【推荐1】A Florida police officer is receiving praise for his swift response in rescuing two distressed swimmers caught in a rip current (离岸流) on a Tuesday afternoon.

Brooke Qualls, a witness to the incident, expressed her _________ at Officer Dylan Coffman’s actions, stating, “Seeing him go out there and how quick and _________ his actions were, it’s just amazing seeing that.”

Qualls had just _________ her shift in Flagler Beach when she observed Officer Coffman spring into action. “Literally I watched him _________ out of his police car, rip off his vest, and _________ into the water and save not one, but two people who were extremely, so far back in the water, _________ in horrible rip currents,” she said.

Sean McSweeney, another _________ of the incident, was equally moved by the officer’s heroic actions.

“I’d never seen anything like it. It was shocking, yet _________, to witness a rescuer _________ so swiftly, and it was truly remarkable,” he said.

The Flagler Beach Police Department shared Qualls’ photos of the ________ to their Facebook page and thanked Coffman for going the extra mile.

“Serving comes in many different ways, and thanks to Brooke Qualls for __________ this photo of Officer Dylan Coffman from the Police Department in action as he __________ yesterday to two swimmers caught in dangerous rip currents. Thanks to Officer Coffiman’s __________, they were successfully returned to __________ uninjured! Coffman contributed a lot to make our city __________!” the department wrote.

【推荐2】For me personally, I could write for days about many different situations where adversity(逆境) _______my life. Now let me tell you one experience where I almost let adversity_________

We had a glass studio, which was located 50 feet from our home. A couple of years ago we experienced an_______winter, we had a lot of snow and ice. The _______ of the ice and snow _______ the roof on our studio, taking with it one of our sources of income. _______it did fall down, we got on the roof and tried to remove the snow and ice, but when you have 5 feet of ice and temperatures of minus 20 Celsius, it was pretty _______ to do

We had a partner come in to help us try to _______ the roof by supporting. In the end, there was nothing that could be done. The roof came down.We had moved a lot of our goods and tools from the studio but we lost a lot also: glass, kilns, workbenches, to name only a few of the items. It was a disastrous experience.

Here we were in the middle of winter with our studio collapsed. We couldn’t work as we had almost _______ all the material in a building we were not using. We could have done one of two things: we could simply say that we can no longer   ________ our glass business. Let me tell you that this was certainly a thought that________ our mind. Or we could find a way to get our studio back up and running.

We picked the ________ option. We had a large ban that we were not using. So we renovated(翻新)the barn, ________ our working area and today we have a nicer studio than we ________ had. If the adversity we were ________ had not happened, we probably would still be working in the old studio-a studio that was less efficient.

【推荐3】This is a story about Yesenia Diosdado, a girl of 11, who helped _________ of a car accident using sign languages.

On a cold afternoon in January 2015, Yesenia Diosdado, _________ a school bus in Lenexa, Kansas, near the apartment building where she lives with her family. When the bus pulled away, Yesenia saw police and emergency workers _________ victims of a three-car accident that had occurred at a busy crossing nearby. Yesenia joined a small crowd of _________ across the street.

She noticed that an injured woman was trying to _________ with an emergency worker using sign language, _________ he couldn’t understand her. “I heard him ask for an interpreter,” Yesenia says.

She ran over to the emergency worker to help — her mother, a former sign language interpreter, had taught her how to _________.

“Thank goodness. I didn’t know what to do and she said, ‘I sign. Can I help?’” says captain Chris Winger.

Yesenia was able to tell that the _________ neck was injured and tell them the name of the local _________ she preferred. “She looked really hurt,” says Yesenia. “I’m __________ that I got to do something to help.”

When her mother, Suen-Mittsore, 36, heard about Yesenia’s heroics, she wasn’t __________. “It’s in her nature to help.” says Susan. “But I was impressed that she, just a child of 11, __________ the seriousness of the situation and took immediate action. Most __________ wouldn’t have done that.”

A few weeks later, paramedics __________ Yesenia with a gold coin and a certificate of appreciation at her elementary school.

“My mom always says that you never know__________ sign languages might come in handy,” says Yesenia, “That day, it did.”

【推荐2】One day, a teacher entered his classroom and gave his students a surprise test. He walked around the classroom and ________ the question papers with the text facing downwards.

Once he had given them all out, he asked his students to ________ the page and begin. To everyone’s   ________   , there were no questions, but just a black dot(点) in the center of the page.

The teacher saw the ________ on everyone’s face and said,“I want you to write what you ________there. You have three minutes to finish this.” The ________   students got started on the   ________ task. After three minutes, the teacher ________ all the answer papers and started reading each one of them. All of them, with no ________, described the black dot and tried to explain where it was on the paper.

After each paper had been   ________, the classroom was silent. The teacher began to ________ , “I am not going to   ________   you according to this. I just wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the white part of the paper. Everyone   ________   on the black dot, and the same thing ________ in our lives. We have a piece of white paper to ________, but we always fix our eyes on the dark spots. Our   ________ is a gift filled with love and care. We always have reasons to   ________—friends that help us or jobs that support our lives.”

“________, we keep concentrating only on the dark spots—the health problems, the lack of money or the bad relationships with other people. The dark spots are really   ________ , but they are very small. Take your eyes away from the black spots in your life. Enjoy each moment that life gives you. Be happy and live a ________   life!”

【推荐3】I was born into a family of educators. Growing up, I heard stories about my grandfather, a headmaster in Guyana. His wife was a teacher. My father and mother continued the ____, teaching at the secondary school levels. As National Teacher Appreciation Week is approaching, I am ____ by Charles Blow’s article in The New York Times to ____ two teachers who have never failed me: my parents.

I hardly remember a period when my parents were not engaged in the act of ____ and teaching. When I was born in1991, my dad, William Panaram, was trying to ____ a doctor’s degree in plant science in North Dakota. After we ____ to the Bronx, my mom started night classes to get a master’s degree in nutrition.   ____ my mom studied, she also managed a full-time job, raised me and learned a new city.

As I watch their schooling ____, I learn that receiving an education means much more than getting high grades. In fact, a true education has the meaning when its learners ____.

My parents both show me how to live as a good ____. Both teach me how to love. My parents — my educators for life — make it ____ that a teacher’s job is beyond the classroom. A meaningful teacher stays with students ____, in mind or in person. I am determined to be a good teacher myself, helping young students think freely and ____ their own ideas, which is a result of living, learning, and loving with my first teachers.

We ____ National Teacher Appreciation Week once a year, but the reality is that every single day we need to thank those who ____ more for others than they do for themselves. Who will you thank today?

【推荐3】It isn’t every day that the future and the past get to meet on national television.

When his wife of 72 years passed away six years ago, Peter Davies ________ he felt like “a lost soul”. The 100-year-old man from Macclesfield, England ________ to find new purpose in his life, so when his daughter suggested he offer his help at the local elementary school, he ________ to go for it.

“I was married for 72 years, and when my wife died, life changed ________,” Peter explained. “My daughter suggested that, to get some ________ back into my life, I do something I’m ________ of doing”

Peter chose to ________ at a primary school, and he was a huge ________ with all of the children he tutored. He ________ reading into a fun game. Besides, his new ________ as a grandfatherly figure made him feel more connected to his community than ever before

“The ________ are great,” said Peter. “I’m sure I get more than the kids do. It is a lovely warm feeling that I ________ the community. I’m part of it. Moreover, my image is ________. Wherever I go in the village, a child will shout ‘Hello Mr. Davies.’ I feel 10 feet tall. ”

Recently he was ________ with a British Empire Medal (BEM) on television with the youngest recipient, 18-year-old Dara McAnulty. “He is the future, and I am the past,” Peter said. “It’s just simple as that, it really is. I’m ________ for him.”