Kim Stemple was a special-education teacher. In 2012, she found herself in a Boston hospital being _________ for one of several diseases she had been diagnosed (诊断) with. The normally energetic Stemple was naturally getting very _________. And then a friend gave her a medal.

Before she got too _________ to exercise, Stemple had been a marathon runner. The medal came from a racing partner who had just _________ a half marathon in Las Vegas and hoped the medal would act as a kind of encouragement. It worked like magic.

After Stemple hung the medal on the wall, other patients said they wanted medals too. That got Stemple _________. “A medal is a simple way to give a _________ message,” she told others. And so was born her charity (慈善), We Finish Together, which _________ medals from strangers — runners, dancers, swimmers, singers, and even spelling bee winners — and gives them to all sorts of people_________.

People who have received the medals have _________ hospital patients, people from homeless shelters, etc. Part of the process involves (涉及) the original owner writing a note on the ribbon (绶带 ). “This helps them __________ with someone,” says Stemple. “If they receive a medal, they know someone __________.”

Can a simple medal __________ make a difference? “Yes,” says Joan Musarra, who suffers from a serious lung disease. “When I __________ my package containing my new medal and the notes of positive, warm thoughts, I was very __________,” she wrote to Stemple. “At that moment, I was sitting on my sofa breathing through an oxygen cannula (氧气管) because my lungs were so weak. It __________ so much to me to feel that I am not alone.”

The caring employees at a Costco store near Cleveland, Ohio, are being honoured as heroes. It was because of their quick thinking and being sympathy (同情) , which ______ saved the life of a fellow co-worker.

The story ______ one morning when the employee failed to show up for his scheduled shift (换班) at 5 a. m. ______ for his colleague, the manager, Jesse Orsborn, decided to ______ and make sure everything was okay.

“In situations where someone might oversleep for the early shift, we usually give them a ______ wake-up call, checking if they’re on their way. However, this daily check-in took an unexpected ______ ,” shared Orsborn. When the employee answered the call, his speech wasn’t understandable, and the connection suddenly ______ .

Alarmed by the unusual conversation, Dave Mackin, the assistant general manager at Costco’s Mayfield Heights location, ______ , “We started calling several times, and each time, it became more ______ that something was seriously wrong. There was mumbling and groaning (喃喃自语, 呻吟着) , and it was evident ha he was experiencing a medical emergency.”

As events ______ it turned out that the co-worker was in the midst of a stroke (中风) . Without wasting any time, the quick-thinking workmates kept the man on the ______ while others dialed emergency services. Thanks to their quick ______, the man was quickly transported to the hospital and, fortunately, later went out of the hospital. ______ , it was noted that he faces a challenging road to recovery.

______ on the incident, Mackin stressed the strong sense of community within the Costco family. “We take care of our members. We take care of our employees. They mean the ______ to us,” he stated proudly.

The Glover kids in Newburgh, New York, want to make a little extra money themselves before the school opens. So, earlier this week, they set up a lemonade stand on the side of the road. _________ was good during the rush hour, at which point some police officers stopped and _________ Whitney Glover, the mother of the young businessmen, that some _________ person had called to complain(投诉)about kids’ selling lemonade.

Now, in most stories, that’s when the police _________ the stand, telling kids to take a food handling course, and get a _________ from the related department. Then the children go home completely _________ for their business is broken. But not in this _________. The police officers said the kids weren’t doing anything wrong _________ causing traffic jams, and that their motivation(积极性)should be _________. The kids also promised to make __________ to their schedule to avoid traffic problems. After __________ for a photo with the kids, they left.

Whitney posted the picture on social media with explanatory words. The __________ story has gained a great deal of local __________ and the lemonade business is now booming.

Dozens of customers have __________ for lemonade. ”Every single time you buy a glass, children look amazed by the __________ from time and efforts to coins in their hands,“ Whitney said.