【推荐1】I was travelling on an overnight bus from Kolhapur to Aurangabad. The ordinary bus was more than _________; all 55 seats were taken and there were some 20 people standing. The hot day added to the discomfort of the rough, 10-hour journey. I didn't get a seat, so I had to stand quite _________.

After around two very long hours, I was tired and bored. I kept trying to _________ myself,changing my body weight from one leg to the other. I suddenly sensed a soft hand _________ my elbow(肘), asking for attention. Turning around, I_________ a middle-aged man with a smile looking up at me. He stood up and said I could take his _________ for a while. I pleasantly accepted it with a sigh of _________ , and the man seemed happy too. After about 20 minutes, I_________ him to take back his space. A man who was sitting by the window had observed our _________.

Just then, something magical happened. Our observer stood up and _________ his seat to another standing man. Unexpectedly, we had caused a series of reactions: This game of seat-sharing _________ through the bus like wildfi re and, before long, almost all the standees got a

chance to be seated. People even started _________ each other while exchanging positions, and soon began sharing jokes and singing. I could say, the rest of the journey was quite _________.

The bus reached its destination the next morning. The groups quickly said goodbye and went their _________. But this extraordinary _________ has stayed with me even after all these years. It showed me an important fact that we can all share what we have and help our co-passengers on this journey called life.

【推荐2】Once upon a time， there was a herd （兽群） of deer living in the forest. Among them was a wise and_______ teacher， who_______the tricks and skills of survival to the young deer. When facing danger， young deer can_______themselves by making use of them.

One day， the teacher’s younger sister_______him with her son， hoping he would learn what is so important for deer. She said， “Dear brother， please teach my child the______and skills of deer.”The teacher said to the young deer，“Very well， you can come at this time tomorrow for your______class.”

At first， the young deer came to the lessons as he was supposed to. But soon， he became more interested in______with the other young deer than his lessons. He didn’t realize how dangerous it could be for a_______who learned nothing but deer games. So he started______ classes. Soon he was absent from class all the time.

_____， one day the poor deer stepped in a trap and was______.Since he was missing， his mother was worried. She went to ask her________， “Have you taught your ____ the tricks and skills he needs in time of danger?”

The teacher_____， “My dear sister， your son was disobedient （不服从的） and_____ to learn. Out of_______for you， I tried my best to teach him.______he did not want to learn them. He was always absent from class! How could I possibly teach him? You are obedient and faithful， but he is not. There is no______ trying to teach him.”

Later they heard the________news. The stubborn young deer who missed classes had been trapped and________. by a hunter. He skinned him and took the meat home.

The moral of the story is： nothing can be learned from a teacher by one who misses classes.

【推荐3】My daughter Emma complained I always got mad at her. I had to admit I’ve been ________ to every little problem. I couldn’t help looking on the dark side. The doctor said I was ________. I had to find some way to get out of this ________ of negativity.

Soon after, a friend showed me his macro lens (微距镜头), which he ________ to his smartphone to take extremely close-up photographs. His photos made very small subjects look larger than life. I was attracted to it immediately

I got one for myself. I headed out into the yard. I spotted a butterfly. Through my new lens, I could see how it changed its color, depending on the ________ of light. Every day I went to the yard to look for something interesting to photograph. Some insects flew away as soon as I ________ them, so I trained myself to slow my breathing and relax my body. Anything bothering me would ________. Looking through my macro lens took me to amazing things I had walked past without ________ I’d capture a leaf, and a spider. Focusing my energy and lens on something so small brought me the ________ I’d never felt.

Macrophotography became my ________ . It also went into other parts of my life. One day when Emma displeased me, I took deep breaths. Then I ________ explained why her behavior ________ me.

I’ve made peace with depression after I discovered macrophotography. I can ________ darker days now. I can feel my anger or sadness, and then find a way out. It takes ________ and shadow to make an interesting photograph. I think the same is ________ of life.

【推荐1】Alice is a student who came to my class last year. Though she has already turned 60, Alice looks so fit and _________, with a bright smile and an enthusiastic attitude. I am Alice’s teacher in class, but I feel she is my teacher in life.

For my 2-hour class every Saturday morning, Alice has to take a 3-hour round-trip on the road. But she is never _________ for class. Alice is very passionate about learning English. She often says, “Don’t _________ me as a 60-year-old. I am just a new beginner who wants to learn anything _________. You know, I am very excited to come to the class!” So I feel a strong sense of _________ to make sure what I teach makes sense to her.

Alice came to me with very _________ English skills, but she turns out to be a very fast learner because she always puts English _________ on a daily basis. I _________ her homework before every class. Her homework is usually not what I _________ for the class, rather it is something that she __________ to put together. She makes various sentences using the important words and phrases she learned from our __________ class. I am always __________ by the quality of her work.

I feel fortunate to have a student like Alice. She has __________ me so much. Our __________ is a great learning experience for both of us. Though I have no idea why she learns English, I hope I can help her get closer to her dream, __________ it is.

【推荐2】“It’s never too old to learn! ” says Frenchcorner _______ Archibald Clinton. He began to learn French at the   age of 50. In a few years, he has made _______ progress!

Archibald decided to study at Frenchcorner because no evening classes were_______ in his city. He joins_______ classes online and speaks with native French-speaking teachers.

Archibald says “Frenchcorner is a wonderful place to_______. My son always says, ‘Dad, you are a bit_______’. He can’t understand why I spend so many hours studying, _______ love it.”

Archibald began with the first level and quickly_______. He finished all his_______ after 2 years, but noticed he still had________ difficulties. Instead of________, he was determined to press on. Four years later, he’s still studying in the online classroom, but to perfect his already ________ French, he has set new ________ and________ understanding grammar points.

“Sometimes studying online is a little ________. But if you really want to learn, never quit even when you notice difficulties or when you think there is no ________. Practice, practice! What you need are self-discipline and self-motivation ,” he says.

“Studying French isn’t all about hard work. It is also ________!” he says. “I like the online conversation   classrooms. I have learned so much about other cultures and traditions. I’m open for all ________”.

Archibald has been able to________ his French to use. “I am very ________ for Frenchcorner because most of the French I know now was learned here,” he says.

【推荐1】Eric Moussambani is the first swimmer from Equatorial Guinea to compete in the Olympics. He found his passion for swimming shortly after high school. At the time, he didn’t know how to ________, but he knew it was a sport he wanted to ________.

Unfortunately, there were no ________ swimming pools in his country. ________, he found a hotel pool where he could only swim three hours a week. When he couldn’t ________ the pool, he trained in rivers and the sea, with the local fishermen ________ him on how to use his legs and arms.

After about eight months of swimming, Eric gained ________ into the 2000 Summer Olympics through a programme designed to ________ sports development in developing countries.

In Sydney, Eric saw an Olympic-size swimming pool for the first time. It was so big that Eric said he was so ________ to compete in it. In ________ his event, Eric trained at the same time with the US team and took the opportunity to ________ their techniques closely.

On September 19, 2000, Eric stepped out for the men’s 100-metre freestyle competition. “I swam the first 50 metres really well,” said Eric. After turning for the second length, however, Eric found his legs stiffened (变僵硬). “It was then I heard the crowd shouting, encouraging me to go. It gave me the ________ to make it to the end.” Eric ________ the race with a time of 1:52.72, the ________ recorded time in Olympic history. But the audience did not care. They ________ him as if he had broken the world record.

【推荐2】At just 21 years old, Nija Charles is one of today’s most popular songwriters.

She has been _______ with Beyonce, Jay Z, Cardi B, and many other today’s popular music artists. Their works have been _______ . And she was even _______ in three Grammy nominations (提名).

But just a few years ago, Charles was only a(n) _______ in the crowd. Growing up in New Jersey, she was _______ in a musical family. “My dad is a DJ. My mom is a dancer,” Charles _______ . “So growing up in this family, I was always _______ by music and crazily chased after musicians.”

Charles said she first _______ music at age 13, when she asked her mom for a mini keyboard because she was _______ to produce. “So she got one for me, and right then and there. I started tapping on the ________ ,” she said.

Charles continued to learn ________ at New York University, where she’d make songs in her dormitory and post them online. Soon she was ________ in flying across the country on weekends, performing on stage and then studying at school.

“It was ________ for me. There were some classes I ________ had to skip. But yeah, it was just ________ management and I had to ________ and finish my homework before I got on the plane or I’d finish the ________ on the plane. I wrote songs during the weekend. I made sure I studied hard so I could finish ________ that year,” she said.

Talking about her success, Charles said, “It’s ________ that my favourite artists are now the people I cooperate with. Several years ago, I was at their ________ but now I’m in the studio with them.”

【推荐3】Like many young people, Jessica wants to travel the globe. Unlike most of them, this 25-year-old is doing it _________. She and her husband have spent the last two years traveling the world, stopping everywhere from Paris to Singapore. It might sound like one long, expensive _________, but the couple has an unusual way to make their travel _________.

They’re part of a new form of the _________ economy (经济): an online group of house sitters.

Throughout their no-cost stays in _________ homes, they feed pets and water plants in the homeowner’s _________.

It’s not all sightseeing. The two travellers carefully _________ their trips, scheduling their days around the pets that are sometimes difficult to _________. But house sitting also offers a level of _________ they can’t find in a hotel. “It’s like __________ at a friend’s house,” Jessica says.

The couple has a high __________ rate in getting accepted as house sitters and they always go beyond the homeowner’s __________. For Jessica, that means __________ plenty of pictures of happy pets, keeping the house __________ and leaving a nice small gift before heading to the next house. “You want to make the homeowner feel that they made the right, __________” she says.