【推荐1】Maybe it's my love of hocky that connects my great aunt Helen with me. She has always kept telling me her stories of playing hocky when she was in her twenties. The stories _______ me so much that I would like to listen to them over and over. She used to say, “Just go after what you want, Sarah. Don't be _______ of failing."

Aunt Helen should know. Twenty years ago, Aunt Helen had been dreaming of winning a champion for her hometown. And one day, she got a chance to try out for a league. This league was created to please hocky fans. But for my aunt, it was to follow her hocky _______ .   She pictured what it would be like to win a champion for her hometown! She _______ a large flag hanging in the hocky field with her name on the banner （横幅）.

On the day of the tryouts, Aunt Helen played hocky for hours. Although she tried her best, she was still not sure about whether she could be accepted because all the candidates （候选人）played very well. She was worried she would not be on the list.

A week later, Aunt Helen received a _______ from Chicago. She opened it and excitedly learned that she had been invited to join in the main tryouts the next month!

But as the days went by, Aunt Helen became more and more worried about traveling to Chicago alone. What if she went all that way and _______? When the day of the main tryouts came, she was finally too afraid to go.

"I never tried my best to take it when the chance came and I regret it every day." Aunt Helen has spent the rest of her life _______ what would have happened if she had gone to those tryouts. Because of this, she never missed another chance in her life.

Every dream is worth chasing, and real embarrassment comes from never _______.

【推荐2】Maybe you have run a marathon(马拉松) before. But do you know the first marathon of the modern Olympic Games ________ in 1896. Now the ________ of this sport has risen across China. Last month, ________ 140,000 runners decided to take part in Xi’an Marathon.

Teenagers have also taken part in marathons ________. Xu Qian, a 15-year-old boy from Suqian, Jiangsu, loves running. He took first place in the 5-kilometer Happy Run of the Jingdong Suqian Marathon on April 2. For Xu, the race meant months of ________ and preparation. He ran about 30 to 40 kilometers each week ahead of the run. “The 800-meter run at school is more about speed while a marathon tests a runner’s psychological quality (心理素质)”, he said. When he felt ________ during the race, he told himself to fight on.

As well as one’s fighting spirit kindness from the people also plays a part in helping ________ get to the finish line. Li Zhouzi from Shanxi took part in a 3-kilometer Kid Ran of the Berlin Marathon in Germany in 2019 when she was 10. The ________ from the people cheering along the course(跑道) really encouraged her. “When things were hard, they cheered me on. The simple words come on meant a lot to me and I was ________ greatly. After that, I ________ to keep going to the end.” Li said.