【推荐1】Susan was a shy but cute girl. She couldn’t see well, and she wore big glasses. Some of her classmates made fun of her big glasses.

The ______ thing was that Lewis started calling her “Four Eyes”. Lewis was very popular in the class, so all the classmates knew this name. ______ knew her as Suzy “Four Eyes”. She acted like she didn’t ______, but ______, Susan didn’t like the name.

One day, the class visited some famous caves (洞穴) as a school trip. ______ Lewis and Susan tried to be careful on the way, they fell into a deep hole (洞). It was very dark in the hole. Susan and Lewis shouted for help. But it was ______ that no one came. They spent a long dark night ______.

The next morning, Lewis went on shouting for help and he ______ to look for a way out. However, he found nothing helpful after a few hours and started feeling ______. A short time later, Susan found sunshine shone (照射) on her face. She used her glasses to let more light show in the hole. Lewis felt better. In the end, they got out of the cave. Lewis told everyone about what ______ below the cave. And from that day, there was no “Four Eyes” in their class.

【推荐2】It’s hard to make friends if you stay at home alone all the time. You need to get out of the house and do things that will help you _________ other people. Join a club, play a sport, do volunteer work or something else. You’ll find it’s easier to make friends when you have the _________ interests.

Learn from people who seem to make friends _________ . How do they make other people feel comfortable? Notice what they say and _________   they act. Don’t copy（模仿） everything they do, but try some of their _________ . It will help you have your own social style.

Don’t be afraid to _________   people what you’re really good at. Talk about the things that you like and do best. You might do well in sports, art or some _________ areas. People will want to learn about your _________ and your strong points.

Try to find some _________ that would make good conversations（对话）. Read the latest news, listen to the most popular music, or watch an interesting movie or TV show. The __________ you have to say, the more people will want to talk with you.

Be a good listener. Let people __________ themselves. Don’t try to dominate（支配）the conversation with “I, I, I…”.   Ask lots of questions. Show an interest in their answers. That will make people feel __________ , and they will want to be your friends.

Look at people in the eye when you talk to __________ . It’s hard to have conversations when your eyes are looking everywhere except（除了）at other persons’ eyes. __________ you don’t look people in the eye, they may think you’re not interested in them and they may __________ being interested in you.

One day, 50 people were taking part in a speech. The speaker was giving a speech about ________. However, after a few hours, people gradually ________ their attention. The speaker came up with an idea. He stopped his speech and asked all of the people to take part in a group activity.

He gave a single ________ to each person in the room. Each person was asked to write his or her name on the balloon with a black marker. Then, all of the balloons were ________ and moved to another room.

The 50 people were then let into the room and told to find the balloon that had ________ names written on it. Everyone rushed around, ________ their balloon here and there. People were bumping into and tripping (绊倒) over each other.

But ________ after five minutes of searching, no one could find their own balloon.

________ seeing this, the speaker asked each person to collect a balloon and try to find the person whose name was written on it. Everyone started talking to each other and ________ each other for their names. Within minutes, everyone had his or her own balloon. “Can you see what happened?” the speaker said. “The balloons are like the happiness we want in our own lives. Everyone is busy looking for their own happiness, not caring what happens to others, but sometimes the best ________ to find happiness is to help others. Help them find happiness and you can find your own.”