【推荐1】My daughter loved dance, until she didn’t. After an _________ first year, I noticed her interest fading week by week. Then, one day, she slowly walked to me before class and asked if she could just _________ it.

My first reaction was to _________ her to “finish what you start”. _________, sticking with something difficult can teach perseverance (毅力), discipline and confidence. But watching my first-grader _________ herself into each ballet position, I started to question how much _________ that “blanket advice” made. Is it really in my kid’s best _______, or even practical, to make her stick to every commitment through until she reaches a bitter _______? What if there are different but _________ valuable qualities, which can be gained by ________ the things that are not right for her?

With the winter show approaching, I realized she needed to either __________ her class or commit herself to it. After a few days’ consideration, she __________ dance wasn’t for her — a choice I __________. Quitting is never a black-and-white issue. Sometimes, it means ________ a barrier in your way to love something else. In my daughter’s case, ending dance made space for her new hobbies, such as horseback riding and Girl Scouts. She’s into them for now, but it is okay if that __________ changes.

As adults, we are accustomed to __________ the power of saying yes, but what about saying no? The ability to recognize when something isn’t an __________ investment of our time or energy is also important. As my daughter gets older, I want her to feel confident to __________ something that’s no longer meeting her needs. She shouldn’t be held back by the thought that she must __________ something at any cost __________ because she has started.

【推荐2】When I first married, we only had a car for work. I worked earlier so my husband _______ me off and waited until work time. In the afternoon, I would _______ three miles to his workplace and we returned together.

One day, while waiting for him in the car, I saw the _______ woman I had ever seen off the movie screen driving a fancy car. She looked like Liz Taylor. Our eyes made _______ and she smiled at me. She was wearing a blue shirt that just _______ her car. It was all I could do to _______. Then, a nice-looking man came and they left.

Sitting there in my jeans, I wanted to _______. How could some people _______ it all? In the following weeks, it became almost a _______ to see her. She seemed ________ and always waved in a big smile. My ________ lingered(逗留) long after she drove away. I had always ________ to see her full length. Finally, I could see very well as she walked very ________ with a walking stick. The lady had a prosthesis(义肢)!

I couldn’t watch any more because tears were ________ me. For weeks, I’d envied this woman ________ I had been able to walk three miles! I told my husband about the ________ and he said he knew her story. Both of her parents were killed in an accident and she was ________ injured at only 12.

Suddenly, I realized how ________ I was to have my parents, the ability to walk and many wonderful things. When you meet a person who seems much ________ off than you, don’t be fooled. Looks can be ________.

【推荐1】When travelling around the world, I came across a beautiful town called Trancoso in Brazil. The people in the town were friendly and warm. What I ________ liked was that everyone gives the ________ acknowledgement（打招呼）when seeing each other ________ a wave or a stare. So as I was walking down the streets, people gave me the thumbs up. This ________ my day.

When I was lying on the beach, a man walked up to me to sell me some hats. I loved the hats but didn't have any money ________ me. He saw that I was ________ the hats, so he gave me the hat and said he would see me again to get the money and that there was no ________. This was such a(n) ________ way to sell something. Of course I accepted the ________ and still take the hat with me wherever I go because the hat makes me remember how ________ people could be.

Later on that day another man came over to me and asked ________ I wanted to eat in his restaurant. I accepted his offer ________ and followed him. It was the perfect restaurant for the town, ________ ten tables. The dishes were delicious and he paid ________ to each dish's taste and colour. When it was time to ________ he only took cash and I only had a card. With the ________ ATM about seven miles away, I didn't know what to do. He ________ to me and said, "Just pay before you leave town." This was the second time in one day that I had been given something without immediate pay. How surprising it was!

What I ________ from these experiences is that there are people out in the world ________ main focus（关注点）isn't money but making other people happy with their ________.

【推荐3】I used to travel to make myself relaxed. Two years ago, I was rather busy with my business and under a lot of ________, so I went to Las Vegas for a holiday. I just wanted to get away and ________ for a while.

When I was on holiday, an ________ suddenly came to me. I had long wished to pay a visit to the Greek island of Sanatorium. Therefore, the idea of a two-week European ________ alone was born.

I’d driven ________ across the US before, but traveling to other ________ whose languages aren’t the same as mine ________ me. I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to ________ with anyone.

But I soon ________ that if I wanted to follow my dreams, I had to ________ out of my comfort area (舒适区). If I let ________ take control of me, I’d get nowhere.

As I was ________ more places to visit on my trip, I found Mykonos, Greece, which I ________ just as much as I liked Sanatorium. When I arrived in ________, it was like I was in a dream.

What I appreciated best was the bus ride to Venice. As I rode the bus and enjoyed every new thing I saw, I was completely ________ from the pressure (压力) of my work. How ________ it was to see people riding their bikes to the ________ they would like to go to!

Some people might say, “It’s not a big ________; it’s just Venice. Thousands of people go there every day.” But is was more than that to me. It was about having a ________ and when it was time for it to come true, don’t let it ________.