4 . Damon Carson calls himself a matchmaker (媒人) of the never-ending waste of American society, trying not to pair people with people, but things with people.

In the late 1990s, Carson was on break from business school in Vail, Colorado, when he ______ the vast world of waste. He began ______ creating a secondhand store that would sell old ______ and keep them out of being ______. As a result, in 2010, his company, Repurposed Materials ______.

For nearly ten years, his company, Repurposed Materials, has not been looking to ______ the waste he gets—breaking it down to make something new —but rather finding new homes for thrown-away goods in their original ______.

Carson, a husband and father of three adult children, is far from ______. Frugal (节俭) is how he describes himself. The clothes he’s wearing all came from a(n)______ shop; his truck was bought with 290, 000 kilometers driven.

“Why break something down, why melt something down, if it still has ______?” he asks. An old oil-field pipe might be melted down and turned into a car bumper, but it still takes an amount of ______ to finish the complete change. Why not leave it as a steel pipe? Why not turn it into a ______ post (杆、柱) on a farm? The only cost is ______.

American industrial facilities create and ______ about 7.6 billion tons of unwanted industrial materials every year. For the moment, Carson’s unique business finds new ______ for millions of kilograms of industrial waste every year.

5 . As a psychologist, one of my favorite practices was my meeting a teenager, Trevor. He had been struggling with anxiety and depression, finding few solutions_________to him. Trevor_________his ability after failing the final exam and wanted to give up. Together with his dad he_________me, and we discussed something about a_________in detail. I_________he would get better as long as he believed in himself. He looked _________. “I don’t think it will work.” he said. Then a new idea_________me-maybe I could help him by associating his experience with the perception(认识) of steady_________. So I enlightened(启发) him _________

“When you break a bone, what is the__________of a cast(石膏)?” I asked. “It protects the bone,” he answered. “Yes, but how__________ does the bone heal?” “The body heals it,” “Right,” I nodded. “Now, I will act as your cast and __________you until your__________heals itself.” Trevor gave me a smile. Obviously, our conversation gave Trevor a belief that he should trust in his inner power and it assured him that he wasn’t__________. He knew his doctor, parents, and teachers would all work in concert to help him. Sure enough, he caught up with his classmates later.

If children are in crisis, parents can try to make them realize their problems. Parents need to encourage and support them. In this__________, children will feel encouraged and confident eventually.

6 . It is believed that a typical lion tamer(驯兽师)is an entertainer holding a whip(鞭)and a chair. The whip gets all of the attention, but it’s _________ for show. In reality, it’s the chair that does the important work. When a lion tamer holds a chair in front of the lion’s face, the lion tries to _________ all four legs of the chair at the same time. With its focus _________ , the lion becomes confused and is unsure about what to do next. When faced with so many _________ , the lion has no choice but to _________ and wait instead of attacking the man holding the chair.

How often do you find yourself in the same _________ as the lion? How often do you have something you want to achieve (e. g. lose weight, start a business, travel more)—only to end up confused by all of the options in front of you and never make _________ ?

This upsets me to no _________ because while all the experts are _________   debating about which option is best, the people who want to improve their lives are left confused by all of the __________ information. The end __________ is that we feel like we can’t focus or that we’re focused on the wrong things, and so we take less action, make less progress, and stay the same when we could be __________ .

It doesn’t have to be that way. Anytime you find the world waving a __________ in your face, remember this: All you need to do is focus on one thing. You just need to get started. Starting before you feel __________ is one of the habits of successful people. If you have somewhere you want to go, something you want to accomplish, someone you want to become, take __________ action. If you’re clear about where you want to go, the rest of the world will either help you get there or get out of the way.

7 . Being vulnerable (脆弱的) is not a choice. In our life it is a ______. What we do with vulnerability can either ______ doors to deeper connections, or build walls that prevent progress and fulfillment.

Vulnerability ______ the state of being exposed to the possibility of being harmed, either physically or emotionally. It’s part of human ______ because we are vulnerable in some way at all times. We are vulnerable to viruses, accidents, misunderstandings and pains caused by whatever reasons. The only ______ we really have is whether to ______ it or not.

When some people claim that they have no vulnerability, they are ______ to develop meaningful social connections with others. They are just ______. No one likes to spend much time with people who are dishonest or ______ to open up their feelings. Most of the time, a great ______ starts by exchanging each other’s vulnerability.

Indeed, it’s not easy for us to admit our vulnerability in front of others. In order to protect ourselves, we tend to ______ with fear. But in fact, when we are vulnerable with people, we have signaled that they can also ______ share their anxieties. And we don’t have to worry too much about the results because a far more common reaction of people is to respect our ______ instead of laughing at us. Under this shared circumstance, we become less ______ by vulnerability and also we strengthened a (n) ______.

8 . Six-year-old Ismail Zulfic was born with no arms, but that doesn’t prevent him from swimming better than _________ kids

Zulfic used to be scared of going into the water after a(n) _________ in a splash pool. He even _________ to get into the water for regular therapy on his back, which he needed in order to be able to feed himself and write.

But all of that _________ when the little boy met Amel Kapo, a swimming coach. He set up a local swimming club after noticing how disabled kids _________ to swim in pools, where there was no special _________ for them.

Kapo is the one who _________ Zulfic to swim. After a few months of _________, the little boy was able to dive in and swim the _________ of an Olympic-sized pool without any help. A year later, Zulfic is like a fish in the water. He even won a gold medal in a local swimming competition for disabled people, _________ well ahead of other swimmers, and some were nearly twice his ___________

Zulfic’s parents never dreamed that their shy boy would become a medal-winning swimmer. “I’m proud of my kid. He has a strong winning __________, and he hardly accepts any __________ and does everything to win,” said his mother.

This butterfly without __________ shows that desire, will and perseverance are things that really __________. Zulfic also hopes to compete in Para-swimming competition on the world stage in the future.

10 . I decided to be a teacher when I was 10, because I could clearly see some of my teachers had extraordinary powers.

There was an English teacher in fifth grade who could _______ and effortlessly transport us to different worlds every day by telling us stories from books we would otherwise never _______. It was even shocking that my teacher could _______ the invisible. I was one of those who _______ insight (洞察). Yet my teacher would always notice me and the _______ message in her eyes suggested that she could see me through. She had another superpower and even after four decades, I could still _______ remember her lessons about the great masters of art and great geographers. She did this even though her _______ was not art, nor geography. I knew I wanted to be one of those all-seeing ones with the _______ that made children feel safe and valued.

I know being a teacher isn’t the _______ or the most financially rewarding of jobs. And there are occupational ________ —your knees can become worn out from years of carrying piles of notebooks up and down the school staircase; your ________ can give in from too much talking. But despite all that, there are still those choosing this ________. To them, teaching is not just a job—it is a science, an art and a craft, which demands ________ labour and investment.

I have taught for three decades. Occasionally, I meet my ________ students. Their obvious love for me and fond ________ of our time together are my rewards.