【推荐1】There is never a need to respond to anything that doesn’t make you feel good. One day I got in a taxi and we _______ for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car _______ out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver stamped on the brake hard. Our car skidded (打滑), and _______ the black car by just inches!

Surprisingly, the driver of the black car _______ his head out and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just _______ and waved at the guy. And I thought he was really friendly. So I asked, “Why? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the _______!”

That was when my taxi driver taught me _______ I now call “the Law of the Garbage Truck ”. He _______ to me that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of _______ (frustration, anger, and disappointment, etc ). As their garbage ________ up, they need a place to dump (倾倒) it and sometimes they’ll dump it on you.

When you meet similar situations, just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. The bottom line is that ________ people do not let garbage trucks ________ their day. Life is too short to wake up in the morning with ________, so we should love the people who are ________ to us and pray for the ones who aren’t. Life is ten percent what you ________ it and ninety percent how you take it.

【推荐2】One day I visited an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting. I was expecting a quiet ____ of the splendid artwork.

A young ____ viewing the paintings ahead of me ____ nonstop between themselves. I watched them for a moment and found the lady was doing all the talking. I admired the man’s ____ for putting up with the ____ stream of words. ____ by their noise, I moved on.

I met them several times as I moved ____ the various rooms of arts. Each time I heard her continuous flow of words, I moved away ____.

I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a ____ when the couple approached the ___. Before they left, the man ____ into his pocket and pulled out a white object. He ____ it into a long stick and then ____ his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket. “He’s a ____ man,” the clerk at the counter said. “Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age. During his recovery, he made a promise that his life wouldn’t change. So, as before, he and his wife come in ____ there is a new art show.”

“But what does he get out of the art?” I asked. “He can’t see.”

I learned something about patience, ____ and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without ____ and the courage of a husband who would not______blindness to change his life. And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away, their arms interwined (交缠).

【推荐3】Wang Shun became China’s first Olympic champion in the men’s individual medley event in Tokyo 2020. In a live chat, Wang reveals how years of struggles and setbacks _________ him into a world-beater.

Recalling his childhood, Wang has pleasant _________ of the moment that raised his initial curiosity about _________ . After that, Wang set a great goal that he wanted to be an Olympic _________ . He always trained seriously and often _________ to stay in the pool for long hours.

During his training, Wang _________ many setbacks and difficulties, and realized it would not be_________to reach the top of swimming. In 2019, _________ , his performances were not ideal and he was really upset at the time about this. Then in June, he injured his ankle, which forced him to _________ two-week training and the recovery process was pretty __________ and he even thought about quitting.

__________, Wang has a considerate coach Zhu Zhigen, who __________ with Wang and kept helping him improve mentally and physically. Zhu acts like parents toward his __________ — a level of care he displays for Wang to this day. Before the final at the Tokyo Olympics, the coach __________ guarded the door for Wang to ensure he slept well, because 10 athletes shared a room. With the help of his coach, Wang overcame all the __________ and got the first prize in Tokyo 2020.