21.It's a sad reality that many of us find ourselves just too busy to contribute to our communities.For a long time,I,too,believed it cost too much in time,money and(1)
to make a real difference.But all that changed when I(2)
my good-deed-a-day project. My daughter,Emily,was my primary(3)
I wanted to show her we could do little things to help others,and be (4)
. The first week,I wasn't sure if I could (5)
it.I surfed the Internet for ideas.One day,I(6)
a blind man in the subway station.He(7)
as he thanked me.Another day,I brought flowers from my garden to a(8)
nursing home I could only hope I was arousing (9)
in others. After just a few days(10)
I found it easier than I'd expected.I knew I was making a/an(11)
. Every evening at the dinner table,I (12)
that day's good deed to Emily.Emily began(13)
what I'd started.On a walk home from school,she(14)
to a neighbour's pot of geraniums(天竺葵),which had toppled (搖晃)in the wind,and set it right. "That was my good deed for the day!" she yelled.Another day,she helped me collect(15)
from our neighbours for the food bank.We dropped off the food and,(16)
we drove away,Emily announced (17)
that she wanted to work there one day. By the last week,I knew I'd changed.At first,I hadn't been entirely (18)
that I could do a good deed every day.Now it was practically second (19)
I felt a greater responsibility to take action when I saw a need(20)
looking the other way.I felt as though I'd awakened,somehow.
22.Shi Chengchuan,a hearing-impaired(聽力受損的)young businessman,was selected for the Forbes(福布斯) list of 30 Under 30 Asia 2020.So far,the story of his success (1)
(inspire) many young people in Guangzhou,capital of Guangdong Province. Two years ago,Shi had to type to communicate with others.But(2)
(fortunate),he is able to chat with people and answer phone calls(3)
the help of a cochlear implant(人工耳蝸植入)and an app he developed.The app,(4)
went online in 2017,has now attracted more than 600,000 hearing-impaired users. Despite the success of the app,Shi is determined to come up with more(5)
(create) to help hearing-impaired people. "I want to help more people who have impaired hearing to regain their hearing functions in the years (6)
(come)." he said.He is expecting more than one million hearing-impaired people nationwide to be using his app in four years. Shi uses the app to practice(7)
(speak)for more than 30 minutes every day,no matter(8)
busy he is.After two years of practice,he said his spoken Mandarin has become much(9)
(good). His business partner and former university classmate,Chen Guoqiang,said he was willing to team up with Shi as he had determination. "Shi has(10)
strong passion for work and determination to help the masses of hearing-impaired people," Chen said.