1 . Last year, I started the journey of being a remote product designer. The thought of a flexible (灵活的) schedule, a comfortable home office, and the escape from the _______ public transport was incredibly _______ . The first few weeks were filled with a long-lost feeling of _______ .

However, the _______ of working from home gradually set in. I had started my day with the best _______ , promising myself quick breaks and regular stretches (伸展) . But deadlines, endless emails, and virtual meetings _______ me to my computer throughout the day, leaving me little time to _______ . Gone were the short walks to a coworker’s desk and the quick lunchtime walks around the office complex. Finally, my world was _______ to the walls of my home, my steps _______ in meters only rather than kilometers.

One day, I tried ________ one of my favorite dresses and it wasn’t passing through my waist (腰) at all. Looking at myself in the mirror, I saw a ________ person carrying extra weight, rather than someone enjoying freedom. The ________ of work and personal life had left me feeling like I was a never-ending motion machine.

This incident (事件) marked the ________ of a journey of self-discovery. I made up my mind that I needed a (n) ________ not just for my waistline but for my overall well-being. It was a promise to prioritize my physical and mental health, and a promise that I could ________ control over my life and my body.

2 . Marion Sheppard had always been a keen dancer. However, she found her vision began to _________ in her 40s and the doctor said it would only get worse. She cried and felt _________, locking herself in her apartment.

Then after several months, Sheppard _________ herself to step out to attend a social event for people with visual impairments (损伤). Terror _________ her when she found people there barely moved. They all just sat there, _________ and physically withdrawn. Deep down, she was _________: “That is not the way I want to live”. Her immediate _________ was that she must do something to change that.

Sheppard asked at a Manhattan community center run by Visions, an organization for the visually impaired, if she could teach line dancing there, but was _________. They said it would be too _________ for the students. However, she insisted and __________ convinced the directors at Visions to let her teach line dancing on a volunteer basis. Her classes   __________ to be very popular, attracting more students than expected. But what she   __________ was more than dance steps. With constant encouragement, she also helped them __________ confidence and independence despite their disability. Just as Sheppard says, “We may be blind, but we’re doing our thing.”

Sheppard’s __________ for maintaining both physical and spiritual health, no matter what difficulty life may __________ at you, is simple: “Just keep it moving unless life ceases.”

3 . When Darrell Worthy was growing up, Thanksgiving meant 30 neighbors sharing a potluck meal in the family driveway. “My parents worked at a golf course. They’d _________ all the workers to come to Thanksgiving dinner. They would never turn anybody away,” he says. “If there was a kid in the _________ who needed dinner, he got it.”

Today, Worthy carries on the _________ at his restaurant, where a combination of barbecue and community _________ has made it a hot spot. Locals _________ the restaurant for its burgers and meatloaf. For many, it is also a stop on the road to _________. It has a program that brings former _________ into the kitchen for the first time to help them _________ service industry skills. The effort was _________ by manager Casey DeGuise, who arrived there with drug problems. “He had been rejected for 35 jobs,” Worthy says. “We said ‘Let’s take a chance,’ and he’s never __________.”

Worthy himself knows that a little help can go a long way. “I had a time when I was definitely drinking too much,” he __________. Now, he offers to others the __________ he once needed. He keeps a cooler by the front door of his restaurant with __________ food for anyone who wants it. But his favorite pastime is still watching __________ plates turn to dirty dishes.

“If we can pay the bills and staff, we’re happy,” says Worthy. “If we can __________ the community, we’re happier.”

5 . Opening a book may take you on an adventure, but sometimes, what’s more interesting is what’s been sandwiched in the pages.

In her 20 years as a(n)________, Sharon McKellar has found different kinds of objects left in books: notes, tickets, postcards, and photographs. Visitors ________returned to claim them. But McKellar doesn’t ________those items. Instead, they have been put to good use.

It all started when the Oakland Public Library where McKellar worked intended to________its blog content. McKellar thought of Found Magazine (dedicated to everyday items discovered in public places), from which McKellar got the________to share her ever-growing collection of items online. Then, she________the “Found in a Library Book” project.

“I believe others must have found________stuff,” McKellar said. She thus________nearby libraries to ask if anybody can contribute something. As a result, people were highly________and McKellar was bombarded (轰炸) with other people’s collections.

McKellar has a few________behind her online database. For example, to protect people’s________, she blocks out information like names and addresses. She also believes it is worthwhile to ________all the objects in the collection, although McKellar does have some________, especially those left by children. What________her most was a note which said, “I love Dad! He’s my superhero.” McKellar said, “I ________the way kids express themselves.”

Even without more contexts, such items remain a testament (证明) to life’s little moments.

6 . Going out for a walk with their sons is a simple task for most fathers. But for Martin Ralfe and his one-year-old boy Leo, it can be a real _________. That’s because Martin is blind and Leo is also visually impaired (受损的), meaning they have to thoroughly _________ every trip they take outside of their home. The 29-year-old parent _________ to let his lack of sight stop him from _________ with his son and going exploring.

The pair have shared their special bond on TikTok and gone viral (走红) after showing how they go out for the day, with the help of Martin’s guide dog Diesel. Martin says it was actually his wife who _________ him to take Leo out on walks. He _________ he initially (最初) had some worries about taking Leo out on his own but now he is _________ and spends most weekends exploring with his son and his guide dog.

He said, “Our favorite _________ include going for walks and _________ the ducks. Currently, on our bucket list is to visit Disneyland but Leo is __________ interested in trains too, so we’d love to go to the National Railway Museum in York.”

Martin’s TikTok account has thousands of followers and has a range of __________ such as his walking with Diesel and Leo. He is using them to __________ other people with visual impairment. He said, “I love __________ these videos and I get so many amazing __________. Many people praise me but I’m just a __________ dad getting on with life.”

8 . Jimmy is an automotive mechanic, but he lost his job a few months ago. He has good _________, but always feared applying for a new job.

One day, he gathered up all his _________ and decided to attend a job interview. His _________ was at 10 am and it was already 8:30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed to be interviewed, he saw an _________ man wildly kicking the tire of his car. _________ there was something wrong with the car. Jimmy immediately went up to lend him a hand. When Jimmy finished _________ the car, the old man asked him how much he should pay for the _________. Jimmy said there was no need to pay him; he just helped someone _________, and he had to _________ for an interview. Then the old man said, “Well, I could take you to the office for your interview. It’s the __________ I could do. Please. I insist.” Jimmy __________.

Upon arrival, Jimmy found a long line of __________ waiting to be interviewed. Jimmy still had some grease (油垢) on him after the car __________, but he did not have much time to wash it off or have a change of shirt. One by one, the applicants left the interviewer’s office with __________ look on their faces. Finally, his name was called. The interviewer was sitting on a large chair facing the office window. __________ the chair back and forth, he asked, “Do you really need to be interviewed?” Jimmy’s heart __________. “With the way I look now, how could I __________ pass this interview?” he thought to himself.

Then the interviewer __________ the chair and to Jimmy’s surprise, it was the old man he helped earlier in the morning. It turned out he was the General Manager of the company.

“Sorry I had to keep you waiting, but I was pretty sure I made the right decision to have you as part of our workforce __________ you even stepped into the office. I just know you’d be a trustworthy worker. __________!” Jimmy sat down and they shared a cup of well-deserved coffee as he landed himself a new job.

9 . The 8-year-old boy across the street stormed in and out of his own house very often. A neighbor, William Dunn,_________ what was going on in his life. So Dunn asked him.

“He told me that he didn’t have a_________, ” says Dunn, now 58, “and I realized there was_________I could do for him. That something was_________, a passion Dunn’s father had shared with him.”

Dunn has taken groups of kids out almost every _________ to fish. Most didn’t have father figures in their lives and had never fished. “They’d been through a lot, and their lives were_________, ” Dunn says. “But when they were fishing, all of that_________Out on the boat, they’d be smiling, and even_________.”

Jayden, now 13, has become a devoted fisherman and _________Dunn with helping him mature. “I hope he knows I mean it when I say thank you,” he says.

Just as_________as the fishing are the _________Dunn forms with the kids. “When Jayden was going through a_________ period recently in study — I let Dunn know that his grades were suffering and he had a little talk with Jayden, ”Jayden’s mother says. To her delight, Jayden’s grades _________improved in the next exam.“There is nothing like seeing a kid _________ with a smile,”Dunn says. “I feel lucky to _________ that every weekend.”

10 . At around 9 a. m. on Friday, Bonnie Raitt stopped at a picnic area along a highway. She began walking her two-year-old sheepdog, Cady, along a path when a mountain lion ________ and attacked Raitt, injuring her left shoulder. She screamed, and Cady, who had been wandering ahead, immediately returned to ________ her owner. The mountain lion then turned its ________ to the dog and bit onto the bodyguard’s head. Raitt attempted without success to fight ________ the lion with stones, so she ran up to the road to get help.

Lindsey Stirling, who was driving by, saw Raitt and ________. After learning about the mountain lion attack, without ________, Stirling jumped out of, her car with her pepper spray (喷雾剂) and also grabbed a stick. The two women ________ to the scene in the forest, where, the struggle was going on, with the mountain lion still refusing to ________ the dog. They both started hitting it and yelling loudly ________ it finally set loose the ________ dog.

Cady eventually ________. Stirling pepper sprayed the mountain lion in the face, and it immediately turned away and ________. Cady was ________ injured, and Raitt hurriedly drove Cady to a vet (兽医). After spending several days there, the dog was released. Now Cady, lying on her own bed, with her favorite toys, is on the road to ________. “My dog is my, hero, and I ________ her my life,” Raitt said.