【推荐1】Jenny sat on the side of the community swimming pool. A group of kids were swimming, but Jenny just sat there. She was ______ sadly. She wanted more than anything to join them, but she was really scared of the water. Because of her ______ she couldn’t learn how to swim. Now she had to wait on the side of the pool while her family enjoyed themselves.

The summer before, an older cousin tried to teach Jenny how to swim. He was ______ and told Jenny that his swimming lessons would do the trick(获得成功). Jenny tried her best but she was too scared. She struggled(挣扎) with getting in the water so much that her cousin ______ that he would never be able to teach Jenny. Jenny felt sad, though her parents asked her to take it easy. These ______ were painful.

Jenny was ______ when suddenly a girl sat down beside her. The girl said. “My name is Grace. Would you like to swim with me?” Jenny was embarrassed(尴尬的) as she explained that she did not know how to swim.

Grace smiled and said, “I know exactly how you feel. Until a few weeks ago. I wasn’t able to swim either. If you’d like, I could ______ what I learned to you. We could go out slowly, and we’ll stop where the water reaches your middle.”

Jenny realized that if Grace could conquer(战胜) her fear, maybe she could too. ______ lowering herself into the pool, Jenny said to her new friend, “Maybe you can start by demonstrating(示范) how to move my arms, while I keep my feet on the ground.”

【推荐2】“Sam,” says Sam’s father, “put on your ________. Let’s go out for a ________.” Sam is very ________. He likes to take a walk with his father. He ________ his shoes and says, “Dad, I’m OK now.” Sam and his father go out for a walk in the ________. Suddenly they see a big black dog at the corner of the street. The dog ________ to bark(吠). Sam is afraid of dogs. He wants to ________ home. His father ________ him and says, “Don’t be afraid of dogs. Don’t you ________ the proverb (谚语) ‘A barking dog doesn’t bite (咬)’?”

“Oh, yes,” ________ Sam. “I know the proverb, you know the proverb, but does the dog know the proverb?”