1 . On my first trip to Ireland, I was drawn by its wonderful scenery and the hospitality (好客) of the people. More than that, I also felt a sense of _________. When leaving Ireland, I made a prayer: Please show me a way to live here.

Once home, I made a vision _________ with the title “Irish love”, which included pictures of the Irish countryside along with a handsome Irishman. I also chose an _________of a butterfly as my personal symbol and placed it in the center.

Back then, I was in my mid-thirties still _________ with a nice career. I had never lived outside of a five-mile distance from where I was born, so this _________ to live in Ireland was pretty big. Whenever I saw the images, I would _________ myself living in Ireland with the lover of my life.

One year later, I returned to Ireland. _________ and perhaps a little bit of hope led me to the small town of Lisdoonvarna County Clare, where the traditional matchmaking (相亲) festival was taking place. Early Sunday evening, _________, I found myself in a small pub. I was standing against the wall _________ I noticed a man entering the pub. It was just like in a movie: He was tall and dark-haired with the golden light of the setting sun __________ around him. It wasn’t long before I felt a __________ on my shoulder and came face-to-face with the man himself—Mike. Eventually, we kept __________ for hours, laughing heartily. This was the beginning of our relationship.

After getting married, we moved to the western Ireland and __________ there. The first day I stepped into the hallway of my new home, I was __________ by three butterflies flying around, which immediately reminded me of the vision board from years ago __________ my dream to live in Ireland.

2 . I received a message on WeChat. It began harmlessly enough: “Hey, girl Wanted to invite you to join my next challenge group —we’ll be focusing on fitting in 30minutes of exercise and balanced nutrition.”

It was all becoming too much. WeChat was running my life, not me.

But what killed WeChat for me was when I posted a photo, and five minutes later my son asked me how many “likes” it had got. His question was a wake-up call.

Before WeChat, surfing the internet was occasional and I spent a lot more time reading books and magazines. I checked in with friends through texts, emails and phone calls.

To recreate the simple life of those days and set a healthier example for my son, I deactivated my WeChat account.

I’d been in the habit of checking WeChat many times a day, so I had to come up with some new habits. I carried a novel around with me. I picked up knitting. I started taking yoga classes.

I started to remember a few things. My body is fine just the way it is. I have friends who will help me out when I’m in trouble, and I will help them out. I do my best to be a good mother, and our son is happy and healthy. We are very lucky to be able to have two vacations a year.

I stopped looking at the world through my cellphone. I felt completely present in the moment.

The break left me feeling better about myself, my family, my home and my life.

After a few weeks, I returned to WeChat. Now I look at the photos of my friends’ kids growing up and treasure how social media allows me to keep in touch with family far and wide. I look in on a daily basis, but no longer with the desire constantly to post updates.

It is not an addiction any more.

One evening I was going back from a supermarket. As I approached my car, I noticed one person     1     (stand) beside me. He was a person who     2     (consider) as a bum(流浪汉). It seemed that he had no car, no home and no job. I expected that he would ask me     3     money, but he didn't. He only said, “Your car is very nice.”

After several moments of silence, I asked him if he needed help and his response was astonishing. I will never forget those simple three words     4     I heard from him, "Don't we all?” It was a true discovery to me. I needed help.     5    I had money and a place     6    (sleep), I recognized that I needed help too. Then I opened my wallet and gave him enough money to get a meal and room to stay in for a day.     7     (sudden), I understood that no matter how much money, achievements, luxury goods(奢侈品)we have, we all need help. And on     8     other hand, no matter how poor you are, how many material problems you have, you still might offer your help to     9    (other). You still might be giving. Even it's just a nice word, you can give that and it can be     10     (value) to other person.

5 . I was said to be the worst student in my class, and my family thought I was hopeless. I had to ________sixth grade. At that time a new teacher, Miss Sadia, came to our school.

One day after class, she ________ that I was staying alone during the lunch break. She came to me and began to talk to me. It was just a ________ conversation. After that day, she gave me particular ________ and it made me feel special. I started to work hard because she gave me the feeling that ________ believed me, and my ________ started to improve in her subject.

Months later, she moved into a house near my ________. We would walk home together after school. Her constant support helped me, ________ in my studies, as I knew she would ________ my grades both in her subject and the other subjects. I finally ________ second in my class.

Then, after sixth grade, she started to drift apart(逐步疏远) ________ still kept a constant check on me. By the time I was in seventh grade, we ________ spoke, but by then I had become the ________ in my class. When I left school, I was ________ with her, as she never answered the ________ when I called her.

Then I graduated and went to a good university. One fine day, our paths ________ again. I met her at a wedding. I could not ________ asking her, “why did you stop talking to me?”

“You are a clever boy. I wanted you to be a tree ________ on your own roots, not depending on others. Now here you are and I feel ________ of you. You are your inspiration(鼓舞) and do not need to ________a shoulder, ” she said. I could not say anything, but I smiled. I’ll always thank her.

6 . One day a man was asked to paint a boat by the owner of the boat. He brought with him paint and brushes and began to paint the boat bright red, as the owner asked him. While painting, he _________ there was a hole in the boat and decided to _________ it. When he finished painting, he received his _________and left.

The next day, the owner of the boat came to the painter and offered him a nice check (支票), much _________than the payment for painting. The painter was _________. “You’ve already paid me for painting the boat!” he said.

“But this is not for the paint _________. It’s for having repaired the hole in the boat.”

“But it was such a(n) _________ service. Certainly it’s not worth _________ me such a high amount for something so unimportant!”

“ My dear friend, you do not _________. Now let me tell you what happened. When I asked you to paint the boat, I __________ to mention about the hole, When the boat dried, my kids took the boat and __________ a fishing trip. They did not know that there was a __________ in the boat. I was not at home at that time. When I returned and noticed they had taken the boat, I was desperate (绝望的) because I remembered that the boat had a hole. Imagine my relief (宽慰) and joy when I saw them returning from fishing.

“Then, I __________ the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You see, now, what you did? You __________my children! I do not have enough money to pay your ‘small’ good deed.”

So, no matter who, when or how, just __________   repair all the “leak” you find.

7 . On an ordinary day, Debbie's doorbell rang suddenly. Sixteen-year-old Amy from next door was there -- "help, my brother Dylan is bleeding," she _________.

Debbie and her sister Ellen _________ to their house to find eight-year-old Dylan bleeding _________ from a huge cut in his arm. Debbie had recently taken a first aid _________ and knew what to do. "I knew I needed to _________ pressure to stop the bleeding. I _________ a towel from the bathroom and used it to press on the _________.” she said.

Dylan was crying and _________ so Debbie told him not to panic while pressing on the towel to stop the blood _________. She told Ellen to call for an ambulance since she knew the cut would need medical treatment. Just as the ambulance __________, Dylan's mum came home. She was deeply shocked but __________ held his arm, then the two of them travelled to the hospital together in the ambulance without __________.

A few weeks later the cut __________ and Dylan went back home. His mother thanked Debbie and Ellen the day after the __________. "I'm so happy that I learned first aid," Debbie said. "I __________ thought I'd need to use my first aid skills so soon, but I'm very glad I knew what to do.”

10 . Many years ago, Christmas was just around the corner. It looked like it would be a(n)________ one for my family. The factory where I was working had laid off (解雇) many of us workers, so we didn't have much ________. My wife and I had saved to buy our young children some toys, but an unexpected car repair had taken most of our cash. We decided that we could only ________ to get one small gift for each of our children.

We arrived at the ________, walked down the parking lot and saw people putting gifts into their cars. We searched all through the store ________ to find one thing each of our small children would like.________, we were able to get one for each of them. We headed for the checkout (结账台), bought the toys and were ________ that we even had a few dollars ________ finning. As we walked out of the store into the winter air, I stopped and dropped those ________ into the charity box. I didn't have a dime (一角硬币) left but that didn't ________. Suddenly, it felt like Christmas.

I think the ________ actress Dale Evans ________ it best when she said: “Christmas, my child, is love in ________.” It doesn't have to be a gift of money, either. When we ________ our smile, it's Christmas. When we give others our ________ and compassion (同情), it's Christmas, When we do anything at any time to help another, it's Christmas. May you do all you can to make it Christmas every day of the year and every day of your life here.