【推荐1】When Caleb was eight, he adopted his first rabbit Snickers. They were inseparable. But Snickers died less than a year later, and Caleb was ______. He went online looking for another rabbit and was ______ to see hundreds available, abandoned after Easter. He made a presentation to his parents about ______ more rabbits. “It really ______ me that people couldn’t commit to a rabbit’s 10-year life span (寿命),” he said. “So I ______ as many as I could.” There wasn’t room at his family’s house. ______, a farm family nearby let Caleb keep his rabbits in their barn (谷仓).

By the time he was 14, Caleb knew he wanted his rabbits to not only live out their lives in a ______ place but also help others. One day, he discovered a deserted island on the Missisippi and ______ the owner to allow him to raise his rabbits there for a few months. It was the perfect ______ to train these rabbits-quiet, and safe. After securing an investor to help him buy the ______ online, Caleb needed to ______ money for the rabbits’ care plus other costs. So Caleb started the Peacebunny Foundation to ______ donations and hosted educational activities.

Now Caleb’s rabbits are ______ for short stays by families with children who have mental health challenges, He also visits senior centers with his rabbits to stop the elderly feeling ______. “It takes a lot effort,” said Caleb, who still can’t believe he’s guardian to hundreds of rabbits. “But rabbits bring so much ______ into the lives of others-and into mine as well.”

【推荐2】Long ago, in a village lived a wise old man. All the villagers were unhappy because they thought their neighbours had better lives, so day and night the _________ townsfolk would burst into the old man’s house for endless _________ about their fortune.

Early one brisk autumn morning, the old man posted a huge sign in the village square that _________: ALL CITIZENS WILL GATHER HERE AT NOON. BRING A BIG GREEN PICKLE (泡菜).

At twelve sharp all the villagers gathered in the square with a big, green pickle. The old man said, “I want you all to put your pickle down by your feet!” The crowd became _________. After considerable _________ and complaining, the villagers did as the old man said.

Then the old man spoke once again, “Imagine that everything you are — your wisdom and your _________, your blessings and your misfortune, your _________ and your weaknesses — is in your pickle. If you don’t like your pickle, no big deal. _________ someone else’s. Go ahead and choose.”

With that _________, all the villagers now had the overwhelming __________ of deciding whose pickle they wanted. The baker’s eye __________ fell on the schoolteacher’s pickle. The schoolteacher’s eye __________ over to the tailor’s. Every eye __________ every pickle in town. However, when it was over, the townspeople — every single one of them — had __________ their very own pickles.

Since that day, whenever a villager approached the old man to complain, he would simply say, “It’s your __________; you picked it.”

【推荐1】It was forty years after I finished high school, but memories of the staircase I climbed each school day to attend math class still disturbed me.

Every time I walked by the________, naughty boys would ________me, shouting “woof”. “Just________ them,” my mother advised. I pretended not to care on the surface. But inside the ________message that I was ugly rooted deep into my soul. ________, I graduated, launching a rewarding career as a teacher and life turned out great. But when I looked in the mirror, the hurt feeling ________.

One day, I got a(n) ________ to my fortieth high school reunion, which I thought was a perfect ________ to blame those boys. I put on my favorite blouse, preparing my ________for the Friday night reunion.

________, people seemed nice and friendly, making me feel at a loss. Instantly, all my planned speech ________ in my throat. After all, it was pointless to hold a grudge (怨恨) against people I couldn’t even recognize. It ________to me that the best thing I could do was to ________and forget!

Back to the old campus, I gathered my courage and walked up the stairs once again. The sound of “woof” seemed to________in the bright sunshine. Suddenly, I felt happier, more________ and attractive.

【推荐2】Since I became a mother, I can’t remember the last time I had spare time to myself. All my spare time ________ taking care of the family, doing chores and working. I guess that is part of ________. Of course, I take responsibility for being a mother and try my best to maximize my time.

But as the years passed, I realized that the chores soon seemed ________. It seems I can never finish my to-do list. Even if I try to ________ all of it, new tasks always come up. I try to prioritize my tasks but still feel ________ at the end of the day. I try to share the ________ with my family, but I still have little time to myself.

I always hoped for “me time”. And when I say “me time”, I only ________ being able to have a shower without rushing or watching a movie without being ________ by my kids. But I didn’t give much ________ about that “me time” until recently.

After long years of ________, my visa application was approved and I had to travel to a new country all by myself to start a new job. ________ the company only paid tor my airfare, my family will have to ________ at a later date.

So now, I’m alone in an apartment and I can do whatever I want. But ________ it hasn’t made me happy. I feel ________ without my family. No more daily routine of nagging the kids to help me with the chores. I also feel like something in me is ________. I spend nights crying myself to sleep to ________ the loneliness.

I came to ________ that making time for me doesn’t mean being away from those I love. I can still have “me time”, even if I have my ________. around. I can prioritize and plan. I can ________ my attitude and approach toward chores. Life wouldn’t be the same without the people you love near you. I hope my family can ________ me soon.