “The Seven Wonders are To be able to See, To be able to Hear, To be able to Feel, To Laugh, To Think, To be Kind, To Love!”

The teacher stood _______ and the whole class was speechless. Today, a girl from a small village reminded (提醒) us about the gifts we have, which are truly a ________. So value what we have and use what we have.

【推荐2】The story began 4 years ago. My wife would _______ a homeless man near where she works. The week before Christmas she said she wanted to buy him a new _______. Actually, we are a step away from being _______ ourselves most months but we try to _________when we can.

We got some money together, and we were thinking of what else he might _______ since we were giving him a coat. We decided to buy him a _______ and fill it with useful things, a hat, soap, etc.

The stories on Kind Spring and the generosity of strangers have been _______ us. We bought backpacks _______ and gave them out on Christmas Eve to people who would otherwise have nothing to _______.We deeply know it feels wonderful to have someone ________ you at Christmas.

We prepared 10 backpacks on the ________Christmas Eve, 15 the year after and this year we really ________. We set up a GoFundMe account(账户), and   ________   donations(捐赠物) of canned goods, new socks, etc. A friend who works at a department store ________ her family discount to get us 50 new backpacks that would have ________ cost us $300. My job brings me to CVS (便利店)often and I was able to get 50 backpacks at a deep ________ when the store manager heard ________ I needed so many. Unbelievably, another friend contributed her ________: She put together 25 backpacks with her little daughters.

I still can’t ________ to give my wife something to open on Christmas Day , but the ________ we feel giving out these backpacks on Christmas Eve makes up for it.

【推荐2】A year after Benjamin Canlas died at 17, his love of helping others lives on. Through a foundation ___ by his parents, this kind young man is ___ making the world a better place — one bike at a time.   

In the Philippines, many jobs have been lost as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thousands of people have to travel to take ___ jobs to survive. But public transportation has been ___ limited. So many people must walk for hours in the sun or rain to get to these jobs. Benjamin’s parents had the idea to ___ bikes to deserving individuals who are ___ by their friends, family members or coworkers.

At first, their ___ was to donate seven bicycles. But then they received more than fifty ___. And then 27 people got bicycles. These bicycles were ___ to help make their lives a little easier.   

Among the ____ was Ronaldo del Rosario Jr. He sold rice cakes in the morning and smoked fish in the afternoon. ____ many kilometers each day caused the borrowed bike to break often. So, he often spent ____ time and some of his earnings on repairs.   

There are many people still in need and much more ____ needs to be offered. The foundation is working on launching more sustainable ____. The goal is that these programs will help more people while also ____ others to be kind and help those in need.