A group of frogs were traveling through the forest, but unluckily two of them fell into a hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how _______ the hole was, they cried to the two frogs that they could not be saved. The two frogs didn’t _______ and tried their best to jump up out of the hole. The other frogs _______ saying that they were sure to die. _______, one of the two frogs, who heard what the other frogs were saying, _______. Then he fell down and died.

The other frog, however, _______ to jump as hard as he could, and at last made it out. When he _______, the other frogs asked, “Didn’t you hear us?” The frog, who had a poor _______, explained, “I thought you were encouraging me all the time.”

The story teaches us a _______: There is power(力量) of live and death in the tongue. An ________ word to those who are down can help them out while a discouraging word can kill them.

A traveler was walking across a desert (沙漠) alone, planning to do it in one month. More than twenty days passed, and the journey had been going on _______. “Soon I’ll be able to walk out of this desert,” he thought gladly.

But the desert was never friendly _______ travelers. In a short time, there came a strong sandstorm. He hurriedly _______ his head with the clothes, prostrate (卧倒的) on the sand. After about ten minutes, the sandstorm _______. He shook the clothes and stood up. At that moment, he found himself in a hopeless situation—the backpack with food and water was swept away by the _______.

As we know, it seems _______ to leave the desert without food and water. _______, he had a pear left. He held it in his hands tightly. “Not too bad, at least I have a pear. I _______ I can walk out of the desert.”

Days and nights went by quickly, but the desert still looked endless. Besides, hunger, thirst and fear of _______ were always around him like ghosts. ________, each time he was close to losing hope, he forced himself to stare at the pear that he had been ________. “Not too bad, at least I have a pear.”

A small pear became the ________ for his survival (生存). Three days later, ________ he saw a village not far away, he laughed with excitement. He felt completely relaxed—the “pear” brought him back to ________.

To keep hope is the best weapon (武器) for victory, so never tell you “________ left” because only if you try to search, you can always find a “pear” to pull you out of trouble.

【推荐3】I always preferred to take on more than I should when I was a young man. At times, it was to prove to myself that I could _________ it. At other times, it was to please someone and gain _________ for my efforts. This sometimes led to _______ or frustration(挫折).

When I was an IT manager after college graduation I was _________ to work with a wealthy customer and be a go-between(中间人) for my company. I took on the assignment(任务) happily, thinking that this might be my time to shine. _________, the customer’s demands proved to be more than I could do with. And the company chose to be for the customer and try to meet his unreasonable requirements rather than stick to what we had _______ offered in the agreement. _______ you can imagine, this led to a lot of unexpected _________ and arguing with some of the staff who _______ to do anything outside their own work. I remember ______________ into my office one morning, opening my laptop and ____________ the blank screen for long, thinking to myself: What should I do? That was a(n) __________ time in my life and then I finally had to give up my first job and ____________ that company sadly.

Perhaps, I thought then, I could find the ____________ that didn’t involve dealing with difficult people and difficult situations. But later I realized: Is this likely in our modern world?

No, of course not. Now, I know, I shouldn’t run away from the ____________ I faced in life: I had to learn __________ to deal with them. I ____________ not persevering(坚持) in my job. We should train ourselves to look at things from a __________ point of view, because that is far better than being ____________ in the bad circle depression. I’ve come to ____________ that when faced with difficulties, I should not give up, but persevere.