【推荐1】Cardi B gave back to the middle school that “made her” who she was.

The rapper surprised students and staff at IS 232 in the Bronx on Sept. 13 and announced that she would be _______$100,000 to her alma mater (母校). Cardi shared in an Instagram post that she had been trying to visit the _______ since last year but couldn’t because of COVID-19 rules at the time.

“This middle school, IS 232 in the Bronx, has a very _______ place in my heart! It turned me from an 11-year-old girl into a little teenage _______,” the artist wrote. “Kids in the Bronx have to grow up _______ due to our circumstances and environment. While some young teens like around 11-13 still live in that Disney world, these kids have to _______ fast and quickly.”

She _______ that like a lot of those kids, she went through so much while attending middle school. “Those experiences changed me forever and _______ me who I am today,” she wrote, adding that she hopes her donation “can help _______ an amazing after school program that will help ________ stay out of the streets or a troubled home and ________ allow them to learn something that they can take with them through ________.”

Cardi went on to ________ Community Capacity Development and its founder and executive director K. Bain for ________ with her and helping her visit other schools and programs in Queens and Brooklyn. “I love being ________ to help young kids however I can,” she said.

WNBC reporter Kay Angrum shared video of the moment when Cardi ________ everyone.

“We are thrilled to welcome Cardi B back ________ to IS 232 in the Bronx, and we are so grateful for her ________ contribution to her alma mater,” said Schools Chancellor David Banks in a statement. “Cardi B’s ________ of $100K for the arts will help the school’s kids ________ their highest heights. Thank you, Cardi!”

【推荐3】Shayden, 11 years old, approached his neighbor’s house and asked for using the family’s front door security camera to shoot a video. Shayden’s going to the Rays’ house was ________ by his strong need for new friends. He expressed his ________ for companionship in the video, ________ seeking out native children around 11 or 12.

However, when his neighbor Brennan Ray ________ some kids nearby, Shayden explained that he felt he was ________ by them as they always stopped him entering their activities. After their brief ________, Brennan was moved by Shayden’s desire and decided to ________ the video online to reach out to Shayden.

Shayden had difficulties establishing connections with others due to many kinds of mental illness. In the comments, Brennan highlighted the importance of having conversations with others in ________ the challenges they may be facing. He described Shayden as a well-mannered, ________, and brave young man and ________ the online community to help Shayden find new friends. “I figured I could post it, and some ________ people would see it and help me contact them,” he said. However, the video was beyond his expectations, receiving nearly 70 million ________ and gaining widespread attention.

After Shayden’s recent ________ to the Rays’ house and getting the ________ support from countless compassionate (富有同情心的) individuals, Shayden now feels a sense of ________.

【推荐1】I’m a late boomer as a writer. I’ve been writing for children for 30 years, and I sold my first _______ in 2011.

It wasn’t until I started teaching first grade in Los Angeles that I was _______ by the poetry and simple beauty of picture books. From then on, I began having the _______ that I could write riddles, poems and stories for children to _______ in the classroom.

One day, a fellow teacher pulled me aside on the playground. “Dianne, you are so _______ , so you should produce something new, not just for teaching in classrooms,” she said. I felt _______ after hearing her opinion. How could I really write well? Could I _______ a career as a word artist? But finally I _______ my job in the Los Angeles school system and moved to Southampton, wishing to write better picture books.

I studied, read, wrote and submitted. Though I received payment on some _______ , I still couldn’t earn enough money to ________ all my expenses. So I opened a small cleaning service, ________ after wealthy New York City weekenders, and I did all of the work myself. ________ , I still had time to write after work. Thirty years seemed long, but I’d kept my ________ alive. Finally, twenty complimentary copies of my first story, Hush Little Beachcomber, illustrated by Holly McGee, arrived at my door at the end of February in 2011. What a complete ________ it was on that freezing winter afternoon!

This is the main thing I want to tell you: Never give up. After all, you never know when you will make your ________ .

【推荐2】No one expected Jamie MoCrazy to live after her fall. She had been ________ in freestyle skiing’s World Tour Finals for her first championship when disaster struck. She ________ nothing of what happened. For the first 24 to 48 hours, there was a strong understanding that the ________ might take Jamie’s life.

Ten days later, she opened her eyes, just for a few seconds, but ________ enough to add a flicker (闪现) of light to the ________ days. It took her six weeks to remember who she was and ________ her parents. Then she lived with her mom in the hospital. It was the beginning of what the former ________ called the second version of herself, “Jamie 2.0”.

________ was slow, often painful. There were physical and mental challenges to ________. “It was like being ________ .” It took two months for her to relearn to swallow, talk and think critically. But, in many ________ , the physical challenges she faced were the easiest. It took her five years to ________ recover from the accident.

Though her intention was to compete again, she had to accept the reality. Her life ________ is now to help others who have suffered brain injuries and make people ________ the importance of recovery methods, setting up the non-profit organization MoCrazy Strong.

“I understand how ________ my recovery was since I had so much guidance in my family of caregivers,” she says, ________ that she would not be the person she is today were it not for her mother’s care, “and the ________ that I am a privileged (荣幸的), accomplished athlete with finances made a huge ________ in my recovery. So my target is to ________ that. It is very rewarding to be able to save people with it. I feel completely ________ now.”