【推荐1】When I was in primary school, I got a big argument (争论) with a boy in my class. I have forgotten what the argument was about, ________ I have never forgotten the lesson I learned that day.

I was sure that I was ________ and he was wrong, but he thought that I was wrong and he was right. Our teacher decided to teach us a ________.

She brought us ________ the front of the class and asked him to stand on one side of her desk and me on the other. In the middle of her ________ was a large, round thing. I could see that it was black. She asked the boy what color the thing was. “White,” he answered.

I couldn’t believe he said the thing was white! Another argument ________ between my classmate and me, and this time the argument was about the ________ of the thing.

The teacher told me to go to stand where the boy was standing and told him to come to stand in my place. We ________ places, and then she asked me the color of the thing. I had to answer, “White.”

It was a thing with two ________ colored sides, and from his viewpoint (视角) it was white. Only from my side it was black.

Sometimes we need to ________ things from the other person’s view.

【推荐2】The Power(力量) of Attitude(态度)!

“Look, it’s Baldy (秃头)!” A boy shouted to me on the playground. Although I was often insulted (侮辱) because of the scars (伤疤) on my head, it was ________ to hear.

When I was just 20 months old, I had an accident — a bowl full of hot water fell on my head. My parents sent me to hospital at once and I had to stay there for weeks. The doctors tried their best to save my ________ “It is very lucky for your daughter to be alive,” they told my mom and dad. “But she’ll be left with scars on her head, and of course her hair won’t ________there.”

As a child, I ________ my scars very much so I always wore a hat to cover them up when I left home. If I didn’t, people would call me terrible names like Baldy. One day, I took part in a children’s burns (烫伤) camp. There I made a friend, a 14-year-old girl, Mary. Her burns were a lot more serious than ________. But she was so strong that she ________ showed any sadness. “You shouldn’t listen to what people talk about what you look like because we’re not ________ from anyone else. She told me sincerely (真诚地). “You don’t need to wear a hat because you look great without it.” So later, at my 13th birthday party, I gave up my ________ and let my scars appear because I thought there was no need for me to hide (隐藏) ________ my hat.

Now I am confident of what I look like and much happier, because I know it is your attitude that tells ________ you truly are.

Once there was a teenage boy who was known as a fast runner in his village. He only _________ winning every race and becoming more successful.

One day, the boy took part in a running race in his village. He _________ the 200-meter race, the 100-meter race and the 50-meter race without any problems. He was _________ of himself and received great applause (掌声).

But his grandfather stepped in and _________ him to a race with two unexpected competitors, an old man and a blind girl. The boy thought it was _________ but accepted.

In the race, the boy finished first, _________ the old man and the blind girl were still at the starting line. With _________, he waved his hands at the crowd. But they kept _________.

“Why are people not cheering for me like before?” he asked his _________.

“Start the race again with them. But this time, all of you should cross the finish line at the same time,” the grandfather __________.

The boy was surprised but agreed to the race.

During the second race, the boy took the hands of the old man and the blind girl and ran __________ with them to the finish line. The __________ gave them a standing applause.

The boy felt __________ and asked his grandfather, “For whom are the people cheering? Is it for me, or them?”

The grandfather smiled and said, “The crowd did not cheer for any one of you. They cheered for how you all finish the __________ together.”

Facing the race of life, what __________ you successful is not just winning, but how you finish the race.