【推荐1】What was the best moment I’ve ever had in a class? I’ve had many great moments, but perhaps the best moment took place in my English class about a month ago.

I had a 15-minute presentations, and I felt pretty _________. Thirty minutes before my presentation, I _________ to use an actor for my presentation. I felt even more confident, assured that I would _________ the audience. When my presentation started, I gave a _________ to my actor that led me to _________ my eight notecards all over the floor. I quickly _________ all the notecards off the floor. I became _________, listening to the _________ of the audience as I tried to rearrange the cards. My anxiety levels _________, and the disorganized cards just added __________. I placed the cards down and felt a great sense of __________. My words, my explanations and my connections all __________ out of my mouth, and I felt more natural and free as I presented my topic.

I felt like a __________ different person. By the end of the presentation, I was __________ with sweat, not because I was __________, but because I left it all on the floor. I realized that the __________ to presenting to people was not just getting their attention by visual aids. You need to let your heart __________ so that you can __________ their hearts and minds. You can’t just be the center of attention; you need to give the audience attention, and you need to talk to them. First and foremost, you can’t present without __________.

Anything you present should be built off of __________. As long as you can be passionate and find a connection between yourself and the topic, you will keep the audience entertained.

【推荐2】Some of the classrooms at Taft Elementary in Santa Clara, California, have one flaw (缺陷) in common: They don’t have _________.

“Most of the day, the students are _________. And they don’t really get to see any trees, or the blue sky,” said Ernesto Rodriguez, a school psychologist with a _________ for landscape photography. “The lack of windows does affect kids, making it _________ to concentrate. Being in and around nature _________ anxiety and has benefits for students. Kids who have _________ out of windows do better academically, emotionally and creatively.”

He had an _________ to bring nature into rooms by developing hospital curtains that he could print landscapes onto as a _________ to brighten dull rooms. Then, he brought landscapes into classrooms—via the ceiling.

Rodriguez uses his photography skills to take 360 degree shots of tree canopies (树冠). Then he _________ them and fits them onto the ceiling, so when you __________, it feels like you’re sitting under a tree. “It has all those elements of the science that help calm you down, help you __________ and communicate. Kids will want to come in more __________,” he said.

“It’s surprising to __________ that there are trees here,” one student said as she entered the room and saw the __________ addition. “I would say that it’s pretty great and beautiful. Trees bring me peace.”

“This is a __________ of both my careers as a school psychologist and a photographer,” said Rodriguez.

【推荐2】Aged 25, I’d been driving home when my wheels hit a puddle and I lost control. The car flew through the air, and when it landed, my body was soaked in blood.

_______, a driver stopped to help me and I was cut out of my vehicle. Looking up in the ambulance, I saw a familiar face, “You _______ us not long ago,” I said to Dr Stephen Rashford, my former teacher. Before he could reply, I began to _______ : How would I become a doctor now? Seeing the fear in my eyes, he tried to _______ me. “Everything will be okay,” he said. “If you want to get back to _______ after this, you’ll find a way.”

When I was alone in hospital, I _______ completely. “I’m crippled(痛)!” I cried, noting the many tubes coming out of me.

After eight months in hospital, I went back home, having _______ some upper limb(上肢)function and the ability to sit up again. But I had no movement in my fingers and legs. _______ all the misfortunes, over time, I began to _______ what had happened to me and I could still enjoy life.

As time passed, academics at university __________ me. “If you want to come back, now is the time one told me. However, returning to study after five years away was a __________.

In 2016, I passed my exams in university and was eventually offered a __________at Gold Coast University Hospital. I can do everything from ultrasounds (超声波) to inserting cannulas (插管), but I know the most __________ part of being a good doctor is having a heart. The patients never showed any __________ about having me, a person with walking disability, as their doctor. In fact, a man in a wheelchair even expressed his confidence in me. “You understand what I’m __________ ”he said.

【推荐3】When I was young, my parents did not earn much. They had to save before they could ________ to buy groceries, especially meat.

Every time Mr Lee, the butcher, came to our ________, he would bring along a basketful of meat on his bicycle to his stall (摊位). Everyone would ________ to buy whatever pieces of meat he had because once they were sold out, no one ________ when they would be available again

One day, Mrs Ming, our neighbour, ________ my mother that Mr Lee was coming to sell meat the following day. I ________ very early the next morning because my mother told me to buy some meat. My brother, Ah Seng, ________ himself at his usual spot to look out for Mr Lee’s bicycle. Once Ah Seng saw Mr Lee, he alerted me. With my ________, I then ran quickly to the market. With Ah Seng’s help, I was ________ that I would reach the stall early. ________, when I arrived, a long line of villagers had already formed.

When Mr Lee started selling the meat, the ________ cleared quickly. When it was almost my _________, all the meat was sold out. I walked home with my empty basket, ________. What should I tell my mother?

As I was nearing home, Mrs Ming saw me. She ________ me and gave me some meat. I breathed a sigh of relief. I could not forget her ________.