【推荐1】What was the best moment I’ve ever had in a class? I’ve had many great moments, but perhaps the best moment _______ in my English class about a month ago.

I had a 15-minute presentation, and I felt pretty confident. Thirty minutes before my presentation, I decided to use a(n) _______ for my presentation. I felt even more confident that I would _______ the audience. When my presentation _______, I gave a signal to my actor that _______ me to drop my eight notecards all over the floor. I quickly grabbed all the notecards off the floor. I became _______, listening to the laughter of the audience as I tried to rearrange the cards. My anxiety levels rose, and the _______ cards just added stress. At that moment, I decided to place the cards down and suddenly I felt a great sense of relief. My words, my explanations and my connections all flowed out of my _______, and I felt more natural and free as I presented my topic.

My presentation was about a character with schizophrenia (精神分裂症). I explained the symptoms and _______ to understand the condition. The ________ of my hands along with my visual aids (直观教具) kept the audience entertained. I felt like a(n) ________ different person. By the end of the presentation, I was covered with sweat. I realized that the key to presenting to people was not just getting their ________ by visual aids. You need to let your heart pour out so that you can ________ their hearts and minds. You can’t just be the center of attention; you need to give the audience attention, and talk to them. First and foremost, you can’t present without ________.

Anything you present should be built off of passion. ________ you can be passionate and find a connection between yourself and the topic, you will keep the audience entertained.

【推荐2】I dropped a clay cooking pot on my feet. More accurately, I slipped down the back steps of my house on a rainy night, _______ the pot into the air. I managed to stay upright (挺直的) and _______ on my backside with my feet in front of me, but the pot also landed upright and on my feet, breaking in two. The hot juices I was trying to throw into the outdoor dustbin _______ in the air, and then rained down upon me. At the very moment, I could _______ the headline: “Woman Dies Doing the Dishes After Dinner”.

Life didn’t stop because I got _______. However, my daily routine slowed down. I _______ less urgent appointments. Though I hated the _______ in my plans, I soon realized it left me a gift: spare time. I rediscovered long-forgotten _________. I read a book just for pleasure. I caught up with friends and family members in e-mails and texts. I _______ with my watercolor set. And my ________ came alive again.

When I was forced to slow down, I realized how ________ my lifestyle used to be. So I decided something had to ________. Now I try to leave some ________ for activities and practices that bring me joy, like going for walks or enjoying a meal with friends.

Every time I cook in my new pot, I remember the ________ of slowing down. And I never ever walk down ________ stairs with a pot in my hands.

【推荐3】It is frequently said that one good turn deserves another, which means that when someone _______ you in a much needed situation, you should also give something in return when you get the _______.

Lanre, who had two children, was educated but _______. He went for a number of interviews but ended up getting _______ results. He was always told to leave his contact number and wait for the future _______ position.

One day, Lanre’s children were _______ home for not paying school fees. On their way home, the two kids spotted a man _______ on the ground in pain. “He might be a drunk,” they thought. They were too _______ to approach the man, so they went home _______ and told their parents about that. Lanre and his wife were ________ to the man and seeing the man in such pain, they decided to help him.

Being given first aid, the man felt better and then ________ the sudden heart disease. He only told the couple he was living downtown and went on a trip alone ________, the man was the CEO of Badmus Group of Companies!

Later, the man wanted to ________ Lanre’s home but failed to find his house. One day, he was reading the information of those who had been ________ when he saw the name of Lanre, whom he recognized in no time.

The man was so ________ that he gave Lanre a ________ as the General Manager of his company. Consequently, Lanre became well off. ________ his children rejoined the school.

________ Lanre helped the stranger, he didn’t know he would be ________ so well. It was his ________ that led him to a better situation. So one good turn deserves another.

【推荐1】I’m a big fan of pop music and I enjoy listening to music quite a lot.Although people can listen to ____ music on their music players when they are travelling,working or studying, tradition festivals and concerts are becoming more and more ____.I believe this is because they offer two main ____. 

The first one is that the sound is much better at live concerts where the music and voices come ____ from the musicians.This makes it a much more emotional experience because you have direct contact with the ____ and you react to them and they react to you. 

The second advantage is the atmosphere (气氛).____ listening to a recorded music ____ on your personal music player, at a concert you are ____ with a huge crowd of people and ____ the music together.This means it is a ____ as well as an artistic experience. 

The main ____ is that you cannot listen to live music whenever you want to.Besides, the noise from the audience sometimes ____ the quality of the sound. 

In my opinion, ____, the best way to enjoy music is the wonderful atmosphere of a live concert.It is more exciting ____ you are surrounded by other ____ who are dancing with you happily.

【推荐2】One effective way of destroying happiness is to look at something and focus on even the smallest fault. It's like looking at the tiled(铺瓦的) ceiling and concentrating on the space where one tile is _______.

Once I heard a bald(秃头的) man said. “Whenever I enter a room, _______ I see is hair." Once you've _______ what your missing tile is, explore whether getting it will _______ make you happy. Then do one of the three things: get it, replace it with a different _______, or forget about it and _______ the tiles in your life that are not missing.

We all know people who have had a relatively _______ life, yet are often unhappy while people who have suffered a great deal but _______ remain happy.

The first _______ is gratitude. All happy people are ________. Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to ________, but it's truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.

The second secret, is ________ that happiness is a byproduct(副产品) of something else. The most obvious ________ are those pursuits(追求) that give our lives purpose—anything ________ studying insects to playing baseball. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are ________ to experience.

Finally, the belief that something permanent goes beyond us and that our ________ has some larger meaning can help us to feel happier. We ________ a spiritual faith, or a philosophy of life. Whatever your philosophy, it should ________ this truth: if you choose to find the ________ in every situation, you will be blessed, and if you choose to find the awful, you will be cursed. As with happiness itself, this is ________ your decision to make.

【推荐3】At time of crisis, we tend to turn inward. It seems like feeling better and ________ putting our own needs first. But science suggests that these self-care tendencies are ________. In fact, the best way to ________ your own self-care is to provide other-care.

Research shows that we get ________ from doing nice things for other people. The people who self-report being happiest ________ those in need — they donate (捐献) more of their time and money to charity and ________ acts of kindness. So why not improve your mental ________ by doing something good for another person? If you are working ________, stop driving your car and donate the money saved on gas to a charity. Or just check in with a friend who is ________.

But do be ________ to yourself as well. The season of new year’s resolutions can be a time when it is easy to beat yourself up. We________ ourselves by reflecting on how badly we have done in the past year. But research shows that severe self-criticism and unrealistic ________will make you give up before you even begin. A better________ for the new year is to extend yourself some kindness. It means _______ that you are human and you are doing the best you can in hard times.

The tips won’t make the ________ of the new year disappear, but these practices can boost your mood and give you a bit more happiness.