【推荐1】I remember my first day to go to a new school in the 2nd grade. My dad accompanied me to the bus stop. As we waited for the bus, I just held his hand _________ ,but it still couldn’t remove my clear sense of fear and anxiety. The moment finally arrived at which I had to _________ this new environment at a school where I had no friends, no _________ teachers or classmates. It seemed everything would be full of _________.

The school bus pulled up. I turned around and _________ to my father. As I boarded the bus, my _________ continued to grow and I turned around once again to make a farewell gesture to my dad. When the bus pulled away, I couldn’t help _________

Being lonely, I was very _________ in the classroom. I glanced out of the window and I really expected to see his kind figure. To my _________, there he was! He stood there, making the shape of a heart to __________ me and mouthing to me, “Everything will be okay.” It was __________ to me that my father had seen me crying so he __________ the school bus. He wanted to make sure that I would get and stay there ________ and that my first day wouldn’t worry him.

With his __________, I’m now studying in Princeton University. Today is Father’s Day, and I want to say that love is not about changing each other but __________ each other.

【推荐2】I had a busy to - do list today and was about to get started when my sister called.

I talked with her for a short time and could _________ my seven - year - old niece (侄女，外甥女) in the background, full of energy as always, and getting blamed for something. I _________ to speak with her, both because I love talking to her and because I was _________ that I could help redirecting (使改变方向) some of her energy in a more _________ direction and give my sister a break.

I listened and talked with her on the phone, giving her as much _________ as she needed to share her thoughts and _________ herself.

The conversation went for quite a while. _________ my time, she gifted me her funny stories and sense of _________. She said the cutest things that always _________ me and caused me to laugh out loud! She told me about her friend’s birthday party, which __________ a cake, chocolate ice cream, and sand art! Then there were __________ about her new little brother, cute animals she saw recently and of course, the weather!

Forty minutes later she __________, saying, “Well, I should __________ have let you get going.”

At one point in the conversation my __________ had turned back to my “to - do” list, but then I consciously (有意识地) turned it back to her. I chose to be __________ with her and give my full attention to her so that she __________ important and special. __________, she is indeed important and special. Children are so precious (宝贵的) and __________ so fast! And we can learn so much from them, including the __________ they see the world. When choosing between my niece and my to - do list, I __________ that chores and errands (差事) could wait — every time!

【推荐3】What is a family? Why does it_________? These questions seem_________important in the_______ season when it is often our tradition to celebrate together.

My mother was one of twelve_______. As they grew up, married and had kids of their own, most of them lived_______ enough in a small town in the mountains of North Carolina so that they didn’t need to travel a long way to see each other in the holidays.

I can’t recall getting many gifts from them._______, I remember the sense of being part of something that told me I was loved. The time we spent together was always filled with happiness.

I_______the laughing, playing and fighting with my crazy cousins.

I watched my granddad and uncles sit_______the door arguing about politics and trying to _______the problems of the world as if they were working in the White House. I listened to my grandmother, mother and aunts chat about their lives, hopes and dreams and gossip about any sister who failed to________so that we wouldn’t forget about them in their absence.

The food was always plentiful and delicious. But for me, the food was ________the highlight (亮点). The highlight was________being together.

However, they're all gone now. My parents and grandparents, my aunts and uncles have________ this world. My cousins are scattered (分散) here and there. And yet the memories________, along with the love that we shared.

I________ those memories as well as the things they taught me. They told me that families aren't________, but they prepare us to find our way in this imperfect world.

My husband and I are growing a________ family, while keeping close to our old families. Our life is a beautiful________ of kindness, traditions, nurturing and friendships, which grows year after year.

I hope this holiday season will fill you with lovely memories of the family that ________you, and surround you with all the people who ________“family” to you now.

【推荐1】I grew up in a poor family with a group of adopted kids, my father and a wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of ________ and attention. I was happy and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still ________ a dream.

My dream was athletics. When I was sixteen, I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour baseball and hit anything moving on the field. I was also ________ to have Ollie Jarvis as my high-school coach, who not only ________ me but taught me how to be confident. One particular incident with Jarvis ________ my life forever.

It was the summer holiday in senior two and a friend ________ me for a summer job. This meant a ________ for money in my pocket, and the start of ________ for a house for my mother. The summer job was ________ , and I wanted to jump at the opportunity.

Then I realized I would have to ________ summer baseball training to handle the work schedule. I was ________ about telling my coach, and I pressed myself with the ________ on the dilemma from the mother, “If you make your bed, you have to lie in it.”

When I told Jarvis, he was as mad as expected. “You have your whole life to work,” he said, you’re your playing days are ________. You can’t afford to waste them.”

I stood with my head hanging, trying to explain why my ________ of buying mom a house and having money ________ his disappointment in me. He asked me about the money I would make at the job. ________ , he said, “Is $3.25 an hour the price of a dream?”

That question made me ________ the difference between wanting something ________ and having a long-term goal. I ________ myself to baseball training, and within the year I was offered a $20,000 contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. I ________ it since I already had a baseball scholarship to the University of Arizona. I signed with the Boston Red Sox in 1984 for $1.7 million, and bought my mother the house of my dream.

【推荐3】Follow Every Rainbow

Shirley Jeanne Allen loved to sing and play the piano. She studied music in college and her _________ was to become a concert pianist or blues singer.

Everything _________when she was 20 years old. She became sick and she almost died. Doctors gave her medicine to help her get well, but the medicine_________her to become totally deaf. She could no longer hear the music which she had always_________ .

Shirley certainly loved playing the piano, but she did decide to change_________ . She transferred (转移) to Gallaudet University and studied English. In 1964, Shirley graduated from Gallaudet and looked for a job. She wanted to be _________ and work full-time.

For three years, Shirley worked as a clerk in Washington, D. C. _________, in 1967 she was asked to work at Gallaudet University as a dorm supervisor (宿舍监管员). She also taught English. Somehow she found time to _________school at Harvard University in Washington, D. C. In 1972, Shirley received her MA degree.

Always_________a new challenge, in 1973 Shirley became a professor at National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), which__________deaf and hard of hearing students technical and professional training.

This__________woman became the first black deaf female in the world to__________ her PhD. She made__________in 1992, when she received the highest degree in education from the University of Rochester in New York.

Dr Shirley Jeanne Allen has travelled many roads and __________many rainbows searching for her dream. With courage and__________, she never gave up.

【推荐2】Mr. Wang, a landlord (房东) in Liuzhou, Guangxi province, has become famous because of his acts of kindness during the lockdown period of COVID-19.

Mr. Wang had 42 tenants (租户) at that time, about 80 percent of whom were students. Most only brought _______ suitcases, with no room for pots to cook with. Because of the COVID-19, they were not allowed to _______, making mealtime a big _______.

Having seen his young tenants _______ on fast food, Mr. Wang decided to cook meals for them free of charge. He bought as many vegetables as possible in the community and told his tenants via WeChat that he also could _______ them dinner each day. His idea was warmly welcomed. The tenants placed their _______ in the WeChat group every day, and Mr. Wang prepared their meals accordingly.

His wife and old mother also _______ him to wash vegetables and dishes. Although there were food supply problems at the beginning of the lockdown, Mr. Wang still _______ to buy some meat for his hungry young tenants.

Mr. Wang received as many as 35 orders a day. Some of the tenants wanted to _______ him for the dinner but were refused. Mr. Wang said he cooked the meals not for ________ but to help those in need.

With the tenants’ ________in mind, Mr. Wang divided the orders into small ________so that they could take their dinner one by one while keeping two meters from each other.

Greatly ________ , the tenants reported his kindness to the local media, making him well- known overnight. Hearing of his generosity, many people offered to give Mr. Wang money to help feed his young tenants, but Mr. Wang ________said no.

Mr. Wang has decided to ________his help for the tenants until the lockdown is over, or at least until takeout food is possible to order.

【推荐3】“A bird with a broken wing will never fly high.” I’m sure that John would agree with this saying, as he felt this way almost every day in school.

By high school, John was the most famous _________ in his town. He was always absent, didn’t answer questions and got into_________. He had failed almost every exam by the time he entered high school, yet was_________a higher grade level each year. Teachers didn’t want to_________him again the following year. John was moving on, but definitely not moving up.

I met John for the first time at a weekend leadership training program since John was one of the 405 students who_________. At the start of the training, John was just standing outside the circle of students, against the back wall. He didn’t _________join the discussion groups. But slowly, the interactive games_________him in.

The ice really melted when the groups started building a list of_________ and negative things that had occurred at school that year. John_________some constructive ideas on those situations. The other students in John’s group __________his comments. All of a sudden John felt like a__________of the group, and before long he was treated like a leader. By the end of the training, he had joined the Homeless Project team. The other students on the team were__________with his passionate concern and ideas. They even elected John co-chairman of the team.

John started__________at school every day and answered questions from teachers for the first time. He led a second project,__________300 blankets and 1,000 pairs of shoes for the homeless shelter from house to house.