【推荐1】Once upon a time, two men were travelling together in a forest when they met a bear (熊). They looked around and saw a tree nearby. Both of them were so afraid that they ran to the tree as ________ as they could. They ________ the tree nearly at the same time. ________ one of them was a little faster and climbed up the tree. Then he hid (隐藏) in the tree and ________ his friend under the tree. The other man was so ________ that he had no time to climb, but he tried to be calm (沉静的). He fell on the ground. The bear came over, took a ________ at the tall tree and then at the man on the ground. It felt him with its mouth and nose and smelled him all over. The man pretended (假装) to be dead (死亡的). The bear soon ________ him because bears will not touch a dead body. When the bear left, the other traveler came down from the tree. He asked his friend, “________ did the bear say in your ears?” “He gave me a piece of ________: Never travel with a friend who leaves you when it is dangerous.”

A true friend doesn’t need to have a lot of knowledge (知识) or be good at anything. But he must truly ________ you. In fact, a friend in need is a friend indeed.

【推荐2】Is there anything that you will never forget in your life? I always remember the date when there was no light in my home ________ more than 10 hours. My families were watching TV at 4:00 p.m. that day. Suddenly the lights went on and off a few times. It ________ that there must be something wrong with the circuit (电路). Before my father went to have a look, the room became dark. So we had to use the flashlight ________ what happened.

There were strong winds outside and it ________ hard. We could even feel the coldness through the windows. Four and ________ half hours later, we realized that the power would not come back in a short time. When we were ready to go to bed, my sister shouted, “Look! It’s snowing.” We jumped up and down and felt very excited. We looked forward to making ________ own snowman and having a snowball fight. Because there was still no power, we went to bed ________ than usual.

The snow stopped the next morning. ________ we looked outside, we saw a white world—the trees we saw were covered with snow and all the ________ became icy. Finally, the power came back. After we had breakfast at home, we went out to play with the snow. ________ we had!

【推荐3】I believe listening is powerful medicine.

It was Sunday. I had the last patient (病人) to see and I got into her room. She was an old woman, sitting on the bed and trying to _____ her socks. I said, “How are you feeling? The nurse says your _____ is visiting you today. I’m sure you’ll be happy to see him.”

She _____ me with a serious voice, “Sit down, doctor. This is my story.”

I was surprised. She began to tell me that her only son lived not far from her, _____she had not seen him for five years. She believed _____ health problems were worse because of missing her son. After hearing her story and helping her put on her socks, I asked if there was anything I could do for her. She said “No” and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to _____.

Each story is _____. Some are clear. Others are not. But all those things do not really _____. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard.

Listening to someone’s story is easy but it is _____ the key to healing (康复). I always tell myself the _____ of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. I believe in the power of listening.