【推荐2】I was chatting with Henry, a colleague of mine, about how I was struggling with my shrinking social circle. At that moment, I realized just how lonely and   ______ I had started to feel. He ______something unexpected. He had joined a social rugby club, and ______   that it was just what I needed. Seeing his determined look, on second thought, I   ______ to go along for a training sometime.

When I finally got to my first training session, it was overwhelming. I was miles outside my ______ zone, with 100-meter dashes and passing drills. I felt so worn out that I was afraid I couldn’t go on. The team and coaches were______, though.

Bit by bit, I found it easier to ______ my anxiety and turn up to training. There was something ______ about being around a bunch of people. Even when exercising in the rain, we all still managed to win and have fun. We faced tough losses and ______ hard-fought victories together.

I currently have a network of ______ I can call on when I move house. Packing up and finding a new place used to put me in a vortex (旋涡) of ______. However, I have 15 teammates happy to help me now. They don’t expect anything in return, and are there ______ to be supportive. I know I can always______ on them for anything.

Through the club, I’ve fitted into a crew of people who support me, on and off the ______. If you’re in the same situation like me, give it a shot to join a club, which will help you face the ______ in a healthy way.

【推荐3】When I was a child, I loved skateboarding. It brought me endless ______ . But after graduating from college and entering the workforce, the pressures of my job gradually led me to ______ this pastime. Several years later, while walking around in a park, I ______ a group of children skateboarding. It was like a clear ______ of my own childhood passion.

As I watched those kids ______ glide (滑行) on their skateboards, it was as though the wheels of time were turning backward. The ______ of the wind in my hair, the sense of freedom, and the excited feeling of skateboarding came rushing back. I longed to ______ those moments.

______ by the young skaters, I made a life-changing decision. I dusted off (拂去尘土) my skateboard, which had been quietly ______ in my store room for years, and took it to the local skate park. It was a bit ______ at first. But with each passing day, I ______ my balance, and the pure (纯粹的) joy of skateboarding returned.

Skateboarding became my ______ from the stress of work. It reminded me of the beauty of life’s simple ______ and how important it is to hold onto the things that make us ______ happy. My rediscovered love for skateboarding was a powerful ______ in treasuring the wonderful moments life has to offer.

【推荐1】The 12-year-old Mississippi boy Abraham Olagbegi was born with a serious blood disease. _________, he received a successful bone marrow transplant (骨髓移植). Over the course of his illness, Abraham learned he was _________ to the volunteer work of Make-A-Wish—an organization whose _________ is to realize wishes for children with serious illnesses. _________ asking something for himself, Abraham chose to show thanks for his good luck by _________ it along to others.

The wish Abraham _________ was to offer food to the homeless in his area one day a month for a year. The Mississippi teen shared his _________ with his mom, Miriam. She couldn’t have been more _________ of Abraham. _________, Miriam still wondered if he would want something for himself. But really, she wasn’t __________ by her son’s selflessness.

Once a month, Make-A-Wish helps Abraham work with local organizations and businesses to __________ up to 80 homeless people in a park. “When the homeless people got the plate, some of them would sing to thank us,” Abraham said. “It really __________ our hearts—and my parents always __________ me that it’s a blessing to be a blessing.”

Abraham still receives weekly checkups to monitor (监测) his condition, but he is __________ in his future.“I am a person of hope,” he said. And as the type of person who not only has hope but gives it as well, he’s a true __________.

【推荐2】Both in their seventies, Tububatu and his wife Taoshengchagan live in a village near Badain Jaran, Inner Mongolia. They've been spending every day since they retired in 2002 fighting against ________. Before Tububatu others had tried but ________. He just wanted to make a difference. He started by ________ just 50 trees a year, but kept doubling his ________ to the point where he now plants thousands of trees a year.

The retired couple have been slowly growing their little desert forest at their own ________. so that they live a very ________ life. Even though they mostly plant drought-resistant (抗旱的)types like sacsaoul trees and desert cistanche, they still make sure to ________ them at least once a day to make them grow _________

Although they’ve been ________ by some neighbors who think their efforts are ________ to fail, they haven’t given up. Over the last 19 years, the couple have planted over 266 hectares of desert and have no ________ of stopping.

Besides ________ the spread of the desert, Tububatu is also making a living by planting, as the desert cistanche is a(n) ________ medicinal plant that can sell for up to 100 yuan per kilogram.

For nearly 20 years Tububatu and his wife have been working hard, and ________ they have planted over 70,000 trees, ________ more than 1 million yuan of their savings. The ________ conditions have weakened their health and they look ________ than they actually are, but they refuse to________ their battle against the desert.

The couple have received several________ and honors from the government over the years, becoming a good ________ for all environmentalists.

【推荐2】My school holiday routine usually involves sleeping in, but one morning, I woke up early for no particular reason. With nothing to do, I decided to _______ glance out of my window at the parking lot below, but unexpectedly witnessed something that greatly _______ my life.

As I _______ people coming and going, getting into their cars and driving away, my attention was drawn to a(n)_______ man busy washing and cleaning the cars near a bicycle with a bucket attached to its _______. The damp ground _______ that he must have started his work quite early.

He was just simply dressed. However, there was a _______ sense of pride in the way he went about his tasks — cleaning one window at a time,_______ to admire his work, and repeating the process. He seemed devoted to his small business, happily _______ at passers-by and occasionally stopping to chat with other old folks heading to the nearby market.

________ his simple life, he appeared content. This incident made me reconsider my ________. If we are willing to work hard,________ should not be a barrier to earning a living. I felt ashamed and ________ when compared with him. It ________ me that at any age, we should make the most of time and ________ the value of hard work.