【推荐2】It was many years ago.I was a college ___ with a degree but no job.My substitute teaching work had dried up and I was getting ____.I had a family to feed and little money left.____，my oldest brother had been able to get me a ____ at the local lumber mill where he worked.While I was ____ ，my first day there was quite a blow to my ego(自尊).The job   ___ barely above minimum wage.The work was hard and back breaking.It was full of ___ ，lifting，and carrying heavy wood for eight hours a day.Splinters(木屑)were soon my best pals and every day I went home ____ and exhausted.

When winter arrived my gloves tore and my fingers split and ____ in the cold air.I found myself using more band aids(创可贴)and duct tape than I ever ____ I would just to keep my hands working.The turn over rate at the mill became so ____ that at the end of two years only four other people had ____ there longer than I had.Every morning I would ____myself out of bed and go to work knowing it was going to he another ____ day.I tried my best to keep my   __   up but many times during those years I found myself saying，“Why me，God? Why am I having to ____ this? Why has my life not turned out the ____ I dreamed it would?”I never got an ____ .

It is only now many years later that I have a hint of ____ I had to go through those tough times.I think that it is the“Why Me?”times of our lives in which we ____ the most.

【推荐3】I want to share with you a story from my life. There was a time when I used to be ___constantly for whom I was and what I did, said, and thought. I was ___deeply. I had no one to share what I was feeling with, no one who could ___what I was going through and no help at all to get away from those ___remarks. And I was also very ___. Many times I was too scared to speak up and on the few occasions, I found the ___to do so, but things didn’t end very well at all.

However, the point is this: all that ___and anger inside of me became ___, which I used to take out on the court (球场)(I used to play badminton): And those days people often wondered how I played so ___.

I didn’t know it at the time ____deep down inside of me I had already decided to do my best to create a life where I ____the rules of my own.

And because of that ____, today I have created for myself a wonderful life. Thanks to the suffering, I was able to ____more than I could ever imagine. Thanks to people ____and not believing in me, I got the drive to prove them ____.

What I’m trying to say is that I don’t see suffering as a bad thing. If we learn how to ____our suffering in a way that can break us free I believe we can find our way to ____.

I don’t think there is any ____in suffering. Instead, we should be proud of all that we have gone through. We still stand strong. And we carry the ____from our sufferings as a great ____. So my suffering is my greatest source of power.

Suffering is a part of life and the sooner we can accept that, the closer we will be to experiencing what happiness truly means.

【推荐1】Simba lives with his owner Arjanit   Mehana in an apartment building. Despite （不管）how Simba has always been a ____   pup, the neighbors in their building have _____ him to be a pit bull—a small strong fierce （凶猛的）dog, but this pit bull is a perfect example of ____ you should never judge a book by its cover.

One elderly woman who lived on the floor below Mehana and Simba always took particular care to ____ the pup. Simba always tried to ____ her, but she called him mean and looked at him with fear. Her attitudes changed, however, after Simba _____ her.

Mehana and Simba had recently been returning to their apartment from a walk when the pup suddenly started ____ and pawing at the elderly woman's door—and he ____ to leave. As Mehana ____ Simba's leash （牵狗的绳子）in confusion, he heard a ____ voice calling for help from inside.

The elderly neighbor had ____ and broken her hip （臀部）.For two days, she had been ____ on the floor without any way of calling for help. Mehana then called medical ____ and waited with her until an ambulance （救护车）arrived.

“She said, 'Thank you for _____ me.' I thought she was talking to me at first," Mehana recalled. "But then she said, 'No, not you—the nice ______.'"

【推荐2】Charlie Villanueva, once an NBA player, is known for his ability to shoot hoops（篮筐）. He says his success is largely due to what he has _______ since childhood.

Today Villanueva's career may look successful, but life wasn't always _______ for him. At 10, Villanueva got a skin disease alopecia. It caused his _______ loss, which was not life threatening but difficult for a kid to _______ . Other kids called him _______ names. In middle school, he was suspended （停学）for _______ a no-hats rule. _______ a note from his doctor allowed him to wear hats, they only _______ more unfriendly attention.

Through it all, Villanueva's mother was _______ for him in good times and bad times. With his mother's help and ________ , Villanueva turned his frustration （挫败）into ________ to play basketball well on the court. ________ he improved as an athlete; basketball helped him deal with his alopecia.

________ . over six million Americans have alopecia like Villanueva. They have gifts, abilities and a need to feel ________ , Villanueva established the Charlie Villanueva Foundation to help families of kids with alopecia. Villanueva ________ kids to feel good about who they are, work hard toward their goals and ________ to others. Here's his ________ for them.

“We're all ________ in our own different ways. Embrace it and enjoy life ________ . Many didn't think I'd make it. Thankfully they were ________ about me. Believe in yourself, and all dreams are possible.”