【推荐1】Leontine is an artist. She is good at drawing horses. She didn’t study well in high school. Except for _________ grades in art, she often failed in other subjects. As _________, she didn’t go to college. Everyone thought she was very stupid and she could not even find a _________ job in the future.

“Life is a long journey. Anyone can give you up, but you can’t give _________ up too soon.” Leontine says. She wasn’t _________ by others’ words. She started her own painting road step by step. No one could imagine _________ difficult and lonely it was when no one could help her. At first, she didn’t paint well and nobody believed she could _________. Now each of her paintings sells _________ the price of about 2000 yuan through her hard work.

In order to draw the horse well, she practised thousands of times. She often draws a picture hundreds of times to _________ her own shortcomings (缺点). She knew she was not smart, __________ she chose the stupidest way and painted a horse for 16 years. Her effort finally paid her back.

【推荐2】A teacher was once teaching life lessons to his students. A boy in his class asked him why many people ________ remained unhappy. After hearing this question, the teacher ________ to take these students towards a forest. The students were surprised at the teacher’s decision, but the teacher said nothing about it.

With deep curiosity (好奇) in the ________, the students were talking along the way. A student said there were dangerous animals and they might be eaten. ________ they discussed, all of the students got scared. Though the teacher heard everything, he said nothing and walked peacefully.

After walking for about 40 minutes, they finally ________ the front of the forest. He said, “Don’t be ________. I’m not taking you to the forest. In fact, I want to tell you that life is like a journey. What a fine day it is! You all have ________ it. When we started the journey, you failed to see he beautiful scenery. Instead, all of you wondered why we went to the forest and worried about the wild ________. In our daily life, many people are controlled by other things instead of enjoying their journey, just ________ you”

After listening to the teacher, the boy got the ________. All the students thanked the teacher happily. They spent the rest of the day enjoying the beautiful views along the way!

【推荐3】Once upon a time, there was a young man in a small village. He often thought himself to be ________. He felt sad. There was also a wise man in the village who knew almost ________, so the young man went to the wise man to ask how to become rich. The wise man said, “Young man, you are ________ rich now.”

“But where is my wealth?” the young man asked.

“It is ________ you. Your eyes are your wealth. There are ________ many beautiful sights in the world. You can use them to see this world. You use them to see all the beautiful things in this world. Your ________ are your wealth. You can use them to work. You can use them to hug the ones you love. Your legs are your wealth. You can go to my place…” the wise man said.

“You call these wealth? ________ everyone has them,” the young man said.

“These are wealth. What you have now is not what someone else can luckily have. Would you like to ________ your eyes to me? I can pay you a lot of money instead,” the wise man said.

“No, I’m not going to do so! My eyes are ________ to me! I can’t live without them!” the young man said.

Everyone is rich. We are supposed to ________ our wealth. We should protect it, because if it is gone, it is gone forever. Remember it is our wealth that we do not want to lose.

【推荐3】One summer evening, a 10-year-old boy was trying to hit (击中) a bottle with a slingshot (弹弓). The bottle was about 7 to 8 meters ________. The boy tried many times but he couldn’t hit it. His mother just kept ________ him small stones.

A girl walked by. She ________ the boy for some time and said to his mother, “Let me show ________ how to shoot.” “No, thank you,” said the ________. “He is blind (失明的).”

The girl was surprised and asked, “How can he hit the bottle since he can’t ________?” “I tell him he can do it ________ he tries hard enough.” said the mother. The little boy tried again and again. The mother always told him that he was doing ________ than before. The boy became more confident. After a long time, it ________ dark. The girl said goodbye to the mother and the son. When she turned to leave, she heard a stone hit the ________. The little boy finally made it!

With confidence and patience, nothing is impossible.