1 . A few months ago, one of my fellow graduate students was offered an incredible career-building opportunity. His efforts on a student-led campaign to increase federal funding for basic research had _________ an invitation to speak on a conference panel(专家组). It would look great on his CV(简历). I was _________ for him, of course. I had been a(n) _________ partner in the campaign. I felt that I deserved the same opportunity. Yet I hadn’t been _________ and I wasn’t sure why.

Growing up, I had been taught that the way to _________ was to put my head down and work hard. If my work was good enough, it would speak for itself and I would be _________. This view, coupled with a natural _________, meant that I _________ worked up the nerve to put myself forward. However, I decided that I need to _________ my life again——by becoming my own biggest __________.

So, with my __________ beating fast, I asked my colleague to ask the panel organizers to __________ me. My mind flooded with a list of well-practiced __________. Maybe I didn’t deserve it. Maybe I was being too __________. But my colleague immediately contacted the organizers, who quickly agreed to __________ me to the panel. I’ve come to understand that I can’t be recognized for my work if I’m invisible. This isn’t a revolutionary __________ which many people are unfamiliar with, I know, but as an introvert(内向的人) this is my __________ Mount Everest.

I think advocating for myself will always make me a little __________. But I do plenty of other uncomfortable things to __________ I’m living my best life, like getting flu shots. I suppose I can do the same for my __________.

2 . I grew up in a poor family with a group of adopted kids, my father and a wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of _________ and attention. I was happy and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still _________ a dream.

My dream was athletics. When I was sixteen, I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour baseball and hit anything moving on the field. I was also _________ to have Ollie Jarvis as my high-school coach, who not only _________ me but taught me how to be confident. One particular incident with Jarvis _________ my life forever.

It was the summer holiday in senior two and a friend _________ me for a summer job. This meant a _________ for money in my pocket, and the start of _________ for a house for my mother. The summer job was _________ , and I wanted to jump at the opportunity.

Then I realized I would have to __________ summer baseball training to handle the work schedule. I was __________ about telling my coach, and I pressed myself with the __________ on the dilemma from the mother, “If you make your bed, you have to lie in it.”

When I told Jarvis, he was as mad as expected. “You have your whole life to work,” he said, “but your playing days are __________. You can’t afford to waste them. ”

I stood with my head hanging, trying to explain why my __________ of buying mom a house and having money __________ his disappointment in me. He asked me about the money I would make at the job. __________ , he said, “Is $3. 25 an hour the price of a dream?”

That question made me __________ the difference between wanting something __________ and having a long-term goal. I __________ myself to baseball training, and within the year I was offered a $20,000 contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. I __________ it since I already had a baseball scholarship to the University of Arizona. I signed with the Boston Red Sox in 1984 for $1. 7 million, and bought my mother the house of my dream.

5 . I look forward to my half hour train ride to work every morning. I can look out of the window as it twists and turns itself through neighborhoods with the sun casting its strong lighting on the floor of the train car. I sometimes get lost in thought while following the light. But the reason I love this ride is that it’s a reminder of how neighborhoods can change from block to block.

For almost a year now I have been riding this train as I head into the office where I work as a reporter for a local magazine. I am one of 13 journalists who help report community news in areas that are often forgotten. And for me, that means covering areas like the one I grew up in.

Last week, as I was on the way to my office, I started wondering how neighborhoods have changed since the 2008 housing crisis. I searched addresses on the city’s southwest side, a neighborhood that has seen a significant number of residential homes pulled down, I scanned the street views recorded on my phone and saw how the neighborhood looked in 2007. Then I set out to visit the city block, and that’s when I met 3-year-old Harmony.

Harmony loved collecting rocks for me to hold as I walked down the street with her mother, Marquita. I already knew what the neighborhood looked like in the past, but Marquita shared more details of the people who once lived on her block, who were really friendly to each other. However, people today in the neighborhood are busy with life and seldom say hello to each other. Marquita has lived on this block her entire life, and Harmony has for most of her short life as well. But the neighborhood that Marquita grew up in will be one obviously different than the one Harmony will grow to know.

In the end, they smiled at my camera. And then I got back on the train and headed back to the office to tell their stories.

7 . My daughter had talent for acting. When Alex was accepted into New York University’s musical theater program, I ________what dress I’d wear to her Broadway debut (初次登台). But now she decided to be an exercise instructor. It was ________ for me.

“I thought ________ at gyms was just to help you pay the bills until you had your good luck, wasn’t it?” I asked when Alex ________ her full-time job at a gym called Equinox in New York City.

“Acting was my childhood dream,” she explained. “I loved ________, but my adult self wants to help people be ________.”

Even after Alex earned her personal training certification, I still couldn’t accept her ________. When the COVID-19 crisis shut New York’s gyms, and Alex returned jobless to Richmond, my ________of working on her acting website was rejected. Instead, she launched online kettle-bell classes and rounded up clients using Instagram.Her ________ took off, and our house became her virtual studio until she returned to Manhattan in August 2020.

One day I signed up for her private sessions. While doing deadlifts (硬举训练), I asked, “What are you doing to find a real job?”

Alex pointed to her waist, ________ my posture, “Mom, this is my ________. I’m growing a business.”And she was. Soon she was making more than she ever did in gyms and had total ________ of her business. I was one of many who ________ from her patient encouragement. Over time, my lower-back pain disappeared and I could lift a heavy box ________. Through my training, I learned she knew the right ________ for herself.

9 . Technology Risk Audit (审计)Manager Needed

Job Description Summary

We believe we're best positioned to make a meaningful effect on the economy. Our ideas can let our clients make big decisions about the future and unlock sustainable(可持续发展的)

growth. With a strict focus on quality, we help businesses, communities and our people to grow.

Things you can expect from the role

The work makes quality second nature. The work that you will do has a major effect on our clients and our firm. We pride ourselves on the high-level standards and quality we expect from our people. You'll be responsible for developing the way to IT risk on clients(客户)and building and keeping good working relationships with all colleagues and clients.

The minimum criteria

• Post-qualified experience within risk management, or external(外部的)audit, as an IT auditor and will have experience of excellent data analytics within an audit environment

• Professionally qualified (ACA, CA, ACCA)

• You'll be familiar with accounting systems such as SAP, Oracle, Sage etc.

• Experience with using data analytics software： IDEA or ACL, Tableau, Qlik, Power BI, SAS or similar

Benefits

Unlike most firms_? we're also a shared enterprise. So when the firm does well, everyone does well by taking home a share of the profits. Of course, to get those profits, we need to share ideas and share responsibility for our work, too.

Families, children, sports, night classes, the things you do and the people you're with outside work matter. They can inspire and motivate you. Inside the office and out. So if you'd like to work flexibly, let us know. We're happy to look at flexible working choices for all our roles, and well always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.

Zhou Yang will never forgot his first assignment at the office of China Daily. At the first time Hu Xin, his new boss, sent him with a experienced reporter and a photographer to cover the story. Before went out to work, his boss told her to be curious and must have a “nose” for the story. In order to grasp the detailed facts Zhou Yang should listen the interviewee carefully. His boss also was advised him to prepare the next question depending on that the person said. His boss told that he can use a small recorder to get the facts straight, if permitting by the interviewee. Finally it can be used to judge if the interviewed person is lying or not.