Zu Ti was a great man of Jin Dynasty. He was ______ for his hard work and great achievements. But when he was a child, he was a naughty (顽皮的) boy who showed little ______ in reading. As he grew up, Zu Ti ______ he didn’t have enough knowledge. And he deeply felt that he could not serve his country well. So he made up ______ mind to study hard.

Zu Ti had a ______ friend named Liu Kun. They had a deep friendship. So they stayed together every day. They even slept on one bed every night and ______ at the same time every morning. One day, when they were ______, Zu Ti heard the rooster crowing (打鸣). An ______ came to him. He woke up Liu Kun and said, “How about getting up to play swords (剑)?” ______ he was still sleepy, Liu Kun agreed with Zu Ti gladly. From then on, they got up and played swords ______ the rooster began crowing. They kept their words day after day. They never gave up no matter how ______ in winter or hot in summer. Besides, they began to study history ______ and put all their energy into reading books. ______, they learned a great deal of knowledge and made much progress. A few years later, ______ of them grew up with talents and wisdom. At last, their ______ came true and they made great contributions to their country.

This is the Chinese idiom story To Rise with the Rooster.

【推荐2】We always celebrated Dad’s birthday on Thanksgiving Day even after he entered a nursing home. When we knew it might be his last birthday, the whole family decided to ______ for a huge birthday celebration at the nursing home.

Dad was a good storyteller and we were always his listeners. During a quiet moment, I announced it was nos. Dad’s turn to listen to some stories for a ______. I wanted everyone to tell Dad what we loved about him. The room became quiet. Then one after another, people told stories from their hearts, while Dad ______ with tears in eyes. People recalled kinds of stories — stories about when they were little, stories about when Dad was young, and stories that shared family treasures. Everyone seemed to have more than one story. Even the little grandchildren couldn’t wait to tell Dad why they loved him. For a man who had been kind to so many hundreds of people in his life, here was our chance to tell him how much we love him. A few months later, at Dad’s memorial service, we more fully ______ what we had given to Dad that night. Those are the stories people normally tell at a funeral(葬礼)after a loved one is no longer alive to hear the words. They tell stories full of tears. ______ we had given those memories to Dad in his life, and we had told them through laughter, together with hugs and joy. He had them to hold and enjoyed them from time to time in his mind during his last days and months.

Words do matter, and they are ______. We just need to say them publicly to the ones we love. That’s the ways to give back love and that’s our chance to celebrate a person in his or her life.

【推荐3】Each of us makes mistakes (错误) from time to time. In fact, we can ________ a lot from our mistakes. Donnie was a ________ student and he never answered questions in class. He was afraid ________ making mistakes. He never finished his homework ________ he didn’t want to make any mistakes. ________ changed until Mary, a teacher, came to his class.

One morning, Donnie was asked to ________ some questions. After a while, he was in tears because he made a mistake. Suddenly Mary ________ a box filled with erasers from the desk. “Look, Donnie,” she said standing beside ________ I have something to show you.” She took out the erasers, one at a time? ________ put them on the desk. “See these erasers, Donnie?” she continued (继续). “Do you know ________ these erasers become smaller and smaller? That’s because we make mistakes. But we erase the mistakes and try ________. That’s what you must learn.” “Here,” she said, “I’ll ________ one eraser on your desk, so you’ll remember that ________ may make mistakes.” Donnie ________ Mary and smiled.

Donnie changed a lot from then on. He knew that everyone ________ make mistakes. He should learn from them and try again.

【推荐2】A teenager was able to save a boy’s life almost 1,300 kilometers away thanks to TikTok. Caden Cotnoir, 13, was ________ a TikTok livestream(网络直播)of Trent Jarrett, 12, riding his ATV(全地形车)when ________ went wrong.

“All of a sudden his phone goes kind of blank, you can see a little bit of light and you can just hear him shouting for help His voice shows he’s scared," Caden said. Caden could hear Trent shouting a phone number, ________ he wrote it down and called it. Trent’s grandparent ________ the phone.

“I was shouting out my grandparent’s phone number,” Trent said, adding that it was the only number he could remember, And it was a lifesaver because Caden was listening.

“That’s ________ I knew I could do something about it” said Caden .Trent was trapped ________ about 20 minutes before his parents were able to find him and lift the ATV off him. Luckily, he only had small cuts and wasn’t ________ hurt.

“He did what he was supposed to do and got the right people and it ________,” Caden’s father, Gilmantom Police Matt Currier said. Caden followed Trent on TikTok because the boys were ________ in the same hobbies, including hunting and fishing. The boys had never spoken before,but they met after the ________. Trent said he’s like to thank Caden for everything he did.

“I am just happy that I could help,” said Caden. “That’s all.”