【推荐1】During travel seasons, many people tend to look through user reviews online before starting their trips. They usually make a _________ plan, including what to see, where to live and even which dish to eat. _________, greater access to information means fewer surprises.

I’m not suggesting wandering off to a totally strange place without opening a _________. I always make a simple plan, but I’m ready to _________ it if something better comes up.

A few years ago, a _________ and I were driving through a sleepy stretch of coastal South Carolina. That was, until I _________ a white general store with a sign outside advertising boiled peanuts. I suggested we _________ for some, though I had no reason to do so. For one thing, we were _________ hungry. For another, boiled peanuts are disgusting. But something about the place was hard to _________.

As I chatted with the owner, another customer started to ____________ my friend a technique for trapping alligators (短吻鳄) with bare hands. He picked up the ____________ by working in a nearby plantation (种植园) and invited us to take a ____________ there. We willingly accepted his ____________ and spent the next few hour with him, climbing around an ancient rice mill and bowing our heads into former slave quarters. It was the kind of afternoon you don’t ____________.

A summer trip is a rare chance to ____________ routine. It used to be ____________ to distinguish independent travelers from travelers ____________ flag-waving tour guides. But the line between them has become less clear. ____________   your trip follows a tightly ____________ agenda inspired by user reviews, aren’t you really just taking a virtual group tour, with your smart phone ____________ the flag?

【推荐3】Blissdom, a blogging conference, was held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort. I went to the hotel three years in a row. On my first visit, I remember entering my hotel room and being _________ by a lovely piece of music playing. The sounds were so _________ that I nearly fell asleep while relaxing on my bed.

Before I _________ , I asked the hotel if I could buy such a clock radio. They told me they didn’t sell them and that they might be _________ in any store. To my _________ , I couldn’t find one anywhere.

The next year, the clock radio in my _________ was a newer model, but it still played the gentle music. I again asked where I could find one, but got no answer. I tried to search for one in stores, in _________ once again.

So this year, I was _________ to find the machine in my room at Gaylord Opryland. I asked the _________ on Twitter, “Where can I buy this Shaper Image clock radio?”

They replied, “Sorry. It isn’t available to customers.”

“I’ve been __________ one for three years,” I said.

I received no __________ after that, and I attended the Blissdom closing night party. When I came back, I found a second clock radio on the dresser (梳妆台), and a __________ beside it with my name on it, which __________: “Christina, the clock radio is for you. We hope you enjoy these nice sounds at home. Sincerely, Opryland.”

That would be the point where my excited screaming __________. Thank you, Gaylord Opryland, for giving me such a(n) __________ gift!

【推荐1】“Found something!” Susan Baur, a swimmer, ducks into the water. She ______, holding a pair of swimming goggles (护目镜). These are passed to a kayaker (皮划艇桨手), who waves them ______, like a prize, before throwing them in a basket. When the team returns to ______, the women are smiling and cracking jokes about the ______ and their pull.

Since 2017, Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage (OLAUG), which accepts _____ older women as members, has made it its mission to ______ trash from ponds across Cape Cod.

Many outsiders have expressed their ______ to OLAUG for cleaning up the ponds; a number, however, have ______ why they refer to themselves as “old ladies”. “You should call yourselves the Mermaids (美人鱼) Against Glitter Litter.” Others have said she should open the group to all ______, and even to men.

______ they admit that it wasn’t ______ a conscious choice, they now believe that the “old lady” ______ is a crucial part of what the group is about. “Women over 65 tend to feel the restriction of aging,” Baur says. “Part of the goal of OLAUG is to ______ that older women can do a lot more than people might think.”

Criticism ______, the most common response is “I want to join you”. And after that first dive, the new application excitement is ______ with a lot on the waiting list to be one of them.

【推荐2】Plenty of people are doing good work in Pakistan. Far away from the center of Islamabad, Pakistan, there is a _______ that provides education to street children.

What encouraged Zeba Husain to start Mashal School was her unpleasant experience in her youth. “Feeling _______ was something that was truly fixed in my mind. I could feel that a person needs to be _______ of this bad feeling,” she says.

But it was working with refugees (难民) that really gave her a _______ of what some people have go through. “That was something _______ my life,” Husain says.

_______is something that Husain could _______ in the eyes of the street children when she first _______ them 10 years ago. “I saw these _______ children,” she says, “I asked them, ‘Don’t you go to school?’ and they responded, ‘Nobody keeps us; nobody wants us.’” Husain knew it was time to ________ her longtime dream of helping poor people.

As the school gradually grew, the women in the community also became ________.

“It was very, very ________ that the mothers would come in,” says Husain. She decided to start ________ the women with skills development.

Many of her students have now completed their education, and some are working at restaurants as waiters.

“The ________ of it is that they all want to do something for others,” Husain says.

“Making a ________ for a little time goes a long way because it restores your confidence in humanity (人性),” she adds.

【推荐3】Danny, from Forth in South Lanarkshire, discovered his kidneys were failing after registering with a new doctor. He was sent for tests and subsequently diagnosed with chronic (慢性的) kidney (肾) _________, with his kidneys functioning at 70 per cent.

The news came as a huge _________ to Danny who felt healthy and well, describing himself as being fit as a fiddle (非常健康).

His kidney function was _________ every three months, and over the years he watched it gradually _________. He was placed on the transplant waiting list in 2013 and started peritoneal dialysis (腹腔透析) in 2015 when his kidney function reached just three per cent Danny said: “I suppose I was in denial about the impact my condition was having on me. By the time I started dialysis, I couldn’t walk up the stairs, my muscles were sore. I struggled to concentrate and I had to give up _________.”

“I did peritoneal dialysis (腹腔透析) every day at home which was hard. I felt rotten and didn’t want to do anything. I didn’t even go to my own daughter’s wedding as I felt so _________.” Danny’s dialysis continued for nine months, until he received a call one evening from his consultant, telling him they’d found a kidney _________. Danny said: “I couldn’t believe it when I got the call and refused to believe it right up until the last minute. But the transplant went ahead the next day and when I woke up it was like a _________. It’s the only way I can describe it.”

“I was out within ten days and everything has been great ever since. I was on a _________ restriction (限制) so having the freedom to eat things I hadn’t had for twelve years was __________________.” “I got my dog Ruben three months after the transplant and he’s been a huge part of my __________________, helping me keep active and keeping me __________________ when my wife April is at work. Life is great.”

Speaking about his donor. Danny said: “I really struggle to put into words how I feel about my donor’s gift. I wish I could give the family a huge __________________ to let them know what they’ve done for me if I could meet them in person. I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for that person. It’s as simple as that. I’m over the __________________ to have been given this chance and will always be grateful. What I can do in return for the kindness is to sign up for organ __________________, which I have already done the moment I was declared qualified.”