【推荐1】My wife and I moved to the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee in November, from New York to a very rural area. While moving we had the _________ of our adult daughter.

During the _________ days of moving into our new home, we ate out in the local community a lot. One evening we decided to have a meal at a buffet style restaurant. It had been a long day of _________ boxes and furniture, and the next day would see us on the long drive back to our former home for another _________, a thousand mile long trip. We were all tired. But the buffet was great, and we _________ our meal feeling rested and relaxed.

When I went to pay our bill, _________ in hand, the waitress cashier told me that they didn’t accept credit cards. Being from the big city, it was _________ to use a credit card. Oops!

I had no cash in my pocket, but about 10 miles back down the road I’d seen a bank with an ATM. I told the lady that I would _________ my family there and return in a few minutes to pay for our meals. “Oh, you _________ do that, ” she told me. “You just come back some time and pay us then.” WHAT? I looked at her in __________. These people had __________ seen me before, did not know if I would ever return, yet they __________ me to return to pay for three adult meals? This is not something that I had ever experienced in the big __________, that’s for sure.

We have lived there for almost six years, and every single week I see other acts of trust like this happening. It may be a “country” thing, or just __________ Southern hospitality. Whatever it is, I certainly like it, and I pass on this __________ every chance I get.

【推荐2】Les Brown is one of the world’s greatest speakers. He is also a leader on self-improvement and _______.

However, Les _______ it difficult to learn knowledge when he was a student. During his school days, he was thought of as “_______ to learn well” by the teachers and placed _______ from 6th grade to 5th grade. To make things _______, he had a twin brother who was bright and talented, so Les was often _______ by his classmates.

One day a teacher asked him to _______ a problem on the blackboard, but Les _______ and said that he couldn’t. “Of course you can,” the teacher replied _______. “Young man, come here and solve this problem for me.”

“But I can’t,” ________ Les. “I’m a silly boy.” The rest of the class burst into ________. At that point, the teacher stepped out from behind his desk and looked Les straight in the eye. “Don’t ever say that again,” he told him firmly. “Someone else’s opinion of you does not have to become your ________.”

Les never ________ those words, and spent the rest of his life facing ________, setting goals and following his goals. Time and time again, thanks to the teacher’s powerful words, Les has been famous all over the world. Do remember: you have ________ within you.

【推荐1】Once we reach the age 60 or 65,we all look forward to retirement and living a stress-free life.But that is not the________for David Flucker,from Scotland’s Edinburgh, who is 100-year-old. He still works three days a week at the St.Columbia’s Hospice Care shop.

David Flucker________his centennial birthday this June,but still went into_________the next day, as usual,at the shop.David spends four hours traveling round trip to the shop—which he does regardless of the________David started working in the charity shop after he was________ with cancer and spent two weeks being cared for by the Hospice.He just wanted to pay it forward for the________he received.

“It is a wonderful feeling to be doing something,”said the_______,who lives in Balgreen, Edinburgh.“It is two buses and a 20-minute walk to get to the shop, at least two hours. I work three days a week,Thursday,Friday and Saturday,which are the______days.”The grandfather -of- seven says the shop in Ocean Terminal gets a lot of donations, and he_______the mall out to see if they’re OK.“We get a lot of toys, books, jigsaw puzzles,”said David.“We have got to check them all over.”But what he loves the most is the______aspect of his work—when people“come in just to chat”.David,who was widowed in 2010, also spends time building model railways which he______to raise money for the hospice.On 22 June,when the centenarian turned 100, the store dedicated a window display on his birthday showcasing a few_______of his life.

Shared on Facebook, the post shows how Flucker has become an______for many around the world. The store_______a post on the official page of Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre where Flucker’s workspace is located.The post got many_______and comments and left social media users amazed.

【推荐3】A house with family love and memories could be called a home. Sitting on the porch(门廊) of a(n)_______ home, you can see shadows of trees _______ on the lawn. A leaf floats to the ground, suggesting the coming of fall. This wide porch was built as the main part of the home. The rest of the house _______ around it on both sides, like huge arms _______ a hug.

Countless stories have been shared on this porch by every member of the family for over 30 years. The family that grew here enjoyed daily _______- singing in the car, laughter at mealtime and football games on Sundays. When the father hit 55, his wife _______ he quit playing Sunday afternoon football with the kids. The mother never played, as she was stricken with a terrible illness after the birth of their second child. Never able to walk again, sometimes, she even had to _______ by dragging herself across the floor. She never complained about the challenges of her _______, nor did her husband complain about the _______ care he had to give his wife after she became ill.

There’s something ________ upon entering the house. It’s the smell of the piles of old books and magazines, the sheet music on the piano. Pictures of the family are still all hung in every room.

The homeowners are no longer there - they both recently ________ away. And yet, they both still ________ throughout the house. Their lives are still evident, ________ into the laughter and hearts of family and friends. They weren’t celebrities and won’t be remembered in history books. Yet they ________ of their own, by creating simple beauty in everyday life and by ________ challenges without complaining. That is truly the best remembrance(回忆) of all.