【推荐2】It was rush hour in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania this September. Timothy White was ________ home when he noticed a gray four-door ________ on the opposite side of the street. It moved on ________. As the pickup drew closer, White spotted the ________ appeared to be asleep.

Pretty soon, this guy’s going to ________ into a house and kill himself or kill somebody else. White ________ to stop that vehicle. White made his car a U-turn and was now facing in the same ________ as the pickup, but there were four cars ________ them. White honked his horn, hoping the cars in front would move aside. They didn’t.

Trapped, White ________, jumped out and dashed up the sidewalk. The truck was going slowly. He ran around to the driver’s side. The window was down on this temperate ________ day. White grabbed the frame of the window and with a ________ strength, leaped in. White was now inside the truck.

The driver, Todd DeAngelis, was just a bit ________, unexpectedly facing dangerously low blood sugar. White worked quickly. He ________ the pickup into park and called the police.

An ambulance soon arrived and took DeAngelis to hospital. “You kept me ________ a much worse accident than it could have been,” DeAngelis said after his ________. “I’m always trying to help, where I can, when I can,” White smiled.

【推荐1】Just before Christmas, my daughter Katie and I went over to my dad’s place to decorate. I couldn’t help _________ the old glass balls when _________ them on the tree. Later that night before I went to sleep, in the quiet darkness, I recalled some _________ from years ago.

The Christmas after I turned 16, while decorating the _________ with my mom, I accidentally _________ and broke a ball. The old glass ball had been on our tree for as long as I could _________.

Broken-hearted, I knelt to pick up the pieces and was _________ to find a small slip of paper on the floor. Unfolding the note, I _________ my father’s writing. Lifting my eyes, I saw my mother’s _________ expression.

“Your daddy wrote that and put it in that __________ during our first Christmas together, just before you were born,” she said with a smile.

I wouldn’t have __________ it, except for the proof there in my __________. The daddy I knew always seemed a bit __________ around the holidays. And yet, this bit of yellowed paper __________ that long ago, my daddy had done something quite romantic at Christmas.

I cleaned up the pieces, __________ I could put them together. “It’s OK,” Mom said. “Just pick out another of the old ones and put the __________ inside.”

Now, as we __________ the holidays without my mom, who we lost to cancer, my discovery is even more __________. Each year as I decorate my dad’s tree, I remember the moment I __________ with my mom that winter afternoon.

The note inside one of those old glass balls on my dad’s tree holds the heart of my parents’ __________ in three little words: “I love you.”

【推荐3】With the winter approaching, the sky was dark. A strong wind blew hard and it rained cats and dogs. Freezing and_______ , I was walking home through the cold water when thunder and lightning flashed across the_____sky. Some people were rushing by, completely wet in the big _________. I noticed some schoolchildren________their heavy schoolbags, hurrying home, and some road repair work abandoned by workers._______, the workers had left in a hurry because of the storm. The heavy rain made it ________to see what was on the road. There seemed a hole covered with pieces of the wooden ______·

Then, I moved on slowly with _______ but stopped suddenly as I heard some sounds, which sounded like a burst of crying. I quickly turned back. To my _____ , I found that a small child had fallen into the hole on the road. The boards had been ______ . I could hardly see the ____     clearly as it was dark all around me. Panicked as I was, I attempted to collect my thoughts, _________ for help. An athletic man came to help instantly, stretching out to _____ the child’s hands, pulling him out. We called the kid’s parents and waited for them. They were more than grateful to us. With a sigh of ______ ,I walked to the man, _____“Thank you”. I would never forget the good feeling of helping someone in need and I was also proud of myself.

【推荐1】Every year, around 20,000 American teenagers age out of foster care (寄养) at 18, and have to start their lives by themselves.

Ella first became aware of foster care when her parents were considering adopting a child. Although the _______ didn’t work out, Ella often found herself thinking about that child. “I’m really close with my family, and just couldn’t imagine being _______ on my own at 18,” she says.

Later, Ella visited Children Services, with a list of questions, trying to _______ what aging out looked like. One question was “What’s not being _______ for these young people?”. Near the top of the list was furniture. “The idea of moving into an apartment and not having a bed to sleep on pulled at my heartstrings,” says Ella.

Ella contacted her parents’ friends, asking if they had spare furniture to _______. And a local furniture store offered free space and delivery truck. Then she formed Chair-ity, a nonprofit providing furniture for young adults who have _______ foster care.

Watching those in need receive a bed, a table — whatever — was transformational. Ella remembers Hannah, a former foster care girl who couldn’t afford any furniture. When Hannah _______ to Chair-ity, Ella asked what she needed. “Everything,” she replied. When she found her once _______ apartment stood a full kitchen set, a bed, and a table, she said, “It really relieved my pressure.”

“To think what hadn’t been thought about in years could bring so much happiness to somebody was _______,” Ella says.

Today, Chair-ity has given furniture to nearly 200 young adults. As word has got out, Ella has received donations from more and more people. She’s convinced these contributions give those young people __________ and confidence.

【推荐2】Stephanie distinctly remembered watching a basketball movie called “Like Mike” when she was a kid. The movie’s message ________ her, so she showed it to her students while discussing ________ and inclusion (包容).

Over the course of a term, Stephanie did a weeks-long lesson about how our differences make us ________, and how we shouldn’t judge people until we’ve “walked a mile in their shoes”. The movie helped ________ this message to her students’ real lives.

Stephanie had her students measure their feet in class, design their own ________ on paper, and write journals about making ________ about others based on appearances. Since Stephanie collects athletic shoes as a sort of hobby, she began working behind the scenes to make the final lesson in her plan, something her students would never ________.

Without telling them, Stephanie ________ a pair of white sneakers (运动鞋) for every student in her class. She paid for it all out of her own pocket, but as costs ________, she eventually asked her community for donations.

On the day of the big ________, Stephanie opened the boxes of sneakers. The kids went ________ ! Some of them even cried. Each student decorated their ________ shoes with their own sense of style. They had fun making their shoes on their own, and the deeper ________ was not lost on them.

As Stephanie put it, “Differences make everybody special!” This is such a(n) ________ way to teach kids the value of not judging others and creativity. We hope more teachers ________ her path and create significant lessons like this one!

【推荐3】Kai Ture, at 11 years old, is a budding (崭露头角的) actress. All of her acting roles mean that Kai has to ________ her acting and school life. ________, she doesn’t let those ________ upset her and takes a positive attitude to them. For her, going to auditions (试演) and getting acting roles mean that she is only ________ her acting career.

When Kai isn’t ________, she focuses on putting her ________ and community first. ________ her hard work, she was able to be ________ into a school for top students. Despite all her acting credentials (证书), Kai still regards her educational achievements as her biggest ________. Acting isn’t her only fine arts skill—Kai can ________ play the violin and piano.

Kai has worked hard to help her local community as well. With the help of her Girl Scout group leaders, Kai was able to ________ some of Atlanta’s homeless communities with food in a community service event. Kai remains ________ when helping the homeless and is working again with her Girl Scout group to organize a larger ________.

Kai enjoys her ________ schedule, doing all the activities she loves. Kai first started off in smaller roles and has been able to get larger roles. Start off with some small steps and you’ll ________ achieve your biggest dreams!