【推荐1】Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.” When I was 14, I was   _____ nervous to talk to anyone. My classmates often _____ me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, _____   happened. It changed my life. It was an English speech contest（比赛）. My mother asked me to take part in it. What a/an ______idea! It meant I had to _____ in front of all the teachers and students of my school! “Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to _____.” Then,   mother and I talked about many different topics （题目）. At last I _____ the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to _____ all the speech and practised it over 100 times. _____ my mother’s great love, I did well in the contest. I could ______ believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the ______ from the teachers and students. Those ______ who once looked down on （瞧不起） me, now all said “Congratulations!” to me. My mother hugged me and cried ______. ______ then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything,   I try to tell myself to be sure and I will ______ myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.

【推荐3】A bird went to look for its happiness in a faraway place.

It flew and flew when it suddenly saw a little dying flower, whose face was full of smile. Not knowing why, the bird asked the little flower, “You’re going to die. Why are you still so _________?”

“Because I will achieve my dream.” said the little flower.

“_________ is your dream?”

“To produce sweet fruit.”

Then the little bird saw it: happiness is a _________ in the heart.

The bird continued flying and saw a lame duck help a little duck find the way back home. Although it was disabled, it had a smiling face.

“I’m happy because I can help _________,” said the lame duck.

So the bird saw it: happiness is a love in the heart.

The bird kept flying and suddenly saw a spider climbing up a wall. The spider fell off the wall halfway, _________ it kept climbing again and fell off again. Even so, the spider didn’t _________. The little bird asked the spider in surprise. “You failed again and again. Why don’t you have pain but happiness on your face?”

“As long as I keep making my _________, I’m able to climb up it. _________ this, I’m so happy.” said the spider.

The little bird saw it: happiness is a faith(信念) in the heart. So the little bird no longer looked for happiness because it had seen the truth: happiness is not in the faraway place but in your own heart.