【推荐1】A 9-year-old boy is called a hero after he rescued his dad when a car fell on him. Brave J.T. Parker’s ________ thinking saved his father’s life.

________ dad Stephen Parker said that last July, he and his sons J.T., 9 and Mason, 17, were in the backyard working in a Toyota car when the ________ happened.

“ We were ________ the engines out of the car and, after we got it jacked (用千斤顶顶起) up, I climbed under there to take the parts off,” he said. “The one part came off pretty ________ but the other side was not coming off.”

At that moment, Mason had gone inside the house ________ he cut himself, but the dad ________ working. Suddenly, the car fell on top of him.

He said he _______ at J.T. to jack the car up but he didn’t think his young son would ________ it.

“ I couldn’t move at all,” Parker said. “I was totally ________ , and then I passed out. It was all in his hands.”

J.T., who weighs about 50 pounds, said he, too, didn’t think he would be able to   ________ the car off his father, but he started jumping up and down on the jack right away.

It took him   ________, but J.T. was able to save his father   ________. He then ran to get his brother out of the house. They called the   ________ immediately.

Parker was then sent to the nearest hospital with 13 broken ribs (肋骨). He was   ________ two months later thanks to the timely rescue from his young hero.

【推荐2】In late January of 2018, Chicago experienced the coldest temperature that the city has seen in decades.

A group of homeless people were left outside directly _________ to the deadly weather. 34-year-old Candice Payne, a managing broker (经纪人) from a local company, was _________ enough to have shelter from the dangerous conditions. _________, she couldn’t stop thinking about the homeless people in the area who had nowhere to go.

“It’s 50 degrees below, and I knew I had to take _________,” Payne told The New York Times. She started thinking of different _________ that could possibly work. Eventually, she _________ to see if there were any rooms available at _________ hotels that she could _________ for the people _________ outside. So without wasting any time, Payne picked up the __________ and started calling hotels in the area.

“Finally, the Amber Inn was nice enough to __________ me to buy the rooms for the homeless,” Payne said. Without __________, she purchased 30 rooms for the night with her credit card. She __________   reached out to people on her Instagram account asking if anyone would like to __________ with either paying for more rooms or __________ the homeless people to the inn.

She got immediate __________ that surprised her. Strangers __________ their cars and SUVs. They also __________ money, which helped Payne pay for a total of 60 rooms for five nights.

Payne’s __________ act made news across the country. However, she said, “ I’m just a regular person. I __________ it with so many others’ help.”

【推荐3】When 19-year-old Chloe Mitchell’ s senior trip was canceled because of the pandemic, she knew she couldn’t just lie around the house. Not only is she an ______ volleyball player with a healthy lifestyle, but she’s also a teenager. Being ______ in the house all day with your parents isn’t ideal — no matter how much you love them.

“I was bored. I was really depressed because quarantine (隔离) had taken away my senior year,” she explained. “I needed something to ______ worries in my mind. I needed ______ . labor I needed space ______ my family.”

As a self-described DIY obsessive (痴迷者), Mitchell saw the shabby shed (破旧小屋) in the yard, a relaxing space to call her own. Unfortunately, as she set about ______ the forgotten shed into a stylish vacation home — “She Shed”, Mitchell was upset that social-distancing rules meant she couldn’t invite her friends over. So she decided to share the ______ with her 34 followers on TikTok, ______ close friends, letting them know every step she did during the following days.

Over the next 10 days, Mitchell began to ______ the contents of her small shed first so that it could be cleaned easily. After that, she wiped down the original wooden beams (梁) before giving them a fresh layer of white ______ . Once the paint had dried, she hung fairy lights, ______ the space with plants and added a television and refrigerator donated by neighbors. She ______ built herself a daybed (躺椅) and bought a little bed for her dog, Lilly.

Happy to be out in the sun, putting her DIY skills to good ______ and sharing the experience with her friends, Mitchell could never have ______ what happened next. Known as “She Shed Girl”, Mitchell now has a(an) ______ 2.7 million followers on TikTok, ______ she shares DIY tips and moments of her life as a freshman at Aquinas College in Michigan. ______ by the success of her first work, Mitchell turned her attention to the family’s pool house, imagining it as a charming pub shed.

Commenting on Mitchell’s ______ shed renovation (翻新), the experts at Му Tool Shed DIY said, “Pressure levels have ______ rapidly in the last year due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now more than ever people need time to do something they love. Having a ______ space like a ‘She Shed’ can be perfect for this.”

【推荐2】The world is full of opportunities. Ignoring them or seizing one depends on one’s attitude. Mike seized the chance and did what he wanted to do.

Mike used to be a janitor (看门人) at an elementary school. He collected and cleared away the _________ for the school too. This school has a _________ place in Mike’s heart. He went to this school as a young boy and was a teacher there for 19 years. However, before his career in teaching, he _________ in the same school as a janitor. He has always been good at _________ with students.

Seeing this, the teachers _________ him to pursue a teaching career. After years of hard work and fierce ___________, Mike finished his degree in 2003 and _________ a teaching job at the elementary school. Since then, he has become a constant _________ in the school.

Mike found teaching a very rewarding job. For him, it was important that the students grow up not just remembering the _________ but also how a teacher made them feel. Mike was excited to teach the children at the school and was _________ to teach the fifth grade. He was shocked when the directors offered him the _________ of principal a week before the school year started.

“I am _________ grateful. I don’t do anything special. I just _________ and try my best,” said Mike. He was also very excited to take on the challenges of being the new _________ of the school, assume new responsibilities and help _________ the school.

【推荐3】I usually start my day with a coffee from TODAY. Every morning a smiling young man stands at the cashier’s area, with his colorful and funny-looking ________. It seems that he works happily every day.

It was rainy last Monday. When I rushed to the store, I was wet all over, which made me ________. Just then, the young man greeted me with a big smile and ________ me, which drove away my depression (沮丧). What ________ me was that he always seems happy. At first I thought he was just pretending to smile, making the best of a ________ situation. ________, he couldn’t possibly enjoy working at a store, right?

Later I recognized from our conversation that I had ________ the most important part of his words originally: He does enjoy his job, and that is why he seems so happy. My life doesn’t always look ________ like what I want it to be. I spend weekends ________ alone in my living room when I’d rather work in a beachside office with my friends. I drive an old Toyota when I’d ________ something that doesn’t have cracked windows. But the world doesn’t make any ________ if I have more money, a different space, a better job, or a nicer car. The wrapping paper is different, but the gift inside is ________. The way I feel about myself, how often I choose to smile ________ because it feels good—neither of these things depends on my living situation as a writer. This guy shows me that you can be who you want to be, no matter ________ your situation looks like. Happiness is about how you treat the present situation, and how willing you are to enjoy simple ________, even if things aren’t perfect.