Natalie Barnes is a bus driver in Wisconsin, US. She offered comfort and support to a homeless passenger many times, which warmed hearts of many people across the state.

She was driving on a_________Saturday night when a man named Richard_________the bus. Richard, who Barnes has met on her bus before, rode the bus_________they got to the end of her route. Barnes then used her_________to start a conversation with Richard. As they_________, Richard told her that the_________he had been living in was destroyed in a fire. For a week, he had been_________and sleeping on the street. Heartbroken by his_________, Barnes said he could ride her bus so he wouldn't have to be out in the cold. And she often_________to get him something to eat." Now I don't know what to say but__________________you," Richard told the kind driver. He insisted that he would__________________her back, but she refused. At her next break, Barnes__________________a friend working at a community organization to help Richard get into__________________shelter and they are now working to find him permanent (长期的) housing.

The bus company finally posted related videos on their website,__________________Barnes for her kindness. According to the company, this is Barnes's third time being honored for good__________________on the job. The mother-of-three often__________________sandwiches onto her bus so she can give them to__________________who might need something to eat. County Executive Chris Abele said, "Across the state, we are investing (投资) resources throughout the state to__________________homelessness. Barnes showed what we all need to do to fight homelessness. I'm deeply__________________for Natalie's actions." Barnes,__________________, is humble (谦逊的) about the incident. "At some point in our lives, everybody needs help. I wanted to do what I could to help Richard in some way." said Barnes.

“What are those?” one pupil asked me, pointing at two large ________ beds.

“Those are potatoes,” I answered. The pupil was Jenny. In class, she usually had her head down, focused on her work. Today, however, she craned (伸长) her neck ________ as she looked over at the raised beds.

“But they are green.” she took a few ________, approaching the plants. “Aren’t potatoes brown?” I nodded. “Well, the parts we eat — the ________ — are brown, while what you’re looking at is the part above the soil.”

Looking ________, Jenny shook her head and just said, “Hmm.”

I knew the situation ________ drastic (果断的) action. I reached over to the potato plant, ________ its green leaves and pulled. As the plant was raised into the air, several large tubers (块茎) appeared. I held one out for her to ________.

As Jennifer took the potato in her hand, ________ began to spread across her face. Once removed from the stems and leaves, the tuber was now something that she ________. She looked at me and smiled.

For me, that pretty much sums up how much young people know about their ________ and its production. This is why I ________ an eco-garden at the school. It was a difficult project to get started and has been difficult to ________, but extraordinarily rewarding. We need pupils to be given more ________ to learn about nature and interact with nature. After all, education is about more than ________ and exam results.

A week ago, my daughter said, “Mom, I don’t think I’m very athletic.”

I’ve observed her in various sports, and she is just like me: two left feet. But even knowing it, my first instinct (本能) was to snow her with some________ “Oh, you’re actnally good at sports!”

I held back, however, and after thinking twice, I told her the________: “No, you’re kind of not.”

And I could see it hurt a bit. So I________: “Dear, everyone may have a natural talent for something. Like you and________: You’re a 5^th grader and read Charles Dickens. But we also have things we are not________. If we want to reach a satisfactory level at those things, we have to________twice the effort and if we want to________we need to try even harder.”

She was nodding. She totally________it. Why? Because it’s the truth. Sometimes I wonder why we run around telling our kids some rubbish that don’t even________when they can actually accept the truth. Besides, when they realize we are lying, we________our credibility.

I want my kids to have a_______understanding of themselves so they won’t be________when things get tough. They can be Olympians, but nobody is going to band it to them and________may work against them. They will understand that many things________a nearly huge amount of WORK. They can’t just expect something to happen. They________it happen.