【推荐1】Today the whole situation in the food pantry (食物分发处)was a mess. At one point there was a line of over a dozen families   _________   food. We even ran out of the _________ things of cheese and cooking oil. But we tried our best to offer food to those who needed it_________

One woman was moved to tears, _________us that this was the first time she had needed help in feeding her family. We _________   her, expressing how at one time or another we all need a little extra_________We were short of one of our volunteers but did the best we could. We even _________ to keep the spirits of our visitors up by our _________   and love all the time behind our masks (口罩).

It was _________ that one of the food donators (捐赠人)brought in a box of fresh eggs to share. My fellow volunteers __________my treat of burnt butter cookies. Another friend of mine, Cheryl, was also __________that I woke early and cooked her a loaf of delicious bread. She needed a little   __________   as it was a difficult holiday for her between __________   from her operation and her husband’s car accident on the highway.

It was a great clay, feeding not only__________stomachs but spirits as well. I felt lucky and happy for our caring community. I was so __________afterwards, and as a result, I took a 3-hour sleep!

【推荐2】At graduation ceremonies, it’s common to see parents proudly cheering and clapping for their kids. But have you ever seen it _________ the other way around? A heartwarming viral video shows a little girl named Shivaee _________ rooting for her dad during his graduation ceremony.

The video shows Shivaee’s dad, Aashish, walking up to the stage to _________ his master’s degree certificate from Teesside University in England. As the then 34-year-old _________ the stage, Shivaee shouts, “Congratulations, Daddy!” stimulating _________ from those in the room.

The dad,_________ by the act, replies, “I love you,” and blows her a kiss. Excited to _________ a moment with her dad, she replies, “I love you, daddy!” His smile grows even wider, and he looks deeply moved when his _________ is announced and he joins the rest of the _________ on the stage.

“This ceremony would have been __________ without my princess,” Aashish wrote on social media. “Asher __________ spread through the silent ceremony hall, my heart melted along with all the others present.__________ the graduation award, I felt ‘Being father to my daughter’ is the biggest __________ to me.”

Shivaee was barely 3 years old when the video was taken in 2022. That makes the __________ even more sweet, and it’s something her dad will never forget. He added, “This was the cutest moment during my whole graduation ceremony. It would stay __________ forever.”

【推荐3】In 2008, first grade teacher Alvin Irby stopped by a barbershop (理发店) after school for a haircut. Before long, one of his students _________. “He seems impatient and _________,” Irby recalls. “I look at this _________ thinking, ‘He should be practicing his reading.’ But I don’t see a _________ there.”

That moment _________ with Irby, and five years later he _________ Barbershop Books, a nonprofit. “Many kids _________ reading with something they do in or for school,” Irby says. “If the only place a kid practices reading is during a lesson, the progress will be _________... Our program is about getting kids to say three words: ‘I’m a reader.’”

Irby’s program may seem _________, but there’s a lot of __________ behind it. He puts a colorful, kid-sized bookshelf in each barbershop, making it __________ to children. The books displayed are all __________ chosen based on recommendations for kids aged 4 to 8, his target audience. For Irby, the most important __________ of a book is that it should be fun to read.

Putting books in barbershops is not the finish line. Irby says, “Many kids __________ see adults reading.” So, Irby __________ the barbers in his program—training them to engage kids about reading. “We __________ barbers to use the reading spaces,” he says. “Then they can talk to the kids about how they like reading.”

Irby believes that __________ books with a barber can be __________ for the kids. “Our goal is not to __________ barbers into tutors (导师),” Irby says. “This is a good __________ to provide kids with role models.”

【推荐1】“5 pm, ma’am.”

“What? My baby can no longer wait for that！”

My 3 month­old­baby was very ______.His stomach became larger and larger.Three days ago, we brought him for ______ in hospital where I worked. I knew the ______ of dehydration(脱水) very well because there were already countless ______ of this case that we had met.

But it was not a simple dehydration as I ______.Everything about him suddenly became so ______ including his laboratory results.Life saving devices were already ______ inside our room. I knew that his chance of ______ became very thin. Suddenly, I was ______ that the schedule was moved to 3 pm. It would be now only in an hour.

I was relived ______ another much bigger problem arose. I didn’t have the money needed. We ______ borrowed it from a friend who was one of the two persons in my contact list that responded to me.I only had few minutes left then. Just then, my cellphone suddenly ______ continuously.

“Ms Lucero, please fetch your money remittance(汇款) through...”

And one after another, I received different ______ telling me to get the money they sent for my baby.I had the money then in ______ an hour! Not only for the CT Scan but for our immediate ______ during our whole hospital stay! I was so blessed that I got so much and that my baby shall live!

【推荐3】It was winter. Everything in Happy Valley was ________ with snow. Kids living nearby were making a snowman in the park. Julia brought her dad’s hat for the snowman. Laura got two shiny little stones for the eyes. Peter found two________ to be the arms. Robert used a carrot to be the nose. The Smith brothers made two snowballs to________ the head and body. With the teamwork of all the kids, a cute snowman appeared.

Julia said the snowman should be given a name. The kids couldn’t decide on a good one, for everyone wanted to make the decision. “I must be ________   to give him a name. Without   my carrot, the snowman wouldn’t have a nose,” shouted Robert. “Without the sticks I picked, the snowman would have no arms. In that case, how ________ he would look then,” argued Peter. Soon the arguments turned into a big ________. The kids walked away ________   with what they had brought. The snowman was nothing but a terrible memory.

Days passed, and laughter was ________   heard in the park of Happy Valley. The kids were beginning to get ________and lonely. The parents began worrying. What could bring the kids together again? Then they met and had a plan. The next day, all the kids got a________, telling them there was something special at the park.

They ________to see what it was, ________they didn’t talk to each other on the way because of the snowman. When they arrived, the kids found a note on the snowman which read, “Dear kids, my heart ________when Happy Valley isn’t what it used to be. Although I’m sad and have no name, I would rather see my happy kids.”

The note melted (融化) the ice in all kids’ hearts. They felt________ because of what they had done and began to finish the snowman together. Finally, a much cuter snowman ________ there. They all agreed to call him “Mr. Warmheart” though he was made of snow. Happy Valley got cheerful laughter back.