【推荐2】This English grandmother has spent a whole year cleaning all of the rubbish off 52 British beaches after she made it her 2018 New Year’s resolution (决心) to clean one sandy beach each week .

70-year-old Pat Smith _______ all of 2018 on Devon and Cornwall’s beaches each week, _______ with bags, rubber gloves and a litter picker. She traveled without _______ from one end of the South West to the other, _______ litter in beauty spots from Coverack, Cornwall, to Blackpool Sands, Devon.

But the mother-of-two has no plan to _______ just because the year is over. “Doing 52 beach cleans in 2018 was my New Year’s _______ and it’s finally done, ”said Smith. “I won’t stop, as our _______need(s) me. I’m driven to try to _______ our living planet for my children and grandchildren and I will continue to do everything in my power to _______ that.”

During her year-long cleanup, she said that she was often ________ by other volunteers — but ________ , people would mistake her for doing community service. “A lot of the rubbish I have ________ is everyday items. These things are used by all of us and it is ________ to find them polluting our beautiful beaches.” she ________ . “Please let’s try to be more ________ in the new year.”

【推荐1】Knitting is well known for its healing benefits. For Clare Young. the pastime has helped ________her broken heart after her husband Ken died of cancer.

Mrs. Young was diagnosed with a mental disorder and anxiety after her husband’s death in 2015. They met online 15 years ago. He was ________with cancer in 2013. Then they wedded in 2014 and she gave up work to care for her husband. She was advised to take up knitting as a way to ________the stress.

She created Work of Heart Garden in ________of her husband to help manage her sorrow and the ________health symptoms. Her piece ________a bed in a hospice (临终安养院) garden, with knitted grass, flower pots and walls. Her knitted creation and her ________fundraising (筹款) for Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court hospice, which helped care for Ken, saw Clare enter the Creative Fundraiser of the Year. In the awards ceremony. Clare was ________Creative Fundraiser of the Year.

Following her win, Clare said, “I started knitting at home to manage the sorrow and mental health symptoms. Never in my wildest ________did I think creating a knitted garden would lead me to receiving 50,000 knitted hearts from across the world and picking up this ________. I would like to ________it to them. It is for every person who has knitted, donated and ________. It was a huge honor to those who are making a ________to the world. Creating Work of Heart Garden has been a( an) ________experience. Not only have I achieved my aim of raising ________of the work of the hospice, but I have encouraged more people to talk more people about hospice care, loss and grief.”

【推荐2】Norman was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2008. His life came to a _________ when he was forced into retirement. The 70-year-old relied on his wife Phyllis for _________ as he adjusted to life with an illness.

Not long after, however, their _________ reversed (逆转).His wife _________ brain cancer. Norman said in focusing on looking after Phyllis, he didn’t have time to _________ and feel sorry for himself.

It was around this time that Norman and his son Gabe went on a _________ hike which opened the dad up to the _________ of creating time for art. Before he knew it, Norman was _________ and taking art classes at a community college.

He _________ learned that painting helped him relieve his symptoms, so he began teaching painting classes to people with Parkinson’s disease. As time went by, the quality of his __________ progressed, and by 2018, his masterpieces began to sell. Since then, Norman has even had the __________ of seeing his work in galleries.

As Nonnan __________ with his dream of being an artist, he’s also doing whatever he can to raise __________ for Parkinson’s research. Twenty percent of the earnings from his art go to organizations committed to fighting this terrible disease.

Norman hopes the people who come to learn about his life will find the __________ they need to pursue whatever it is they feel called to do. “Don’t give up,” Norman says. “And if you are __________ enough to get some recognition, try to do some good with it.”

【推荐3】Will Gladstone remembers first learning about the blue-footed booby (鲣鸟) in his fifth grade science class. They are a _________ of the Galapagos Islands. The blue-footed booby population there has _________ dramatically since the 1960s. With this fact in mind, Will _________ to help protect the species, though he had never seen one _________.

A few days later, he came up with a plan: he could sell blue _________, the same color as the bird’s feet, to _________ money for protection efforts.

Will launched his online site The Blue Feet Foundation in March 2016. The website was up for months _________ Will and his younger brother Matthew sold their first pair of socks. “We reached out to many people and they wouldn’t take us _________… because we were just kids.”

But being “just kids” doesn’t _________ them. They made an Instagram __________ for the foundation and started to sell via social network. They have sold about 10,000 pairs to __________ in 46 countries, collecting $90,000 after costs.

Will’s and Matthew’s efforts are already having a(n) __________ impact. Their fundraising sponsored a blue-footed booby population survey in 2017 by a team of 10 researchers. The researchers report that they did see many more __________ birds than in their previous study in 2012.

The brothers have __________ several awards for their work, and their kind act makes a __________ to the world.

【推荐2】When one door closes for Li Mei, another one opens.

Born with serious_________, Li has found a way to communicate with the world through painting. “Paint brushes can help me create a colorful world, showing my thoughts on paper instead of through my   _________,” Li writes.

Before learning to paint in primary school, Li always felt_________in a silent world. She knew she was   _________because she could not hear. _________, a painting class finally opened a door for creativity and   expression for her.

Painting not only helped Li_________her unhappy childhood, but has also become her career. Moreover, it led Li to eventually meet her husband Hu Shiqun. Having also lost his hearing when he was one year old, Hu is also a(n)_________lover.

In 2016, Li_________her husband’s company, which specializes in (专攻)3D wall and ground paintings. All the five_________there are hearing- impaired ( 受损的). “I know how__________it is for hearing-impaired people to find a job. So I want to help those who are interested in painting to__________their dreams,” Hu says.

In many parks and scenic spots in Hunan province, the couple have created lots of murals (壁画)and pavement paintings. For Li, their creations can make art more__________to the public and, behind each design, there is someone, who desire to__________the world.

“My husband and I want to introduce painting to more people like us and help them find their own way to__________, ” Li writes. “I hope that more hearing- impaired people can be__________by our story.”

【推荐3】My heart sank as I forced my unwilling body into the car. It would be miles and miles until we reached our painful ________ , where we would have to ________ Brandy. my oldest sister. She was to serve as a volunteer in the Americorps.

My dad started the car and we left the house. Soon, the streets turned into highways, and we were closer to having to say good - bye ________ every passing mile. My heart ________ to sink lower.

All of the bittersweet memories of growing up with my sister ________ into my brain. .. from when I was young and Brandy telling me that my new skirt looked ugly to when I ________ her every move because I admired her so much.

I didn’t ________ how come my old companion only talked to me when I did something wrong or when I annoyed her.

Now I knew that my time with her was ________ , Throughout the ride she made wicked remarks that hurt, but this time I knew what they ________ . This was the heartbreaking way that she pulled herself away from us, in ________ for her leaving us at last.

When we reached the place, she hugged me and said, “I love you, Lindsey. ”

I sobbed (啜泣) an answer in ________ . The family was all tears. We all piled into the car and pulled away. As the light from the head - light lit her face, I saw the little Brandy that still ________ to be my friend and a part of the family. I couldn't ________ life with out my ________ sister.

Now I know that life goes on, ________ Brandy isn't here. She is always with me because a part of her is in me and always will be.