【推荐1】I had some rock climbing experiences when I was in college. I was _______ for an adventure once again to escape the noisy urban environment. Then came the chance. My friend Michael , an _______ rock climber, told me he had been planning to go rock climbing in Yosemite Valley and asked me to participate _______ him.

I accepted his invitation. When we arrived at the destination, Michael pointed upward and said, “This is it. Get ready.” It was nearly vertical (垂直的), 2,000 feet high. “You are kidding!” I said, expecting he would tell me to _______ it. However, when he began unpacking ropes, I knew he was serious. I had to _______ my climbing shoes and adjust my pack though I felt quite _______ to take up the challenge.

Michael moved fast. When the rope was almost out, he _______ himself and yelled at me, “Come on. Climb!” _______, step by step, I made my way straight up. About 300 feet off the ground, I looked down. I was hung in mid-air, but I still had 1,700 feet to go. Then my legs began to _______. I called out, “Michael.” This is beyond my ________.

I had told Michael that we should be ________ and stick to the belief that we shouldn’t give up easily. Now he yelled to me, “Cheer up. As you once told me, you have no choice but to ________.” He was right. I had to adjust myself. So I gathered my ________ and began to climb. I finally reached Michael.

Enjoying a good view of Yosemite Valley at the top with Michael, I felt proud that I had ________ it. Most importantly, from that experience I learned we should never give up easily whenever we meet some difficulties and that hard work will ________ eventually.

【推荐2】A businessman was in heavy debt. The sponsor cut off his investment (投资), ______ the supplier was urging payment. The businessman felt it ______ to get out of the trouble. He sat on a bench in the ______, with his head ______ in his hands, thinking hard on how to avoid bankruptcy (破产).

Just at this moment, an old man suddenly appeared and asked him, “Are you in any ______?”

Hearing the businessman’s story, the old man said, “I can ______ you.” The old man asked the businessman’s name and then handed him a ______, saying, “Take this, let’s meet here again in one year. I believe you will surely pay me back.”

“Oh, thank you very much, I promise I will.”

Then the old man left. The businessman ______ the $500,000 check, and found the signature on it was John D. Rockefeller, a billionaire’s name.

“So the problem was solved easily,” the businessman thought to himself. Thanks to the check, he could possibly find a ______ to save his company. ______, he decided not to use the money until he had to. With such thoughts in mind, he became positive about his ______. Therefore, a second talk with the supplier went ______ and he gained the permission of ______ delay. After that, he made several deals ______. A few months later, he paid off all the ______ and his business improved and began to make profits again.

One ______ later, he came to the park as ______, the $500,000 uncashed check in hand. Soon the old man came. The businessman was just about to ______ the check to the old man when a nurse ran over and seized the old man. “I ______ him,” the nurse shouted, “I hope he didn’t ______ you, sir, he always runs away from the nursing home and tells everybody that he is John D. Rockefeller.” The nurse took the old man away with the words.

【推荐3】Do you know what will happen in the future? Life in the twenty-first century will be very ________ , I suppose. Many changes will take place, but ________ will the changes be?

As we all know the population in the earth is growing ________. There will be a great many ________ in the world and most of them will live ________ than people in the twentieth century.

Computers will be much smaller and ________ and there will be at least one in every ________. And ________ studies will be one of the important subjects in school then.

People will work ________ and they will have more free time for taking exercise, reading, watching TV and traveling all over the world. ________ will be much easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to ________ countries for holidays.

There will be changes in our ________, too. May be no one will eat meat every day. Instead, they eat more fruit and vegetables without pollution. Maybe people will be ________. Work in the future will be different, too. ________ and hard work can be done by robots. Because of this, ________ people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

【推荐3】No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own ________.

I learned this lesson from an experience many years ago. I took the head ________ job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.

It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play against the ________ team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even practice to prepare for the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated. I couldn’t believe I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to ________ that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were depending on me. I had to change my attitude about their ability and potential.

I started doing anything I could to help them build a little ________. Most important, I began to treat them like winners. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their vacations, we met every day and ________ passing and kicking the football.

Six months after suffering our defeat on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to improve. Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a ________ for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me one of the greatest ________ of my life!

From the experience I learnt a lot about how the attitude of the leader can ________ the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and encouraged them. I helped them to see themselves ________, and they built themselves into winners.

Winners are made, not born.

【推荐1】At the beginning of our last class, I asked if someone wanted to share what happened when they told someone they loved him/her. As was usually the _________, I fully expected one of the women to_________, but on this evening one of the men raised his hand. He appeared quite moved and a bit_________.

He began by saying, “Dennis, I was quite_________ with you last week when you gave us this _________. I didn’t feel that I had anyone to say those words to, and_________, who were you to tell me to do something that is _________? But as I began driving home a(n)_________deep down in my heart started talking to me. It was_________ me that I knew exactly who I needed to say ‘I love you’ to. You see, five years ago, my father and I had a cruel __________ and really never resolved it since that time. We __________ seeing each other unless we totally had to at Christmas or other family __________. But even then, we__________ spoke to each other. So, last Tuesday by the time I got home I had__________ myself I was going to tell my father I loved him.

“It’s strange, but just making that decision____________to lift a heavy load off my chest.”

“When I got home, I rushed into the house to tell my wife what I was going to do and for the first time in our married life she saw me cry.”

【推荐2】In my early 30s, I struggled to find a dream job. One of my friends_________me that I’d always loved beauty, and suggested I_________a license, which would give me the _________to setup my own business._________, the only problem was that tuition fees were $ 6,000. I knew that my salary wouldn’t cover all the fees,_________I worked extra hours every day. I’d seen others setup crowd funding (众筹) pages to help them_________their goals. I thought I’d do the same. Then, on a Friday night, I _________a large amount of money in my bank account. There had to be some mistake. I ________it was an illegal trick.

It turned out to be a donation. The name on it was one that I instantly _________: Chrissy Teigen, my favorite TV host. She had left a note: “I’ve seen that this has been your _________for such a long time. I’m so happy to lend you a hand.” The _________might have been a drop in the ocean for her but it was_________for me. Soon, I paid all the fees for the course. I couldn’t have been _________. I’ve now setup my own business, and I always think about Chrissy’s _________I did thank her, and we still follow each other on Twitter. Hopefully, I’ll be able to give her a(n)_________treatment someday.