【推荐1】Molai grew up in a tiny village in India. The village lay near some wetlands which became his second___________. He learned the value and beauty of _________ there from a very young age.

When he was 16, Molai began to notice something _________ happening around his home. A flood had hit the area earlier that year and the _________ it caused had driven away a number of birds. _________, the number of snakes had declined as well. He _________ that it was because there weren’t enough trees to protect them from the _________. The solution, of course, was to plant trees so the animals could seek _________ during the daytime. He turned to the _________ department for help but was told that nothing would grow there. However, Molai went looking on his own and __________a nearby island where he began to plant trees.

________ young plants in the dry season was ____________for a lone boy. Molai built at the __________ of each sapling(幼树)a bamboo platform, where he placed earthen pots with small holes to____________ rainwater. The water would then drip(滴落)on the plants below.

Molai __________ to plant trees for the next 37 years. His efforts have resulted in 1,360 acres of naturally-grown land that has become home to many plants and animals.

【推荐3】Years ago I was _______in the Himalayas and had made the mistake of changing a large amount of money into the local currency(货币).________I walked through the villages of the Annapurna, it soon became clear that the people were too________to supply even the simplest goods. They had nothing. This meant that it was no use carrying the wad(捆) of________ in my pack and I was a virtual(虚拟的) walking millionaire compared to the local people. I grew to________the money and it was embarrassing to have it in my bag. This resulted ________ a remarkable experience that ________ me deeply and its effect has never left me.

On this particular day I was left behind by fellow hikers and found myself in a valley. As I made myself down, I noticed a young girl around ________ some sheep.Like so many of the children of the amazing Nepalese people, she was very beautiful.I couldn’t________looking at her and she looked at me. As I approached her she suddenly rushed over to me, and without a________, handed me a flower. She________at me for a tiny moment and then she ran away.The spirit in this lovely child had responded to something she saw in me and her first idea was to find something to________.Because of her________, there was nothing she had________ a single flower.The weight of my bag was never heavier than at this moment and I had just received one of themost valuable________ I had ever had in my life.

【推荐1】Two weeks of volunteer work lay ahead. And my mood   ________ when I realized that good        ____and travel Spanish would not be enough to make the __________that I had hoped for. My volunteer service was in a shelter in Peru. I was WHERE I wanted to be, but, without the communication   __________I needed.   

One morning the founder of the shelter, Miguel Rodríguez, __________the story of how, after the death of his baby, he started feeding and taking in __________children. He eventually __________his family, wealth, and life to setting up what is now a shelter for over 1,300 children. As he finished, I asked: “I can ___________how the walls, the food, the facility(设施) came to be, but, how did you ________the atmosphere of love, respect, and caring among these children?”

His response was simple: “Use the language of Love.” He _________, “The language of love is done with your eyes, your hands, and your smile.” “_________ are not only for work. They are for hugging, holding, and_________. Do this, and they may well _________the example.”

This simple statement carried _________. These children had communicated love, respect, and _________to me and each other without a word being _________. These emotions, so _________to convey, did not need translation at all.

For the remainder of my service, I was determined to worry less about my ________of Spanish, and instead, focus on using the language of love. When I returned home, I_________ myself to use it more in my everyday life and to be mindful that being a(n) _________ is sometimes all the power that is needed.

【推荐2】As a teenager, I was pretty lazy when it came to doing things for my family. I worked hard at school, and sometimes looked after my younger sister. Still, I found myself regularly resisting the urge to______out at home with even the simplest things.

Every Wednesday afternoon, for example, my mother ______ me to another town for a piano lesson. During my two-hour lesson, she'd rush to the nearby store and buy a week's worth of_______. Given the fact that my mom had driven me twelve miles there, twelve miles back,_____for my lesson, and bought me a candy bar, you'd think I'd be very_____ to help her bring the groceries into the house._____ I wasn't. I generally just brought in an armload and left the______ for Mom as I ran to my room, shut the door, and started studying.

Don't get me wrong: even back in my room, I felt______about not helping my mother more. Deep inside, I wanted to change my________ But I also realized that once I did change, there'd be no going back.________I took on more responsibility, my parents would start_______more of me. At age fifteen, I sensed that this one small change would ______ something much bigger: my personal change from a cared-for, spoiled (被宠坏的) child to a more_____caring and giving young man.

I'll never forget the Wednesday when I made a(n)________to jump in and see what happened. Returning home from the________I disappeared into my room, as usual. But once inside, I felt that deep and burning_______.Throwing my school books on the bed, I suddenly opened my door and_______back to the garage to help my mother. How happy I felt that day!

Surely, over time, I continued to help out with more housework. The neat thing was, the more I helped out, the_______I felt about myself and my place in my family. As Mom and Dad realized they could ______on me more, our trips became far less stressful, too. In short, it was a win-win situation for everyone.

Sometimes the little things we put off doing the longest________ out to be the simplest things to complete. And feeling happy beats feeling guilty any day.

【推荐1】Many years ago, when I was a little kid, my family was not rich. I would often help do something for the neighbors to _________ a little pocket money.

One day I _________ on the door of an elderly woman and asked _________ she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in _________ and I showed her my worn _________, which no longer kept me warm. She _________ me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be _________ now.” She then _________ a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I'm glad you've done a fine job today, _________ that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to __________ new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to __________ me with your report card and I will __________ you when I see you have worked hard and have some good __________. Now reach out your little hands and take out as much __________ as you can.”

I put my hands in the jar and __________ so much money that it was __________ for me to buy what I badly needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she __________ . She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and delicious food every time I __________ her that I had an “A”.

I was 12 years old when I moved from that neighborhood. I will never forget the huge __________ this wonderful lady made over my life with her __________. This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.