【推荐3】Ring! Ring! Ring! It was early in the morning. Though I knew who was_________, I unwillingly reached for the telephone. I was a new supply instructor (代课老师) struggling to support my young family. Each morning I waited for a call that would take me to a different_________that day. The last three classes had all been intended to_________me and see just how much bad_________I could deal with. I had responded by being_________with the students. I didn’t really want to go to work that morning then,_________since it was my birthday.

Still, I answered the phone and took the job. My family needed the money and I couldn’t_________to be picky (挑剔的). As I was driving to work, however, I_________to try harder to be the best teacher I could be. As school started, the students_________me as their former teachers and once again were ready to see what they could get away with. This time, though, I was strict but__________with them. I did my best to make the__________fun. I shared smiles, praised their efforts, and__________them to work hard. The effect was amazing. My uncontrollable classroom was soon__________. Students were laughing and learning and I finally felt like I was doing my job__________. I went home happily and enjoyed the rest of my birthday with my family.

Every day we are given another__________to get things right, to live our lives with love and joy, and to make this world a better place. Every morning arises and begins once again to be the best of you.

【推荐1】When I was a teenager I attended a summer learning program at a college. It helped disadvantaged kids ________ what college is like. In the morning we had college classes and the evenings were filled with fun ________. We did have a break in the afternoons, however. One day my friend, Claude and I found an old basketball and ________ to an outdoor basketball court.

I was ________ only 140 pounds at the time but Claude was taller and even skinnier than me. He had the ________ in the game then and I fell behind fast. I was ________, though, so I drove hard to the basket ________ missed a lay up. The ball bounced off the rim (框) and I jumped up to rebound it. Just as I was about to ________ it, I saw an elbow (手肘) above my face. As Claude grabbed the ball his elbow came down hard, ________ into my eye. The skin below it was ________, the bone was bruised, and it hurt like you wouldn’t believe. Claude kept ________ over and over while I found myself laughing through the ________. I spent the next few days walking around with a scar and a ________ eye, but it was worth it.

For years afterwards I got a laugh whenever I ________ teased Claude about his elbow of death. In this life we all get an elbow to the eye from time to time. It is best when this happens to ________ it with laughter and forgiveness.

【推荐2】In recent weeks, customers have been queuing at Donut City, starting at 4:30 am. to buy dozens of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Customers say the doughnuts are _________. But the taste is not the _________ why they have been waiting _________ to buy them.

It started a few weeks ago when customers started noticing that something was _________. Every day for the past 28 years, the friendly husband-and-wife _________ of Donut City — Stella and John Chhan — have stood behind the _________ selling doughnuts. But then one day, Stella wasn’t there.

When _________, John, 62, told them Stella had fallen ill and was _________ in a nursing home. He would visit his wife once all the doughnuts were _________.

Dawn Caviola, a __________ of Donut City, thought if enough people would buy a dozen doughnuts every morning, John could close early and go to __________ his wife.

After Caviola __________ the idea on the neighborhood message board, neighbors and fans __________ in a positive way. They started __________ in the dark, ordering dozens of doughnuts.

Jenee Rogers saw a local news story about the __________ to help the Chhans, which included trying to set up a GoFundMe page to raise money to help the Chhans, but they __________ the offer. Rogers said she and all of her friends started to spread the __________ to go to the shop early and buy doughnuts.

__________ in a phone interview, John expressed how thankful he was to his __________ customers.

“I __________ it,” he said. “I just can’t say enough thank you and thank you.”

【推荐3】Boundaries are everywhere. Some are for security. Some are for privacy. But some are just for us to _________.

One day, after supper, I took a walk on the _________. Taotao, my 5-year-old son, was bouncing excitedly behind me. He _________ a thin stick and acted as the Monkey King all the time. The sidewalk was paved by red bricks, _________ sharply with the pitch (沥青)-paved bikeway and formed a clear _________. “Use the sidewalk. It’s safe”, I _________ my son frequently.

Suddenly a maple leaf was blown off and _________ quietly on the bikeway, about two steps away. Taotao was totally _________. He stopped, bent down and tried to fetch it but failed. He _________ his stick, tried hard again but still failed. A bit _________, he stood up and moved one step forward, but not beyond the boundary. After several more attempts with the stick, the leaf was still not moving to him. I was right beside him, worried a lot about his further _________.

Finally, he stood up, threw away the stick _________, stepped across the boundary and picked up the leaf directly. Yeah! I saw a _________ smile on his face!

Many times we _________ our thinking within a boundary and can’t find a good solution; many times we hold existing _________ at hand, never thinking about whether they are still useful. We are not lacking in knowledge but short of knowing how to break the thinking boundaries.