【推荐1】Paul was considered as one of the most promising men in the city, but at the very beginning, the case was just_______. He set up a company of his own at a young age. Many people thought he was nothing but_______. Paul said nothing and chose to _______ all those unfriendly voices around him. He focused on his way to keep the company growing. Finally he gained recognition and _______ in the industry.

Just when everything was going in a better direction, something big happened _______. His business_______in an economical storm, and he was in debt. Paul sat in a park_______. An old man approached him and said, “Tears cannot_______you. Tell me what happens.”After knowing Paul’s_______, the old man gave him a check of $50,000 and said, “Don’t lose heart and I believe in your________. If you have money, then come to this park to return it to me.”

Seeing the________in the check, Paul was ________ because the old man was none other than Ratan Tata, the wealthiest man in India. Paul thought ________the old man had so much faith in him, he must rebuild his empire to________the old man. ________ , he made it after one year and didn’t even use the check. So Paul went to the park with the check to ________ the old man.

There Paul saw a nurse catching the old man to take him away. The old man struggled to________himself. The nurse turned to passers-by for help and said,“The old man suffers from a mental disease and has been________ for 5 years. He admires Ratan Tata and always________to be him!”Paul stood there, unable to say a word. He realized he brought such a big company back to life with the help of a fake check and it was the man’s________ that played an important role.

【推荐2】Two friends and I moved into a house off campus when I was a junior at Iowa State University. We were all a bit afraid of our landlord, a ______ middle-aged man. He gave us a lecture about paying the rent on time and ______ the house and appliance(家用电器).

But during the fall semester, my housemates and I held a party in our house. We drew a large crowd and had a great time. The last ______ left in the morning. ______, we decided to sleep in and clean the house and yard the next morning.

We were ______ at about 7:00 a.m. by our landlord. We let him in and ______ to arouse his anger. ______, he picked up a party invitation that had been laying on the sidewalk and asked, “Why didn’t you girls invite me?” He ______ the house and spent a few minutes helping us pick up ______ from the yard. We were ______ that our landlord had been so understanding.

A few months later, I made a mathematical error while balancing my check book and my bank soon ______ me that I had my rent check returned. I was anxious when I knew that. I ______ the courage to call him and explained what had happened. He said, “It happens. Would you like to wait until next month and send a ______ payment then?” I’ve never forgotten our landlord’s kindness and ______.

He taught me an important lesson about not judging a book by its ______. I’m proud to say that I have not bounced a check since then.

【推荐3】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1】Not long ago my daughter’s favorite shoes were cut with a knife. She cried. I took them to a shoemaker to get them ______ . The young apprentice (学徒) ______ at the cuts quickly and said, “I can do nothing except ______ the uppers.” The master looked at them and said, “If you trust me, I will ______ more cuts to both of the shoes.” I was ______ and asked why. He ______, “As if the cuts were made on purpose for special style.” I didn’t fully understand him, but I decided to ______ the shoes there.

Two days later, I went to collect the shoes. At first ______, I found there were indeed more cuts on each shoe, but all of them were ______ with red thread around. The shoes looked more unique and interesting than ever. I couldn’t help but praise his ______.

Another time, my wife’s white skirt had an opening. My wife checked it ______ and said, “I’ll mend it myself.” Three days later, seeing the skirt again, I was shocked: the ______ had been repaired by thin and white thread and it looked like a flower. I ______ with praise, “It’s just as beautiful as a piece of art!”

“I got the ______ from that shoemaker. Patches (补丁) are supposed to be ugly, but a skillful person can make it look ______.” replied my wife.

What she said set me thinking: perfection is ______ to achieve in everything; patches are unavoidable, so is human’s life, which will ______ in the form of injury, disability or disease. Now that you can’t ______ the existence of them, all you can do and have to do is to deal with the ______ by patches and try your best to bloom a most beautiful flower on the wound, and that is the ______ of life.

【推荐2】A group of frogs were jumping through the woods when two of them fell into a deep hole. All of the other frogs _______ around the hole to see what could be done to help their _______. When they saw how deep the hole was, the rest of the group _______ that it was hopeless and told the two frogs in the hole that they should prepare themselves for their fate (命运), because they were as good as _______.

Unwilling to accept this terrible fate, the two frogs began to jump with all their _______. Some of the frogs shouted into the hole that it was _______, and that the two frogs wouldn’t be in that _______ if they had been more careful.

The other frogs continued _______ shouting that they two should save their _______ and give up, since they were already as good as dead. The two frogs ________ jumping as hard as they could, and after several hours of hopeless ________ they were quite tired.

Finally, one of the two frogs followed the calls of his fellows. Disheartened, he lay down at the ________ of the hole, and died as the others looked on in helpless sadness. The other frog continued to jump with every bit of energy he had, ________ he was completely worn out.

His friends began a new shouting to him to accept his fate, ________ to die. But the frog jumped harder and harder and finally jumped so ________ that he sprang out from the hole. ________, the other frogs celebrated his unbelievable freedom and then gathering around him and asked, “Why did you continue jumping, when we told you it was impossible?” ________ their lips, the astonished frog explained to them that he was deaf, and that when he saw their gestures and shouting, he thought they were ________ him up. What he had got as ________ inspired him to try harder and finally succeeded.

This simple story contains a powerful lesson. Your encouraging words can ________ someone up and help him or her make it through the day.