【推荐1】After a tornado touched down in a small town nearby, all the local newspapers carried many stories on families who suffered the hardest. A particular photo especially _______ me. A young woman stood in front of a _______ mobile home, together with a young boy and a tiny girl standing before the ruins, eyes wide with _______ and fear. This would be a good _______ to teach my children to help those less _______than themselves.

I held the _______to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Breit, and to three-year-old Meghan. “These _______ people now have nothing,” I said, “We are _______ to share what we have with them”. I brought three large boxes and asked the boys to _______ some of their less favorite things. The boys ________the toys they had chosen into one of the boxes ________ I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan________quietly and then walked up with Lucy, her ________ but much-loved doll hugged tightly to her ________ “Oh , honey,” I said, “You love her so much.” “Lucy makes me happy. Maybe she'll make that ________girl happy, too.” Having watched their baby sister, Brad brought one of his favorite action figures, and Bret ________ some of his prized match-box cars from his room.

Taking the cue from my little one, I ________ my old jacket from the box of clothes. I ________it with the new green one bought last week. True ________ is giving what you cherish most. I, who had ________ to teach, had been taught.

【推荐2】Most brides are angry when they are outshone(使逊色) at their own wedding. For Brenna Klemen, however, she would not have it any other way.

When Brenna married Brock Kendall back in April, she knew she _______ her 83-year-old grandmother to play a _______ role in the wedding. While at work as an ICU nurse, Brenna talked to a patient who _______ her to give her grandmother a very unusual role at her wedding.

“I was _______ a very sick elderly woman who told me a _______ of how she was a flower girl for her grandchild,” Brenna explained.

Brenna certainly _______ the idea for her own wedding day, and her grandmother, who prefers to be unnamed, was all for it as well!

“Grandma was very _______,” Brenna said. “She was almost in tears because she wanted to make sure she did OK on my special day.”

On the actual wedding day, Grandma did more than just OK, as she _______ stole the show! All _______ was on her as she walked down the aisle (过道), and the ________ moment was captured (拍摄) by wedding ________ Thomas Felts in images that have since ________ rapidly.

“Every time she threw more petals (花瓣) in the air, our family cheered loudly and happily,” Brenna said, adding that all of her wedding guests ________. This was a wedding that ________

While everyone loved the moment, nobody was ________ than Brenna’s grandfather, who told the photographer, “That' s my flower girl.”

The photos have ________ the hearts of people all over the globe.

“I have ________ that life is too short for us to think about the negatives. As my grandmother would say ‘________ is a choice,’” Brenna said. She is my inspiration, and I hope that she can inspire you too.

We’re so glad to see that Brenna got the wedding of her dreams, with a little ________ from her grandma!

【推荐3】As I was getting in my car today after picking up more school supplies in preparation of my 24th year as a teacher, I saw a homeless man from a distance with a blanket covering him, walking along the sidewalk. Immediately I_______that he was barefoot and walked_______. I wanted to_______him some shoes from a store nearby, but there were no shoe_______around.

I was on a tight_______having to pick my wife up from the doctor’s office soon for a medical_______. I was not going to buy_______and return in such a short time. Then I_______I had socks in my last bag, the bag I keep in my_______for those in need. I grabbed the________and walked up to him.

“Hey, Brother,” I________to him. “I am sorry. I don’t have any shoes for you, but could you________these socks？” He turned to me and________. “That would be great.” He said “God bless you” as I________him the socks. I wished him the best and got back into my car.

I________that the rest of the________of the bag might be of use as well; a bottle of water, jerky, sunflower seeds, etc. I________alongside the sidewalk. Cars were________behind me. I called to the man, “I got these cars behind me. Are you good if I just________the bag on the sidewalk?” He nodded. “Take care,” I yelled. As he pulled on the last sock, the man________to me “I love you!”

【推荐1】Almost everything was fantastic in the camp except for a girl, Elizabeth. When I saw her sitting alone in the hot sun at lunch, I asked her to eat with us under a ________ tree. However, Elizabeth refused my kind ________. When we invited her to play volleyball with us, Elizabeth ________ our invitation, too. After a few more ________ refusals like that, I decided to stay away from Elizabeth.

It ________ that we were going on a ________ and our instructor paired everyone up with a partner. Guess who my partner turned out to be. It was Elizabeth!

“What do you like to do ________?” I asked, trying to make small ________ as we started out. “I like to ________ in peace and quiet,” Elizabeth ________. So we had the quietest and most peaceful hike in the world ________ we saw a bird.” I think his wing is hurt. Poor little bird, Elizabeth said ________. “He might be taking a rest over there.” I said. Elizabeth nodded. Then she whispered, “But what if he’s in ________, like my granddad?” “Your granddad?” I said. “He ________ and broke his leg the day the camp started. He’s ________ in hospital and is in so much pain,” Elizabeth explained. I noticed she was crying. “I’m sorry for what I have done. For some reason, whenever I get really sad, I act rudely and want to be ________,” she added.

“I get it,” I said. “I don’t always know how to ________ it when I’m feeling down, either.” “Thanks,” she said, wiping off her ________.

After that, Elizabeth seemed to get along well with us, and I think she actually ________ the last few days of the camp.

Next time, if someone is unfriendly, give him a second ________. Maybe he’s going through a tough time and just doesn’t know how to deal with it.

【推荐2】This story happened in a small town of the U. S. in the 20th century. A 10-year-old boy held a dollar coin in his hand and asked the shop owners along the street, “Excuse me, do you sell _________ ?”

Throughout the day, the _________ boy went in and out of many stores, asking the _________ question, but each time he was _________ .

Then, at the sixty-ninth store, a 60-year-old grandpa _________ and asked the boy, “Why do you want to buy God?”

The boy told him that his parents had died when he was a baby and his uncle was now _________ him. But his uncle was now ill in hospital. The doctor told the boy that only God could _________ his uncle. The little boy thought that God must be a _________ thing. And he had a _________   if he could buy God and let his uncle eat, then his uncle would be fine.

“How much do you have?” the old man asked.

“One dollar,” __________ the child.

“My boy, God’s price is __________ one dollar,” said the old man.

Then the storekeeper took a bottle of “God” from the shelf. __________ it, boy! When your uncle drinks it, he will get well soon. The little boy __________ to the hospital and shouted happily to his uncle, “Uncle. I bought God back and you will get well soon.”

The next day, a medical team __________ the world’s top medical experts came to the hospital. The __________ was very successful. When the little boy’s uncle saw the large medical bill, he almost passed out. __________ , the hospital told him the bill had already been paid by a rich elderly man. The little boy’s uncle went to the __________ to thank the old man. But he was away on holiday, __________ a letter.

“You don’t need to thank me. The bill has been paid by your nephew. To save you, he brought a __________ and went into every store to buy God. Thank God, __________ was the person that saved you!”

【推荐1】I'm standing in a class of wild 14-year-old girls as they throw paper and howl （大喊）with laughter. They won't ____ me. I was 23 and I didn't know what I was doing. I never wanted to ____ .I wanted to be a writer. But when I arrived in London, they were short of teachers.

My efforts at teaching were _____. When the bell finally rang, I rushed to the staff room, red with anger. The other teachers weren't ____ . "That's 4B, the worst class in school," one said.

I dreaded （害怕）our next _____ , but I couldn't give up. I needed the job. So. I ______ formal lessons. Instead, I brought _____ for class discussions. One of the liveliest talks was about the arguments they had with their parents. They paid attention and shared about their lives. I was _____ . So I had them write about themselves. Most wrote about families with little money and big problems. As time went on, their essays became a ____ between us. I admired their humor, toughness and insight, and I think they ____ my interest in their lives.

The musical My Fair Lady was playing in the West End, but they had never seen a ______stage performance. They lived just a few subway stops from the West End, but none had ever been. 1 asked if they'd like to see the musical. They thought I was _____ . No teacher had ever ______taking them out. A few weeks later，4B and I were sitting in a _______ . They loved the music, the costumes and the characters. It was the _____ of their year, and they talked about it for days.

Near the end of the semester, someone knocked on the door of the staff room. The two most rebellious （叛逆的）girls in 4B were there - with flowers. I was proud to know I had ___their lives. I enjoyed teaching and getting along with _____ .

When I returned to Australia several years later, I still wanted to be a _____ . For the first time in my life, I stopped _____ and started writing. My first story was titled. My Fair Ladies. Teaching wasn't the _____ of my writing career; it was the beginning.

【推荐3】Recently my wife and I were faced with a _______ situation while traveling by car with our hired (雇用的) driver. It was going to be a long ride, and we were _______ . However, our car broke down suddenly. We tried communicating with the driver, but with little _______ . He made some signs, suggesting he was going to _______   help, and then left.

It was getting colder and darker. We started to hear the cries of wild animals. What’s worse, we didn’t have much food. Would our driver ever return? Could we _______ him? We were very _______ .

Two hours passed. Suddenly, the headlights from another car appeared in the dark. A man offered to _______ us. He had such a kind face, and we knew we could _______ him. We got into his car.

_______ we left, he put a note on the windscreen of our car with his phone number on it. The moment we arrived at his home, his cousin spoke basic French and offered us tea and local foods. Everyone asked us questions and was   ________ to have unexpected guests.

Later that evening, the phone rang. It was our ________ . He had kept his ________ and repaired the car. We prepared to leave and ________ our new friends. I couldn’t believe the ________ from the cousin: “No, we thank you for coming into our home.”

I will never forget the ________ we received on that day.