【推荐1】It was a Saturday evening in March, just before sundown. I was out walking with my wife, Melissa, and our golden retriever (猎犬), Kira, beside a lake when the _________ was broken by a woman’s voice, calling out two names over and over.

We _________ her, almost immediately, three or four hundred feet away across the _________. Spring had come, but the layer of ice on the water had just started to _________. Two big red Labradors (拉布拉多犬) were walking out across it. As we watched, the ice _________ beneath one dog and then the other, plunging (使...下落) them into the water.       

We arrived at the _________ a few minutes later, but the dogs were already showing the _________ of the cold as they struggled weakly to _________. We realized that calling 911 would be _________ — neither of them would stay afloat long enough for the __________ services to arrive.

Besides, I’m convinced I was __________ to carry out the rescue myself. And I wasn’t __________ —Kira swam alongside me. Having __________ a path, we were able to lead it quickly back to the __________.

The second dog was further out and I had to __________ before I went back in. There was more ice to __________ this time. As we approached, I __________ eye contact with the dog. With Kira’s encouragement, it __________ us back. Back on shore the dogs looked tired but were __________ OK. The owner was emotional and __________, “I’m the luckiest woman alive!”

【推荐2】When I was in primary school, my school had an annual sports day. Usually, girls were _________ in sports like jump rope and boys did the high jump, which I was _________ to take part in. I went to _________ up, but the coach said, “Girls don’t do the high jump.”

I went home and _________ Mom of the coach’s words. She visited the headmaster the next day. “Mr. White, Linda wants to do the high jump.” “Sorry, Mrs. Martinez, but it’s our _________ that girls can’t do it,” he said. “But Mr. White, I have no _________ of any rules saying that.” Finding no such rules, Mr. White, feeling _________, said “I have to consider it” at last.

When we got home, Mom told me something I would always _________: This wasn’t just about me. Other girls _________ wanted to do this, too. A week later, Mom went to Mr. White again. Finally, he __________. As it turned out, I won the high jump competition. To my __________, some of the cheers I got were from boys! My mother was __________ — it wasn’t about me. It was about making people __________ and see what girls could do. Later, I used this __________ in my career as a building contractor — women weren’t __________ to construct buildings. When I first __________ the business, Mom said, “Go ahead. Start small, but think __________.” I started with small projects and now my company can handle large ones.

Those experiences taught me though people wouldn’t always __________ us, we should be brave to jump over __________ and take paths few girls and women would take. And this has really made a __________.

【推荐3】Mr. Wang, a landlord (房东) in Liuzhou, Guangxi province, has become famous because of his acts of kindness during the lockdown period of COVID-19.

Mr. Wang had 42 tenants (租户) at that time, about 80 percent of whom were students. Most only brought _______ suitcases, with no room for pots to cook with. Because of the COVID-19, they were not allowed to _______, making mealtime a big _______.

Having seen his young tenants _______ on fast food, Mr. Wang decided to cook meals for them free of charge. He bought as many vegetables as possible in the community and told his tenants via WeChat that he also could _______ them dinner each day. His idea was warmly welcomed. The tenants placed their _______ in the WeChat group every day, and Mr. Wang prepared their meals accordingly.

His wife and old mother also _______ him to wash vegetables and dishes. Although there were food supply problems at the beginning of the lockdown, Mr. Wang still _______ to buy some meat for his hungry young tenants.

Mr. Wang received as many as 35 orders a day. Some of the tenants wanted to _______ him for the dinner but were refused. Mr. Wang said he cooked the meals not for ________ but to help those in need.

With the tenants’ ________in mind, Mr. Wang divided the orders into small ________so that they could take their dinner one by one while keeping two meters from each other.

Greatly ________ , the tenants reported his kindness to the local media, making him well- known overnight. Hearing of his generosity, many people offered to give Mr. Wang money to help feed his young tenants, but Mr. Wang ________said no.

Mr. Wang has decided to ________his help for the tenants until the lockdown is over, or at least until takeout food is possible to order.