【推荐2】My mother told us that we would not be _______ Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and when I started to _______ that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women _______ at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of _______ that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school.

Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my _______ Christmas there special and memorable, I _______ remembered the women’s visit. So I _______ a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, _______ with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were _______. Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I reminded them that they couldn’t open their presents __________ every child had come forward. Finally the __________ they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles __________ up the room. The __________ in the room was obvious, and __________ wasn’t just about toys. It was the feeling I knew __________ that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit.

【推荐2】My childhood was mostly silent. It was full of love, laughter, anger and sadness like any family, but these things occurred. The knowledge instilled(灌输) in me was _________ by watching my mother as she moved through her _________ world.

I loved to watch her hands, which were always _________ me things by showing me how, as she watered, weeded and dug her garden. The hands were rough with cuts and _________, but filled with wisdom.

Sometimes, those same hands spoke to me literally. Basic _________ language started in the family quite suddenly but then _________ just as quickly. My mother _________ that lip-reading was quicker. She would look at me intently and _________ words such as, “watch this” or “this is how”, or “never touch this plant”. We often went for hours like this, _________ a word spoken and yet we were talking in various ways the whole time.

As I grew up, I began to __________ why my mother spent so much time in her garden. Her deafness had come during an era of little tolerance for diversity, and much __________ of disability. The world outside was __________ and unforgiving while her garden was full of kindness and __________. For her it was the only place under her control.

My mother’s knowledge is deeply __________ inside me. I now have __________ hands, with cuts and scars, and cherish their roughness. With any luck, my kids will have them one day, too.

【推荐3】Today, I felt terrible. My head was full of problems and ________ . I decided to take a walk ________ I didn’t know where to go.

________ , I saw an old man sitting on a chair. He was a seller of second-hand shoes, who ________ at least 70 years old. He seemed so old and tired and nobody was ________ his shoes. I wanted to give him something ________ I had not brought anything with me. Then, a little girl came ________ him. I heard the child say, “Grandfather, may I ________ your shoes?” That old man took pity on her, and ________her a shoe to polish (擦亮). The girl said, “I polish the shoe because I need money to buy my brother a new school ________.”

I heard this and tears came to my ________ . The old man answered, “Oh, little girl. Just stop doing this. Come with me and I will buy you a bag.” Then they walked to a ________ (I followed behind) and he bought her a bag. The girl was so ________ . She said, “Thank you so much for doing this.” Then she left, ________ the old man smiling. He walked away from the store, but I stopped him. I said in a low ________ in his ears, “You are a hero! Thank you for your ________ !” As I walked away, I looked back and I could see him still ________.

I was ________ by the kindness I had just seen. Someone who had so little themselves, was able to show such ________ generosity! My own sadness had completely ________, blown away by the light of this kind act. At the same time, I began realizing that I have a lot to be thankful for.