【推荐1】When I became a junior, I decided to take Latin (拉丁语) at school. I felt much ____ about taking that class, and I was fully expecting to be able to understand every word I’d ever ______once I learned Latin.

But Latin classes were so ____. Each day, the teacher Mr. Keady would ask us to open our books and recite aloud the various Latin forms of words. Thus it became the daily ____. That went on until I ____ my hand one afternoon when we were asked yet again to open our books.

When Mr. Keady asked what was wrong, I ____ why I thought that his class was boring how I had expected more, and that his method of teaching was out of date. When I finished speaking, I ____ Mr. Keady would angrily send me to the head teacher.

Instead, he sat at his desk ____, looking beaten and tired. After several moments of ______Mr. Keady spoke. He quietly and strongly said that he would think carefully about what I’d said. And that was it.

In the following weeks, Latin class didn’t become the exciting leaning environment I hoped it would, but Mr. Keady did try harder. He brought in some new worksheets and ____ to make us students take part more in his classes.

Maybe some people would ____ what I did but even so many years later, I feel bad about it. If I saw him now, I’d tell him how I ____ what I’d done that day in class, and that I was disrespectful. And at the same time, I’d also tell him that he taught me a wonderful ____ that day. Following my ____ words, he showed me that being hurt doesn’t mean you have to give away your dignity (尊严).

_____, Mr. Keady’s response proved that no matter how hurt you feel, no one can take away your dignity.

【推荐3】When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument(争论)with a boy named Tom in my class. I can’t _______ what it was about, but I have never forgotten the _______ I learned that day.

I was sure that I was right and he was wrong—but he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right. Our teacher decided to teach us a very important lesson and _______ a good idea. She _______ both of us up to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on _______. In the middle of her desk was a large, round object(物体). I could clearly see that it was black. She asked the boy what _______ the object was. “White,” he answered in a _______ voice.

I couldn’t believe he said the object was white, _______ it was obviously black! Another. _______ started between my classmate and me, this time about the color of the object.

The teacher told me to go to stand where the boy was standing and told him to come to stand where I had been. We changed ____________, and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I ____________ answer, “White.” It was then ____________ I realized I was wrong. In fact, it was an object with two differently colored sides, and from his side it was white, ____________ from my side was it black.

My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must ____________ yourself in the other person’s shoes and look at the ____________ through their eyes in order to truly understand their view.

【推荐1】I was walking around in a Big Bazar store doing a shopping, when I saw a cashier talking to a boy couldn’t have been more than 5 or 6 years old. The cashier said, “I’m sorry, ______ you don’t have enough money to buy this ______.”   Then the little boy turned to me and asked, “Uncle, are you sure I don’t have enough money?”

I counted his cash and replied, “You know that you don’t have enough money to buy the doll, my dear.” The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.   Finally, I walked ______ him and I asked him ______ he wished to give this doll to. “It’s the doll that my ______ loved most and wanted so much . I wanted to ______   her for her birthday. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there.” His eyes were so ______ while saying this.

“My sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister.” My heart nearly ______. The little boy looked ______ at me and said, “I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the ______.” Then he showed me a very nice photo of him, ______ he was laughing. He then told me “I want mommy to take my picture with her so my sister won’t ______ me, I love my mommy and I wish she doesn’t have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister.”

Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very ______. I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. “Suppose we check again, just ______ you do have enough money for the doll?” He said, “OK, I hope I do have enough.” I ______ some of my money to his, ______ him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.

I finished my shopping in a totally ______ state from when I started. I couldn’t get the little boy out of my mind. Then I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman and a little girl. The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a ______ state.

The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma. Was this the family of the little boy? Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had ______. I couldn’t stop myself. I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was exposed for people to see and make last wishes before her burial. She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest. I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever…

The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is still, to this day, hard to imagine. And in a fraction of a(n) ______, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him…

【推荐2】I work up early the other day. When I was washing my face, I received a（n） _______ from a taxi driver who had my friend’s mobile phone. It was easy to _______ that my friend had left it in the _______ the night before. The driver had called others, but I was the first one to _______ . The driver asked me where he could _______ the phone off. I told him the street where I _______ , quickly jumped out of bed, and got dressed to _______ him on the comer of the street. The driver drove all the way from Queens to _______ this phone. I believed if he had taken on a passenger or two, he could have made some good _______ from driving that distance.

When I met up with the driver, I thanked him for making an effort to find the   __________ . I was so happy for my friend because of this man’s __________ . My friend recently moved to New York from abroad and I could imagine how __________ the phone was. I further asked the driver if I could get his __________ so that my friend could __________ him as well. He said my thankfulness was all that he __________ and drove off.

I emailed my friend and told him I had his phone. Later that day, I met him and described how I had __________ it. My friend said he couldn’t believes such kindness __________ in this big city. He told me he could not __________ to pay it forward.

I was so __________ after experiencing the kindness. It just __________ my day.

【推荐2】It was a cold, wet day on June 6, when 14-year-old Wasana arrived at school. Waiting outside his classroom for his classmates to arrive, Wasana _________ aimlessly at the pouring rain. Then his _________ fell upon the hill that stand at the back of the classroom.

He _________ huge amounts of rainwater flowing down the hill, and water was also bubbling (冒泡) at the base of a large rock on the hill. For a few _________, Wasana fixed his eyes on the water, _________ why it looked so familiar (熟悉).

Then it _________ him — the scene was surprisingly _________ to the pictures he was shown during Disaster Management classes. _________ a disaster was about to happen, Wasana waved _________ at students, shouting “Run, run, don’t stay here! The rocks on the hill are going to __________ on us!”

All the students and teachers ran to the open area that had been __________ as an emergency gathering point. __________, they heard screams as the huge rock rolled down the hill, bringing sand, rock and mud. There was nothing they could do but watch the earth __________ an entire school.

Thanks to Wasana’s quick action and careful observation (观察), __________ was hurt in the incident. Wasana later __________ a Gold Star from the Foundation for Civilian Bravery, Sri Lanka.