【推荐1】One morning, the door to the classroom opened and a new teacher, Mrs Cosby, walked in. She looked too ____ to handle us. And we sure gave her a ____ time，but she never lost her temper. And then came the last day of the first month. She ____ a bunch of papers”. We ____ the worst—a test. But oh no, it was something that totally ____ us.

Mrs Cosby asked us to come to the front of the class, and gave each of us a piece of ____, on which she had written what the student had been ____ at during the last month. You see, no one had ever ____ us. No one had ever liked us. We were constantly told what good - for - nothing Students we were. And here, ____，was someone who had been ____ us closely for a month. We made things as difficult for her as we could. And yet she could find something ____ to say about each of us.

Mrs Cosby did this every ____ from then on. Each month we got a piece of paper that emphasized our ____. She commented on my courage, how punctual I was, how good to ____ arguements if I wanted. Her positive attitude transformed our class. We did not want to ____ her feelings anymore. We actually started to ____.

And then came the day of our graduation. Mrs Cosby hugged us and told us with tears in her eyes how ____ she was of us. Then she ____ each one of us a book. All the encouraging words through the years were there, in hard covers.

She said, “I want you each to keep this book and if ever during your life you feel unworthy, ____ this and read how good you are. You can be anything you want to be ____ you believe in yourself. Promise me you’ll remember that!”

【推荐2】It was a Sunday morning on a subway in New York. People were sitting _________, creating a calm, peaceful scene. Then _________, a man and his children entered the subway car. The children were so _________and active that the whole _________ of the car instantly changed.

The man sat down next to me and closed his eyes, obviously _________ of the situation. The children were yelling and throwing things, and yet, the man sitting next to me did nothing.

It was difficult not to feel _________. I couldn’t believe that he was _________ his children to run wild like that, and was taking no _________at all. It was easy to see that everyone else on the subway felt annoyed.

So finally, I turned to him and said, “Sir, your children are really _________ a lot of people. Could you control them a little more? ”

The man lifted his gaze (凝视) and said softly, “ Oh, you’re right; I guess I should do something about it. We just came from the hospital where their mother __________ about an hour ago. I don’t know what to think, and I guess they don’t know how to __________ it either.”

Can you __________ what I felt at that moment? Suddenly, I saw things differently; my anger was gone. My heart was filled with the man’s __________. Now, instead of frustration (沮丧), feelings of __________ filled my heart. “Your wife just died? Oh, I’m so sorry. What can I do to help? ”

Everything __________ in an instant.

【推荐3】A few years ago, I was given a wallet. A beautiful elephant was woven into its front panel. The wallet was_______ to me by a close friend on my birthday.

The wallet was not only beautiful; it had a personality: it loved to run away, as I told my parents over and over again, only to receive eye ___________ in return. “Frances, really, you’ve lost it again?” they would say every time I _______ it. Fortunately, I would eventually find it in my own house.

One day,_______, as I was leaving a football stadium at a school, the wallet once again _______   from my pocket. I discovered the ___________ when I got home. I searched the house and I prayed, as usual. Nothing.

But then, around a week later, my parents received a _________ on their business voicemail.   A complete stranger was calling with the_______ of my wallet. “I’m calling for Frances,” a _______ came from the stranger. This man, to find whom the wallet belonged to, looked inside of it, and found a ________which my parents had written to me. It __________ have their business phone number on it. Upon getting my wallet back, I wrote a brief letter to the man expressing my ________, and remarking on what an amazing act of kindness he had committed and that he was truly a ________ person. I would be forever grateful to him. I __________and emailed it off to him.

I don’t know if I believe in chance or luck, but I do know I believe in ________and in the selfless acts of kindness.

【推荐2】There are many reasons that students don’t do well in school. It’s related to learning challenges, an inability to connect with instructors, or simply being bored.

These ______ are relevant to me as a former at-risk student.

In the 10th grade, I failed 6 of 7 classes because I didn’t ______ to the teaching method used, and ______ with students who didn’t care about school. As a ______, I repeated 10th grade and was assigned to Ms. Felder’s office.

Ms. Felder made it clear that my ______ behavior wouldn’t be allowed. She also provided ______ direction that I didn’t want, but really needed at that time. Our conversations didn’t ______ change my behavior, although it was the first time an educator showed any ______ for me.

The previous school year I didn’t receive any offers of ______ from my teachers. The ______ during my second attempt at the 10th grade was Ms. Felder — who was everywhere I didn’t want her to be. She was always in my ______:   checking-in, providing guidance, and supporting my growth. I didn’t want her ______, but it’s one of the best things that happened in my life. This   seemingly ______ year with Ms. Felder made a change in my thinking and behavior, ______ unfortunately it would take many years before my performance and expectations for myself would slowly change.

My ______ journey was very difficult. Part of the reason that I ______ pushing forward was that I ______ that Ms. Felder told me to do better and have higher expectations for myself.

After many years of ______, I graduated with my undergraduate degree from a famous school — American University.

Ms. Felder:   Thank you for being there, supporting this once ______ youth. Please know that the lessons you taught me are now ______ with at-risk students through my work to help them do better, too.

【推荐2】Growing up on a farm, Fritz enjoyed watching cows and horses. It was what he _______ in his boyhood that took root in his pursuit of becoming a(n)_______. After completing his university, Fritz _______ work at a famous research center, raising raven and teaching graylag geese how to open boxes. Working _______ with free-living animals was exactly what he’d dreamed of as a boy.

In 1997, the center was given its first ibis chicks (隐鹮). Nowhere near as _______ as geese-and not even close to super intelligent ravens- the ibises frustrated many scientists. But Fritz was _______. He devoted himself to looking after them. After the ibises were first _______ back into the wild 20years ago, Fritz learned that _______ generations in zoo hadn’t reduced their _______ to migrate. What the ibises needed, Fritz thought, was a ________.

Fritz decided to teach the birds a new, safer migration ________ by guiding them himself in a tiny aircraft. And he was ________ he could succeed in this daring plan. When he announced that he’d guide the ibises, he was laughed at. But Fritz didn’t ________. He modified a tiny aircraft so it would travel at speeds ________ enough for his winged students to catch.

In 2004, after some rough ________ for about three years, Fritz successfully ________ the first birds from Austria to Italy, and has since led 15 such ________. Over that time, he has ________ 277 young ibises, many of which then started to ________ the route on to their own young.

【推荐3】Two-year-old Nancy is deaf. However, that hasn’t stopped her from being a(n) _______ little girl trying to “chat” to anyone she meets. As soon as she goes out into town with her parents, she starts _______ in the hope that the person she is talking to knows sign language too.

Normally, hearing loss is a social _______ for those who don’t know how to use sign language. Anyone Nancy tried to talk to _______ this and felt so sorry they couldn’t respond. They wished they could _______ her and say something back, but they found themselves completely at a loss.

Then, something amazing happened. Instead of causing a(n) _______, this barrier brought the community together. Determined to learn sign language so that they could talk to Nancy, her neighbors hired an instructor on their own, and now they are _______ to taking classes together. The teacher admits that this is really remarkable because, quite often, even the parents of deaf children don’t want to learn the language. But here Nancy has a full community that is signing and communicating with her, and it is a(n) _______ story.

The teacher also says that this level of inclusion will make a huge difference in Nancy’s life. It almost certainly ensures that she will be a happier and more _______ individual in the future. Nancy’s parents are already noticing a ________ in their daughter and they have no words to express how grateful they are to their neighbors.

With a little girl and a lot of love, the neighbors truly make the neighborhood a community.