【推荐1】To Any Soldier

My army career was baptism by fire (战火的洗礼). Married for only year and half, I was _________ my wife and baby daughter when I was Bent abroad. As a unit on the go in the years _________ cell phones and Wi-fi, we had _________ opportunities to communicate with loved ones.

One night while sitting by myself, investigated the "Any Soldier" _________, a time-worn cardboard box with letters and packages from my fellow Americans. I chose one shoebox-size _________. Inside was a bag of chocolate-chip cookies which were no longer _________ Underneath, I found about 20 cards from children who had _________ stick figure people and asked about riding camels, eating spiders, and how often I could swim in the ocean. At the _________ was a letter from their teacher in Ohio _________ how her kids had put the box together and how they supported our efforts in the war.

I was __________ touched by this gesture and decided to write a letter of gratitude. I __________ the teacher for what her children had done.

Around 2013, I received a Facebook friend request from a woman with whom I __________ no contacts. I replied that __________ we were friends, I could not accept her request. Her reply __________ with me.

"Dear sir, "she wrote. "We have never __________, but in 1991 I was a second-grade teacher at a school in Ohio and our classroom sent a care package __________ to 'Any Service Member'. The thank-you letter you __________ was framed and has been posted on the wall of the school for more than 20 years. I wanted to again thank you for your __________ to our country. God bless you."

We never spoke again, but this gracious teacher __________ my belief in doing what my mother always taught me: Write thank-you notes — you never know how many people your kindness can __________.

【推荐2】In a world where comparisons happen non-stop, it is difficult to look outside yourself and to ever be ________with who you are. There's always someone who's a bit ________. The only solution is to reach _______ and measure against what Warren Buffett calls your own inner yardstick. There is no more ______ measure for comparison than who you were yesterday, last week or last decade, when you were at your _________.

Nothing useful ever comes from comparison to others. ______ you see yourself as better than someone and you get ______, or you see someone else as better than you and you feel like all your hard work is for _______. It is a fool's game. Not one of us is ______ alike. The only direct and honest comparison is ______ yourself. Everything else is apples to oranges.

My opinion is that you are only ______ to compare yourself to someone else if their life ______ is the same as your own. Good luck finding that match. And one thing is for sure. No matter how hard you work and how ______ you are, there will always be someone who can run a little faster, jump a little higher, score a little better or look a little nicer in a swimsuit. And if there's not, you can ______ someone is coming up fast behind you. So how can you always win in life? Become your best ______.

Having an image of your most recent past limits is the perfect thing to ______ you to the next level. If you ran 7 flights of stairs yesterday, then do 8 today. Who ______ if the guy next to you did 15? It doesn't make a bit of ______. You are a more fit person today than you were yesterday. Your own ______ is all you need.

If you ______ to a slightly higher standard of yourself every day, you will always be at the top of your game.

【推荐3】Being good at something and having a passion for it are not enough. Success ________ fundamentally on our view of ourselves and of the ________ in our lives.

When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in 1931, he had no ________ of knowing that his life was to change ________ . The class experiment that day was to ________ how heating a container of water would bring air bubbling（冒泡）to the surface. ________ , the container the teacher gave Wilson to heat ________ held something more volatile（易挥发的）than water. When Wilson heated it, the container ________ , leaving Wilson blinded in both eyes.

When Wilson returned home from hospital two months later, his parents ________ to find a way to deal with the disaster that had ________ their lives. But Wilson did not regard the accident as ________ . He learned braille（盲文）quickly and continued his education at Worcester College for the Blind. There, he not only did well as a student but also became an accomplished public speaker.

Later, he worked in Africa, where many people suffered from blindness for lack of proper treatment. For him, it was one thing to ________ his own fate of being blind and quite another to allow something to continue when it could be ________ so easily. This moved him to action. And tens of millions in Africa and Asia can see because of the commitment Wilson made to preventing the preventable.

Wilson received several international awards for his great contributions. He lost his sight but found a ________ . He proved that it’s not what happens to us that ________our lives — it’s what we make of what happens.

【推荐1】When my little sister Indi turned six, she started__________my every move. She would repeat whatever I said or did, which got me annoyed.

One afternoon my friend Mareya and I were making bracelets(手链).“What are you doing?”Indi asked,__________down next to us at the table. “May I make one too?”I__________but Mareya said yes. Indi squeezed(挤)in so__________to me that I could hardly see(what I was doing. I asked her to give me more__________but she said she was trying to see my move clearly. “You don’t have to see what I’m doing. You can make your own design!” I told her in a(n)__________voice. “I can!” she said. But she was still using__________the same thing as I was using.

Later, Mareya suggested playing the guitar. I didn’t want Indi to__________me so we went to the backyard._______ten minutes later, Indi turned up “you are always following me, and I’m___ it!” As soon as those words came out of my mouth, I wished I had never said them. Indi was surprised and her eyes started filling up with__________She ran away__________I could say another word.

I disliked the shadow(影子)that didn’t belong to me，but I also felt__________about what I said.“It’s worth trying to_____       the why you see the situation. She acts like your shadow because she looks up to you.” Mareya said to me.

Now I still remember Mareya’s words and feel less upset about Indi’s behavior. Anyway, she should be treated with__________and kindness.

【推荐3】We had our son Wesley checked out because of his indifference to communicate with people. To our ______, he was diagnosed with autism(自闭症).

Out of everything the doctor had said, the only word I could ______ was socialization — key for Wesley to develop ______ skills. The instant we got on the car, we ______ brainstormed ways to make his world more social. It suddenly ______ me that we were in need of a dog. Soon, we brought the dog Josie home. Wesley didn’t seem that ______ her, no matter how adorable she was. But then I began to ______ Wesley petting her when he thought no one was looking.

Four months after we’d gotten Josie, I ______ the two of them out for a long play. By the end, they were both ______. As soon as I put Wesley in his car seat, he fell asleep, with Josie ______ her head on his shoulder. That’s when I knew they had ______ bonded. One of our biggest ______ was that Wesley had no sense of danger and didn’t ______ what a moving car meant. He would dart out in the street. I was ______ he would get hit by a car. Luckily, Josie was able to ______ keep him on the sidewalk with us.

The best thing about having a ______ is that kids come to you. ______ the daily walk to the bus stop provides an opportunity for Wesley to socialize with other children. Kids surround him with ______ about Josie and we practice his answers at home so he is more comfortable talking ______. I finally learned how to make peace with autism while so ______ it.