1 . Elmer Whitaker sighed as he looked over his muddy crops. A terrible ________ had swept through his farm the night before, and his crops were now covered in ________ and destroyed. His neighbor, a kind young man named Thomas, ________ to offer his help.

"What a disaster, “Whitaker said.” My whole family has always survived on the harvests of this field. I feel ________ and don't know what to do now.

Thomas calmed him down and thought for a moment. “I see this not as a disaster but as an ________ ,” he said. Whitaker looked at him ________. “How can it be?” he asked. Thomas smiled ________, “Now you have a chance to try something new. You’ve always grown beans and cabbages. Why not try planting ________ crops that will also fit in this soil? You can diversify and therefore ________ your farm once again.”

Elmer Whitaker considered this. Thomas was right-he had become set in his ways. This disaster could push him to make his farm ________ and sustainable in a new way. “You have ________ me,” Whitaker said. He clapped Thomas on the back. “Thank you for showing me the opportunity in this difficulty. ”

And so Whitaker ________ new crops and soon, the farm was full of life again. Farmers from neighboring towns were ________ with the wonder of Whitaker’s fields, and they began to ________ their crops as well. Elmer Whitaker’s farm has become a ________ of adaptability and hope, telling everyone that in every storm, there is a chance for new growth.

2 . Carol-Anne O’Callaghan, a 60-year-old retired teacher, has spent more than half of her life time teaching. This time, she wanted to do something much more_________.

One day in 2021, O’Callaghan was walking her dogs when she_________ yellow dots on all the oak trees along Leather Lane. The dots, she learned, indicated the trees’ _________ drew near. The marked trees would make way for a new rail line, which was really a piece of _________ news for her. Planted in the 19th century, they were _________ parts of her childhood. “My family and I used to picnic under them,” she said, “and they meant much.”

Unfortunately, they were to be cut down as part of the HS2 high-speed railway projects. O’Callaghan_________HS2, only to be told the_________couldn’t be changed.

As a teacher, O’Callaghan often told students, “If something is wrong, you can’t _________and let it happen.” So she started a(n) _________to save the trees. O’Callaghan gave out leaflets (传单) from door to door in the neighborhood, __________ local people to fight for the trees.

The locals__________O’Callaghan. “It’s amazing to see someone who shows great__________for giving a voice to those trees,” says her neighbor Victoria.__________, O’Callaghan’s efforts paid off. HS2 __________an alternative overhead design. And O’Callaghan was nominated (提名) for this week’s “Guardian Angel” __________ her attempts to preserve nature in the county.