1 . When Shelby Lattimore, a math and science teacher, saw her third graders weren’t attending class, she found a fun way to change that. The 25-year-old teacher started her class ______ to encourage them not only to ______ but to get excited about learning.

In the class, students can choose from a variety of “______”, from being a door holder to being a cleanup crew. They get “paid” every two weeks and the ______ they get depends on which job they take on. The money is not real but play money spent on a homework pass, a seat change, and so on.

Each month, Lattimore’s students also have to pay “rent” for their class desk and chair. To keep things interesting, Lattimore also introduced a new ______ to her current class. At the beginning of the school year, she ______ students $5 and then once the new year hit, the ______ increased to $7. “So that was kind of an ______ that they had to make,” she said.

Students can buy rewards once a month. The reward ______ low, medium and high price ranges, with $2 candy being the cheapest option to a more ______ $5 “lunch with Ms. L” reward. Students can also ______ until they have enough money for the most expensive reward, for example, being the teacher for $ 30.

Today, Lattimore has seen how much they’ve learned about various ______ from budgeting and saving to reading a receipt and ______ change. She has also heard from students’ families, who are ______ of this idea because their kids are learning something they never learned at this age. “That’s really the goal here, to not just ______ them this year, but to keep it going,” she added.

2 . I’m proud to say that I finished my dissertation (学位论文) successfully. But as I reflected on the _________I received from my advisor for my work ethic (职业道德), I believed it was _________ from my dad’s tire shop.

When Dad _________ a small tire shop during my high school years, I began _________ for him despite having no _________ with motor vehicles. I was _________ to learn and work hard, motivated by my _________ to help my dad and make customers think highly of him. The early employees of my dad’s shop were _________ with me, teaching me everything they knew about their trade.

I stayed late, avoided gossiping, and focused on being respectful and curious. The work was _________, physically exhausting, and dirty, but the __________ of honest labor made it all __________. I found meaning in every task that helped the business was, __________, helping my dad.

Years later, my dad retired and sent the business to my elder brother, who has skillfully __________ it. Whenever I return and visit the larger tire shop now, I recall the countless wheels I fixed. More importantly, I remember a sense of __________ that comes with honest labor. I’m __________ for the experience, the lessons learned, and the memories that will stay with me forever.

3 . The friends of Juliana Palm, a fashion designer, in Rio de Janeiro were opposed to her becoming a Games volunteer. By the time the Games ended, her friends had become supporters.

Juliana came to the Games to ______ creative inspiration for her design work. ______ her experiences after the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony, Juliana teared up as she recalled her interactions with volunteers and visitors. Working with other volunteers ______ her life. She met a girl from Mexico and ______ some inspiration from her culture.

Juliana was also inspired by Olympic ______, and enjoyed learning about fencing, rugby sevens and other sports less widely practised in Brazil. She was particularly ______ by Brazilian judoka Rafaela Silva who won the gold medal. “It was ______ — first, because she is a woman, and we don’t have as many sports for women as for men. She showed the world that it is ______ to do anything if you believe in something,” Juliana said.

Juliana was always ______ that Brazil would deliver successful Games, despite the country’s ______. “We have difficulties with education and public transportation. But it is not a problem for us because we can ______ them,” Juliana said.

Juliana also expressed confidence that Rio de Janeiro would continue to ______ from the Games in the years ahead, mentioning ______ the new bus rapid transit links and the new Metro Line 4. Without the Olympic Games, Line 4 would never have happened. It would ______ many people to travel to or from work. Besides, Porto Maravilha was transformed from just a dangerous place into a ______ and beautiful community.

4 . Imagine suddenly waking up at midnight, ______ for air, heart pounding, feeling tense and experiencing this night after night. The ______ of the lack of sleep was the ______ need to lie down and fall asleep for 2-3 hours. This was my experience throughout the summer of 2021.

I guess it may have been in part the ______ the pandemic had on my mental health as well as other worries. During the daylight hours, I ______ myself in various ways but at night during sleep my fear and ______ would come to the surface. I ______ I needed to find ways to deal with my worries.

After much ______, I began to seek the assistance of medicine, which was a tough decision to make. But it ______ well. I made sure to walk in nature as much as possible and continued my yoga practice. Slowly, I found my way back to myself.

However, life ______ another curve ball into my life. In December 2023, those nighttime feelings that ______ me flowed into my days again. I turned to friends and family, who encouraged me to seek professional help. I ______ to a therapist specialized in this field, and together, we analyzed the problems and applied the related ______ to coping with them. While the process didn’t go ______, my symptoms gradually disappeared with my efforts at last.

In conclusion, this is what I would like to say —when in trouble, reach out for help, talk to family and friends, your doctor or a counsellor. Take time to take care of yourself, you are worth the ______.

5 . This happened on March 1, 2020. Just weeks before much of the country issued shelter-in-place orders, a mother and her teen daughter _________ on a near-six-month-mission: to backpack the Appalachian Trail, a 2,000-mile _________ thruway (过境道路) that passes through 14 Eastern states.

When they began, the pair—Briana Sullivan and her daughter Cambyr, who started out 13 but _________ 14 on the journey—had intended to simply disconnect from the “typical world”. It wasn’t _________ a few months into their journey, when the _________ of the pandemic began to reach them in the woods and small towns they passed through, that they realized they were now _________ from the outside, too. They leaned on each other to get through all the _________.

Eventually, the pandemic made it _________ for the pair to shop and find places to sleep._________ they came across what they __________ as ‘trail magic’ and people who were looking out for them, offering them the support hikers needed. Although it may seem __________ to spend the days walking, the Sullivans shared it never felt that way.__________, each day felt different from the next as the two kept themselves busy learning new skills and __________ a stronger relationship with one another.

Throughout their journey, “__________ is everything.” That got them through every day, knowing that “when you feel __________, the only way you can go is up…if you wait long enough, the moments going to change,” Cambyr says.

6 . I’ve always loved horses, but for years my riding took a back seat to my four kids’ soccer games, dance recitals and so on. As my children became more _______,I decided it was time to put myself _______the calendar, not always being at the beck and call of my family.

I have a work-to-ride rent at a nearby stable (马厩). As soon as I arrive at the stable, I always _______ to take a deep breath or two, inhaling the sweetness of freshly mown hay (干草). Then I go for a joyride. Sometimes, I’m_______by a friend and other times I ride solo, but it’s always a reset and _______ of my batteries for another week in the real world.

One day, as I wiped off my bridle (马笼头), my friend Mary asked with sad eyes, “Did you hear about Heather? She _______ her son last week.”

“No, how awful! Heather’s son is around my age.” I murmured.

“Yes, it’s tragic,” she said. “I _______to her yesterday. She seemed okay despite everything.”

“Yesterday? She was out here?”

“She and her grandsons went for a trail _______. This is the best place to be when you need to _______real life,” Mary commented knowingly.

I nodded ________. Mary’s husband had just ________a horrible disease, and whenever she wasn’t taking care of him, she was here to take care of herself. We all ________ various levels of heart-hurt on a daily basis. Our stable is pure________— from worry, frustration, hurt, even unimaginable loss.

Relief from real life. We all need it, somewhere, somehow, because life is ________. I’m so glad I’ve found that horse time can make the hardest landings a little ________.

7 . This morning, I went to the shop to buy some things for breakfast. On the way back home, I decided to _________ some money from my bank account. As soon as I arrived home, within 30 seconds, the doorbell rang. I _________ the door to find two strangers standing there. They asked if I had _________ any money. At that moment, I wasn’t _________, but upon checking, I realized I was _________ missing some money. I expressed my _________ to them and tried to offer them some money as a _________, but they refused to accept anything.

I decided to _________ the footage (片段) from my video doorbell to see where I might have dropped the money. In the video, I saw two young boys walking behind me on the road, and they _________ me to inform me about the lost money. I was touched. They could have easily __________ with the money, and I would never have known.

I posted about this incident on my social media, which gained a lot of __________. A woman named Helen Pye messaged me, expressing her __________ because the boys were only 17 years old. Helen Pye revealed that the boys were her son Jarrod and his friend, whom she considers to be __________ young men.

This __________ filled me with hope and gratitude. Their good deed reassured me that __________ things happen when we choose to look for them with an open heart. I hope they get a good deed payed back to them one day.

8 . When I was growing up in Auckland, my relationship with clothing was all about utility (实用). Clothes needed to be __________ and keep me at the right temperature. I had a very clear picture about myself: Someone who didn’t __________ clothes. Naturally, I came to __________ the act of shopping, an activity where __________ were largely unavoidable.

But it all began to __________. My first day out in London was unexpectedly cold. Jetlagged (时差) and overwhelmed (不知所措的), I walked into a department store. That’s when it __________ me; I think: It was the __________ procedure that was important, the weighing up of __________, the imaginative projection of the person you might be in this scarf, versus that one. This was the important bit, far more than the __________ act of choice. And it was not __________ at all.

Over the remaining two years in London I began thinking about what I liked, what my __________ was—whether a style, a fabric, a color. I began to see that shopping didn’t __________ need to involve a purchase. The world opened up. I stopped avoiding my own reflection. I still wear items of clothing that I __________ during my stay in London, 20 years ago now. More than this, I __________ people differently. I try to look with care and __________ at how they present themselves to the world, and the stories and messages these choices send.

9 . If you walk around the Rahway Trail in the South Mountain Reservation of Millburn, New Jersey, you might spot more than vegetation and creatures. Small fantastic _______ are hidden in the tree trunks and branches — an amazingly lovely sight in this _______ normal-looking forest nowadays. The idea to _______ small wooden houses to the landscape came from Therese Ojibway, who 10 years ago wanted her son, who has autism (自闭症), to have a safe space to _______ in the wilderness.

“So she found Rahway Trail and started constructing the houses and leaving _______ decorations here and there for her son,” said Julie Gould, one of the keepers of the trail.

The South Mountain Conservancy later noticed the sudden _______ of little houses around the forest. Learning Ojibway’s story, they _______ her to continue building her magical kingdom to what is now known as the Fairy Trail.

“She thought this was a(n) _______ way of getting little children like her son into nature, _______ them to use their imaginations and creativity,” said Beth Kelly, another trail keeper.

Ojibway and her son moved out of the area a few years ago, but the Fairy Trail ________. Gould and Kelly were ________ asked to become the “Makers and Keepers” of the trail. The women, along with ________, continue to help build little wooden homes for kids with special needs.

“To give these kids ________ houses to live in, most of the homes are made out of natural elements that can then ________ back into the forest. We get ________ when we see the children come here and the kingdom make their day.”

10 . Kim Stemple, a special-education teacher, faced terrible diseases during her stay in a Boston hospital. While ________ with depression in her hospital room, Stemple received an unexpected present from a friend: a medal.

Before Stemple got too sick to ________, she had been a marathon runner and the medal brought back her racing memories. It served as a much-needed pick-me-up, ________ her of the strength and perseverance she once possessed. ________, it worked like a charm, and then some, ________ her spirits and renewing her determination.

Inspired by this life-changing ________, Stemple began to think about how such a simple act could bring hope to others going through ________ times. And from this ________ of inspiration, her charity, We Finish Together, was born. This initiative ________ medals from strangers — runners, dancers, swimmers, singers, and even spelling bee win-ners — and donated them to individuals in need.

Part of the process ________ the donor writing a personalized note on the ribbon, giving the recipient a unique ________ to someone who cares. Indeed, for those who were ________ in hospitals and battling health challenges, being presented with a medal and reading the warm ________ really made a big difference. It ________ a reminder that they were not ________ in their struggles and that there was always support available to them.