2 . Several years ago, I was diving down a busy freeway in Porland, Oregon, when my tire blew out. I pulled over and made a(n) ______ that said I needed help.

Three bours later, a car finally ______. Out came a family of three. They were Latino, and their young daughter acted as the ______ between her parents’ Spanish and my English, so that we could work together to ______ the car. The father found a log on the side of the road to lift the car and get the tire ______. An hour later, we finished.

I thanked them and tried to give them money for their act of ______, yet they just wouldn’t take it. But I was ______ to pay them back, thinking it was the least I could do. ______ I put the money into the mom’s hand, and walked away.

Then I heard their small daughter cull out, asking if I was hungry. ______, I was, and she came over with a sealed (密封的) paper bag. We ______ thank-yous. As they were trying to get into traffic, I ______ the bag and found a hamburger, with my money under it.

The father ______ down his window and said, “Today you, tomorrow me. ” Then he drove off. The last thing I saw was the young girl waving goodbye through the window.

I know that the phrase, “Today you, tomorrow me,” wasn’t ______ by that stranger — it’s a common expression in Mexico, where I believe the family was from. But its value is ______. It just shows that everyone may need ______ in a given situation.

3 . Yesterday, I went to the bookstore to pick up a present for my mother’s birthday. I found one of the books I wanted, but not the other. When I went to ________, I asked the clerk behind the counter if I could ________ the second book.

A lady was standing ________ behind me at the checkout. The clerk said she could order the book for me, but would I mind if she let the lady behind me pay for her ________ first. The lady behind me said no, it was fine, she’d wait.

It took nearly 15 minutes to ________ my order through! The lady behind me had a(n)________ chat with us for the entire time.

When it finally came time for me to pay, I ________ two $10 off cards on the counter. The clerk informed me the offer was only valid(有效的) for the book I was buying in-store and wouldn’t ________ for the book I’d ordered. This meant that I’d have one $10 off card ________.

“You can come back and buy another book.” the clerk ________. “The offer is valid until the end of the week.”

I thought about this for a millisecond and then ________ to face the lady behind me who’d been so patient, kind, and charming through the very long wait at the checkout, “Here.” I gave her the $10 off card.

She was very ________ and said, “Really?”

The ________ didn’t cost me anything. I knew I wouldn’t be back before the end of the week and it ________ someone whose attitude left a smile in my heart. Most ________ a win-win moment.

5 . A 93-year-old grandma has become a social media star alongside her 27-year-old grandson.

Seven years ago, Ross Smith was in college at the University of Dayton when he started________short videos on social media. In one of his clips(剪辑), he asked his grandma Kana to block one of his basketball________. And from there everything________.

"My brand just________into me and Granny taking over the world," Smith said. "Our humor is________. Everyone knows Granny is funny."

Granny said there's a________that elderly people don't like or use social media. She uses Facebook to keep in touch with family, and enjoys watching dog videos.

"Some of the elderly love it," Granny said. "It's interesting. You see different________of the space, the world and the people all around having a good time. I like it."

Most________, she enjoys being around her grandson and learning about him throughout the________.

"He's easygoing, happy-to-go-lucky(逍遥自在的)," she said. "He likes to try everything, and everything just seems to________in place."

Honestly most people don't have________for the elderly." Smith explained."________you're old, you should go away and go to a nursing home. Doing this opened my________to how awesome old people are and how________they live their lives. They________the small things in this fast- paced life."