【推荐1】Playing in the backyard with other dogs, Joey looks like any other playful dog except for one difference: With only two back legs, he travels ______ by jumping.

Born to a family in Connecticut, Joey was the only puppy in his litter (一窝幼崽) who wasn’t ______ because of his disability. The family didn’t know what to do with him, so they ______ Vintage Pet Rescue, a non-profit organization ______ dogs with special medical needs.

Joey arrived Vintage Pet Rescue in July, where he ______ Cathy Larson, who then became Joey’s adopter. According to Larson, when she first came across Joey, she “ ______ fell in love with him.” With five other dogs, Larson knew Joey had to be a ______ of their group. Once Larson took Joey home, her other dogs ______ him right away. But Joey still has some ______ because when it comes to doing everyday things, he needs ______ help. However, Larson says Joey is very good at letting them know when he ______ something.

Larson describes Joey as a (n) “ ______ little guy” who loves playing with other dogs and meeting new people. His next adventure will take place on the football field when he ______ as part of Team Ruff at Puppy Bowl XIX against another team.

Larson “can’t imagine life without Joey” and says if you have the time to ______ a dog with special needs, do it. “Their limitation doesn’t make them any ______ .” Larson says. “They have all that love inside and they are just willing to give it freely.”

【推荐3】Eebbers,Transportation Security Administration’s oldest and cutest bomb-sniffing dog, retired after a decade of service.______his work.sniffing for explosives as a passenger screening canine(犬)，Eebbers also helped with scurrility at major ______ events including National Championship Football Games and the Special Olympics World Games.

Eebbers was trained to ________ the scent(气味)of explosive materials among ________.typically in security checkpoint lines， like busy airports and make his handler(训术员)aware of the hidden______.Besides,he was tested _______to make sure he was fit for service.While he is sociable,he is a working dog who could only be _______and fed by his handler.

Actually, most dogs retire when they’re 7 or 8 years old due to the ______of the high-pressure job and unavoidably they are going to start slowing down. However, Carney, Eebbers’handler and lifelong partner, said that ______ as Eebbers was,she wanted Eebbers to retire because she wanted him to enjoy his last few years just being a   ______.

Previously,Eebbers ______ the title of TSA’s cutest canine in a nationwide social media contest so he had a lot of fans. On his last day at work, his admirers conveyed their ________ to the cute puppy and ______ him with toys.

So what does post-retirement bliss(乐事)hold in store for Eebbers? Eebbers’“Eebbers' "working dog" vest meaning he could only be touched by his handler, will be replaced with ______clothes, meaning he could finally be touched by his admirers.Later this year, TSA will announce its 2023 Can me Calendar——which will ______ Eebbers on the cover.

【推荐2】Often, we know what makes us happy... but, despite this, often we don’t put the theory into action. Why do I (the person who tells you that taking breaks _________ stress and makes you more efficient) sit at my computer eating my lunch? I know this is unhelpful for me, so what on earth is going on? It all started at a time of huge pressure when I was training, and I began eating my lunch at my desk to _________ time. I did it over and over again until it became   _________ to my brain.

My brain will choose this route by default (默认情况下), because it is the most learned behaviour. Something in my office _________ (probably my stomach rumbling (发咕咕声) will send a signal to my brain that it’s lunchtime, and I will pick up my sandwich and eat it with very little   _________. It is a no-brainer to my brain; it’s just what it does.

Habits don’t _________ new learning from the brain; they are stored as a sequence of activities in the brain. The brain adds a routine of behaviours together so they all happen _________ in sequence when activated by a signal (that rumbling stomach) to get us to a reward (my lunch), which _________ strengthens that learned behaviour. Your brain uses habits to _________ effort and save energy, and will default to these behaviours when signalled. How can we build happiness habits into our lives?

Step 1: What is it that you want to do

Decide what you want to __________ as small daily habits. Next, think about how and when you will do this. __________, consider the habits that affect happiness negatively and that you want to break. Like me, do you want to __________ eating lunch at your desk and get outside instead?

Step 2: Be __________ about your why

What will you gain from this new happiness habit? Why is it important to you? This helps you to want to make the effort to break your default habits.

Step 3: Be specific

Decide when specifically you will __________ your new habit and what you will do — for example, “I want to go for a walk to connect with nature at lunchtime.” Start as small as you can, because this is more likely to be achievable, repeatable and rewarding — three things we need to happen to shift from a(n) __________ new behaviour to a habit.

【推荐3】For a shape that appears often in our everyday lives, circles are very mysterious and might never be fully understood. This is _________ there is no way to _________ them. When you take the distance around a circle and divide it by the distance across a circle, you will always get Pi. _________ Pi is equal to about 3. 14, it is infinitely (无穷) long.

In 2009, U. S. Congress voted to _________ make March 14 Pi Day. For David Blatner, author of The Joy of Pi, the _________ of Pi Day goes far beyond math and science. “To me, Pi Day is really about _________ the fascination between what is knowable and what’s not knowable,” Blatner says. “My greatest interest in Pi is not the mathematical, but the fact that Pi _________ throughout popular culture.”

Pi has appeared in movies, music and more. In modern _________,any time the filmmaker wants to create a sense of mystery, the symbol Pi is often used. People also love working to _________ the digits (数字) of Pi and __________ against others to see who can remember the most. Many teachers hold contests to see how many __________ their students can memorize. The Guinness World Record for __________ the most digits of Pi is held by Lv Chao of China, who successfully recited Pi out to nearly 67,000 decimal (小数) places.

__________, Pi Day is about having fun with the number and with all that it represents. People will celebrate Pi Day by eating pie, and with __________ Pi-related activities. Events this year include a surprise __________ party for Albert Einstein whose birthday also falls on March 14. Just like the number itself, the possibilities for Pi Day are truly endless.