【推荐1】Zuriel Oduwole is a girl filmmaker who has made several films with her newest one called Follow the Ball for Education. All her _______ focused on Africa and girls’ education and rights.

Zuriel got her _______ in filmmaking after entering the National History Day Contest. The requirements of the contest were to do research on a _______ topic. Zuriel _______ to do a documentary. She traveled to _______ former head of Ghana, as her documentary focused on the Ghana Revolution. The film was released in 2012.

For Zuriel, the most _______ thing she learned from the experience was a(n) _______ to create more films. This has taken her all around the world and given her _______ to exciting stories and people, and Zuriel is very busy. Balancing schoolwork with these events can sometimes be a(n) _______.

Although her films were at the beginning about 10 minutes long and her last two documentaries were about 55 minutes long, the time it took to ________ the documentaries was much longer than that. Take Follow the Ball for Education for example. Zuriel had spent the last three years ________ on it. But obviously, all her hard work has ________. Zuriel is ________ the world’s youngest filmmaker. But for Zuiel, one of the biggest ________ is knowing that she is making a difference.

She also launched the Twitter hashtag—Follow the Ball for Education, which focused on Zuriel taking a soccer ball across three continents to gain more attention to girls’ ________. To girls who are facing hardships in their countries, Zuriel ________ them “to fight, speak, and dig in”. Besides making films, Zuriel has ________ students how to make films in five different countries.

Zuriel was the youngest honoree in a list including many women ________ their communities. Zuriel has done a great job representing girls with ________. To fellow kids, Zuriel advises that they chase their dreams ________.

【推荐2】Nailed it

Last July, Peters, 36, rolled her wheelchair into a nail（指甲）salon with the idea of doing her nails. But Peters, who has cerebral palsy（大脑性瘫痪），was ___________ The salon, she says, told her that they were afraid it would be _______difficult to properly paint her nails given that her hands _______ What was meant to be a day of beauty happiness for Peters was now a __________

______ the interaction from a few feet away was a Walmart cashier（收银员）about to go on her _______ . Ebony Harris, 40, _______ in Peters, a Walmart regular, a similar spirit. "She's a girlie girl," Harris told ABC 12 of Flint, Michigan. "She'^,s just like you, me, my daughter, anybody. She wants to look _________ So why can't she?"

Harris _____ Peters. "Do you want me to do your nails?" she asked. A smile _____ across Peters's face. "Yeah!" They shopped for nail polish and __________on a bright blue — a statement color that would catch every eye. They then made their   ______ into a neighboring Subway, and found a table for two. Harris __ took Peters's hand into hers and carefully began painting her nails.

"I was a little nervous and was shaking too because I didn't want to ____ her nails up," Hams admitted to ABC News. "I told her she's a blessing to us , to anybody, not _____ me. She makes me look at life and appreciate it much ______ than I have."

Watching it all with ______ was Subway employee Tasia Smith. What struck her most was the ease and gentleness _____ by Harris as she painted Peters's nails, all the while chatting ______ they were old friends. Smith was so taken by the scene that she wrote about it on Facebook." She was so __ with her," she wrote. " Thank you to the Walmart worker for making this beautiful girl's day!”

【推荐3】Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get. Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these failures as a _____ part of the learning process. But all too often as parents and teachers we ______ this same right to our children. When I see a child ______ from this kind of pressure, I think of Donnie.

Donnie was my youngest third-grader. His ______ of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed. He ______ answered questions — he was afraid he might be wrong. I tried my best to build his ______. But nothing changed until midterm, when Mary Anne, a student teacher, was assigned to our classroom. She was young and pretty, and she loved children. My pupils, Donnie included, all ______ her very much.

One morning, we were working on math problems at the chalkboard. Donnie had ______ the problems with pains-taking tidiness. Pleased with his progress, I _____ the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials. When I returned, Donnie was in ______. He’d missed the third problem. My student teacher looked at me in despair.   Suddenly her face _____. From the desk we shared, she got a container filled with pencils.“Look, Donnie,” she said, kneeling beside him and gently ______ the tear-stained (弄脏的) face from his arms. “I’ve got something to ______ you.” She removed the pencils, one at a time, and placed them on his desk.   “See these ______, Donnie,” she continued. “They belong to Mrs. Lindstrom and me. See how the erasers are ______? That’s because we make mistakes too. But we erase the mistakes and try again. That’s what you ______ learn to do, too.” She kissed him and stood up. “Here,” she said, “I’ll leave one of these pencils on ______ desk so you’ll remember that everybody makes mistakes, ______ teachers.” Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and a smile.

The ______ became Donnie’s prized possession. That, together with Mary Anne’s frequent encouragement, gradually ______ him that it’s all right to make mistakes — as long as you erase them and try again.