【推荐3】I believe that life’s toughest lessons are best learned through personal experience. Throughout my childhood, my grandmother ______ me with unconditional love but always stressed, “You’re not ______ than anyone else, but you’re just as good as anyone. Treat others with ______ , and you would earn respect ______.

However, I never really ______ it until I was seventeen and got a summer job as a janitor. As I ______ floors and toilets, I watched people walk right by me and ignore my ______. This made me feel angry and wonder why they treated me so poorly.

When I ______ to my grandmother, she offered me some words of ______ and reminded me never to forget the feeling of being “______” and to do the best job, because it was still my work, ______ which I should take pride. She added that it would make me a better man someday.

Make me a better man someday? She must be ______, I thought to myself. But I needed the job to ______ college and there were few other jobs available, ______ I bit my tongue and kept on working as best as I could for the ______ of the summer.

Today, when asked what job helped prepare me to gain the ______ of a key university, I tell people it was my summer job cleaning restrooms that ______ me as a man and, down the road, as an educator.

As you can see, ______ can only be understood by walking in a lot of different shoes. So I suggest students ______ of their comfort zones and get deeply involved in different work and community experience. It's essential for people to find ______ in every person, no matter who they are or what they do for a living.

【推荐1】I’m Jessica. Roland, my father, was a carpenter. When I was just a baby, I was so weak and sick that I had been in and out of the ________ for a whole year. The doctors were not ________ that I would live another year.

Taking care of me was ________, so our family was deep in debt. My father saw no ________ at the end of this tunnel. Then one day he saw a(n) ________ in the newspaper: “Security guards ________. $100,000 a year.” Without any hesitation, he ________ the number. The line was busy, but he kept calling and ________ got through. He was worried that the jobs were all ________, but they told him plenty of jobs were still available. And they would fly him to Iraq for his ________ in five days.

My father ________ it was dangerous; he might get injured or killed, but the money was too good; ________, the family would have full medical benefits, which would ________ me to get the care I needed. He said if he ________ the first year, he would probably sign up for a second year.

My mother was ________. She asked, “What if you get killed? What are we going to do ________ you?”

“You’ve got to think ________. Think about how well of we’ll be in two or three years after I bring back all that money. This is the ________ thing I could do for this family.” He said to my mom. Then my dear father ________ to Iraq five days later.

Roland, my beloved father, put all his heart to support our family just ________ he loved me, loved us.

【推荐2】Eleven years ago, the world I was familiar with ended. My _______ was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Over the course of seven months, Bill went from_______ me at tennis to needing my help to go to the bathroom.

It was the_______ time of my life. Maybe not_______. But it was certainly the time when I felt most alive. I _______ that a flat tire or the small complaints of a child with the sniffles (抽鼻子)_______ in comparison with the beauty of sudden laughter, the night sky, the _______ of a bakery. I found I could _______ myself to see more beauty.

In the days after Bill’s diagnosis and brain surgery, being his caregiver _______ me to find clinical trials and talk to different oncologists, which gave me a sense of________. In the later days, it meant being fully present for almost every moment. During his last weekend, a relative________ him. I noticed that she’d changed her appearance, and not in a good way. It was the kind of thought I’d ________ keep to myself. Just then, Bill ________ exactly what I’d been thinking, in that ruthlessly (鲁莽地) truthful way he had, and I found myself________ out loud.

“I could live with this man forever, even________ as much care as he does,” I thought. However, he would be dead in four________!

Eleven years later, I still try to be the ________   I became during those seven months. I try to be a little more ________ and generous, a little more grateful for the small __________ in life. It was my husband’s last, best __________ to me.

【推荐3】When I was young，my father and I used to climb the mountains near my house. South Korea has more _______ than plains（平原）, and for this reason，climbing the mountains has been a natural thing for me since I was a kid.

_______ together，my father and I used to have _______through which I learned a lot from him. He always stressed，“You should have goals in life just like in climbing the mountains. ” This has _______ my life deeply.

Without such mountaineering _______，we couldn’t have had enough time to spend together because my father was very _______. I believe mountaineering is really _______ . It gave me time to talk with my father and to develop my _______. I loved walking in the mountains，_______the routine of city life，the noise and the pollution，and being able to breathe fresh air.

One time we climbed one of the highest mountains in Korea. It was so________for me because I was only ten years old. ________the first few hours of climbing，I enjoyed the fresh air，the birds singing，and the beautiful dances of butterflies. As time passed，I got pains in both of my________. I wanted to quit climbing. But my father said to me，“ ________ is a season when everything comes to life again. The mountain where we are ________are decorated with flowers and trees. You can ________ see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain，but you can’t ________ you are halfway up. Only at the ________ can you enjoy all the beautiful things，just like in ________. You should have patience with all things，but chiefly have patience with yourself. ”

At that time，I was too ________to understand his words，but after that, I got new hope and confidence. ________, I found myself standing at the top of the mountain. And there，I could see the beautiful sky.

【推荐2】At nine, I wanted very much to own a pogo stick（弹簧高跷）. I’d learned to _________ on a pair of stilts（高跷）my dad had _________ for me, and if I also walked on the pogo stick, the circus would _________ me.

When Christmas drew near, I told _________ the only thing I wanted was a pogo stick. She said they were _________ expensive and that we couldn’t _________ one. On an afternoon before Christmas, Mom and Dad told me we needed to go to pay our _________. While we were paying the bill, Dad said, “I’ll be back. I need to see _________ in the department.” After the bill was paid, Dad came back with a long _________ box. I remember wondering if it was a ____________.

Arriving home, Dad put the box in the ____________. While my parents were busy, I ____________ out to the barn and found it. I was so ____________ and I thought, on opening the magical box my bright, ____________ pogo stick would appear.

No such ____________! Inside the box was a silly ____________ broom. So Christmas morning was great but ____________. I got some nice gifts instead of the pogo stick.

After all was ready, Dad said he needed to do something in the barn. Soon he came back, carrying my beautiful pogo stick. I couldn’t ____________ it, how they ____________ me with the broom. My parents probably got quite a pleasure from the trick and I wonder if they were ____________ watching me as I stole out to the barn.

【推荐3】When I was a student, I didn’t like to do housework. I thought that I was a little child and what I needed is to study hard to get good grades. So I didn’t do any _______ at home.

One day, my mother _______ back home from work. She found that I had made a mess in the house. My books and clothes were everywhere. She was annoyed (恼火) and said to me _______, “From now on, you must do some housework every day!” Hearing my mother’s _______, I felt unhappy. But I still did as she said.

Doing housework was more difficult than I had expected. I began to understand that life was not _______ for my parents. They had to do a lot of housework when they came back home _______ work. So I tidied my room and _______ my clothes. And I helped my _______ cook meals in the evening. My parents praised _______ for my changes.

Now I realize that doing housework can not only help my parents ________ also help me to learn many basic life skills.