【推荐2】I look at spiders and butterflies.   I watch caterpillars   and moths.   Sometimes   I think I’m the only one who _______ these things. But if it hadn't been for a _______ cafeteria, I wouldn’t have ever noticed Valeri .

Valeri was a new student. She walked to class with her books huddled against her chest and her head down. She talked only when the teacher asked her a question. After a month at our school, she hadn’t made any friend . At recess , she sat on a bench and read . If you asked who she was, you’d get a _______ like this , “She’s in my PE class.”

One day at lunch, I had _______ to sit. Most tables were full, my friends scattered among them. But Valeri sat alone, book in hand, I walked over to her and asked, “May I sit here?” I asked. “Sure,” she said.

The cafeteria was noisy, but _______ hung between us. Valeri didn’t seem   to _______, but it drove me crazy. I _______ my mind for things to say.

“So,” I said, “is that a good   book?” Valeri _______ and went back to reading. “What’s it about?” I asked , after several more _______ seconds of silence.

“It’s called Eragon , and it’s about a dragon!”

“Sounds cool.” I said. I was about to ask her another question, but the bell rang. As I rushed out of the cafeteria, I ________ Valeri , “See you.”

“see you.” she said.

Then one day, while watching a talent show, I   got ________ and I wanted it to end so I could read Eragon .

Then a shy girl walked on stage. I recognized her ________. It was Valeri.

She started to play. The notes formed a soft, sweet tune. Then it turned fast, then louder. Valeri ended the song with one hard, fast, ________ note. The auditorium( 观众席) fell completely silent until we realized the music was finished. We burst into applause(鼓掌). Valeri took a ________ bow and rushed off stage.

I smiled to myself. Valeri wasn’t just a “quiet girl”. She knew about wonderful books and could play the violin like nothing I’d ever heard. Like a caterpillar or butterfly, she was beautiful and ________ when you looked closely.

【推荐1】For a long time I saw happiness as a huge banner(旗帜) across the finish line of a long race. I felt that only when I _______certain things could I finally be happy in my life. Most of the time I felt like a tortoise believing that being slow and _______ would win the race. At other times I would _______ like a rabbit trying different side roads at a dangerous speed hoping to reach that banner a little faster. _______,I began to see that no matter how long I raced towards it, the banner was never any _______ I finally decided to sit down and take a break. It was then that I saw my _______sitting beside me.

It had been with me as I _______ hard to support my family, as I played with my children and heard their laughter and even when I was _______ with my wife at my side looking after me. It had been with me as I raced towards that stupid banner. I just didn't have the _______ to see it.

There is an old Chinese proverb that says, “Tension is who you think you should be. ________ is who you are.” Perhaps we all should stop our race towards the ________ life we think we should have and ________ the life we have now. Happiness will never be found under some banner far away. It will be found in your own heart, soul and mind. It will be found when you________ that others love you just as you do.

Don't be a tortoise or a rabbit when it comes to your happiness. Be a playful puppy and carry your stick of ________ with you everywhere you go. Take yourself out of the race and realize that when it comes to love and happiness, you are ________ there.

【推荐2】We should show respect to everybody, especially our elders because they are ahead of us — in age, in wisdom and maturity, in experience and education. Our ________ have done a lot for us, directly or indirectly and most of us ________ everything to their kindness and love.

When we ________ them respect, whether it is by bowing to them, or ________ them with a smile, or offering them any help they need, it is one way of ________ our own love and gratitude to them. ________, elders have also been through all the years you are ________ and know a little more about the world than you do.

It is ________ that you do not agree with the belief of your elders, but this is nothing new. All younger generations have always ________ with their elders and it is these differences that bring changes in human ________. However much you disagree with them, give them credit for their ________.

With changing times and ________ influences, youngsters no longer know what is interpreted as disrespect to elders. Youngsters should ________ express their views and if there are arguments, they should not ________ their voices.

If there is no space on sofas or chairs, children will immediately ________ their places, and sit on the carpet. In buses and trains, youngsters are ________ to give up their places to older people. This is not a ________ of who has more rights. It is simply that those who are younger have the strength to bear ________, or tolerate unpleasantness, so it is natural to show consideration to those who are older and perhaps at a ________ disadvantage. When you do simple things as a mark of respect, elders become ________ that youngsters care for them, and they respond with affection and kindness.

【推荐3】Compared with the children of a few decades back, today’s children seem to be _______: they enjoy better health owing to recent _______in medicine and in public health care. They also enjoy all the ______of modern life, physically and materially. Today's children seem to be much better off than their predecessors. Nevertheless, _______the improved standards of________, many children nowadays seem to be emotionally deprived since most parents ____ less time with their children, so little, in______, that many could ________be called 'weekend parents'. An increasing number of mothers are taking full-time jobs, ______their children in the care of baby-sitters or nurseries. Time has become a luxury few parents can ______ because of the pressures of their work and the very brisk pace of life in our______society. On the other hand, these working parents can often well afford to ______their children with the best food, clothes, toys and other________desires. But________to say, they fail to _______the emotional requirements of their growing children. As a famous pediatrician(儿科医生)of the Medical and Health Department ______, children need love，security, praise, recognition and responsibility. If these needs are not ______, their development might be stunted(抑制).Child psychologists all_______that some illnesses and emotional disturbances ______ to children are because of a lack of parental care. In the light of this, parents who really _____ their children should be sure that there are good lines of communication between themselves and their children，despite their heavy work loads.

【推荐1】When your kids were six or seven, you sent them to school. Did you ever wonder what goes through a teacher’s____as he or she tries to teach your kids? Did you ever wonder what the teacher____from you, the parents?

Parents can be____or suspicious. They can be of great help to the teacher____be in need of help themselves. Some teachers think parents are too____on their children. Here is____one teacher puts it. “I usually have the____of parents coming in and____me how much they care about the kids’ education and how they really____their kids. They tell me they stand and____them closely when they do their homework. Sometimes they____offer help with the kids’ lessons as if they were teachers. They check their school work, and are too sensitive to____. They blame the kids on everything having to do____school. When a parent asks me how his or her kid is getting on in my class, my answer usually is ‘Well, you know, he is____a good kid. He is fine in my class. Maybe you don’t have to be so____with your kid. ’Teachers want parents to know that they are professionals at____with children. They have____many children and even parents. Because of this, teachers can be____at educating children. Teachers are____that parents want their children to do well, but they know more about what children should be able to do at different ages and____.

【推荐3】The fourth-graders walk up to a mirror — one after another — at a school in southwest Atlanta. “I’m a good person!” a boy _______ a smile adds.

Another boy follows, “I’m strong and _______ , ”before hurriedly walking away. In the background, their teacher, Acker, holds up the mirror in front of the kids and _______ them on. “Yes! Louder! Love it!” she calls out.

Acker teaches science at Gideons Elementary School, and she’s in _______ of promoting her students’ confidence and   _______ . The kids returned to school this month after a year of virtual learning, and said their _______ words every morning before class starts.

Acker has _______ this with her 5-year-old daughter since she developed verbal language skills, and loved how they both felt _______ . “The best part about doing the affirmations(情感上的支持 或鼓励) is the feeling after I say them, “Acker says. “And the feeling I see my students feel or that they   _______   after they do it. Their attitude is better, their self-confidence is   ________ and we have a better day. ”

Mental health issues ________   among children nationwide as they struggle with   ________, uncertainty and pandemic. Many adult’s report that the pandemic has been hard on their mental health. For kids, some experts say, it has become a(n) ________ .

And more so this year, kids “need all of the kindness and compassion we can ________ , ”says Dr. Marcuetta, a psychologist.

Children develop their ________ based on how grown-ups speak to them, making teachers a key influence and positive affirmation a crucial first step, she adds.