【推荐1】As a Boy, John Kerr wanted to be a fireman or a park ranger(护林员). Looking back on that childhood fantasy, he says, “ I think it was the hat.”   ______, he spent four decades at one of public broadcasting’s flagship stations in Boston. He ______ in 2005 at the age of 65 without any particular postcareer ______ in mind. After several idle weeks, he decided to drive his camper to visit family in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

On the route, he   stopped ______ at the Yellowstone Park Foundation, which ______ funds for Yellowstone, America’s first national park. As it happens, the foundation was ______ people to educate park guests on wolves. Kerr signed on. Later, at the urging of his daughter, a forestry school graduate, Kerr ______ the Student Conservation Association for an internship(实习).

To say that Kerr stood out in the intern crowd is a massive under-statement. Most interns were college and even high school students. But, in a sense, he had been ______ for this since his youth. His outdoor______ with his grandfather had given him a love of ______, and, as a(n) ______, he had helped out at the local fire department on medical calls.

He also had something else. There are 31 million Americans between the ages of 44 and 70 — some retired and looking for a third act, some looking for a more ______   career — ______ for something where they feel as if they’re making a contribution.Kerr also had that deep urge to do something more.

From his internship, he moved up to ranger. He ______ his management of what he describes as one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

“These are rich and all-too-rare memories,” ______ Kerr. “I never forget them.”

【推荐2】Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved. That person was my stepmother.

I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father introduced me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is _______ for being the worst boy in this country and will probably start throwing rocks at you no later than tomorrow morning.”

My stepmother walked over to me, _______ my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are _______. This is not the worst boy at all, but the smartest one who hasn’t yet found any outlet for his enthusiasm.”

That statement began a friendship between us. No one had ever called me smart, my family and neighbors had built me up in my _______ as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.

She changed many things. She persuaded my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the county, where my father’s career could be more _______ and my brother and I could be better educated.

When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand typewriter and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I know her enthusiasm, and I _______ it had already improved our lives. I accepted her _______ and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of writing that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the only beneficiary. My father became the _______ man in town.

My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer and a college president.

What power _______ has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is ________ strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible force which poverty and temporary defeat can never match.

You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.

【推荐3】A little girl created a perfect gift for her mother’s birthday. It was a drawing of a ______ on white paper with the words “For mom: love, love, love” decorated with hearts. She folded (折叠) her letter, but then she ______ it.

For most people, that would be the ______ of this story, but this story had a different result. James Carrell found the letter. He had just ______ his mother, wishing her a happy birthday. After he hung up, Carrell saw the ______ on the ground outside of a hardware store in Manvel. “I ______ it was a gift,” said Carrell. “I opened it up and saw the flower and hearts. It really ______ me.” Carrell thought the letter would ______ someone’s day and that maybe he could find the owner, so he posted it on the Internet. The message moved a lot of people, ______ one man.

“I was sitting at my friend’s house and saw a man’s ______,” said Carrell.

The comments included one from Robert Alvarado. He wrote, “I can’t ______ you found my baby’s letter.” Carrell reached Alvarado to ______ the letter. It took a few days, but the men finally met on Thursday night.

“Eventually the letter made it home,” said Alvarado. “We are ______ for what James Carrell did.” We often forget the power of ______ things, but for this family from Alvin, Carrell’s small act left a ______ impression.

【推荐2】I recently heard a story about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. What set him so far apart from others?

He _________that，in his opinion，it all came from an_________from his mother that happened when he was about 2 years old. He had been trying to _________a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his _________ on the slippery bottle and it _________， making its contents pouring all over the kitchen floor.

When his mother came into the kitchen，instead of _________ at him，giving him a lecture，or punishing him，she said，“Robert，what a _________and wonderful mess you have made! I have _________seen such a huge pool of milk. Well， the damage has already been done. Would you like to _________down and play in the milk for a few minutes __________ we clean it up?”

Indeed， he did. After a few minutes，his mother said，“You know，Robert，__________ you make a mess like this，you have to clean it up at last and __________everything to its proper order. So， how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge (海绵)，a towel，or a mop. Which do you __________?” He chose the sponge and together they __________the milk.

His mother then said，“You know，what happened just now is a __________experiment in how effectively to carry a big milk bottle with two __________hands. Let’s go out in the backyard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can __________ a way to carry it without dropping it.” The little boy__________ that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands，he could carry it without dropping it.

This scientist then __________ that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to make __________. Wouldn’t it be great if all parents would respond the way Roberts mother responded to him?

【推荐3】My son Nile has left for university. Even Mother seldom _________ now that her grandchild is no longer around. My home has become so _________ in less than one month.

As a concerned mother who had little to do, I _________ Nile whenever I could. At first it was through emails. Occasionally I _________ the page of the university to learn about Nile’s campus life, and was filled with _________ to see his greetings: “Hi, Mum! So you’re on the net as well!” Since then I’ve been visiting the website regularly hoping to _________ my child.

Recently, our communicating way had another _________. Nile sent me all kinds of articles through instant messaging: novel, modern, funny... I read them _________, like a well-behaved pupil. Meanwhile, I had _________ feelings about that. The kid was __________ to learn something from me not that long ago, but he now becomes my teacher! After __________, I responded with the following email:

“Thank you, my son, for all the interesting articles, though I feel confused about the change of our __________. Despite that, I’ll take it as a loving son’s __________ of his mother. He must be thinking his mother is still young and __________ enough to accept new things. That makes me feel proud.” Now in this way we share ideas, with the instant messages __________ each other.